2020–21 Virtus Roma season

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

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

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PF 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Hadžić, Damir 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 26 – (1997-05-13)13 May 1997
F/C 1 San Marino Biordi, Ygor 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1996-01-17)17 January 1996
G 9 United States Beane, Anthony 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 29 – (1994-05-06)6 May 1994
G 12 Italy Campogrande, Luca 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1996-04-30)30 April 1996
PG 13 Italy Baldasso, Tommaso (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998
C 14 Italy Cervi, Riccardo 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 32 – (1991-06-19)19 June 1991
G 15 Italy Telesca, Samuele 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 20 – (2003-02-01)1 February 2003
C 16 United States Hunt, Dario 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 34 – (1989-05-02)2 May 1989
PG 22 United States Robinson, Gerald 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 34 – (1989-02-10)10 February 1989
PF 23 United States Evans, Chris 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1991-01-29)29 January 1991
G/F 25 United States Farley, Liam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1994-09-20)20 September 1994
SF 99 United States Wilson, Jamil 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 32 – (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 nationality 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)

In
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
12G/FItalyLuca Campogrande24New Basket BrindisiItaly1 yearJune 2021Free6 August 2020[5]
14CItalyRiccardo Cervi29Pallacanestro TriesteItaly1 yearJune 2021Free7 August 2020[6]
23PFUnited StatesChris Evans29Orléans Loiret BasketFrance1 yearJune 2021Free10 August 2020[7]
22GUnited StatesGerald Robinson31Bursaspor BasketbolTurkey1 yearJune 2021Free11 August 2020[8]
9GUnited StatesAnthony Beane26Spirou CharleroiBelgium1 yearJune 2021Free12 August 2020[9]
0PFBosnia and HerzegovinaDamir Hadžić23Flagler CollegeUnited States1 yearJune 2021Free13 August 2020[10]
99SFUnited StatesJamil Wilson29UNICS KazanRussia1 yearJune 2021Free18 August 2020[11]
1F/CSan Marino ItalyYgor Biordi24Gilbertina SoresinaItaly1 yearJune 2021Free20 August 2020[12]
16CUnited StatesDario Hunt31Mornar BarMontenegro1 yearJune 2021Free25 August 2020[13]

Out
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer feeDateSource
7PFBosnia and Herzegovina ItalyAmar Alibegović25Virtus BolognaItalyEnd of contractFree27 May 2020[14]
77SGCzech RepublicTomáš Kyzlink27Reggio EmiliaItalyEnd of contractFree26 June 2020[15]
0SGUnited StatesJaylen Barford24Al Ittihad AlexandriaEgyptEnd of contractFree1 July 2020[16]
2F/CItalyKevin Cusenza27Free agentEnd of contractFree1 July 2020
9GNew ZealandCorey Webster31New Zealand BreakersNew ZealandEnd of contractFree1 July 2020[17]
10SGItalyRoberto Rullo30Free agentEnd of contractFree1 July 2020
22F/CItalyGiovanni Pini27Scaligera VeronaItalyEnd of contractFree1 July 2020[18]
34SGItalyGiovanni Spinosa22Free agentEnd of contractFree1 July 2020
41F/CUnited StatesDavon Jefferson33Maccabi HaifaIsraelEnd of contractFree1 July 2020[19]
44SGUnited StatesWilliam Buford30DarüşşafakaTurkeyEnd of contractFree1 July 2020[20]

Confirmed
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
13PGItalyTommaso Baldasso22Auxilium TorinoItaly3 + 3 yearsJune 2022Free13 July 2016[21][22]
25G/FUnited StatesLiam Farley25BowdoinUnited States1 + 1 yearJune 2021Free9 August 2019[23]

From youth team
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeTransfer feeDate
15GItalySamuele Telesca17Youth system9 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 be 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:

See also

References
  1. "Toti: 'La mia decisione per permettere a Roma di avere ancora l'opportunità di partecipare alla A'" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 31 July 2020.
  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.
  7. "Chris Evans alla Virtus Roma" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 10 August 2020.
  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.
  9. "La Virtus Roma ingaggia Anthony Beane" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 12 August 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  10. "Ingaggiato Damir Hadzic" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 13 August 2020.
  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.
  13. "Dario Hunt è il centro della Virtus Roma" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 25 August 2020.
  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.
  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.
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