BC Mures
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BC Mureş is a Romanian
professional basketball club, based in Târgu Mureş, Romania
. The team plays in the Romanian Basketball Division A
.
Every home game of the team is usually a sell-out, with more than 2000 fans creating a loud atmosphere, many of them season-ticket holders. The fans' favourite motto at home games is ``Welcome to the Jungle``, which symbolize the feeling given by the home court. For BC Mureş, the home field advantage is usually decisive, because of the huge support given by the fans which give the players adrenaline and a moral advantage. For the last 3 seasons many fans attended the teams away games which gave the players a feeling of home atmosphere. The team's mascot Tiger is present at every home game and is responsible for entertaining the crowd and dancing with the cheerleaders. It is also noteworthy that the website, forum, fans magazine and many of the administrative issues around the club are done by the fans on a voluntary basis. Since 2007 there is also an Association called "Pro BC Mures" formed by the fans.
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!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Reserve
!width="165"|Inactive
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! style="background:#efe196" | C
| Aleksandar Mladenovic || Jakab Cristian || Mihai Buciuman || style="background:silver" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PF
| Flavius Lapuste || Liviu Dumitru || Alin Borsa || style="background:silver" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SF
| Dwight Lewis || Andrei Capusan || Gabriel Hallai || Norbert Pascu || style="background:silver" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SG
| Jason Forte || Vlad Pora || style="background:silver" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PG
| JuJuan Cooley
|| Jason Straight || || style="background:silver" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
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Unfortunately turmoil and instability started to unravel shortly after the start of the season. The team lost 8 of its 14 autumn season games and despite advancing to the next round in the Romanian Cup, coach Corui resigned after a tough home loss against Mediaş, being subjected to criticism from the fans, and Levine was released shortly after. Audrius Prakuraitis from Lithuania was signed as the new head coach after a short guidance of the team under assistant Szaszgaspar. Center Aaron Coombs left due to injury and was replaced by Major Wingate, an athletic big man.
The winter break ended with serious financial issues looming over the club. Hargrave and Coombs reunited with ex-coach Corui at Medias, Largent left to play in Luxembourg and Knitter departed for France in a mysterious way on the first match-day. The only new signing, Lithuanian shooting guard Pociukonis, was not be enough to supply the bench depth needed for the playoff contention. Because of money shortage, three of the BC Mureş II players were called up to the First team squad (Cormos, Biro and Patru), all of them former components of the latter. As a result the division B team folded.
The team finished the regular season on a disappointing 10th place. In the first round of the play-out they easily dispatched Rapid, a team formed exclusively by Romanian players, in two games.
In order to able to develop its own reinforcement strategy the club decided to form a second team that will play in the Romanian Basketball division B under the name of BC Mureş II. Young and promising players like Biro Ferenc, Bogdan Cormos, Soos Tibor, Daniel Patru, Bogdan Puscas and "veteran" Ioan Muresan along with other local talents will play at this team. The goal of this new team is to prepare the Romanian players for the high level of the Romanian Division A basketball.
Sport in Romania
The most popular sport in Romania is football. Other popular sports include team handball, basketball, rugby union, tennis and gymnastics.-Football:...
professional basketball club, based in Târgu Mureş, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. The team plays in the Romanian Basketball Division A
Romanian Basketball Division A
The Divizia A is the top-tier professional basketball league of Romania. There are 16 teams in Men's Division A.The regular season begins in October and is played over a normal round-robin home-and-away basis. The first 8 clubs qualify for the play-offs. The play-offs are played using the knock-out...
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Supporters
Current roster
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Current depth chart
{| style="text-align: center; background:blue; color:white"!width="40"|Pos.
!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Reserve
!width="165"|Inactive
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
| Aleksandar Mladenovic || Jakab Cristian || Mihai Buciuman || style="background:silver" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
| Flavius Lapuste || Liviu Dumitru || Alin Borsa || style="background:silver" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
| Dwight Lewis || Andrei Capusan || Gabriel Hallai || Norbert Pascu || style="background:silver" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
| Jason Forte || Vlad Pora || style="background:silver" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
| JuJuan Cooley
JuJuan Cooley
JuJuan Laray Cooley is an American basketball player who played for 3 years in Romania for the BC Mures team between 2006-2009...
|| Jason Straight || || style="background:silver" |
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Retired numbers
- 44 - Troy SelveyTroy SelveyTroy Selvey is an American active basketball player who played until December 2007 for Bc Mures, in the Romanian Basketball Division A. He plays center or power forward positions and his height is 2,03 m...
, C, 2006-2007
Notable players
- Bryan McCulloughBryan McCulloughBryan McCullough is a professional basketball player. He played for the Romanian 1st Division basketball team, BC Mures. Bryan is acknowledged to be a Sharpshooter, one who has an extraordinarily accurate aim. McCullough has also shown an affinity for the positions of Small Forward and Point Guard...
- Louis TruscottLouis TruscottLouis Truscott is a professional basketball player, who in 2008 played for Bc Mures .Abilities:Can run, has three-point range and can score in the post, threat to score when he has the ball. Understands the game of basketball very well. Can play in a complex system. Defends inside or out. Excellent...
- Troy SelveyTroy SelveyTroy Selvey is an American active basketball player who played until December 2007 for Bc Mures, in the Romanian Basketball Division A. He plays center or power forward positions and his height is 2,03 m...
- retired - Jay Anderson
- Szaszgaspar Barnabas - retired in 2008
- George Trif - retired in 2009
- JuJuan CooleyJuJuan CooleyJuJuan Laray Cooley is an American basketball player who played for 3 years in Romania for the BC Mures team between 2006-2009...
- Luke McKenna
- Major WingateMajor WingateMajor Leon-Legrant Wingate is an American professional basketball player who currently plays at the center for the Springfield Armor of the NBA Development League .Started playing high school basketball at Wilson High School where he averaged 15 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks as a...
2008-2009 Season
The novelty of the season was that every club was able to sign 7 international players (excluding the European Union) but will be compelled to use at least one Romanian player on the floor throughout the entire game. BC Mureş has conformed to the new rule and initially signed 7 international players (all of them from the United States). The club's superstar JuJuan Cooley and forward Luke McKenna decided to sign for an additional season next to the Romanian ``veterans`` Pora Vlad, Jakab Crisitian and Szaszgaspar Barnabas. The management signed contracts with 5 new American players (Levi Levine, Haron Hargrave, Aaron Coombs, Cory Largent and Sean Knitter) . Another important achievement made by the club was the signing of two Romanian players that had already played for BC Mureş in the past: center Vajda Attila and forward Trif George complete the 2008-2009 roster.Unfortunately turmoil and instability started to unravel shortly after the start of the season. The team lost 8 of its 14 autumn season games and despite advancing to the next round in the Romanian Cup, coach Corui resigned after a tough home loss against Mediaş, being subjected to criticism from the fans, and Levine was released shortly after. Audrius Prakuraitis from Lithuania was signed as the new head coach after a short guidance of the team under assistant Szaszgaspar. Center Aaron Coombs left due to injury and was replaced by Major Wingate, an athletic big man.
The winter break ended with serious financial issues looming over the club. Hargrave and Coombs reunited with ex-coach Corui at Medias, Largent left to play in Luxembourg and Knitter departed for France in a mysterious way on the first match-day. The only new signing, Lithuanian shooting guard Pociukonis, was not be enough to supply the bench depth needed for the playoff contention. Because of money shortage, three of the BC Mureş II players were called up to the First team squad (Cormos, Biro and Patru), all of them former components of the latter. As a result the division B team folded.
The team finished the regular season on a disappointing 10th place. In the first round of the play-out they easily dispatched Rapid, a team formed exclusively by Romanian players, in two games.