ADA Blois Basket 41
ADA Blois Basket 41 logo
LeaguesPro A
Founded1907 (1907)
ArenaJeu de Paume
Capacity2,525
LocationBlois, France
Team colorsBlack, White, Green
     
PresidentPaul Seignolle
Head coachMickaël Hay
Championships1 French Second League
1 French Third League
1 French Fourth League
Websiteada-basket.com

Abeille des Aydes Blois Basket 41, commonly known as ADA Blois, is a professional basketball based in Blois, France. The club plays in the Pro A, which is the top tier of basketball in the country.

History

The old club logo, until 2017

Created in 1907 under the name Abeille des Aydes, the club would first allow the practice of gymnastics and shooting. It is after the war that one begins to practice basketball there.

Between 1986 and 1995, ADA Basket, coached by Jean-Raoul Baudry, climbed from Regional 2 to National 2 with four consecutive accessions from 1987 to 1991. But at the end of the 1994–1995 season, the club filed for bankruptcy. and is downgraded at Regional 1. In 2001, the first team managed to find the National 2 where she played in 1994–1995.

On 10 September 2005. ADA Blois Basket was played its first match in National 1. At the end of this season, the team will be relegated to National 2 but will go up the following year in National 1. After failing in the final of the playoffs on several occasions in 2012, 2013 and 2015, ADA Blois wins the French National 1 Championship in 2016 and thus reaches the Pro B for the first time in its history.[1]

On 29 March 2016. ADA Blois Basket won her home game against La Rochelle (75–50) and became French Champion of NM1 at 5 days before the end of the 2015–2016 season of National 1. The ADA would play in the Pro B for the first time in its history.

In 2017–18 season, Blois surprised by finishing the season first in the regular season with a 27–7 record in the Pro B.[2] Thereby, Blois was crowned the Pro B champions and promoted to the top-tier Pro A. ADA power forward Tyren Johnson was named the Pro B Most Valuable Player.[3] However, due to insufficient infrastructures, the club stayed in the second-tier division.

In 2022, Blois won the promotion play-offs to access the top-tier division for the first time in their history.

Honours

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. W–L Cup competitions
2011–12 3 NM1
3rd
23-11
2012–13 3 NM1
3rd
24-10
2013–14 3 NM1
8th
18-16
2014–15 3 NM1
3rd
20-14
2015–16 3 NM1
1st
27-7
2016–17 2 Pro B 9th
17-17
2017–18 2 Pro B 1st
27–7
2018–19 2 Pro B 7th
19–15
2019–20 2 Pro B 1st
19–4
2020–21 2 Pro B 7th
20–14
2021–22 2 Pro B 4th
20–14
2022-23 1 Pro A 16th 14-20

Players

Current roster

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

ADA Blois Basket 41 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 3 France Vergiat, Timothe 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1998-03-04)4 March 1998
G 10 France Barbitch, Milan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2001-10-12)12 October 2001
C 13 France Dessert, Brice 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2003-03-25)25 March 2003
G/F 15 United States Brown, Rion 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1991-09-03)3 September 1991
G 29 United States Carberry, Tobin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1991-04-29)29 April 1991
F 32 United States Hawley, Josh 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1996-10-28)28 October 1996
C 33 France Hieu-Courtois, Thomas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-11-17)17 November 1995
SF 35 France Traoré, Armel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2003-01-23)23 January 2003
SG 43 France Sconard, Maxime 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2003-07-10)10 July 2003
F United States Kelly, Rashard 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1995-08-22)22 August 1995
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • France Dominique Roinard
  • France David Morabito
  • France Raphaël Loie

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: December 16, 2023

Individual awards

Pro B Most Valuable Player

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

References

  1. "Blois champion de France de Nationale 1". BeBasket (in French). 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. "Classement de Pro B 2017-2018".
  3. "Zachery Peacock MVP de Pro A, Tyren Johnson MVP de Pro B".
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