CB Murcia

UCAM Murcia
Nickname	Universitarios
Leagues	Liga ACB Champions League
Founded	1985
History	Agrupacion Deportiva Juver (1985–1993) CB Murcia (1993–2013) UCAM Murcia (2013–present)
Arena	Palacio de Deportes
Capacity	7,454
Location	Murcia, Spain
Team colors	Blue, Golden, Red
President	José Luis Mendoza
Head coach	Javier Juárez
Team captain	José Ángel Antelo
Ownership	Universidad Católica de Murcia
Championships	3 LEB Oro championship 1 Copa Príncipe de Asturias
Website	ucammurcia.com
Uniforms
Home Away Third

Club Baloncesto Murcia, S.A.D.,^[1] more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball team based in Murcia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Champions League. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes.

History

Founded in 1985 under the name Agrupación Deportiva Júver, Murcia agreed with a Madrid-based club, Logos de Madrid, to buy out its rights to play in the Spanish second division. Murcia would play at that level for four consecutive seasons and its first superstar was do-it-all big man Randy Owens.^[2]

In 1990, Murcia, led by veteran center Mike Phillips, beat Obradoiro in a playoffs series to gain promotion to the Spanish League. The club would stay in the Spanish elite for the next seven seasons, with stars likes Ralph McPherson, Clarence Kea, Michael Anderson and Johnny Rogers and head coaches like Felipe Coello, Jose Maria Oleart and Moncho Monsalve. In December 1991, Kea pulled down 29 rebounds, which remains a Spanish League record, in a win against Breogán Lugo.^[2]

A timeout in the 2008–09 season.

The club became CB Murcia in 1993 and moved to its current arena, Palacio de Deportes, the following season. Murcia organized the Copa del Rey tournament in the 1995–96 season and made it to the semifinals. Murcia went down to the Spanish second division at the end of the 1996–97 season, but reached the Spanish elite a couple of times, including in 2006, when it downed CAI Zaragoza in overtime in a do-or-die game to advance. Led by Jimmie Hunter and Juanjo Triguero, Murcia ranked 12th in the 2007–08 season, but went back to the second division two years later. Murcia bounced back to score promotion directly with a 30–4 record, and has been in the Spanish elite even since.^[2]

In 2013, the club switched hands and UCAM Murcia took control. That moved helped Murcia shine in the last couple of seasons for its best results ever. With Diego Ocampo as head coach and Scott Bamforth, Raulzinho Neto and Carlos Cabezas as its top newcomers, Murcia finished the Spanish regular season with a 17–17 record, which was just one win from the playoffs. Last season Murcia found a new coach in Fotios Katsikaris and added more experienced players like Facundo Campazzo, Serhiy Lishchuk and Vítor Faverani. That led to a seventh-place finish with an 18–16 record and a ticket to the quarterfinals for the first time in the club's history, where it lost 2–1 to Real Madrid in the quarterfinals, but earned the right to make its debut in European competitions in the 2016–17 EuroCup.^[2] In its European debut, UCAM Murcia reached the Top 16 round.

In the next season, the club joined the Basketball Champions League, reaching the Final Four in its first participation. Murcia lost to AEK in the semifinals and won the third place game over MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.

Sponsorship naming

CB Murcia has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

Logos

CB Murcia logos
1993–2009	2009–2013	2013–present

Home arenas

• Pabellón Príncipe Felipe: (1985–94)
• Palacio de Deportes: (1994–present)

Players

Current roster

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

UCAM Murcia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 7000600000000000000♠6 Antelo, José Ángel (C) 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1987-03-30)30 March 1987 PG Booker, Askia 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (1993-08-31)31 August 1993 PF Cățe, Emanuel 7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (1997-07-30)30 July 1997 C Delía, Marcos 7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 SG Doyle, Milton 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1993-10-31)31 October 1993 SG Durán, Edu 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1991-05-01)1 May 1991 PG 7000900000000000000♠9 Kloof, Charlon 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1990-03-20)20 March 1990 PG 7000500000000000000♠5 Martín, Alberto 7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 23 – (1995-03-28)28 March 1995 PG Martínez, Emilio 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 20 – (1998-09-26)26 September 1998 SG 7001120000000000000♠12 Oleson, Brad 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1983-04-11)11 April 1983 SF 7001270000000000000♠27 Rojas, Sadiel 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1989-07-16)16 July 1989 PF Rudež, Damjan 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1986-06-17)17 June 1986 SF 5000000000000000000♠0 Soko, Ovie 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1991-02-07)7 February 1991 SF Todorović, Dejan 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1994-05-29)29 May 1994 C 7001240000000000000♠24 Tumba, Kevin 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1991-02-23)23 February 1991	Head coach Javier Juárez Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 13, 2018

Head coaches

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Notable players

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish) & (in English)
• UCAM Murcia at ACB.com (in Spanish)
• UCAM Murcia at the EuroCup