Leagues NBB Team colors White, Blue and Red | Location Uberlândia, Brazil President Wellington Salgado | |
Founded 1998; 19 years ago (1998) Arena Arena Tancredo Neves
(capacity: 6,000)
Ginásio Homero Santos
(capacity: 3,000) | ||
Uberlândia Tênis Clube is a Brazilian basketball team from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is also known as Unitri/Uberlândia, due to a partnership with the university Unitri, located in Uberlândia. Unitri/Uberlândia is one of the teams of Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league.
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History
Unitri/Uberlândia was founded in 1998 with the arrival of the coach Ary Vidal and since its foundation, the team receives financial support from the university Unitri. In 2004, the team from Minas Gerais won its first title earned his first win in Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete, after a series against Flamengo, by 3–0. In 2005, when Uberlândia defended its national title, the team was defeated by Telemar/Rio de Janeiro, where the forward Marcelinho Machado played. Two years later, Unitri was eliminated in semifinal series by Franca. In the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 NBB's seasons the team was defeated in quarterfinal series, by Brasília and Flamengo respectively.