The Niigata Albirex BB (新潟アルビレックスBB (Nīgata Aubirekkusu BB)) is a professional basketball team based in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan that compete in the third division of the Japanese B.League.[1]
Outline
The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.
In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.
Team name transition
- 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
- 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
- 2000: Niigata Albirex
- 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball
Roster
| Niigata Albirex BB roster
|
| Players |
Coaches
|
| Pos. |
No. |
Nat. |
Name |
Ht. |
|
Age |
|
| G
|
2
|
|
Oluwadamilola Yuta Joseph Mosaku
|
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
|
|
23 – (2001-12-05)5 December 2001
|
|
| G
|
3
|
|
Reon Shibuta
|
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
|
|
26 – (1998-08-22)22 August 1998
|
|
| G
|
5
|
|
Daichi Tomioka
|
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
|
|
30 – (1995-02-08)8 February 1995
|
|
| G
|
10
|
|
Tensho Sugimoto
|
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
|
|
26 – (1998-07-20)20 July 1998
|
|
| G
|
14
|
|
Keigo Kimura
|
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
|
|
24 – (2000-11-08)8 November 2000
|
|
| G
|
17
|
|
Shun Watanuki
|
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
|
|
37 – (1987-11-02)2 November 1987
|
|
| F
|
25
|
|
Rosco Allen
|
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
|
|
32 – (1993-05-05)5 May 1993
|
|
| F
|
32
|
|
Yuichi Ikeda
|
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
|
|
41 – (1983-07-13)13 July 1983
|
|
| G
|
34
|
|
Zen Endo
|
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
|
|
26 – (1998-11-05)5 November 1998
|
|
| F
|
65
|
|
Shogo Tamaki
|
1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
|
|
28 – (1996-08-30)30 August 1996
|
|
|
- Head coach
Casey Owens
- Assistant coach(es)
Takamitsu Fujiwara
- Legend
|
Notable players
Coaches
Honors
- Japan Basketball League Div.2
- Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
- bj league
- Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
- Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
Season-by-season records
| Year |
League |
Division |
Regular Season |
Semifinal |
Final |
Finish
|
| Win |
Lose |
Place |
Win |
Lose |
Win |
Lose
|
| 2000 |
JBL |
2 |
12 |
2 |
2nd |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Champions
|
| 2001/2002 |
JBL |
14 |
0 |
1st |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
Champions
|
| 2002/2003 |
JBL Super League |
2 |
9 |
6th |
--- |
6th
|
| 2003/2004 |
9 |
19 |
8th |
--- |
8th
|
| 2004/2005 |
8 |
20 |
7th |
--- |
7th
|
| Season |
League |
Regular Season |
Finish |
Average Crowd
|
| Win |
Lose |
Win% |
GB |
Place
|
| 2005/2006 |
bj league |
29 |
11 |
.725 |
2.0 |
2nd |
Runners-up |
-
|
| 2006/2007 |
25 |
15 |
.625 |
4.0 |
2nd |
4th |
3,008
|
| 2007/2008 |
26 |
18 |
.591 |
3.0 |
East 3rd |
6th |
3,259
|
| 2008/2009 |
24 |
28 |
.462 |
12.0 |
East 4th |
|
-
|
Key:
Arenas
Practice facilities
References
- ^ "チームプロフィール". 新潟アルビレックスBB (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-02.
External links