2020–21 Virtus Roma season

Main article: Virtus Roma
Virtus Roma
2020-21 season
OwnerClaudio Toti
PresidentAlessandro Toti
Head coachPiero Bucchi
ArenaPalaLottomatica
LBADisqualified
SupercupGroup stage (4th of 4)

The 2020–21 season is Virtus Roma's 61st in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Overview

During the summer preseason period, the team faced financial uncertainty for the coming season, but at the end, on July 31, the president Toti decided to subscribe the team to the Lega Basket Serie A.[1] Coach Piero Bucchi was confirmed and the team built in just less than a month.

Roma started the season without having a top sponsor and the lack of it brought more financial problems to deal with before the end of the year. In the month of December, Claudio Toti started looking for new owners whom to hand over the team, but no offer was officially made.[2] Finally the decision to withdraw from the Serie A was taken on December 9 and the announcement was first given from the Italian Basketball Federation.[3]

Until then Virtus Roma had played 9 games with 2 wins and was placed in the 15th place of the standing, out of 16. All the games were voided and the team was fined with 600.000 euros.[4]

Kit

Supplier: Macron

Serie A Home jersey
Team colours
Serie A Home
Serie A Away jersey
Team colours
Serie A Away

Players

Current roster

Virtus Roma roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Hadžić, Damir 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 27 – (1997-05-13)13 May 1997
F/C 1 San Marino Biordi, Ygor 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1996-01-17)17 January 1996
G 9 United States Beane, Anthony 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1994-05-06)6 May 1994
G 12 Italy Campogrande, Luca 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1996-04-30)30 April 1996
PG 13 Italy Baldasso, Tommaso (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998
C 14 Italy Cervi, Riccardo 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 33 – (1991-06-19)19 June 1991
G 15 Italy Telesca, Samuele 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 21 – (2003-02-01)1 February 2003
C 16 United States Hunt, Dario 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 35 – (1989-05-02)2 May 1989
PG 22 United States Robinson, Gerald 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 35 – (1989-02-10)10 February 1989
PF 23 United States Evans, Chris 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1991-01-29)29 January 1991
G/F 25 United States Farley, Liam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1994-09-20)20 September 1994
SF 99 United States Wilson, Jamil 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 34 – (1990-11-21)21 November 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Giuseppe Di Paolo
  • Italy Andrea Bonacina
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 10 December 2020

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

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Dario Hunt Riccardo Cervi Ygor Biordi
PF Chris Evans Damir Hadžić
SF Jamil Wilson Liam Farley
SG Anthony Beane Luca Campogrande Samuele Telesca
PG Gerald Robinson Tommaso Baldasso

6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
12 G/F Italy Luca Campogrande 24 New Basket Brindisi Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 6 August 2020 [5]
14 C Italy Riccardo Cervi 29 Pallacanestro Trieste Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 7 August 2020 [6]
23 PF United States Chris Evans 29 Orléans Loiret Basket France 1 year June 2021 Free 10 August 2020 [7]
22 G United States Gerald Robinson 31 Bursaspor Basketbol Turkey 1 year June 2021 Free 11 August 2020 [8]
9 G United States Anthony Beane 26 Spirou Charleroi Belgium 1 year June 2021 Free 12 August 2020 [9]
0 PF Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Hadžić 23 Flagler College United States 1 year June 2021 Free 13 August 2020 [10]
99 SF United States Jamil Wilson 29 UNICS Kazan Russia 1 year June 2021 Free 18 August 2020 [11]
1 F/C San Marino Italy Ygor Biordi 24 Gilbertina Soresina Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 20 August 2020 [12]
16 C United States Dario Hunt 31 Mornar Bar Montenegro 1 year June 2021 Free 25 August 2020 [13]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
7 PF Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Amar Alibegović 25 Virtus Bologna Italy End of contract Free 27 May 2020 [14]
77 SG Czech Republic Tomáš Kyzlink 27 Reggio Emilia Italy End of contract Free 26 June 2020 [15]
0 SG United States Jaylen Barford 24 Al Ittihad Alexandria Egypt End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [16]
2 F/C Italy Kevin Cusenza 27 Free agent End of contract Free 1 July 2020
9 G New Zealand Corey Webster 31 New Zealand Breakers New Zealand End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [17]
10 SG Italy Roberto Rullo 30 Free agent End of contract Free 1 July 2020
22 F/C Italy Giovanni Pini 27 Scaligera Verona Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [18]
34 SG Italy Giovanni Spinosa 22 Free agent End of contract Free 1 July 2020
41 F/C United States Davon Jefferson 33 Maccabi Haifa Israel End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [19]
44 SG United States William Buford 30 Darüşşafaka Turkey End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [20]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
13 PG Italy Tommaso Baldasso 22 Auxilium Torino Italy 3 + 3 years June 2022 Free 13 July 2016 [21][22]
25 G/F United States Liam Farley 25 Bowdoin United States 1 + 1 year June 2021 Free 9 August 2019 [23]

From youth team

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Transfer fee Date
15 G Italy Samuele Telesca 17 Youth system 9 July 2020

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
Italy Piero Bucchi 61 JuveCaserta Italy 2 + 1 years June 2021 4 March 2018 [24]

Competitions

Supercup

Main article: 2020 Italian Basketball Supercup
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 6 4 2 563 484 +79 Advance to Final Four
2 Happy Casa Brindisi 6 4 2 528 470 +58
3 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 6 4 2 498 435 +63
4 Virtus Roma 6 0 6 394 594 −200
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A

Main article: 2020–21 LBA season

This was the situation before the official ban from the competition:

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
12 Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù 9 3 6 695 760 −65
13 Germani Basket Brescia 10 3 7 768 804 −36
14 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 5 2 3 380 390 −10
15 Virtus Roma 9 2 7 674 789 −115
16 Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna 9 1 8 726 798 −72
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2020. Source: [citation needed]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "LBA, Gandini sulla rinuncia della Virtus Roma: 'La grande passione di Claudio Toti non è bastata'" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Rinuncia Virtus Roma. Una nota della FIP" (in Italian). fip.it. 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Virtus Roma. Le decisioni del Giudice Sportivo Nazionale" (in Italian). fip.it. 10 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Luca Campogrande alla Virtus Roma" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 6 August 2020.
  6. ^ "La Virtus Roma ingaggia Riccardo Cervi" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 7 August 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Chris Evans alla Virtus Roma" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 10 August 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Gerald Robinson è un nuovo giocatore della Virtus Roma" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 11 August 2020. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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  10. ^ "Ingaggiato Damir Hadzic" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 13 August 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Jamil Wilson alla Virtus Roma" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Ingaggiato Ygor Biordi" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 20 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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  14. ^ "BENVENUTO AMAR!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 27 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Tomáš Kyzlink è il primo acquisto biancorosso" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 26 June 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  16. ^ "Jaylen Barford agreed terms with Al Ettehad". eurobasket.com. 27 October 2020.
  17. ^ "2019-20 Player Contract Status". nbl.com.au. 7 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Welcome back! Giovanni Pini firma con la Tezenis Verona" (in Italian). scaligerabasket.it. 9 July 2020.
  19. ^ "הפורוורד/סנטר דבון ג'פרסון חתם במכבי חיפה עד לסיום עונת 2020-21" (in Hebrew). mhbasket.co.il. 3 November 2020.
  20. ^ "Daçka'ya hoş geldin William Buford!" (in Turkish). darussafakabasketbol.com. 9 October 2020.
  21. ^ "UFFICIALE A2 - Virtus Roma: in arrivo Tommaso Baldasso" (in Italian). pianetabasket.com. 13 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Rinnovato il contratto di Tommaso Baldasso" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  23. ^ "Al via la stagione 2019-20 della Virtus Roma: domani alle 18 il primo allenamento". virtusroma.it (in Italian). Virtus Roma. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  24. ^ "Piero Bucchi nuovo Head Coach della Virtus Roma" (in Italian). legapallacanestro.com. 4 March 2018.