Link Tochigi Brex

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Link Tochigi Brex
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Leagues B.League
HistoryTochigi Brex
Link Tochigi Brex
Arena Brex Arena Utsunomiya
Capacity2,900
Main sponsor Tochigi Bank
Head coach Flag of Japan.svg Ryuzo Anzai
Championships2 (2009-2010, 2016-2017)
Website Official site
Uniforms
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Link Tochigi Brex

Link Tochigi Brex is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. After winning the JBL 2 in 2008, the team currently plays in the National Basketball League.

Basketball team sport played on a court with baskets on either end

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.

Tochigi Prefecture Prefecture of Japan

Tochigi Prefecture is a prefecture located in the Kantō region of Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya.

The National Basketball League (NBL) was a professional basketball league in Japan run by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA). The first NBL season started in Autumn 2013, replacing the JBA's previous top-flight league, the Japan Basketball League. Below the NBL was the National Basketball Development League (NBDL), which was the successor to the former JBL 2 division.

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In July 2015 it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League (B.League), which started in October 2016. [1] The team became the first champions of the B.League in 27 May 2017, defeating the Toshiba Kawasaki Brave Thunders by the final score of 85-79. [2]

Roster

Link Tochigi Brex roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
PG 0 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Tabuse  (C)
PF 4 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Gibbs
SG 6 Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Hiejima
PG 9 Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Endo
PF 10 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Takeuchi
SG 11 Flag of Japan.svg Takanori Tahara
C 12 Flag of the United States.svg Drew Naymick
PF 13 Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Watanabe
PG 18 Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Ikaruga
PF 21 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Hashimoto
PF 22 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Rossiter
G/F 24 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Kurihara
SG 30 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Yamazaki
SF 31 Flag of Japan.svg Shuhei Kitagawa   Cruz Roja.svg
Head coach

Flag of Japan.svg Ryuzo Anzai

Assistant coach(es)

Atsushi Inagaki  [ ja ]

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: 2018

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Arenas

Brex Arena Utsunomiya

Brex Arena Utsunomiya is an arena in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. It is the home arena of the Link Tochigi Brex of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league.

TKC Strawberry Arena

TKC Strawberry Arena is an arena in Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan. It is the practice facilities of the Link Tochigi Brex of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league.

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Practice facilities

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Brex Bus

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References

  1. ↑ "JPBLの「1部～3部階層分け発表記者会見」について" [Regarding the JPBL's "Division 1-3 Assignment Press Conference"] (in Japanese). Nishinomiya Storks. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Odeven, Ed (2017-05-27). "Brex claim first B. League title". The Japan Times Online. ISSN   0447-5763 . Retrieved 2017-06-04.
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