Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca

Estudiantes
Nickname	Albo (White)
Leagues	Liga Nacional de Básquet
Founded	21 March 1918
Arena	Estadio Osvaldo Casanova
Location	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Team colors
President	Francisco Fuster
Head coach	José Luis Pisani
Website	www.bahiabasket.com
Uniforms
Home Away

Club Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, currently known as Bahía Basket, is a sports club based in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The club is best known for its basketball team, that currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top division of the Argentine league system. Estudiantes is nicknamed Albo (in English: "White") for the traditional white and light blue colors of its uniform.

Manu Ginóbili of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs played for Estudiantes prior to moving to the Italian league in 1998.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Bahía Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 2 Fjellerup, Máximo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – 24 November 1997 G 6 Levy, Jamaal 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – 8 January 1983 SF 7 Vaulet, Juan Pablo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – 22 March 1996 SF 8 Fernández, Martín 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – 27 March 1997 PG 9 Whelan, Gastón 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – 6 October 1994 C 12 Redivo, Lucio 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 22 – 14 February 1994 F 15 Filippa, Francisco 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – 30 September 1995 PG 17 Corvalán, Facundo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – 10 September 1998 F 22 Ramos, Ariel 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – 23 March 1995 SF 41 Jasen, Hernán 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 38 – 4 February 1978 SF 0 Thomas, Tyron 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – 16 May 1984 C 33 Carter, Sean 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – 8 June 1988	Head coach Sebastian Ginobili Assistant coach(es) Alejandro Montecchia Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2015-09-22

Retired numbers

Bahía Basket retired numbers
N°	Player	Position	Tenure	Num. Retirement
10	Juan Espil	SG	1988-92, 2010-12	22 February 2013 [1][2]
14	Alberto Cabrera	PG	1961–84	3 October 2004 [3][4]

Notable former players

• Sergio Aispurua (2003-04)
• Pablo Gill (1996, 2006-08, 2010-11)
• Manu Ginobili (1996-98)
• Juan Pablo Vaulet (2014)
• Lawrence Abney (2009-10)
• Alex Austin (2000-01)
• Ed Nelson (2008-09, 2010-11)

References

1. "Espil vivió su noche soñada" at CanchaLlena.com, 22 February 2013
2. "Espil tuvo su merecido homenaje en Bahía", Clarín, 23 February 2013
3. "La 14 inmortal" Pick and Roll, 2004-10-04
4. Ordenanza Nº 14604, declarando "Sitio de Interés Cultural e Histórico" al Estadio Osvaldo Casanova 2008-01-08

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• LNB website section