Club Baloncesto Lucentum Alicante is a professional basketball team based in Alicante, Valencian Community. Lucentum Alicante played in Liga ACB for the last time in 2012, after selling its place in the league to CB Canarias.Luis Castillo: “Ahora no vale mirar atrás porque lo importante es que sigue habiendo baloncesto en Alicante” CB Lucentum website. 20 July 2012
In August 2015, due to its financial problems, it gave its place in LEB Plata to the Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto, created two months before to save the basketball of the city.
Sponsorship naming Lucentum Alicante has had several sponsorship names during its history:
Ernesto Electrodomésticos 1994–1996 Proaguas Costablanca 2000–2001 Etosa Alicante 2002–2007 Alicante Costablanca 2007–2008 Meridiano Alicante 2009–2011
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Players
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cupsEuropean competitions1994–95 2Liga EBA 24–14 1995–96 2Liga EBA 15–20 1996–97 2LEB 8th 19–16 1997–98 2LEB 7th 15–17 1998–99 2LEB 11th 12–19 Copa Príncipe QF1999–00 2LEB1st 30–12 Copa Príncipe QF2000–01 1Liga ACB17th 9–25 2001–02 2LEB1st 27–1–12 Copa Príncipe C2002–03 1Liga ACB 8th 19–19 2003–04 1Liga ACB 14th 14–20 2 ULEB Cup 3–72004–05 1Liga ACB 6th 25–14Quarterfinalist2005–06 1Liga ACB 12th 14–20 2 ULEB Cup 6–62006–07 1Liga ACB17th 12–22 2007–08 2LEB Oro 4th 26–12 Copa Príncipe RU2008–09 2LEB Oro2nd 29–10 Copa Príncipe C2009–10 1Liga ACB 15th 13–21 2010–11 1Liga ACB 16th 9–25 2011–12 1Liga ACB 8th 18–18Quarterfinalist2012–13 2LEB Oro2nd 27–11 2013–14 51ª División 27–1 2014–15 3LEB Plata 5th 22–14
Trophies and awards
Trophies LEB Oro: (2) 2000, 2002 Copa Príncipe: (2) 2002, 2009 Lliga Valenciana: (3) 2004, 2006, 2011
Individual awards All-ACB Team Lou Roe – 2004
Notable former players Numerous NBA players played at CB Lucentum before or after their NBA career. In 2020, local newspaper Diario Información listed some of the best ever CB Lucentum players. Lucio Angulo José Manuel Calderón Iñaki de Miguel Oriol Junyent Pedro Llompart Nacho Rodríguez Txemi Urtasun Carlos Cazorla Guillermo Rejón Pepe Sánchez Pablo Prigioni Andy Rautins Rowan Barrett Bruno Šundov Velimir Perasović Mario Stojić Thomas Heurtel Alain Digbeu Martin Keane Justin Doellman Mindaugas Katelynas Martynas Andriuškevičius Vule Avdalović Lou Roe Larry Lewis Kyle Singler Mario Austin DeMarco Johnson Marlon Maxey Amal McCaskill Quincy Lewis John Williams Darryl Middleton Serkan Erdoğan Kaloyan Ivanov
References
External links CB Lucentum Alicante Official Website