BC Nevėžis

Nevėžis Kėdainiai
Leagues	Lithuanian Basketball League, Baltic Basketball League
Founded	1992
History	BC Nevėžis (1992–2011) BC Kėdainiai Triobet (2011–2012) BC Nevėžis (2012–present)
Arena	Kėdainiai Arena (capacity: 2200)
Location	Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Team colors	Green, Orange and White
President	Arūnas Danilevičius
Head coach	Ramūnas Cvirka
Championships	LKAL Champions (2002) BBL Challenge Cup (2005) BBL Challenge Cup (2008) BBL Cup (2013)
Website	kknevezis.lt
Uniforms
Home Away

BC Nevėžis (Lithuanian: Krepšinio Klubas Nevėžis) is a professional Lithuania basketball club which currently plays in Lithuanian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. BC Nevėžis was founded in 1992 by Stasys Mickevičius. In 1993 BC Nevėžis was renamed to KK Notra because of the club supporters UAB Notra. In 1999 because of the supporters changes, BC Notra was renamed to BC Nevėžis again until now. Club name came from the Nevėžis River, flowing through Kėdainiai city.

Current roster

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BC Nevėžis roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 6 McNight, Edgar 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 23 – 12 July 1992 PF 8 Volkus, Vaidotas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – 21 May 1985 SG 9 Gvezdauskas, Darius 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – 4 July 1988 F 10 Grinius, Rokas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 27 – 22 June 1988 SG 11 Ežerskis, Ernestas 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – 5 May 1987 SG 12 Kolchenko, Oleksandr 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 26 – 20 September 1989 PG 13 Gaidamavičius, Tomas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 33 – 19 July 1982 C 14 Kupšas, Mindaugas 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 25 – 9 April 1991 C 15 Kymantas, Simonas 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 22 – 10 June 1993 PG 22 Viskontas, Aidas 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 29 – 21 May 1986 F 31 King, Taylor 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – 30 May 1988 SF 33 Aleksandrovas, Andrius 198 m (649 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 30 – 6 January 1986	Head coach Ramūnas Cvirka Assistant coach(es) Tomas Stankevičius Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 10, 2015

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve
C	Mindaugas Kupšas	Simonas Kymantas
PF	Taylor King	Vaidotas Volkus
SF	Oleksandr Kolchenko	Andrius Aleksandrovas	Rokas Grinius
SG	Aidas Viskontas	Darius Gvezdauskas
PG	Ernestas Ežerskis	Edgar McKnight	Tomas Gaidamavičius

History

Kėdainiai Sports School in Vilainiai is the place where BC Nevėžis previously played his home matches.

BC Nevėžis moved to the newly built Kėdainiai Arena in 2013.

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Significant Events	Baltic League	Pos.	LKF Cup
2000–01	2	LKAL	5	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–
2001–02	2	LKAL	1	Promoted	–	–	–
2002–03	1	LKL	10	–	–	–	–
2003–04	1	LKL	7	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–
2004–05	1	LKL	6	Quarterfinalist	Challenge Cup	1	–
2005–06	1	LKL	4	Semifinalist	Elite Division	4	–
2006–07	1	LKL	5	Quarterfinalist	Elite Division	10	Third qualified
2007–08	1	LKL	6	Quarterfinalist	Challenge Cup	1	–
2008–09	1	LKL	5	Quarterfinalist	Elite Division	10	Quarterfinalist
2009–10	1	LKL	12	–	Elite Division	10	Fourth qualified
2010–11	1	LKL	9	–	Elite Division	8	Third round
2011–12	1	LKL	7	–	Elite Division	7	Third qualified
2012–13	1	LKL	8	Quarterfinalist	Regular season		Semifinalist
2013–14	1	LKL	8	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist		Fifth round
2014–15	1	LKL	10	–	Group stage		–

Notable players

Jonas Mačiulis was a Nevėžis team leader in the 04–05 season.

• Jonas Mačiulis
• Simonas Serapinas
• Marius Janišius
• Darius Šilinskis
• Benas Veikalas
• Vilmantas Dilys
• Vidas Ginevičius
• Oleksandr Kolchenko

External links

• Official website of BC Nevėžis (Lithuanian)
• BC Nevėžis Fan page (Lithuanian)
• BC Nevėžis LKL.lt (Lithuanian)
• BC Nevėžis BBL.net (English)