Niigata Albirex BB
Niigata Albirex BB (新潟アルビレックスBB, Niigata Arubirekkusu BB), formally Niigata Albirex Basketball, is a Japanese basketball club. It is based in Niigata City and plays its games chiefly in the Niigata City gym and Toki Messe.
Outline
The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.
In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.
Team name transition
- 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
- 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
- 2000: Niigata Albirex
- 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball
Roster
Season 2009-2010
| Number |
Player |
Position |
Height (m) |
| 0 |
Akitomo Takeno |
PG |
1.73 |
| 4 |
Makoto Hasegawa |
PG |
1.88 |
| 6 |
Takato Saito |
PG |
1.81 |
| 9 |
Naoto Kosuge (captain) |
G |
1.87 |
| 13 |
Shuhei Komatsu |
G |
1.84 |
| 24 |
Ryousuke Mizumachi |
G |
1.86 |
| 31 |
Calvin Chitwood |
PF |
1.98 |
| 32 |
Yuichi Ikeda (vice-captain) |
F |
1.91 |
| 43 |
Paul Butorac |
C/F |
2.08 |
| 44 |
Antonio Burks (vice-captain) |
PF/SF |
1.95 |
| 45 |
Tyrene Levett |
SG/SF |
1.95 |
Honors
- Japan Basketball League Div.2
- Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
- bj league
- Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
- Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
Season-by-season records
| Year | League | Division | Regular Season | Semi Final | Final | Finish |
| Win | Lose | Place | Win | Lose | Win | Lose |
| 2000 | JBL | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2nd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Champions |
| 2001/2002 | JBL | 14 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Champions |
| 2002/2003 | JBL Super League | 2 | 9 | 6th | --- | 6th |
| 2003/2004 | 9 | 19 | 8th | --- | 8th |
| 2004/2005 | 8 | 20 | 7th | --- | 7th |
| Season | League | Regular Season | Finish | Average Crowd |
| Win | Lose | Win% | GB | Place |
| 2005/2006 | bj league | 29 | 11 | .725 | 2.0 | 2nd | Runners-up | - |
| 2006/2007 | 25 | 15 | .625 | 4.0 | 2nd | 4th | 3,008 |
| 2007/2008 | 26 | 18 | .591 | 3.0 | East 3rd | 6th | 3,259 |
| 2008/2009 | 24 | 28 | .462 | 12.0 | East 4th | | - |
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