Torku Konyaspor B.K.

Torku Konyaspor

Leagues

Turkish Super League

Founded

1987

History

Selçuk Üniversitesi
(1987–2014)
Torku Konyaspor
(2014–present)

Arena

Selçuklu Belediyesi Sport Hall

Capacity

3,800

Location

Konya, Turkey

Team colors

Green and White

President

Hakan Faydasıçok

Head coach

Aziz Bekir

Website

www.konyasporbasket.org

Uniforms

Home

Away

Torku Konyaspor Basket, is a professional basketball team from the city of Konya in Turkey. The team current plays in the Turkish Basketball Super League.

History

The club was founded by Selçuk University in 1987.

In August 2014 the club changed its name to Konyaspor Basketbol in order to gain more support from the citizens of Konya and fangroups from Konyaspor. The club has no ties to the football club of Konya but only changed its for better sponsorship and fangroups reasons.

History

Selçuk Üniversitesi (1987–2006)
Mutlu Akü Selçuk Üniversitesi (2006–2009)
Torku Selçuk Üniversitesi (2010–2014)
Torku Konyaspor Basket (2014–present)

Current roster

Torku Konyaspor roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
1.5 !G	7000200000000000000♠2	USA !	Bremer, J. R.	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb)	7001360000000000000♠36 – (1980-09-19)19 September 1980
5.0 !C	7000300000000000000♠3	TUR !	Sönmez, Doğukan	7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb)	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-01-01)1 January 1992
	7000400000000000000♠4	TUR !	Yüceer, İsmail
3.0 !SF	7000500000000000000♠5	TUR !	Özurgancı, Altay	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-05-09)9 May 1988
4.5 !F/C	7000600000000000000♠6	USA !	Jefferson, Johndre	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-11-30)30 November 1988
1.0 !PG	7000700000000000000♠7	TUR !	Mutlu, Merthan	7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-05-16)16 May 1994
4.0 !PF	7001130000000000000♠13	TUR !	Selen, Burak	7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)		7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-11-14)14 November 1988
4.0 !PF	7001150000000000000♠15	SRB !	Plisnić, Vanja	7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002105000000000000♠105 kg (231 lb)	7001360000000000000♠36 – (1980-07-28)28 July 1980
3.0 !SF	7001170000000000000♠17	TUR !	Pastal, Valentin	7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-06-09)9 June 1984
3.0 !SF	7001200000000000000♠20	USA !	Kromah, Lasan	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-06-24)24 June 1991
1.0 !PG	7001230000000000000♠23	USA !	Brazelton, Tyrone	7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-03-30)30 March 1986
2.5 !G/F	7001240000000000000♠24	USA !	Tucker, Clay	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	7001360000000000000♠36 – (1980-06-14)14 June 1980
4.5 !F/C	7001510000000000000♠51	USA !	Williams, Sean	7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-09-13)13 September 1986

Head coach

Aziz Bekir

Assistant coach(es)

Murat Yolcu
Barış Özcan

Strength & conditioning coach(es)

İbrahim Tunç

Team manager

Yaşar Berber

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DC) Dual citizenship
Injured

Roster
Updated: September 25, 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Sean Williams	Johndre Jefferson	Doğukan Sönmez
PF	Vanja Plisnić	Burak Selen
SF	Clay Tucker	Valentin Pastal	Lasan Kromah
SG	J. R. Bremer	Altay Özurgancı
PG	Tyrone Brazelton	Merthan Mutlu	İsmail Yüceer

Notable players

Ufuk Kaçar
Umut Yenice
Yunus Çankaya
- Ekene Ibekwe
Alex Dunn
Brian Boddicker
- David Lee Dixon
Kevin Braswell
Monty Mack
Sean Williams
Troy DeVries
Warren Carter
Hakim Warrick

References

External links

Turkish Basketball Super League

Current clubs	Anadolu Efes Banvit Best Balıkesir Beşiktaş Sompo Japan Darüşşafaka Doğuş Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Odeabank Gaziantep Basketbol İstanbul BB Muratbey Uşak Sportif Pınar Karşıyaka Rönesans TED Kolejliler Tofaş Trabzonspor Medical Park Akın Çorap Yeşilgiresun Belediyespor

Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 P 2012–13 (P) 2013–14 P 2014–15 (P) 2015–16 2016–17

Champions	Anadolu Efes (13) Eczacıbaşı (8) Fenerbahçe (7) Galatasaray (5) İTÜ (5) Ülkerspor (4) Beşiktaş (2) Karşıyaka (2) Tofaş (2) Altınordu (1) Muhafızgücü (1)

Awards	BSL Finals MVP BSL "Mr. King" Top Scorer

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