Viola Reggio Calabria

Viola Reggio Calabria
Nickname	i Nero-Arancio (the black&orange team)
Leagues	Serie B Dilettanti
Founded	1966
History	Cestistica Piero Viola (1966-1997) Basket Viola Reggio Calabria (1998) Nuovo Basket Viola Reggio '98 (1998-2007) Team Basket Viola (2009-present)
Arena	PalaPentimele (~ 8,500 seats)
Location	Reggio Calabria (RC), Italy
Team colors	Black and Orange
Head coach	Massimo Bianchi
Championships	3 Serie A2 League 1984/85, 1988/89, 1991/92
Website	www.teambasketviola.it
Uniforms
Home Away

Viola Reggio Calabria is the name traditionally given to the main men's professional basketball team from the city Reggio Calabria, Italy. The team colors are black and orange.

The name comes from the glorious Cestistica Piero Viola, a basketball team founded in 1966 by the judge Giuseppe Viola in honor of his died brother Piero. The Cestistica failed at the end of 1997, then a new team was founded in 1998 (Basket Viola Reggio Calabria) and soon transformed in Basket Viola Reggio Calabria until bankrupt at the end of 2007.

A new team (Team Basket Viola) has been founded in 2009, ready to start from Serie B Dilettanti, the fourth men's professional basketball league in Italy.

Season 2009/2010

Number	Name	Nazionality	Position	Year	Height (cm)
	Massimo Di Lembo		Playmaker	1977	180
	Alessandro Michelon		PM/Guard	1977	188
	Gabriele Niccolai		Guard/SF	1972	192
	Giuseppe D’Iapico		Guard	1973	190
	Claudio Negri		Guard/SF	1985	195
	Luca Dalla Vecchia		PF	1978	204
	Marcelo Dip		Center	1984	205
	Vladimir Yasakov		PF/Center	1990	200
Coach	Massimo Bianchi		-	1955	-
Ass.	Gustavo Tolotti		-	1967	-

History

Cronistoria della Viola Basket Reggio Calabria

1966-1967: 9th place in Serie C 1967-1968: 10th place in Serie C 1968-1969: Serie C 1969-1970: 9th place in Serie C 1970-1971: Serie C 1971-1972: Serie C 1972-1973: Serie C 1973-1974: Serie C 1974-1975: Serie B 1975-1976: Serie B 1976-1977: Serie B 1977-1978: Serie B 1978-1979: Serie B 1979-1980: Serie B 1980-1981: Serie B 1981-1982: Serie B 1982-1983: Serie B, promoted in Serie A2 1983-1984: 9th place in Serie A2 1984-1985: 1st place in Serie A2, promoted in Serie A1 1985-1986: 13th place in Serie A1, relegated in Serie A2 1986-1987: 9th place in Serie A2 1987-1988: 6th place in Serie A2 1988-1989: 1st place in Serie A2, promoted in Serie A1 1989-1990: 7th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Pallacanestro Varese 1990-1991: 12th place in Serie A1, relegated in Serie A2; lost at 1/16 final of Korać Cup vs. Panionios B.C. 1991-1992: 1st place in Serie A2, promoted in Serie A1 1992-1993: 6th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Pallacanestro Treviso 1993-1994: 7th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Victoria Libertas Pesaro; lost at 1/8 final of Korać Cup vs Estudiantes Madrid 1994-1995: 11th place in Serie A1 1995-1996: 8th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/8 final playoffs vs. Olimpia Pistoia 1996-1997: 11th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/8 final playoffs vs. Virtus Roma 1997-1998: 14th place in Serie A1, relegated in Serie A2 1998-1999: 3rd place in Serie A2, promoted in Serie A1 after playoffs 1999-2000: 7th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Virtus Bologna 2000-2001: 14th place in Serie A1, lost at 1/8 final of Korać Cup vs Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 2001-2002: 16th place in Serie A 2002-2003: 9th place in Serie A, lost at 1/4 final playoffs vs. Pallacanestro Treviso 2003-2004: 9th place in Serie A 2004-2005: 17th place in Serie A, relegated in LegaDue, then promoted in Serie A due to bankrupt of Victoria Libertas Pesaro 2005-2006: 18th place in Serie A, relegated in LegaDue 2006-2007: 14th place in LegaDue 16 July 2007: failed to meet financial requirements to participate in the LegaDue 2007-2009: not participating in any competition 2009-2010: Serie B Dilettanti

Coaches

All the coaches in the Viola Reggio Calabria history

1966-1967: Calafiore 1967-1969: Dispenzieri 1969-1972: Furfari 1972-1976: Carmelo Fotia 1976-1977: Massimo Moizo 1977-1978: Vittorio Tracuzzi 1978-1980: Filippo Faina 1980-1981: Enzo Porchi 1981-1982: Vecchi 1982-1986: Gianfranco Benvenuti 1986-1987: Santi Puglisi 1987-1990: Tonino Zorzi 1990-1995: Carlo Recalcati 1995-1996: Tonino Zorzi 1996-2001: Gaetano Gebbia (until 01/01/2001), jan.2001: Massimo Bianchi (from 01/01/01 to 05/01/01) jan.2001-2002: Tonino Zorzi 2002-2004: Lino Lardo 2004-2005: Alessandro Giuliani (until 29/03/2005), Tonino Zorzi 2005-2006: Walter De Raffaele (until 21/12/2005), Pasquale Iracà (from 21/12/2005 to 03/01/2006 and from 13/03/2006), Tonino Zorzi (from 03/01/2006 to 13/03/2006) 2006-2007: Paolo Moretti 2009- Massimo Bianchi

Sponsorships

• 1982-1984 Banca Popolare
• 1985/1986 Opel
• 1986-1989 Standa
• 1990-1993 Panasonic
• 1993-1995 Pfizer
• 2003/2004 Tris
• 2004/2005 Eurofiditalia
• 2009/2010 Liomatic

Rankings

Leader in caps	Caps
Gustavo Tolotti	379
More seasons in Viola RC	Seasons
Gustavo Tolotti, Alessandro Santoro	12
Top scorer in a single game	Points
Joe Bryant 09/11/1986 (Serie A2, Facar PE - Standa RC 102-110)	69
Top scorer ever	Points
Dan Caldwell	3695
Top rebounder ever	Rebounds
Kim Hughes	1897
Top scorer of Serie A	Season
Dan Caldwell	1989/90 (918 points)
Brian Oliver	1996/97 (735 points)

Notable players

• Kim Hughes 5 seasons: '83-'88
• Donato Avenia 9 seasons: '84-'90, '92-'93, '96-'98
• Gustavo Tolotti 12 seasons: '86-'92, '93-'99
• Joe Bryant 1 season: '86-'87
• Dan Caldwell 4 seasons: '87-'91
• Alessandro Santoro 12 seasons: '88-'00
• Giampiero Savio 2 seasons: '88-'90
• Robert Lock 1 season: '88-'89
• Phil Zevenbergen 1 season: '88-'89
• Roberto Bullara 7 seasons: '89-'96
• Charles Jones 1 season: '89-'90
• Dean Garrett 3 seasons: '90-'93
• Michael Young 2 seasons: '90-'92
• Tiziano Lorenzon 2 seasons: '91-'93
• Marco Spangaro 4 seasons: '92-'96
• Alexander Volkov 1 season: '92-'93
• Ken Barlow 1 season: '93-'94
• Kevin Pritchard 1 season: '93-'94
• Alessandro Fantozzi 1 season: '94-'95
• Shaun Vandiver 1 season: '94-'95
• Randy White 1 season: '94-'95
• Wendell Alexis 1 season: '94-'95
• Lance Miller 1 season: '95-'96
• Yamen Sanders 1 season: '95-'96
• Brian Oliver 3 seasons: '96-'97, '98-'00
• Mike Brown 2 seasons: '96-'98
• Diego Fajardo 2 seasons: '97-'98, '03-'04
• Jay Larranaga, son of Jim Larranaga 2 seasons: '97-'98, '04-'05
• Dedric Willoughby 1 seasons: '97-'98
• Manu Ginóbili 2 seasons: '98-'00
• Brent Scott 2 seasons: '98-'99, '00-'01
• Jeff Nordgaard 1 season: '98-'99
• Christian Welp 1 season: '98-'99
• Alejandro Montecchia 3 seasons: '99-'02
• Brian Shorter 1 season: '99-'00
• Kevin Thompson 1 season: '99-'00
• Carlos Delfino 2 seasons: '00-'02
• Mark Anthony Davis 1 season: '00-'01
• Thierry Gadou 1 season: '00-'01
• Leandro Palladino 1 season: '00-'01
• Nicolás Mazzarino 4 seasons: '01-'05
• John Eubanks 3 seasons: '01-'04
• Benjamin Eze 3 seasons: '01-'04
• Anthony Williams 3 seasons: '01-'03, '06-'07
• Alan Tomidy 2 seasons: '01-'03
• Brian Evans 1 season: '01-'02
• Anthony Tucker 1 season: '01-'02
• David Vaughn 1 season: '01-'02
• Titus Ivory 2 seasons: '02-'04
• Giorgos Sigalas 1 season: '03
• Lavell Blanchard 2 seasons: '03-'05
• Bryce Drew 1 season: '04-'05
• Terrence Rencher 1 season: '04-'05
• Casey Shaw 1 season: '04-'05
• Aleksandar Ćapin 1 season: '05-'06
• A. J. Guyton 1 season: '05-'06
• Jelani McCoy 1 season: '05-'06
• Vincent Yarbrough 1 season: '05-'06
• Ismaila Sy 2 seasons: '01-'02 & '06-'07
• Thierry Zig 1 season: '05-'06
• Joseph Bunn 1 season: '06-'07
• German Sciutto 1 season: '06-'07

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