SCM U Craiova (basketball)

SCMU Craiova
SCMU Craiova
Nickname	Alb-Albaștrii; (The White and Blues)
League	Liga Națională
Founded	2007; 17 years ago
History	CSM Universitatea Craiova ; (2007–2008) ; CSM Craiova ; (2008–2009) ; SCM U Craiova ; (2009–present)
Arena	Polyvalent Hall
Capacity	4,215
Location	Craiova, Romania
Team colors	White, Blue ;
President	Bogdan Bălan
Team manager	Marius Toma
Head coach	Vitaly Stepanovski
Website	Official website
Home	Away

SCM Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Craiova. The club competes in Liga Națională, the top tier of Romanian basketball.

History

Over the last few years, the team has also been named CS Universitatea Craiova and CSU Craiova. SCM CSU Craiova reemerged last year on the big stage of Romanian basketball, after many years in the second division, and after withdrawing from the championship altogether, between 2004 and 2007.

In the 2012-2013 season, SCM U Craiova finished on the 4th place (21 wins - 9 losses) at the end of the season and qualified for the Play-Offs. In the first round they played against CS Gaz Metan Medias and lost with 3-0. For the 2013-2014 season, the team announced that they will play in the Balkan International Basketball League.

Current roster

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

SCM Universitatea Craiova roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
F	0	Howard, Rodney	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	23 – (2001-06-16)16 June 2001
G	1	Crowley, Austin	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	24 – (2000-09-07)7 September 2000
PG	2	Watson, Giordan	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	38 – (1985-10-24)24 October 1985
SG	3	Badiu, Marcu-Traian	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	23 – (2000-11-24)24 November 2000
PG	4	Samajae, Haynes-Jones	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	28 – (1996-09-15)15 September 1996
PF	5	Brooks, DeVante	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	26 – (1997-11-18)18 November 1997
	6	Lucaci, Filip		17 – (2007-05-11)11 May 2007
F	10	Puscasu, Paul	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	19 – (2005-09-30)30 September 2005
PF	11	Cabral, Walter	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	29 – (1995-09-25)25 September 1995
C	15	Dolenc, Daniel	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	31 – (1993-08-10)10 August 1993
F	25	Vida, David	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	25 – (1999-07-27)27 July 1999
G	92	Ilie, Octavian	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	21 – (2003-07-05)5 July 2003