Correbasket UAT is a Mexican professional basketball team. It has been a member of the LNBP since the 2000 season.
5-640: The team was founded as Correcaminos UAT in 1995 as a founding member of the Conferencia de Básquetbol Profesional (CBP). They joined Circuito Mexicano de Básquetbol (CIMEBA) in 1997, and then the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional in 2000. It was the champion in 2002 and reached the league finals twice. The team was renamed Correbasket UAT in 2016. Correbasket is owned by the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas . In 2017, it
10-492: A player must have either: Circuito Mexicano de B%C3%A1squetbol The Circuito Mexicano de Básquetbol , also known with the acronym CIMEBA , was a professional basketball league in Mexico . The first edition was the 1970–71 season, and it continued until the 2006–07 season, after which the league was discontinued. The league coexisted with the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) from 2000 to 2007, and with
15-570: The Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) from 2001 to 2007. CIMEBA was founded in 1970, with the first season being played between 1970 and 1971. The league held an annual All-Star Game. In November 1999 a selection of CIMEBA players named "CIMEBA All-Stars" toured the United States and played games against NCAA Division I college teams such as Illinois , Michigan State , Minnesota , Ohio , and Purdue . In
20-462: The late 1990s and the early 2000s, CIMEBA rules established a maximum number of 3 foreign players per team. In the early 2000s the league also organized another tournament, Conferencia de Básquetbol de Desarrollo CIMEBA (CIMEBA Development Basketball Conference), also known as COBADE, which was played at the same time as CIMEBA. CIMEBA was the main basketball league in Mexico until the creation of
25-683: Was profiled in an ESPN article, during which season it finished last in the league. However, forward Grandy Glaze led the league in rebounding. Correbasket UAT plays their home games in the Multidisciplinario Stadium UAT , also known as "El Nido", which has a capacity for 2,600 people. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section
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