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	Mikheil Berishvili
Home Away

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

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.^[1]

Team

Current roster

BC TSU roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age CG 0 Cabbil, Lovell 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1997-01-13)13 January 1997 PG 2 Hayes, Juvaris 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1998-02-08)8 February 1998 G/F 3 Owens, Ryle 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1997-06-04)4 June 1997 PF/C 5 Megeneishvili, Ivane 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 PG 6 Makhniashvili, Giorgi 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2003-05-06)6 May 2003 CG 7 Qvartskhava, Levan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2002-05-26)26 May 2002 PG 8 Tsintsadze, Giorgi (VC) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 PF/C 9 Revazashvili, Maizer 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1996-10-19)19 October 1996 CG 11 Egorishvili, Otar 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2005-09-09)9 September 2005 PF/C 13 Diop, Pape 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 F 15 Darbaidze, Nika 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1998-03-03)3 March 1998 F 17 Berishvili, Mikheil (C) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 36 – (1987-04-12)12 April 1987 G/F 23 Khitarishvili, Temur 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2002-08-15)15 August 2002 G/F 24 Khvedelidze, Guja 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2003-06-14)14 June 2003 F 77 Mamlikidze, Luka 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2003-08-10)10 August 2003	Head coach Leqso Lapanashvili Assistant coach(es) Nugzar Cheishvili Dimitri Chelidze Athletic trainer(s) Iviko Ergemlidze Doctor Giorgi Chikhradze Physiotherapist(s) Lasha Mamrikishvili Legend (C) Team captain Injured

References

External links

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