Le Mans Sarthe Basket

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Le Mans
Le Mans Sarthe Basket logo 2009.png
NicknameMSB
Leagues Pro A
Founded1939;85 years ago (1939)
HistorySCM Le Mans
(1939–1993)
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
(1993–present)
Arena Antarès
Capacity6,023
Location Le Mans, France
Team colorsOrange, Grey, White
   
PresidentChristophe Le Bouille
Head coach Eric Delord
Championships5 French Championships
4 French Cups
3 Leaders Cups
Website msb.fr

Le Mans Sarthe Basket, commonly known as MSB or Le Mans, is a professional basketball club that is from the city of Le Mans, France. The team plays in the French League and internationally in the Basketball Champions League.

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History

The Modern Sport Club (1939–1993)

In 1928, French businessmen, Léopold Gouloumés arrived at the city Mans and founded the food association: the Société des Comptoirs Modernes. Like many other industries at the time, him and Bernard Gasnal, founded their own sport club called Goulou Club in 1938. But in September 1939 the Second World War broke out and the men were needed to fight. With the male absent, women decided to persuade the Goulou Club into creating a basketball team for them.

In 1941, the French government prohibited sport clubs to use the name of an industry so the Goulou Club changed its name to Modern Sporting Club.

In 1952, Le Mans frills won the title of champions of France. Then following that success Bernard Gasnal founded a men's team. In 1963 the team joined the elite.

The following years from 1969 to 1970 was very successful, they won the French Cup in 1964 and the French League championship in 1978 and 1979.

After the euphoria of the European games, the club was struggling to survive due to the rising dominance of CSP Limoges and Pau-Orthez

The SCM existed after the MSB was created and was concerned about the amateur part of the association.

In continuation (since 2008)

The 2008–2009 season will be more prosperous for the club. In addition to a third place in the regular season followed by a semi-final playoffs (defeated against Orleans), the MSB makes a superb double in gleaning the week of "As" (74-64 victory facing Orleans in the final) then the French Cup (79-65 victory against Nancy in the Final at Bercy). Best of all, Alain Koffi, whom formed the club, is elected the French MVP of the season. However, in Euroleague, the MSB finished again last in their group with two thin victories in ten games.

Despite the departure of several executives in the off season such as Alain Koffi or Nicolas Batum, the MSB plays always the leading roles in the league in 2009 – 2010 because after having a long time to be the first of the regular season, the club finally finished behind Cholet. The two teams meet in the championship final, but Cholet wins the derby at the top (81-65). Le Mans compete in the Eurocup but are eliminated on the wire in the first round. In 2014, the MSB won the Cup leaders.

Since 21 May 2014 the MSB has been trained by Turkish Erman Kunter, former coach of Cholet. He took over succession from JD Jackson. The season is mixed, particularly marked by a heavy defeat in the derby home against Cholet Basket (61-82). Committed in Eurochallenge, the MSB won their first two games against the Belgians from Antwerp Giants (72-66) and Finland KTP Basket (71-52) before a heavy on the floor of Pallacanestro Biella, Italian D2 club ( 82–64).

The club and the society

The company was founded on 6 September 1993 as a Society of Mixed Economy Sports Local and chaired until 30 June 2008 by Jean-Pierre Goisbault. Christophe Le Bouille became president on 1 July 2008. In 2007 The company had a budget of 5.5 million euros.

Furthermore, another structure dedicated to marketing, is also under the name of MSB Promotion. It is she who is responsible for the communication around the club's image.

The coat of arms, the colors, and the supporters

The jersey worn by the players are tango and gray. Tango is inherited from the ancient Moderne Sporting Club.

The logo has existed since 1993 and the acquisition of the new professional status of the team. It uses the colors of the club, accompanied by three letters MSB (acronym of Le Mans Sarthe Basket) written in white. In the summer of 2009, the MSB changed the coat of arms and opted for a lion showing claws and out of the logo, symbol of the feline. The addition of an animal blasonnant the team who follow the custom of other French teams like Pau Orthez and Nancy.

The official group of supporters are called the felines. This exists in the form of an association and follows the club on certain displacements. They even give a reward to the most outstanding players called the reflection feline.

Derby History

The western derby opposes the two best clubs in the north west of France. Since 1986, it opposed every season of the Le Mans team to that of Cholet, located in Maine-et-Lorie. Since their first encounter in N1B male division, the two teams met regularly. They deliver from the 1990–91 season, a diligent and annual duel. That makes twenty years that the two teams have met each season. The former North West derby was more "balanced" and opposed the SC Le Mans at ABC Nantes. The two teams are in particular the two favorites of the trophy, Sarthe Pays de la Loire Basketball where often a first division outsider is invited.

Honours

Champions (5): 1978, 1979, 1982, 2006, 2018
Runners-up (2): 2010, 2012
Champions (4): 1964, 2004, 2009, 2016
Runners-up (1): 2017
Champions (3): 2006, 2009, 2014
Runners-up (3): 2004, 2007, 2015
Winners (1): 2008
Champions (1): 2009

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos.W–L French Cup Leaders Cup European competitions
2005–061 Pro A 1stChampion2 ULEB Cup RS
2006–07 1 Pro A 6th22–15Runner-up1 Euroleague RS
2007–08 1 Pro A 3rd26–9Round of 16Quarterfinalist1 Euroleague RS
2008–09 1 Pro A 3rd23–12ChampionChampion1 Euroleague RS
2009–10 1 Pro A 2nd26–10Round of 16Quarterfinalist2 Eurocup L16
2010–11 1 Pro A 8th14–18Round of 162 Eurocup L16
2011–12 1 Pro A 2nd23–14QuarterfinalistSemifinalist2 Eurocup RS
2012–13 1 Pro A 6th17–16Round of 32Semifinalist2 Eurocup RS
2013–14 1 Pro A 5th19–13 Quarterfinalist Champion2 Eurocup RS
2014–15 1 Pro A 3rd21–19 Round of 16 Runner-up3 EuroChallenge QF
2015–16 1 Pro A 3rd25–15 Champion Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup RS
2016–17 1 Pro A 12th14–20 Runner-up 3 Champions League R16
2017–18 1 Pro A 1st29–18 Round of 32 Runner-up

Players

Current roster

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

Le Mans Sarthe Basket roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 0 Flag of the United States.svg Lewis, Matt 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)91 kg (201 lb)35 – (1988-12-21)21 December 1988
G 1 Flag of France.svg N'Doye, Abdoulaye 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)93 kg (205 lb)25 – (1998-03-09)9 March 1998
PG 3 Flag of the United States.svg Jones, DeVante' 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)91 kg (201 lb)25 – (1998-04-09)9 April 1998
G 8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Obasohan, Osahon 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)21 – (2003-01-31)31 January 2003
G 9 Flag of France.svg Delaunay, Leopold 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)22 – (2001-11-14)14 November 2001
PF 15 Flag of France.svg Yeguete, Will 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)101 kg (223 lb)32 – (1991-10-16)16 October 1991
F 19 Flag of France.svg Bourgade, Ethane 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)19 – (2004-05-10)10 May 2004
SF 25 Flag of the United States.svg Schwartz, D'Shawn 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)105 kg (231 lb)24 – (1999-02-15)15 February 1999
F/C 30 Flag of France.svg Djasrambaye, Raphael 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)21 – (2003-01-30)30 January 2003
F 44 Flag of Cameroon.svg Narace, Williams 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)100 kg (220 lb)26 – (1997-03-17)17 March 1997
Head coach
  • Flag of France.svg Elric Delord
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of France.svg Antoine Methieu
  • Flag of France.svg Jordan Bernard
  • Flag of France.svg Romain Zwicky
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: September 28, 2023

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.

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