BC TSU Tbilisi

BC TSU is a professional basketball club based in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is affiliated with the Tbilisi State University.

BC Tbilisi State University
Nickname	Studentebi (The Students)
Leagues	Georgian Superliga
Founded	1991 (1991)
Arena	Olympic Palace
Capacity	4,000
Location	Tbilisi, Georgia
Team colors
President	Irakli Kharjavanidze
Vice-president(s)	Giorgi Shamatava
Team manager	Tornike Tsinadze
Head coach	Leqso Lapanashvili
Team captain	Giorgi Tsintsadze
Home Away

History

T.S.U. was one of the 11 founding members of the Georgian basketball league in 1991. Their best seasons in the league were 2009-10 and 2010-11, when they reached the playoff finals, losing both of them 1–3 against Energy Invest Rustavi and BC Armia respectively.

From 2015 to 2018, TSU-Hyundai played in Georgian A-Liga, winning it in 2018 and receiving a direct promotion to the Georgian Superliga.

The club's greatest success was winning the Georgian Cup in 2006. They also won the Korkia/Sakandelidze Memorial tournament twice in 2011 and 2019, and the Dudu Dadiani Memorial in 2019.

Team

Current roster

BC TSU roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Chechelashvili, Nika 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-10-09)9 October 1999 PG 1 Mgeladze, Aleksandre 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2006-08-09)9 August 2006 CG 4 Boykin, Tyree 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1999-02-06)6 February 1999 G/F 6 Jintcharadze, Kakhaber 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1993-07-16)16 July 1993 PG 8 Tsintsadze, Giorgi 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 38 – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 PF/C 9 Isiani, Willy 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 PG 14 Goodman, Duane 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1997-09-01)1 September 1997 PF 15 Phevadze, Aleksandre 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-04-15)15 April 1998 SG 21 Gogodze, Nodar 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1994-07-12)12 July 1994 G/F 23 Gugutsidze, Soso 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2006-03-22)22 March 2006 C 28 Vujovic, Nikola 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 31 – (1993-01-21)21 January 1993 G/F 30 Cranston, Cameron 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-07-19)19 July 1998	Head coach Leqso Lapanashvili Assistant coach(es) Nika Mskhalaia Dimitri Chelidze Athletic trainer(s) Iviko Ergemlidze Doctor Giorgi Chikhradze Physiotherapist(s) Lasha Mamrikishvili Legend (C) Team captain Injured

External links

• Eurobasket.com Team Profile (in English)
• Superleague.ge Team Profile Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Georgian)