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Brose Baskets
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President Herbert Lauer
Address
Geisfelder Str. 14
96050 Bamberg
Germany
Tel. +49 951 915 19 20
Fax +49 951 915 19 19
Arena JAKO ARENA BAMBERG
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Roster
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NEUMANN, PHILIPP
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Germany
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Center
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2.10
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1992
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5
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GOLDSBERRY, JOHN
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USA
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Guard
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1.91
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1982
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6
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DORETH, BASTIAN
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Germany
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Guard
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1.82
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1989
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7
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BROWN, ELTON
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USA
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Center
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2.06
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1983
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8
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SUPUT, PREDRAG
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Serbia
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Guard
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2.00
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1977
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9
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TADDA, KARSTEN
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Germany
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Guard
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1.90
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1988
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10
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JACOBSEN, CASEY
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USA
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Guard
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1.98
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1981
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11
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SCHMIDT, DANIEL
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Germany
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Guard
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1.86
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1990
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12
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GARRETT, ROBERT
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Germany
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Guard
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1.94
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1977
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13
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STUCKEY, MAURICE
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Germany
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Guard
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1.87
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1990
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15
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LAND, ERIK
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Germany
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Center
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2.05
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1990
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21
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PLEISS, TIBOR
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Germany
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Center
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2.13
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1989
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22
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ROBERTS, BRIAN
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USA
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Guard
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1.88
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1985
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25
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GAVEL, ANTON
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Slovakia
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Guard
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1.89
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1984
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33
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WORTHINGTON, MARK
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Australia
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Forward
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2.02
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1983
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42
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WYRICK, BECKHAM
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USA
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Forward
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1.98
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1983
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The Club
German League champion Brose Baskets is back in the Euroleague for the third time and hoping to use its experience and momentum for a strong 2010-11 season. Brose Baskets finished fifth in the German League regular season, but knocked off Telekom Baskets Bonn which, because of losses for the ranked teams, turned Bamberg into the top-seeded team for the rest of the playoffs. Led by Anton Gavel, Predrag Suput and Casey Jacobsen, Brose used its home court advantage to defeat Braunschweig and Deutsche Bank Skyliners en route to its third German League trophy. Brose also won the German Cup title earlier in the season, downing the Skyliners 76-75 in the title game behind an unstoppable Suput. Founded in 1955 as 1.FC 01 Bamberg, the club is backed by four decades' worth of basketball tradition that are now leading to a series of new challenges. Bamberg qualified to the German first division in 1971, but it was in and out of the German League throughout the 1980s, overcoming financial problems to finally become TTL Bamberg in 1988. The club reached the German Cup final in 1990 and won that title in 1992. It had been playing European competitions since 1973, but did not survive the qualifying round until it directly qualified to the 1996-97 Korac Cup. The club, then called TSK uniVersa Bamberg, climbed several rungs higher at the turn of the new millennium. Bamberg moved to Jako Arena and Dirk Bauermann arrived as the head coach of an ambitious project. Bamberg soon became an annual contender at home, reaching the 2003 and 2004 German League finals behind players like Chris Ensminger, Jason Sasser and Steffen Hamann. Bamberg returned to European competitions after a five-year absence and reached the 2004 FIBA Europe League eighthfinals. All its good work paid off when Bamberg downed the Skyliners in a thrilling five-game title series to lift the 2005 German League trophy. The club changed its name to Brose Baskets and became the first German team to reach the Euroleague Top 16 in the 2005-06 season, with Demond Mallet, Spencer Nelson and Ensminger as its main references. In 2007, Brose returned to the German League finals and downed Artland Dragons to conquer its second title. Jacobsen earned German League finals MVP honors – an achievement he repeated last season. Brose earned the right to go back to the Euroleague in 2007-08, but did not reach the Top 16 and suffered an early exit in the German League playoffs. Brose made it to the German League semifinals in 2008-09, losing against eventual champ EWE Baskets Oldenburg, but lost all of its six Eurocup regular season games. Brose bounced back with a best-ever season, reaching the Eurocup through the qualifying round and going all the way to the Last 16. The club also won its first German double - league and cup titles – setting the stage in "Freak City" to return to the Euroleague. Now in Europe’s premier competition for the third time, Brose Baskets aims to use its experience, ambition and home-court to make an impact on the competition. |
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