Teramo Basket is a professional basketball

Basketball

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 club that is based in Teramo

Teramo

Teramo is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines and the Adriatic coast...

, Italy and plays in the Italian League

Serie A (basketball)

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. For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as Bancatercas Teramo. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.

History

The club was founded by current president Antonetti in 1973 under the name AICS (Association of Italian Culture and Sports) Teramo. After several championships played at regional level and successful youth teams, in the 1992-93 season Teramo Basket finally accomplished its first promotion to the national championship series C1. Today it is an established basketball team playing in Serie A, the Italian professional basketball league, from the last 7 seasons on. It ranked #3 in 2009 Italian league enabling the team to play the Eurocup in 2010. Teramo has been an important launch pad for both Italian and American players such as Clay Tucker

Clay Tucker

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, Jaycee Carroll

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, Roger Powell

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 and Hassan Adams

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.

Roster

Notable players

Stefano Rajola 3 seasons: '03-'06 Mario Boni 1 season: '03-'04 Keith Carter 1 season: '03-'04 Tyrone Grant

Tyrone Grant

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 1 season: '03-'04-  Doremus Bennerman 1 season: '03-'04 Krešimir Lončar

Krešimir Loncar

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 1 season: '03-'04 Shawnelle Scott

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 1 season: '03-'04 Ian Lockhart

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 1 season: '03-'04 Jamel Thomas

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 1 season: '04-'05 Tyson Wheeler

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 1 season: '04-'05 Brooks Sales 1 season: '04-'05 Joe Crispin

Joe Crispin

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 1 season: '05-'06 Delonte Holland

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 1 season: '05-'06 Pervis Pasco 1 season: '05-'06 Anthony Grundy

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 1 season: '06-'07 Duane Woodward 1 season: '06-'07 Kristaps Janicenoks

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 1 season: '06-'07 Leroy Hurd

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 1 season: '06-'07 Jack Michael Martínez

Jack Michael Martinez

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 1 season: '06-'07 Devin Green

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 1 season: '07-'08 Nikoloz Tskitishvili

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 1 season: '07-'08 Roger Powell

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 1 season: '07-'08 Clay Tucker

Clay Tucker

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 1 season: '07-'08 David Moss

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 1 season: '08-'09 Trey Johnson

Trey Johnson

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pre-season: '11

Sponsorship names

Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:

• Sanic Teramo (2002–03)
• Navigo.it Teramo (2004–06)
• Siviglia Wear Teramo (2006–08)
• Bancatercas Teramo (2008–present)

External links

• Official Site
• Official Site