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2023–24 LUB season

The 2023–24 LUB season, was the 21st season of the top Uruguayan professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 24 October 2023 with the regular season and ended on 17 June 2024 with the finals.

Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol
Season2023–24
Number of games221
Number of teams14
Regular season
Top seedPeñarol
Season MVPUruguay Jayson Granger
RelegatedGoes
Larre Borges
Finals
ChampionsAguada
4th LUB title
11th Uruguayan title
  Runners-upPeñarol
SemifinalistsNacional
Defensor Sporting
Finals MVPUnited States Donald Sims
Statistical leaders
Points United States Donald Sims 23.8
Rebounds Dominican Republic Miguel Simón 13.1
Assists Uruguay Santiago Vidal 7.2
Records
Biggest home winNacional 111–61 Goes
(12 January 2024)
Biggest away winHebraica y Macabi 52–93 Nacional
(17 April 2024)
Highest scoringAguada 105–111 Nacional
(18 January 2024)
Aguada 115–101 Nacional
(14 May 2024)
Winning streak14 games
Peñarol
Losing streak11 games
Larre Borges
2024–25 →

Hebraica y Macabi was the defending champion which was swept in quarterfinals by Defensor Sporting.

The champion was Aguada, who, repeating much of Biguá's two-time champion team, defeated Peñarol 4–1 in the finals.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 11 sides from the 2022–23 season, one promoted from the 2022 El Metro and two qualified from the OBL. Tabaré, which achieved promotion, declined to participate in the league.[1]

Teams promoted from El Metro
Teams relegated to El Metro

Venues and locations

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Montevideo
 
 
 
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Location of teams in 2023–24 LUB
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Location of teams from the Montevideo in 2023–24 LUB
Team Home City Arena Capacity
Aguada   Montevideo Estadio Propio Aguatero 3,738
Biguá Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz[5] 1,200
Cordón Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella 710
Defensor Sporting Estadio Óscar Magurno[6] 800
Goes Estadio Plaza de las Misiones 1,800
Hebraica Macabi Gimnasio Unión Atlética[5][7] 750
Larre Borges Estadio Romeo Schinca 900
Malvín Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil 900
Nacional Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central 800
Peñarol Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi 4,700
Racing   Mercedes Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini[8] 400
Remeros de Mercedes Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini 400
Trouville   Montevideo Gimnasio Trouville[5] 780
Urupan   Pando Gimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti 700

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer
Aguada   Germán Cortizas   Juan Santiso Puma
Biguá   Nicolás Mazzarino   Leandro García Morales B31
Cordón   Nicolás Díaz   Federico Bavosi MGR
Defensor Sporting   Gonzalo Fernández   Federico Soto Kelme
Goes   Gustavo Reig   Álex López 1934
Hebraica y Macabi   Leonardo Zylbersztein   Luciano Parodi Concreto
Larre Borges   Mathías Nieto   Mauro Zubiaurre MGR
Malvín   Federico Camiña   Kiril Wachsmann Joma
Nacional   Álvaro Ponce   Alejandro Acosta Umbro
Peñarol   Marcelo Signorelli   Jayson Granger Puma
Racing   Claudio Batista   Nicolás Ibarra MGR
Remeros   Ignacio Borges   Fernando Siniestro MGR
Trouville   Pablo Morales   Santiago Fernández Xu
Urupan   Diego Palacios   Mateo Sarni MGR

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Cordón   Álvaro Ponce Signed by Nacional 9 December 2022[9] Pre-season   Nicolás Díaz 16 June 2023
Goes   Guillermo Narvarte Signed by
  Trotamundos de Carabobo		 10 April 2023[10]   Luis Silveira 30 June 2023[11]
Trouville   Marcelo Signorelli End of contract 12 April 2023   Pablo Morales 19 April 2023
Goes   Luis Silveira Sacked 4 November 2023[12] 12th (0–3)   Andrés Borroni 4 November 2023[13]
Peñarol   Pablo López 3 December 2023[14] 12th (4–2)   Marcelo Signorelli 5 December 2023[15]
Biguá   Diego Cal 15 December 2023[16] 4th (6–7)   Nicolás Mazzarino (interim) 15 December 2023[16]
  Nicolás Mazzarino End of interim period 18 December 2023[16] 2nd (7–7)   Gregorio Martínez 20 December 2023[16]
Goes   Andrés Borroni Sacked 31 January 2024[17] 12th (5–13)   Gustavo Reig 1 February 2024[17]
Biguá   Gregorio Martínez Resigned 12 March 2024[18] 8th (10–13)   Nicolás Mazzarino 12 March 2024[18]

Torneo Clasificatorio

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The Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament) was the first stage of the LUB. The metropolitan clubs played each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table played in the Ronda Título, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six played the Reclasificatorio.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol 22 18 4 1802 1543 +259 40 Qualification to Ronda Título
2 Aguada 22 17 5 1967 1774 +193 39
3 Nacional 22 16 6 1945 1779 +166 38
4 Defensor Sporting 22 15 7 1786 1719 +67 37
5 Hebraica y Macabi 22 14 8 1845 1770 +75 36
6 Cordón 22 10 12 1595 1643 −48 32[a]
7 Biguá 22 10 12 1858 1858 0 32[a] Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio
8 Malvín 22 9 13 1790 1779 +11 31
9 Urupan 22 7 15 1710 1856 −146 29[b]
10 Trouville 22 7 15 1761 1897 −136 29[b]
11 Goes 22 6 16 1730 1878 −148 25[c]
12 Larre Borges 22 3 19 1684 1977 −293 25[d]
Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Cordón 143–143 Biguá[note 1]
  2. ^ a b Urupan 2–0 Trouville
  3. ^ Goes were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's play-in, against Larre Borges[20]
  4. ^ Goes 2–0 Larre Borges

Results

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Home \ Away AGU BIG COR DSC GOE HYM LBO MAL NAC PEÑ TRO UPA
Aguada — 82–62 78–75 92–77 105–91 96–86 94–86 87–85 105–111 77–76 81–69 91–58
Biguá 81–94 — 71–66 87–82 94–91 67–80 94–61 89–75 101–94 81–87 97–82 79–84
Cordón 70–89 77–72 — 74–76 80–71 70–87 81–66 75–69 65–98 67–75 83–97 64–57
Defensor Sporting 85–70 96–86 75–67 — 84–80 78–84 92–77 85–82 91–99 72–79 88–84 78–67
Goes 74–75 91–86 75–84 73–87 — 76–75 80–64 76–78 92–98 77–62 85–93 74–80
Hebraica y Macabi 84–79 93–59 55–66 70–64 85–79 — 94–78 105–99 99–107 73–90 102–85 93–90
Larre Borges 83–104 80–106 83–79 75–85 80–83 88–83 — 89–96 82–94 52–57 84–90 100–88
Malvín 77–87 73–84 78–62 73–75 92–76 84–90 103–70 — 83–84 83–82 92–70 80–73
Nacional 77–68 71–67 86–61 65–72 111–61 79–83 95–67 84–79 — 77–97 83–81 91–78
Peñarol 88–87 92–90 65–75 81–64 90–65 73–52 89–62 82–58 79–68 — 88–52 90–64
Trouville 82–90 92–83 57–72 77–92 90–83 93–74 93–75 75–82 79–99 83–91 — 53–85
Urupan 74–111 90–99 63–82 77–88 85–87 80–98 97–82 79–61 89–74 64–89 88–84 —
Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Ronda Título

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The Ronda Título (Title Round) was a stage played to organize the first six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio, in the play-offs. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Peñarol 32 24 8 2630 2307 +323 56[a] Qualification to Play-offs
2 Aguada 32 24 8 2867 2599 +268 56[a]
3 Nacional 31 21 10 2668 2468 +200 52
4 Defensor Sporting 31 20 11 2507 2451 +56 51
5 Hebraica y Macabi 31 17 14 2584 2608 −24 48
6 Cordón 31 12 19 2280 2391 −111 43
Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Peñarol 327–323 Aguada

Results

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Home \ Away AGU COR DSC HYM NAC PEÑ
Aguada — 82–88 82–77 92–74 103–89 77–82
Cordón 74–97 — 79–89 [note 2] 86–67 68–84
Defensor Sporting 91–85 79–60 — 92–76 58–95 67–83
Hebraica y Macabi 86–113 91–88 103–96 — 52–93 82–99
Nacional 83–87 69–61 [note 3] 66–101 — 94–78
Peñarol 81–82 90–81 69–72 99–74 63–67 —
Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Reclasificatorio

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The Reclasificatorio (Requalifier) was a stage played by the last six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage. This stage defined the teams qualified for the play-in and the relegated teams.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Malvín 32 19 13 2549 2415 +134 51 Qualification to Play-in second stage
2 Biguá 32 15 17 2643 2634 +9 47
3 Trouville 31 13 18 2368 2443 −75 44 Qualficiation to Play-in first stage
4 Urupan 31 11 20 2380 2534 −154 42
5 Goes 30 10 20 2346 2493 −147 37[a] Relegation to Liga de Ascenso
6 Larre Borges 27 3 24 2073 2552 −479 30
Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Goes were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's play-in, against Larre Borges[20]

Results

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Home \ Away BIG GOE LBO MAL TRO UPA
Biguá — 91–85 20–0[note 4] 81–82 76–87 83–73
Goes 77–87 — 20–0[note 4] 87–92 0–20[note 5] 73–79
Larre Borges 109–111 81–102 — 0–20[note 4] 0–20[note 4] 72–84
Malvín 103–91 20–0[note 5] 86–62 — 81–71 92–84
Trouville 73–67 67–80 92–65 82–90 — [note 2]
Urupan 87–78 78–92 20–0[note 4] 78–93 87–95 —
Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

OBL

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The Organización de Básquetbol del Litoral (Litoral Basketball Organization) tournament was played by the champions and runners-up of the regional leagues of Paysandú Department and Soriano. The finalists obtained their classification to the LUB play-in, the champion faced the 4th in the Reclasificatorio and the runner-up, the 3rd.

First stage

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In the first stage, the Soriano teams played against the teams from the Paysandú Department, two matches in Mercedes and two in Paysandú. The champions of their regional leagues (Remeros and Pelotaris) began with an additional point. This stage will serve to organize the position of the teams in the Final 4

Table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Racing 2 2 0 173 155 +18 4
2 Remeros 2 1 1 161 145 +16 4
3 Pelotaris 2 1 1 162 164 −2 4
4 Paysandú Wanderers 2 0 2 138 170 −32 2
Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference

Results

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Home \ Away RAC REM PEL WAN
Racing — — — 88–77
Remeros — — — 82–61
Pelotaris 78–85 84–79 — —
Paysandú Wanderers — — — —
Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Final 4

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The Final 4 was hosted by Mercedes.

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.


Semi-finals Final
      
1 Racing 97
4 Paysandú Wanderers 86
1 Racing 72
2 Remeros 80
2 Remeros 84
3 Pelotaris 60

Source: FUBB

Play-in

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The winner of this bracket obtained 7th place in play-offs

First stage Second stage
1R Malvín 88 74 77 2
1O Remeros 81 74 0 4R Urupan 86 99 68 1
4R Urupan 90 81 2

The winner of this bracket obtained 8th place in play-offs

First stage Second stage
2R Biguá 76 81 79 1
2O Racing 81 85 83 1 3R Trouville 79 70 81 2
3R Trouville 90 70 85 2


Source: FUBB

Play-offs

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                          
1 Peñarol 92 92 87 3
8 Trouville 87 64 77 0
1 Peñarol 89 68 76 80 103 3
4 Defensor Sporting 74 87 80 61 66 2
4 Defensor Sporting 89 88 97 3
5 Hebraica y Macabi 84 73 73 0
1 Peñarol 65 90 95 74 71 1
2 Aguada 66 97 78 88 88 4
2 Aguada 91 83 100 3
7 Malvín 67 81 95 0
2 Aguada 115 89 92 97 3
5 Nacional 101 98 87 82 1
3 Nacional 60 72 81 78 3
5 Cordón 73 66 68 66 1

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W W Seed Qualification or relegation
Champion
1 Aguada 44 34 10 2 Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas
Runners-up
2 Peñarol 44 31 14 1 Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas
Eliminated at semi-finals
3 Nacional 39 25 14 3 Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
4 Defensor Sporting 39 25 14 4
Eliminated at quarter-finals
5 Hebraica y Macabi 34 17 17 5
6 Cordón 35 13 22 6
7 Malvín 38 21 17 7
8 Trouville 40 17 23 9
Eliminated at play-in second round
9 Biguá 40 16 19 8
10 Urupan 40 14 22 10
Eliminated at play-in first round
11 Remeros 2 0 2 1 OBL
12 Racing 3 1 2 2 OBL
Relegated
13 Goes 30 10 20 11 Relegation to Liga de Ascenso
14 Larre Borges 27 3 24 12

Statistical leaders

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Points

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Pos Player Club PPG
1   Donald Sims Aguada 23.8
2   Malik Curry Defensor Sporting 21.5
3   Justin Moss Larre Borges 21.4
4   Miguel Simón Urupan 20.1
5   Michael Smith Nacional 19.9

Rebounds

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Pos Player Club RPG
1   Miguel Simón Urupan 13.1
2   Chaz Crawford Cordón 12.7
3   Gary McGhee Goes 10.9
4   Frank Hassell Hebraica y Macabi 10.0
5   Luis Santos Aguada 10.0

Assists

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Pos Player Club APG
1   Santiago Vidal Aguada 7.2
2   Mateo Sarni Urupan 7.0
3   Jayson Granger Peñarol 6.5
4   Daniel Hamilton Malvín 5.8
5   Manuel Romero Hebraica y Macabi 5.4

Blocks

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Pos Player Club
1   Malik Dime Peñarol 2.4
2   Prince Ibeh Peñarol 2.3
3   Rakeem Christmas Biguá 1.8
4   LaRon Smith Larre Borges 1.8
5   Eric Anderson Nacional 1.6

Source: FUBB

Awards

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All official awards of the 2023–24 LUB season.

Season MVP

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Pos. Player Team
PG   Donald Sims Aguada

National regular season MVP

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Pos. Player Team
PG   Jayson Granger Peñarol

Source: [23]

Foreign season MVP

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Pos. Player Team
PG   Donald Sims Aguada

Source: [23]

Finals MVP

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Pos. Player Team
PG   Donald Sims Aguada

Defensive Player of the regular season Award

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Pos. Player Team
SG   Patricio Prieto Nacional

Source: [23]

Rookie Player of the regular season Award

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Pos. Player Team
PG   Santiago Calimares Hebraica y Macabi

Source: [23]

LUB clubs in international competitions

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Basketball Champions League Americas
Team Progress Result W–L
Hebraica y Macabi Third place game Loss vs.   Halcones de Xalapa 4–7
Semi-finals Loss vs.   Quimsa
Quarter-finals 2–1 vs.   Franca
Group C 2nd of 3 teams (2–4)
Nacional Quarter-finals 1–2 vs.   Halcones de Xalapa 4–5
Group B 2nd of 3 teams (3–3)
Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
Team Progress Result W–L
Peñarol Final 6 third round Loss vs.   Instituto 2–3
Final 6 first round Loss vs.   Caribbean Storm
Group B 1st of 4 teams (2–1)
Biguá Group C 3rd of 4 teams (1–2) 1–2
Malvín Group A 4th of 4 teams (0–3) 0–3

Notes

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  1. ^ Although Biguá obtained qualification for the Title Round, after Cordón's claim, the FUBB's Courts of Disputes and Appeals decided Cordón's qualification, having been the team that obtained the highest score in the matches between them (Cordón 77, Biguá 72)[19]
  2. ^ a b As the positions were already defined, the match was canceled
  3. ^ The match was suspended due to incidents at the end of the second quarter, when Nacional led 33–29.[21] By mutual agreement, the teams decided not to finish the match, leaving the game without result.
  4. ^ a b c d e Larre Borges left the tournament after the first five matchdays[22]
  5. ^ a b Goes left the tournament after his relegation was confirmed

References

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  1. ^ "Básquet: Tabaré anunció que no jugará la Liga Uruguaya 2023 pese a haber ascendido". www.montevideo.com.uy (in Spanish). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Básquet: Cordón logró el ascenso a la Liga Uruguaya tras vencer a Capitol". www.montevideo.com.uy (in Spanish). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Básquet: Olimpia descendió tras 30 años en primera; Peñarol ganó y da pelea por quedarse". www.montevideo.com.uy (in Spanish). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Trouville logró la permanencia en la Liga y mandó al descenso a Urunday Universitario". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Since these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Stadium) "club name".
  6. ^ Defensor's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Welcome's court.
  7. ^ Hebraica's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Unión Atlética's court.
  8. ^ Racing's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in Remeros de Mercedes' court.
  9. ^ "Álvaro Ponce es el nuevo director técnico de Nacional Básquetbol". www.urubasket.com (in Spanish). 9 December 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Guillermo Narvarte vuelve al banquillo de Trotamundos de Carabobo". www.canchalatina.com (in Spanish). 10 April 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Luis Silveira nuevo entrenador de Goes". www.urubasket.com (in Spanish). 30 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Goes cortó entrenador". www.urubasket.com (in Spanish). 4 November 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Derrota, cambio y preocupación". www.basquetcaliente.com (in Spanish). 4 November 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Pablo López fue cesado como entrenador de Peñarol en básquetbol". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 3 December 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Marcelo Signorelli nuevo entrenador de Peñarol en básquetbol: llegó convencido, no pautó premios y pidió dirigir ya". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 5 December 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  16. ^ a b c d "Gregorio Martínez cruzará el río para dirigir a Biguá de Uruguay". www.basquetplus.com. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Goes cambia entrenador". www.urubasket.com. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Gregorio Martínez renunció como entrenador de Biguá". www.basquetplus.com (in Spanish). 12 March 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  19. ^ "El Tribunal de Apelaciones ratificó la clasificación de Cordón a la Liguilla y Biguá jugará el Reclasificatorio". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Básquet: Nueva sanción para Goes que empezará la temporada 2023–24 en números rojos". www.montevideo.com (in Spanish). 6 April 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Básquet: suspendido Nacional-Defensor Sporting por una serie de incidentes en la cancha". www.montevideo.com (in Spanish). 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Larre Borges se retira oficialmente de la LUB y ya piensa en El Metro 2024: los motivos". www.elpais.com.uy (in Spanish). 2 April 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  23. ^ a b c d "La FUBB eligió a los mejores jugadores de la fase regular de la Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 2 May 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
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