Latvijas Universitāte men's basketball

Latvijas Universitāte
Nickname	LU
Leagues	LBL Latvian-Estonian Basketball League
Founded	1929
Arena	OSC
Capacity	830
Location	Riga, Latvia
Team colors	Blue and White
President	Uģis Bisenieks
Head coach	Gunārs Gailītis
Championships	7 Latvian Championship
Website	bk.lu.lv
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The Latvijas Universitāte men's basketball team represents University of Latvia in Riga, Latvia, also known as LU. and it plays in the Latvian Basketball League and Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.

The LU once won seven Latvian championships in the 1930s and returned to the Latvian League Division 1 before the 2010-11 season. The biggest accomplishment so far has been 4th place in the 2011-2012 season.

Team is organized by University of Latvia.

Roster

Latvijas Universitāte roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SF 2 Osis, Mārcis 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 20 – (2003-10-02)2 October 2003 SG 3 Frīdenbergs, Elvijs 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2001-12-05)5 December 2001 PG 4 Ļisicins, Rainers 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 20 – (2004-04-18)18 April 2004 SG 5 Fārenhorsts, Otto 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 20 – (2003-05-19)19 May 2003 PF 10 Aleksandrovs, Rihards 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 22 – (2002-04-05)5 April 2002 PG 11 Briedis, Valters 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 21 – (2003-01-28)28 January 2003 SF 12 Švītiņš, Rūdolfs 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 18 – (2005-08-29)29 August 2005 G 13 Strautiņš, Norberts 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 24 – (2000-04-28)28 April 2000 C 15 Bikovs, Andrejs 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 21 – (2003-04-23)23 April 2003 SG 17 Egle, Edvards 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 18 – (2005-10-07)7 October 2005 SG 18 Lucis, Edvards 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (2000-03-15)15 March 2000 SF 21 Skreivers, Dāvis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 20 – (2003-05-20)20 May 2003 PF 22 Smirnovs, Daniils 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 20 – (2003-11-22)22 November 2003 PG 30 Šēnbergs, Kārlis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 21 – (2002-07-13)13 July 2002 C 31 Serheyev, Ihor 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 22 – (2001-08-04)4 August 2001 PF 44 Helmanis, Arnolds 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 32 – (1992-02-08)8 February 1992	Head coach Gunārs Gailītis Assistant coaches Edijs Šlesers Lauris Blaus Conditioning coach Artūrs Paiķis Sports director Ivars Strencis General director Uģis Bisenieks Legend (C) Team captain

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Reserve
C	Daniils Smirnovs	Ihor Serheyev	Andrejs Bikovs
PF	Arnolds Helmanis	Rihards Aleksandrovs
SF	Rūdolfs Švītiņš	Elvijs Frīdenbergs	Dāvis Skreivers
SG	Edvards Lucis	Norberts Strautiņš	Mārcis Osis	Francis Neilands
PG	Valters Briedis	Edvards Egle	Kārlis Šēnbergs	Rainers Ļisicins

Coaches

• Mārtiņš Zībarts: 2010-2011
• Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis: 2011-2016
• Guntis Endzels: 2016–2022
• Gunārs Gailītis: 2022–present

External links

• Official website (in Latvian)