UCAM Murcia
Nickname	Universitarios
Leagues	Liga ACB
Founded	1985
History	Agrupacion Deportiva Juver (1985?1993) CB Murcia (1993?2013) UCAM Murcia CB (2013?present)
Arena	Palacio de Deportes
Capacity	7,454
Location	Murcia , Spain
Team colors	Blue, Golden, Red
President	Jose Luis Mendoza
Head coach	Sito Alonso
Ownership	Universidad Catolica de Murcia
Championships	4 LEB Oro championship 1 Copa Principe de Asturias
Website	ucammurcia.com
Home Away Third

UCAM Universidad Catolica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D. , ^[1] more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia , is a professional basketball team based in Murcia , Spain . The team plays in the Liga ACB . Their home venue is Palacio de Deportes .

History [ edit ]

Founded in 1985 under the name Agrupacion Deportiva Juver , Murcia agreed with a Madrid-based club, Logos de Madrid, to buy out its rights to play in the Spanish second division. Murcia would play at that level for four consecutive seasons and its first superstar was do-it-all big man Randy Owens . ^[2]

In 1990, Murcia, led by veteran center Mike Phillips , beat Obradoiro in a playoffs series to gain promotion to the Spanish League . The club would stay in the Spanish elite for the next seven seasons, with stars likes Ralph McPherson, Clarence Kea , Michael Anderson and Johnny Rogers and head coaches like Felipe Coello, Jose Maria Oleart and Moncho Monsalve . In December 1991, Kea pulled down 29 rebounds, which remains a Spanish League record, in a win against Breogan Lugo . ^[2]

The club became CB Murcia in 1993 and moved to its current arena, Palacio de Deportes , the following season. Murcia organized the Copa del Rey tournament in the 1995?96 season and made it to the semifinals . Murcia went down to the Spanish second division at the end of the 1996?97 season , but reached the Spanish elite a couple of times, including in 2006, when it downed CAI Zaragoza in overtime in a do-or-die game to advance. Led by Jimmie Hunter and Juanjo Triguero, Murcia ranked 12th in the 2007?08 season , but went back to the second division two years later. Murcia bounced back to score promotion directly with a 30?4 record, and has been in the Spanish elite even since. ^[2]

In 2013, the club switched hands and UCAM Murcia took control. That moved helped Murcia shine in the last couple of seasons for its best results ever. With Diego Ocampo as head coach and Scott Bamforth , Raulzinho Neto and Carlos Cabezas as its top newcomers, Murcia finished the Spanish regular season with a 17?17 record, which was just one win from the playoffs. Last season Murcia found a new coach in Fotios Katsikaris and added more experienced players like Facundo Campazzo , Serhiy Lishchuk and Vitor Faverani . That led to a seventh-place finish with an 18?16 record and a ticket to the quarterfinals for the first time in the club's history, where it lost 2?1 to Real Madrid in the quarterfinals , but earned the right to make its debut in European competitions in the 2016?17 EuroCup . ^[2] In its European debut, UCAM Murcia reached the Top 16 round.

In the next season, the club joined the Basketball Champions League , reaching the Final Four in its first participation. Murcia lost to AEK in the semifinals and won the third place game over MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg .

In the 2023?24 ACB season Murcia reached the finals in the first time after beating Valencia Basket in the quarterfinals and Unicaja in the semifinals , but they lost to Real Madrid in three games in 2024 ACB Finals

Sponsorship naming [ edit ]

CB Murcia has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

• Juver Murcia: 1985?1992
• CB Murcia Artel: 1997?1998
• Recreativos Orenes CB Murcia: 1998?1999
• CB Etosa/Etosa Murcia: 2000?2003
• Polaris World CB Murcia: 2003?2008
• UCAM Murcia: 2011?present

Logos [ edit ]

CB Murcia logos
1993?2009	2009?2013	2013?present

Home arenas [ edit ]

• Pabellon Principe Felipe: (1985?94)
• Palacio de Deportes : (1994?present)

Players [ edit ]

Current roster [ edit ]

UCAM Murcia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G/F 8 Sant-Roos, Howard 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 ? ( 1991-02-13 ) 13 February 1991 PG 10 Caupain, Troy 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 ? ( 1995-11-29 ) 29 November 1995 PF 11 Radovi?, Nemanja   (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 ? ( 1991-11-11 ) 11 November 1991 SG 12 Radebaugh, Jonah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 ? ( 1997-06-17 ) 17 June 1997 G/F 13 Falk, Wilhelm 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 ? ( 2003-06-25 ) 25 June 2003 PF 14 Sleva, Dustin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 ? ( 1995-09-23 ) 23 September 1995 F/C 19 Todorovi?, Marko 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 ? ( 1992-04-19 ) 19 April 1992 C 21 Diagne, Moussa 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 30 ? ( 1994-03-06 ) 6 March 1994 PG 22 Hakanson, Ludvig 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 ? ( 1996-03-22 ) 22 March 1996 SG 25 Jelinek, David 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 ? ( 1990-09-07 ) 7 September 1990 G 31 Ennis, Dylan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 ? ( 1991-12-26 ) 26 December 1991 C 35 Birgander, Simon 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 ? ( 1997-10-23 ) 23 October 1997 G 47 Kurucs, Art?rs 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 ? ( 2000-01-19 ) 19 January 2000 SF 00 Kurucs, Rodions 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 ? ( 1998-02-05 ) 5 February 1998	Head coach Sito Alonso Assistant coach(es) Lucas Perez Blagota Sekuli? Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: February 24, 2024

Depth chart [ edit ]

Head coaches [ edit ]

Season by season [ edit ]

Trophies and awards [ edit ]

Domestic competitions [ edit ]

• Liga ACB
  • Runners-up (1) : 2023?24
• 2nd division championships: (4)
  • 1ª Division B: (1) 1990
  • LEB Oro : (3) 1998 , 2003 , 2011
• Copa Principe de Asturias : (1)
  • 2006

European competitions [ edit ]

• Basketball Champions League
  • Third place (2): 2017?18 , 2023?24

Other competitions [ edit ]

• Yecla, Spain Invitational Game: (1)
  • 2014

Individual awards [ edit ]

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

• Pedro Robles ? 2009

All-ACB Second Team

• Facundo Campazzo ? 2017

LEB Oro MVP

• Tony Smith ? 1998

All LEB Oro First Team

• Pedro Rivero ? 2011

Notable players [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to CB Murcia .

• Official website (in Spanish)
• UCAM Murcia at ACB.com (in Spanish)