STB Le Havre
2011/12: 14th Place
Saint Thomas Basket Le Havre is a French basketball club from Le Havre in the Haute-Normandie region. The first professional team plays since 2000 in the top domestic league championship LNB Pro A. At official international club competitions the club has participated only twice in the rather weaker classifiable European competition Euro Challenge.
History
In 1924, at the initiative of the brothers Pineau in 1903 founded Club Union sportive de Saint Thomas d'Aquin a basketball department. 1932 was one of these founding member of the French Basketball Federation FFBB. In 1952 the club played top notch, but disappeared mid-1960s in regional leagues before he ascended in 1974 in the fourth- highest division again in a national league. Following promotion to the third- highest division in 1987 of the walkover succeeded in the second highest league National 2 With the establishment of the professional departments of the Ligue Nationale de Basket is STB found in 1993 in the House Pro B again, which is the second highest division corresponded. Out of this came in 2000 promotion to the top flight Pro A.
After they had only just reached in Pro A twice in the league, qualified one in 2003 and 2004, twice for the play- offs at the French Championships, where each was eliminated in the first round. This was enough in 2003 for the qualification of the then FIBA Europe League called, first time played European club competition. In a group with eventual winner UNICS Kazan would retire early from last but one. In the three years after 2004, the play-offs took turns almost balanced points account play-off rankings and miss. 2008 succeeded the previously best finish with fifth place after the main round, but in the following play-offs, they lost against the higher-ranked defending champion Chorale Roanne, as both teams were able to dominate their home games significantly. In the following season they again took the now -called Euro Challenge contest, but one difference here without a win after six losses in the first round in a comparatively well-staffed for this competition group. Even in the national championship, it was much worse than had been in the following seasons a "subscription " on the 14th and last non- relegation zone, you could only improve slightly in 2011 with the 13th Place.
Known player
- United States Bruce Bowen 1993/94
- France Vincent Collet 1994-1998
- United States Brandon Williams 1996/97
- United States Marcus Goree 2000-2001
- United States Pat Durham 2002-2006
- United States of America / Dominican Republic Ricardo Greer 2002/ 03
- United States of America / Dominican Republic Jeff Greer 2003/ 04
- United States Gary Alexander 2003/ 04
- Switzerland Norbert Valis 2003/ 04
- France Aymeric Jeanneau 2003/ 04
- Ian Mahinmi France 2003-2006
- France Fabien Causeur 2005-2009
- France Pape Sy 2004-2010
- United States Willie Jenkins 2006
- France Ali Traoré 2006-2008
- United States Bingo Merriex 2008/ 09
- United States Marcus Slaughter 2008/ 09
- Ansu Sesay United States in 2010
- United States Nic Wise 2011/12
- United States Greg Jenkins 2011/12
- Romania Vlad Moldoveanu since 2012