Roseto Basket also known as Roseto Sharks and Pallacanestro Roseto 1946 was an Italian

Italy

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 team from Roseto

Roseto degli Abruzzi

Roseto degli Abruzzi, more commonly Roseto, is a town and comune of the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is a beach resort on the Adriatic Sea and has about 24,000 inhabitants. Geographically, Roseto is positioned on estuaries of the Vomano and Tordino Rivers. It is...

, Abruzzo

Abruzzo

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, Italy

Italy

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 that was established in 1946.

After the 2008-2009 season, the Roseto Basket is in the Lega Nazionale Pallancanestro's Serie A Dilettanti, the third level in Italian professional basketball

Serie A (basketball)

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. After the 2008-2009 season, it folded due to monetary reasons.

Notable players

Leonardo Busca 3 seasons: '98-'00, '05-'06 Jamal Johnson 2 seasons: '98-'00 Federico Pieri 2 seasons: '98-'99, '02-'03   Brian Shorter 1 season: '98-'99 Adrian Griffin

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 1 season: '98-'99 Mario Boni 3 seasons: '99-'02 Paolo Moretti 2 seasons: '99-'01 Abdul Fox 1 season: '99-'00 Albert Burditt

Albert Burditt

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 1 season: '99-'00 Stefano Attruia 2 seasons: '00-'02 George Gilmore 2 seasons: '00-'02 Ian Lockhart

Ian Lockhart

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 2 seasons: '00-'02   Peter Guarasci

Peter Guarasci

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 1 season: '00-'01   Pace Mannion

Pace Mannion

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 1 season: '00-'01 Jeff Sheppard

Jeff Sheppard

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 1 season: '00-'01 Sean Colson

Sean Colson

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 1 season: '01-'02 Josh Grant

Josh Grant

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 1 season: '01-'02 Eric Riley

Eric Riley

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 1 season: '01-'02 Alvin Sims

Alvin Sims

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 1 season: '01-'02 Aaron Swinson

Aaron Swinson

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 1 season: '01-'02 Ben Davis

Ben Davis (basketball)

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 1 season: '02-'03 Diego Fajardo 1 season: '02-'03 Marko Milič

Marko Milic

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 1 season: '02-'03 Rodney Monroe

Rodney Monroe

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 1 season: '02-'03 Teemu Rannikko

Teemu Rannikko

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 1 season: '02-'03   Robert Fultz 1 season: '03-'04 Dewayne Jefferson

Dewayne Jefferson

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 1 season: '03-'04 Billy Keys

Billy Keys

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 1 season: '03-'04 Albert Miralles

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 1 season: '03-'04 Norman Nolan 1 season: '03-'04 Lucas Recker 1 season: '03-'04 K'zell Wesson

K'zell Wesson

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 1 season: '03-'04 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

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 1 season: '04-'05 Stephen Arigbabu

Stephen Arigbabu

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 1 season: '04-'05 Andre Brown

Andre Brown

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 1 season: '04-'05 Misan Nikagbatse

Misan Nikagbatse

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 1 season: '04-'05 Ansu Sesay

Ansu Sesay

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 1 season: '04-'05 Duane Woodward 1 season: '04-'05 Brandon Armstrong

Brandon Armstrong

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 1 season: '05-'06 Olu Babalola

Olu Babalola

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 1 season: '05-'06 Jason Capel

Jason Capel

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 1 season: '05-'06 Daniele Cavaliero 1 season: '05-'06 Giorgos Diamantopoulos 1 season: '05-'06 Luis Flores

Luis Flores

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 1 season: '05-'06 Jack Michael Martínez

Jack Michael Martinez

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1 season: '05-'06

External links

• Official Website
• Eurobasket.com page
• Blog With News And Photos Of Roseto Basket Town