2019–20 Virtus Roma season

Main article: Virtus Roma
Virtus Roma
2019-20 season
PresidentClaudio Toti
Head coachPiero Bucchi
ArenaPalaLottomatica
LBAseason cancelled (14th)

The 2019–20 season is Virtus Roma's 60th in existence and the club's 1st season in the Lega Basket Serie A after the promotion in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview

Virtus Roma comes back to the Serie A after five years in Serie A2. Roma gained the promotion to the highest Italian league by ending the 2018–19 Serie A2 season at the first place in the West division.

The 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone.[1] Roma ended the championship in 14th position.

Kit

Supplier: EYE Sport Wear

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

Players

Due to the early conclusion of the season the new hire Corey Webster couldn't play any game, while Jaylen Barford, coming from Pesaro, was called only in the last game against Sassari.[2]

Current roster

Pallacanestro Virtus Roma roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 0 United States Barford, Jaylen 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – (1996-01-23)23 January 1996
F/C 2 Italy Cusenza, Kevin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1993-01-31)31 January 1993
PF 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Alibegović, Amar 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 29 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995
G 9 New Zealand Webster, Corey (*) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 36 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988
SG 10 Italy Rullo, Roberto 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1990-02-05)5 February 1990
PG 13 Italy Baldasso, Tommaso 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998
F 21 United States White, James 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 42 – (1982-10-21)21 October 1982
F/C 22 Italy Pini, Giovanni 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1992-07-25)25 July 1992
G/F 25 United States Farley, Liam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 30 – (1994-09-20)20 September 1994
SG 34 Italy Spinosa, Giovanni 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1997-12-30)30 December 1997
F/C 41 United States Jefferson, Davon 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 38 – (1986-11-03)3 November 1986
SG 44 United States Buford, William 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1990-01-10)10 January 1990
SG 77 Czech Republic Kyzlink, Tomáš 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1993-06-18)18 June 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Daniele Michelutti
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (*) Joined the team before the
    interruption and never played
  • Injured Injured
Updated: March 8, 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 Davon Jefferson Kevin Cusenza
PF Amar Alibegović Giovanni Pini
SF James White Tomáš Kyzlink Liam Farley
SG William Buford Roberto Rullo Giovanni Spinosa
PG Jaylen Barford Tommaso Baldasso Corey Webster

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
10 SG Italy Roberto Rullo 29 Dinamo Cagliari Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 17 July 2019 [3]
3 F United States Michael Moore 25 Borås Basket Sweden 1 year June 2020 Free 18 July 2019 [4]
22 F/C Italy Giovanni Pini 26 Fortitudo Bologna Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 23 July 2019 [5]
11 G United States Jerome Dyson 32 Bnei Herzliya Israel 1 year June 2020 Free 26 July 2019 [6]
41 F/C United States Davon Jefferson 32 Capitanes de Arecibo Puerto Rico 1 year June 2020 Free 29 July 2019 [7]
77 SG Czech Republic Tomáš Kyzlink 26 Reyer Venezia Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 3 August 2019 [8]
25 G/F United States Liam Farley 24 Bowdoin United States 1 year June 2020 Free 9 August 2019 [9]
34 SG Italy Giovanni Spinosa 21 Smit Roma Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 9 August 2019 [9]
44 SG United States William Buford 29 Lavrio Greece 1 year June 2020 Free 23 August 2019 [10]
2 F/C Italy Kevin Cusenza 26 Fortitudo Roma Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 30 August 2019 [11]
21 F United States James White 37 Benedetto XIV Cento Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 24 December 2019 [12]
0 SG United States Jaylen Barford 24 V.L. Pesaro Italy end of the season June 2020 Undisclosed 19 February 2020 [13]
9 G New Zealand Corey Webster 31 Zhejiang Lions China end of the season June 2020 Free 29 February 2020 [14]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
10 G Italy Massimo Chessa 23 Napoli Basket Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [15]
11 PG United States Nic Moore 27 Champagne Châlons-Reims France end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [16]
12 G/F Italy Daniele Sandri 28 Napoli Basket Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [17]
14 SG Italy Andrea Saccaggi 30 Cestistica San Severo Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [18]
15 F/C Italy Aristide Landi 25 Pistoia Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [19]
17 G Italy Roberto Prandin 33 Scagliera Verona Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [20]
21 F/C United States Henry Sims 29 Fortitudo Bologna Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [21]
33 SF Italy Marco Santiangeli 27 Assigeco Piacenza Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [22]
3 F United States Michael Moore 25 Latina Basket Italy transfer Undisclosed 30 December 2019 [23]
11 G United States Jerome Dyson 32 Fortitudo Bologna Italy transfer Undisclosed 26 February 2020 [24][25]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
13 PG Italy Tommaso Baldasso 26 Auxilium Torino Italy 3 + 3 years June 2022 Free 13 July 2016 [26][27]
7 PF Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Amar Alibegović 29 St. John's Red Storm United States 2 years June 2020 Free 4 July 2018 [28]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
Italy
 Piero Bucchi
61
 JuveCaserta
Italy
2 years
2020
4 March 2018
[29]

Unsuccessful deals

The following deal never activated and the player's contract was withdrawn before the beginning of the season.

Signing date Withdrawal date Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Moved to
16 July 2019[30]
23 August 2019[31]
G
United States
 Skyler Flatten
24
 South Dakota State Jackrabbits United States
1 year
 Miami Heat[32] United States

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
12 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 21 9 12 1741 1763 −22 Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup
13 De' Longhi Treviso 21 8 13 1620 1664 −44
14 Virtus Roma 21 7 14 1639 1787 −148
15 OriOra Pistoia 21 7 14 1559 1735 −176
16 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 21 6 15 1574 1690 −116
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

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