2020–21 Victoria Libertas Pesaro season

Main article: U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro
Victoria Libertas Pesaro
2020-21 season
PresidentArio Costa
Head coachJasmin Repeša
ArenaAdriatic Arena
LBA13th of 15
Italian CupRunner-up
SupercupGroup stage (3rd of 4)

The 2020–21 season is Victoria Libertas Pesaro's 75th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Overview

After the disastrous 2019-20 season where they ended at the last place before the official interruption of the championship due to the coronavirus pandemic, they had a serious risk of being relegated to the Serie A2. But, at the last moment, the management decided to keep the team in the Serie A.[1]

Kit

Supplier: Erreà / Sponsor: Prosciutto Carpegna DOP

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Third kit jersey
Team colours
Third kit

Players

Current roster

Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G/F 3 Estonia Drell, Henri 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (2000-04-25)25 April 2000
PG 4 United States Massenat, Frantz 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 32 – (1992-01-17)17 January 1992
PG 5 Italy Filloy, Ariel 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 37 – (1987-03-11)11 March 1987
PG 7 Italy Calbini, Lorenzo 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 21 – (2003-06-19)19 June 2003
C 8 United States Cain, Tyler 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 36 – (1988-06-30)30 June 1988
PG 12 United States Robinson, Justin 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 29 – (1995-04-12)12 April 1995
PG 15 Italy Tambone, Matteo 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – (1994-05-14)14 May 1994
SF 21 Cameroon Eboua, Paul 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 24 – (2000-02-15)15 February 2000
PF 33 Italy Serpilli, Michele 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1999-03-12)12 March 1999
PF 35 Hungary Filipovity, Márkó 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1996-07-30)30 July 1996
PF 41 Italy Zanotti, Simone 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1992-12-31)31 December 1992
G/F 82 Argentina Delfino, Carlos (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 42 – (1982-08-29)29 August 1982
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Paolo Calbini
  • Italy Luca Pentucci
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 10 May 2021

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 Tyler Cain Simone Zanotti
PF Márkó Filipovity Paul Eboua Michele Serpilli
SF Henri Drell Carlos Delfino
SG Frantz Massenat Matteo Tambone
PG Justin Robinson Ariel Filloy Lorenzo Calbini

(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
82 G/F Argentina Italy Carlos Delfino 37 Free agent 1 year June 2021 Free 7 July 2020 [2]
4 PG United States Frantz Massenat 28 MoraBanc Andorra Spain 1 year June 2021 Free 21 July 2020 [3]
15 PG Italy Matteo Tambone 26 Pallacanestro Varese Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 22 July 2020 [4]
35 PF Hungary Márkó Filipovity 23 Falco Kosárlabda Hungary 1 year June 2021 Free 25 July 2020 [5]
8 C United States Tyler Cain 32 Brescia Leonessa Italy 1 year June 2021 Undisclosed 31 July 2020 [6]
12 PG United States Justin Robinson 25 Élan Chalon France 1 year June 2021 Free 2 August 2020 [7]
5 PG Italy Argentina Ariel Filloy 33 Reyer Venezia Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 10 August 2020 [8][9]
22 G United States Gerald Robinson[Note IN] 31 Virtus Roma Italy 7 weeks 15 February 2021 Free 29 December 2020 [10]
21 SF Cameroon Italy Paul Eboua[Note IN] 21 Long Island Nets United States End of the season June 2021 USA 21 March 2021 [11]
  1. ^
    In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
12 SF Cameroon Italy Paul Eboua 20 Stella Azzurra Roma Italy End of contract Free 18 April 2020 [12]
35 SF Italy Leonardo Totè 22 Fortitudo Bologna Italy End of contract Free 8 June 2020 [13]
8 G Serbia Vasilije Pušica 24 Dinamo Sassari Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [14]
4 PG Italy Federico Mussini 24 Pallacanestro Trieste Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [15]
11 SG Italy Federico Miaschi 20 Pallacanestro Biella Italy End of loan contract (to Venezia) Free 1 July 2020 [16]
22 G United States Gerald Robinson[Note OUT] 32 JDA Dijon France End of contract Free 15 February 2021 [17]
24 C Italy Beniamino Basso[Note OUT] 20 Kleb Basket Ferrara Italy Loan contract Undisclosed 25 March 2021 [18]
  1. ^
    Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
41 C Italy Simone Zanotti 27 San Crispino Basket P.S. Elpidio Italy 2 + 2 year June 2022 Free 11 July 2018 [19][20][21]
3 G/F Estonia Henri Drell 20 Baunach Young Pikes Germany 3 years June 2022 Free 19 July 2019 [22]

From youth team

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Transfer fee Date Source
24 C Italy Beniamino Basso 19 Youth system 9 July 2020 [23]
33 PF Italy Michele Serpilli 19 Youth system September 2020

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
Croatia
Jasmin Repeša 59 Budućnost
Montenegro
3 years June 2023 23 June 2020[24]
Italy
Giancarlo Sacco
1 July 2020
 End of contract

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.

Italian Cup

Pesaro qualified to the 2021 Italian Basketball Cup by ending the first half of the LBA season in the 6th position. They played the quarterfinal against the 3rd ranking Banco di Sardegna Sassari. They reached the final but lost against AX Armani Exchange Milano.

12 February 2021
Quarterfinals
 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 110–115(OT) Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro Assago (Milan)
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 26-24, 27-25, 23-21, 23-29, Overtime: 11-16
Rai Sport, Eurosport Pts: Bendžius 22
Rebs: Spissu 10
Asts: Spissu 9
PIR: Spissu 34 		Boxscore Pts: Robinson 27
Rebs: Filipovity 13
Asts: Robinson 27
PIR: Drell 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Michele Rossi, Lorenzo Baldini, Christian Borgo
14 February 2021
Semifinal
 Happy Casa Brindisi 69–74 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro Assago (Milan)
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 16-26, 17-11, 24-22
Rai Sport, Eurosport Pts: Thompson 19
Rebs: Udom, Willis 7
Asts: Thompson 7
PIR: Thompson 24 		Boxscore Pts: J. Robinson 23
Rebs: Cain 14
Asts: J. Robinson 4
PIR: J. Robinson 23 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Alessandro Martolini, Andrea Bongiorni
13 February 2021
Final
 AX Armani Exchange Milano 87–59 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro Assago (Milan)
18:15 Scoring by quarter: 21-15, 27-6, 26-15, 13-23
Rai Sport, Eurosport Pts: Datome 15
Rebs: Hines 7
Asts: Rodríguez 8
PIR: Datome 26 		Boxscore Pts: Cain 15
Rebs: Cain 12
Asts: J. Robinson 4
PIR: Cain 21 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Roberto Begnis, Guido Giovannetti

Serie A

Main article: 2020–21 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
11 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 28 10 18 2122 2261 −139
12 Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna 28 10 18 2179 2291 −112
13 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro 28 10 18 2271 2364 −93
14 Openjobmetis Varese 28 10 18 2271 2433 −162
15 Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù 28 9 19 2179 2313 −134 Relegation to Serie A2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nel 2020/2021 la VL giocherà ancora in Serie A" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 13 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Carlos Delfino firma con la VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 7 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Frantz Massenat è la Nuova Comboguard Della VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 21 July 2020.
  4. ^ "La VL ingaggia Matteo Tambone" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Nuova ala per la VL: arriva Marko Filipovity!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 25 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Tyler Cain è il nuovo centro dalla VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 31 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Justin Robinson firma con VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 2 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Notiziario VL del 10/08/2020: Ariel Filloy si aggrega alla VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 10 August 2020.
  9. ^ "La Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro firma Ariel Filloy" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 20 August 2020.
  10. ^ "La Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro firma Gerald Robinson!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 29 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Paul Eboua torna alla Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 21 March 2021.
  12. ^ "VL Pesaro, Paul Eboua part ways as young forward returns to Stella Azzurra Rome". sportando.basketball. 18 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Leonardo Totè è un giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 8 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Una combo di ferro alla corte di Poz" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 23 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Mussini entra nel roster" (in Italian). pallacanestrotrieste.it. 9 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Doppio colpo dalla Reyer Venezia: Federico Miaschi e Nicola Berdini vestono rossoblù" (in Italian). pallacanestrobiella.it. 23 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Gerald Robinson vient renforcer l'équipe dijonnaise" (in French). jdadijon.com. 29 January 2021.
  18. ^ "TOP SECRET, FIRMATO BENIAMINO BASSO" (in Italian). klebbasketferrara.com. 25 March 2021.
  19. ^ "VL Pesaro, firmata l'ala grande Simone Zanotti" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 11 July 2018.
  20. ^ "Simone Zanotti ancora in maglia VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 4 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Simone Zanotti rinnova con la VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 3 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Henri Drell firma un triennale con la VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 23 July 2019.
  23. ^ "VL Pesaro, Beniamino Basso resta nel roster della prima squadra" (in Italian). sportando.basketball. 9 July 2020.
  24. ^ "Jasmin Repesa e il nuovo coach della VL" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 23 June 2020.