M.E.N.T. B.C., officially known as the Educational Union of Toumba Youth (Greek: Μορφωτική Ένωσις Νεολαίας Τούμπας, Morfotiki Enosis Neoleas Toumbas) or M.E.N.T. B.C., is a Greek professional basketball club that was founded in 1926. The team is located in Thessaloniki, Greece. M.E.N.T. B.C. currently competes in the third-tier level division of Greece, the Greek C League.

M.E.N.T.
M.E.N.T. logo
LeaguesGreek C League
Founded1926
History1926 – Present
ArenaToumba Indoor Hall
(capacity: 1,000)
LocationThessaloniki, Greece
Team colorsWhite and Blue
   
Head coachPanos Nomikos
Websitementbc.gr

History

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Originally, the club's parent athletic association included the sports of basketball, football, cycling, and also a literary and entertainment section. Today, there are departments only for the basketball club and the volleyball club. In 2004, M.E.N.T. B.C. finished in 2nd place in the Greek 2nd Division, and thus earned a league promotion, and then competed in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, in the following 2004–05 season.

Roster

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MENT B.C. roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4   Abatzas, Vaios 28 – (1996-07-02)2 July 1996
PG 5   Kalpaxidis, Ilias 40 – (1984-07-07)7 July 1984
SG 6   Papadopoulos, Petros 32 – (1992-05-03)3 May 1992
SF 7   Michailidis, Grigoris (C) 48 – (1976-02-14)14 February 1976
PF 8   Bourazanis, Konstantinos 28 – (1996-10-18)18 October 1996
PF 9   Karanotas, Stanislav 36 – (1988-05-18)18 May 1988
SG 10   Papadopoulos, Aggelos 28 – (1996-07-05)5 July 1996
PF 11   Kappos, Ioannis 37 – (1987-08-27)27 August 1987
SF 12   Tzioufas, Athanasios 28 – (1996-03-22)22 March 1996
PG 13   Akseheroglou, Dimitrios 37 – (1987-03-02)2 March 1987
PF 14   Bagdasaryan, Andrey 43 – (1981-06-01)1 June 1981
C 15   Giannoulis, Giannis 48 – (1976-06-05)5 June 1976
SF 17   Velentzas, Dimitrios 25 – (1999-01-05)5 January 1999
SG -   Kourkoulas, Stylianos 25 – (1999-07-20)20 July 1999
PF -   Lahanis, Konstantinos 24 – (1999-12-14)14 December 1999
PG -   Koniakis, Georgios 25 – (1999-02-12)12 February 1999
PF -   Kranias, Evangelos 25 – (1999-11-02)2 November 1999
Head coach
  •   Panagiotis Nomikos
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Chronis Daskalakis
  •   Vasilis Valasiadis

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: March 3, 2018

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

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