LSU-Atletas
| LSU-Atletas Kaunas | |||
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| LSU-Atletas Kaunas logo | |||
| Leagues | Regional Basketball League | ||
| Founded | 1962 | ||
| History | Atletas (1962–1998); Topo Centras–Atletas (1998-2004); Hidruva–Atletas (2004–2005); Atletas (2005–2007); Aisčiai-Atletas (2007–2008); Aisčiai (2008–2010); BC Kaunas (2010–011); BC Baltai (2011–2012); LSU-Baltai (2012–2013) LSU-Atletas (2013-2014, 2015-present) |
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| Arena | Kaunas Sports Hall (capacity: 5,000) |
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| Location | Kaunas, Lithuania | ||
| Team colors | Yellow and Light green |
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| Website | bcatletas.lt | ||
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LSU-Atletas (Lithuanian: Lietuvos sporto universitetas + Atletas) is a professional basketball club of Kaunas, Lithuania, which was participating in the LKL and the Baltic League. In 2009, the team merged with BC Kaunas Triobet and played with the names of Kaunas, Baltai and LSU-Baltai. In 2013 club was renamed again into LSU-Atletas, which was merged with NKL champions of the same name. Atletas are also multiple time LKL finalists, and once considered to be one of the strongest teams in the LKL. Now, the team plays in the Regional Basketball League.
The NBA center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas represented Atletas at the very beginning of his career. Lithuanian basketball star Saulius Štombergas was also a key player of the team back then. Donatas Motiejūnas also played for Atletas (at the time called Aisčiai) during beginning of his career.
Former logos
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Former BC Aisčiai logo
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Kauno klubo-logo.jpg
Logo used in 2010 and 2011–2013
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Kaunas Triobet logo.jpg
Started to use in 2010-2011 season
Latest seasons
| Season | League | Pos. | Significant Events | Baltic League | Pos. | LKF Cup |
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| 2008–09 | LKL | 6 | Quarterfinalist | Challenge Cup | 3 | Round of 16 |
| 2009–10 | LKL | 13 | – | Challenge Cup | 13 | First round |
| 2010–11 | LKL | 10 | – | Challenge Cup | 2 | First round |
| 2011–12 | LKL | 8 | – | Elite Division | 13 | – |
| 2012–13 | LKL | 11 | – | Elite Division | R1 | Fourth round |
| 2013–14 | LKL | 12 | Relegated | – | – | Fourth round |
Remarkable former players
Rimas Kurtinaitis- Tomas Pačėsas
- Gvidonas Markevičius
- Darius Dimavičius
- Rytis Vaišvila
- Darius Sirtautas
- Saulius Štombergas
- Tomas Masiulis
- Virginijus Praškevičius
- Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
- Donatas Motiejūnas
- Artūras Milaknis
- Povilas Butkevičius
- Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
Siim-Sander Vene- Jonas Mačiulis
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