Bærum Basket

Bærum Basket
Leagues	BLNO
Founded	1963 (as Bærum BBK)
Arena	[1]
Location	Bærum, Norway
Team colors	Light Blue and Dark Blue
President
Team manager
Head coach
Championships	4 Norwegian BLNO 1
Website	barumbasket.no
Home Away

Bærum Basket, also known as Bærum Basket Bekkestua, is a professional basketball team based in Bærum, Norway, currently participating in the BLNO, Norway's premier basketball league. It is owned by Knut Ola Staver. The club was founded in the year of 1963 as Bærum Basketball Club, commonly referred to as simply Bærum BBK. Bærum is historically known to be one of the most successful teams in the BLNO, tied with Asker Aliens B.C. for the most league championships. Bærum Basket has won 4 BLNO league championships and 1 Norwegian Cup dating back to the creation of the BLNO league.

Some of the most prominent players that have been with Bærum Basket in recent years include: , , and . These players have all been playing under the coaching of .

History[]

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Establishment[]

In the spring of 1963, Jan Petter Hansen— a physical education teacher at Valler Upper Secondary School— initiated the first official basketball club in the entire country of Norway, with the help of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports (NIF). Known as the Bærum Basketball Club, or the Bærum BBK, the club first consisted of eleven players.

Rise of Bærum BBK (1964–1978)[]

Bærum BBK earned its first prize in the spring of 1964, the "Fair Play Trophy", an inspiration that would start a whole new era in the entire club's history. Interest in the sport rapidly increased in the Eikeli area of Bærum, giving the team more and more space for young talent on their roster due to the high recruitment rate.

This was also the period of time in which the club was seeing an increase in the number of Americans on the court, helping them win their first ever tournament, in this case the 1966 Coca-Cola Cup. The Coca-Cola Cup was an opening tournament that took place in the fall.

Bærum BBK's first league championship came in mid-1968, a period that is widely considered to be the club's first and greatest triumph. Toppling their chief rivals, , with a score of 59-58, Aftenposten, Norway's largest newspaper, described the game as "the best basketball played in Norway."^[2]

Players[]

Current roster[]

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Bærum Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 4 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 26 – (1995-10-19)19 October 1995 G 5 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 34 – (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 F/C 5 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1994-08-31)31 August 1994 PG 6 Frey, Harald 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 PF 7 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993 PG 8 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1996-08-20)20 August 1996 SF 9 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1994-07-06)6 July 1994 F/C 10 Steed, Austin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 33 – (1988-06-20)20 June 1988 PG 11 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 32 – (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 F 12 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 F 13 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1990-07-23)23 July 1990 PF 14 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1996-05-11)11 May 1996 SG 15 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 34 – (1987-03-26)26 March 1987 SG 33 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – (1986-09-14)14 September 1986 G 33 Henriksen, Jorgen 25 – (1996-04-24)24 April 1996	Head coach Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 9, 2014

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External links[]

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