BC Nevėžis

Nevėžis-OPTIBET
Nevėžis-OPTIBET
Leagues	Lithuanian Basketball League
Founded	1992; 32 years ago
History	BC Nevėžis; (1992–2011); BC Kėdainiai Triobet; (2011–2012); BC Nevėžis; (2012–2020); Nevėžis-OPTIBET; (2020–present)
Arena	Kėdainiai Arena
Capacity	2,200
Location	Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Team colors	Green, black and white;
Team manager	Mindaugas Arlauskas
Head coach	Gediminas Petrauskas
Championships	LKAL Champions (2002); BBL Challenge Cup (2005); BBL Challenge Cup (2008); BBL Cup (2013)
Website	www.kknevezis.lt
Home	Away

BC Nevėžis (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Nevėžis), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-OPTIBET due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The club currently competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).

History edit

BC Nevėžis was founded in 1992 by Stasys Mickevičius. In 1993 BC Nevėžis was renamed to KK Notra because of the club supporters UAB Notra. In 1999 because of the supporters changes, BC Notra was renamed to BC Nevėžis again until now. Club name came from the Nevėžis River, flowing through Kėdainiai city. Nevėžis first played in the second division LKAL (now - National Basketball League (Lithuania)), winning the title in 2002 and qualifying to the Lithuanian Basketball League. Nevėžis became a constant playoff contender, with the highest achievements being reaching the semifinals of the LKL in 2006, even taking future champion BC Lietuvos rytas to the limit, losing the series 1:2. They also reached the Baltic Basketball League semifinals in 2006, and won the BBL Challenge Cup in 2008. Nevėžis also won 3rd place in the LKF Cup in 2007 and 2012.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, after defeating the AEK Larnaca during the last qualification stage, Nevėžis qualified to the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup season, their first-ever European competition.^[1]^[2]

Players edit

Current roster edit

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

Nevėžis-OPTIBET roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	0	Ramey, Courtney	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	24 – (1999-10-02)2 October 1999
SG	1	Jürgens, Carlos	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	25 – (1998-10-27)27 October 1998
SF	3	Vaitkus, Ignas	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	31 – (1993-02-22)22 February 1993
G/F	7	Razbadauskas, Matas	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	21 – (2002-11-28)28 November 2002
C	8	Okoro, Francis	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	24 – (1999-08-07)7 August 1999
PG	10	Grenda, Dominykas	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	19 – (2004-10-07)7 October 2004
SF	11	Marcinkevičius, Justinas	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	26 – (1998-02-10)10 February 1998
C	16	Mačijauskas, Matas	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	21 – (2002-05-30)30 May 2002
G	22	McNeil, Sean	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	25 – (1998-08-17)17 August 1998
PF	24	Waterman, Zane	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	28 – (1995-10-12)12 October 1995
F/C	44	Keliačius, Robertas	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	26 – (1997-09-24)24 September 1997
PG	69	Stenionis, Dominykas	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	21 – (2002-07-03)3 July 2002

Head coach

Gediminas Petrauskas

Assistant coach(es)

Andrius Jurkūnas
Martynas Stankovičius

Athletic trainer(s)

Laimonas Rimkus

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 13 December 2023

Depth chart edit

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Francis Okoro	Robertas Keliačius	Matas Mačijauskas
PF	Zane Waterman
SF	Ignas Vaitkus	Justinas Marcinkevičius	Matas Razbadauskas
SG	Carlos Jürgens	Sean McNeil
PG	Courtney Ramey	Dominykas Grenda	Dominykas Stenionis

Squad changes for/during the 2023–24 season edit

In edit

No.	Pos.	Name	Moving from
1	SG	Carlos Jürgens	Golden Eagles
2	PG	Brevin Galloway	Clemson Tigers
3	SF	Ignas Vaitkus	Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys
4	PG	Lovre Bašić	KK Alkar
7	G/F	Matas Razbadauskas	Melilla Sport Capital
16	C	Matas Mačijauskas	Rytas-2
22	G	Sean McNeil	Ohio State Buckeyes
24	PF	Zane Waterman	Helsinki Seagulls
44	F/C	Robertas Keliačius	Labas GAS Prienai
97	C	Viny Okouo	Fuenlabrada
0	PG	Courtney Ramey	Mitteldeutscher BC
8	C	Francis Okoro	Rouen Métropole Basket

Out edit

No.	Pos.	Name	Moving to
1	G/F	Lorenas Stoškevičius	Free agent
3	G/F	Darryl Doualla	Capital City Go-Go
4	PG	Aaron Cook Jr.	Free agent
7	PF	Tomas Verbinskis	Free agent
8	F/C	Tim Lambrecht	Neptūnas Klaipėda
21	C	Rafael Alberton Rodrigues	Medipolis SC Jena
26	PG	Titas Sargiūnas	High Point Panthers
32	PG	Artūrs Žagars	BC Wolves
33	F	Deshawn Freeman	Fortitudo Bologna
34	SG	Brad Davison	HLA Alicante
35	F/C	Danielius Lavrinovičius	Žalgiris Kaunas
99	PG	Marius Valinskas	Uniclub Casino Juventus
2	PG	Brevin Galloway	Free agent
97	C	Viny Okouo	Free agent
4	PG	Lovre Bašić	Free agent

Logos edit

Nevėžis logo (2017-2020)
Nevėžis new logo (2020–present)

Season by season edit

Kėdainiai Sports School in Vilainiai is the place where BC Nevėžis previously played its home matches.

BC Nevėžis moved to the newly built Kėdainiai Arena in 2013.

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	National cup	Baltic League	Pos.	European competitions
2000–01	2	LKAL	5th
2001–02	2	LKAL	1st
2002–03	1	LKL	10th
2003–04	1	LKL	7th
2004–05	1	LKL	6th		Challenge Cup	1st
2005–06	1	LKL	4th		Elite Division	4th
2006–07	1	LKL	5th	Third qualified	Elite Division	10th
2007–08	1	LKL	6th		Challenge Cup	1st
2008–09	1	LKL	5th	Quarterfinalist	Elite Division	10th
2009–10	1	LKL	12th	Fourth qualified	Elite Division	10th
2010–11	1	LKL	9th	Third round	Elite Division	8th
2011–12	1	LKL	7th	Third qualified	Elite Division	7th
2012–13	1	LKL	8th	Semifinalist	Regular season
2013–14	1	LKL	8th	Fifth round	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	LKL	10th		Group stage
2015–16	1	LKL	9th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	1	LKL	9th		Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	LKL	8th				4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2
2018–19	1	LKL	9th	Round of 16
2019–20	1	LKL	10th	Round of 16
2020–21	1	LKL	10th	Second round
2021–22	1	LKL	10th	First round
2022–23	1	LKL	8th	Quarterfinalist
2023–24	1	LKL		Eightfinal			4 FIBA Europe Cup	QT