BC TSU Tbilisi (original) (raw)
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Basketball team in Tbilisi, Georgia
| BC Tbilisi State University | |
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| Nickname | Studentebi (The Students) |
| Leagues | Georgian Superliga |
| Founded | 1991; 34 years ago (1991) |
| Arena | Olympic Palace |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
| Location | Tbilisi, Georgia |
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| President | Irakli Kharjavanidze |
| Vice-president(s) | Giorgi Shamatava |
| Team manager | Tornike Tsinadze |
| Head coach | Leqso Lapanashvili |
| Team captain | Giorgi Tsintsadze |
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BC TSU is a professional basketball club based in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is affiliated with the Tbilisi State University.
T.S.U. was one of the 11 founding members of the Georgian basketball league in 1991. Their best seasons in the league were 2009-10 and 2010-11, when they reached the playoff finals, losing both of them 1–3 against Energy Invest Rustavi and BC Armia respectively.
From 2015 to 2018, TSU-Hyundai played in Georgian A-Liga, winning it in 2018 and receiving a direct promotion to the Georgian Superliga.
The club's greatest success was winning the Georgian Cup in 2006. They also won the Korkia/Sakandelidze Memorial tournament twice in 2011 and 2019, and the Dudu Dadiani Memorial in 2019.[1]
| BC TSU roster | |
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Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 0  Abram, Glen 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1998-09-28)28 September 1998 PG 2  Pkhakadze, Otar 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1993-02-28)28 February 1993 PF/C 3 Gorashvili, Luka 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 17 – (2007-08-21)21 August 2007 F 4 Thomas, Davontrey 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2001-10-05)5 October 2001 G/F 5 Geguchadze, Saba 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000 C 7 Basham, Carson 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2002-07-17)17 July 2002 PG 8 Tsintsadze, Giorgi (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 39 – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 PF/C 9 Isiani, Willy 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 CG 13 Mgeladze, Aleksandre 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2006-08-09)9 August 2006 G/F 14 Leonidze, Nika 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1998-03-14)14 March 1998 PF 15 Phevadze, Aleksandre 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1998-04-15)15 April 1998 SG 19 Kavlashvili, Mate 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 17 – (2008-04-20)20 April 2008 G/F 33 Gafrindashvili, Nikoloz 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (2000-07-03)3 July 2000 |
Head coach Leqso Lapanashvili Assistant coach(es) Nika Mskhalaia Athletic trainer(s) Iviko Ergemlidze Levan Samkharadze Doctor Giorgi Chikhradze Legend (C) Team captain Injured |
- Eurobasket.com Team Profile (in English)
- Superleague.ge Team Profile Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Georgian)