Huracanes de Tampico

Basketball team in Tampico, Mexico
     Head coachOmar Quintero
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Huracanes de Tampico (English: Tampico Hurricanes) is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Tampico, Tamaulipas. The Libertadores are part of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in Mexico.[1] The team plays their home games at the Expo Tampico, with a capacity of 4,200 spectators.[2]

History

Professional basketball in Tampico started in the 1990s, with the Correcaminos UAT Tampico; the team achieved 4 championships and were runners-up twice in the Conferencia de Básquetbol Profesional.[3]

The Huracanes was established in 2009 as a joint effort of public institutions and private entities to bring professional basketball back to the city of Tampico. Huracanes is also the first LNBP team to have played a friendly match against a European team, FC Barcelona Bàsquet.[3]

After the 2014–15 season, the team went on hiatus, making their comeback for the 2018–19 season.[4]

For the 2018–19 season, Argentine Marcelo Elusich was appointed as head coach.[5]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Huracanes de Tampico roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F 3 United States Harper, Aaron 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
SG 7 Mexico Ramírez, Maximiliano 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 74 kg (163 lb)
G/F 10 Mexico Herrera, Pedro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb)
G 13 United States Lamonte, Kyle 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
C 14 Mexico Carrillo, Hugo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
C 15 United States Woodson, Dominic 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 127 kg (280 lb)
G 50 Mexico Sosa, Miguel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
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  • United States Steven Charles Walton
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
  • Roster
Updated: October 14, 2020

References

  1. ^ "Huracanes". LNBP.mx. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Estadio". LNBP.mx. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Historia - Huracanes Tampico". huracanestampico.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Tendrá LNBP 3 equipos más". El Heraldo Aguascalientes (in Spanish). Reforma. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Marcelo Elusich es el nuevo entrenador de Huracanes". El Sol de Tampico (in Spanish). 12 November 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  • Official website (in Spanish)
  • Team profile (in Spanish)