BC Mures 2

During these last weeks everybody in Tirgu Mures has been preoccupied with BC Mures National League basketball team. Not many know about the existence of another team, entered in the second division, Liga 1.

The team coached by George Trif is made up 90% of local talent, all of them between 16 and 20 years of age. "Veterans" Dimitris Rasty and Lucian Tibirna joined the club this year from CN Aurel Vlaicu and CSS Focsani respectively.

BC Mureș has been drawn into a group of eight teams: Colegiul National Aurel Vlaicu (Rasty's former team), Dinamo Bucuresti (with two americans on the roster), Rapid Bucuresti, CSU Sibiu, SCM Craiova, Energia Tirgu Jiu and Stiinta Bucuresti (last season's Liga 1 winners). So, many long and difficult road trips for this young team, but also many good opportunities to learn and toughen up for the National League.

From left to right: Adrian Oprea, Bölöni Tamás, Barabás Csongor, Lucian Țibîrnă, Florin Ilicov, Botos Vilmos, Dimitris Rasty, Engi Dávid, Baki Szilárd, Moldován István, Szabó Dávid, Mădălin Potcoavă. Coach: Trif George.
Andrei Ștefan and Teodor Togănel weren't present at the team presentation.

The games will be played weekly, mostly the day after the first team's game. So the basketball loving public is in for another treat of quality basketball every week.

First game of the season will be on the 5th of October against CSU Sibiu, while the first home game is scheduled for the 12th of October against league powerhouse Dinamo Bucuresti.

Here you can download the schedule of the first round of the Liga 1 Group C games.