2019–20 Virtus Roma season

The 2019–20 season is Virtus Roma's 60th in existence and the club's 1st season in the Lega Basket Serie A after the promotion in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Main article: Virtus Roma

Virtus Roma

2019-20 season
President	Claudio Toti
Head coach	Piero Bucchi
Arena	PalaLottomatica
LBA	season cancelled (14th)

Overview

Virtus Roma comes back to the Serie A afer five years in Serie A2. Roma gained the promotion to the highest Italian league by ending the 2018–19 Serie A2 season at the first place in the West division.

The 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone.[1] Roma ended the championship in 14th position.

Kit

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Serie A Home

Serie A Away

Players

Due to the early conclusion of the season the new hire Corey Webster couldn't play any game, while Jaylen Barford, coming from Pesaro, was called only in the last game against Sassari.[2]

Current roster

Pallacanestro Virtus Roma roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Barford, Jaylen 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 24 – (1996-01-23)23 January 1996 F/C 2 Cusenza, Kevin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1993-01-31)31 January 1993 PF 7 Alibegović, Amar 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 G 9 Webster, Corey (*) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 SG 10 Rullo, Roberto 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 PG 13 Baldasso, Tommaso 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 22 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 F 21 White, James 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 37 – (1982-10-21)21 October 1982 F/C 22 Pini, Giovanni 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 G/F 25 Farley, Liam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 25 – (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 SG 34 Spinosa, Giovanni 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 22 – (1997-12-30)30 December 1997 F/C 41 Jefferson, Davon 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 SG 44 Buford, William 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1990-01-10)10 January 1990 SG 77 Kyzlink, Tomáš 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1993-06-18)18 June 1993	Head coach Piero Bucchi Assistant coach(es) Daniele Michelutti Legend (C) Team captain (*) Joined the team before the interruption and never played Injured Roster Updated: March 8, 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Davon Jefferson	Kevin Cusenza
PF	Amar Alibegović	Giovanni Pini
SF	James White	Tomáš Kyzlink	Liam Farley
SG	William Buford	Roberto Rullo	Giovanni Spinosa
PG	Jaylen Barford	Tommaso Baldasso	Corey Webster

6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
10	SG		Roberto Rullo	29	Dinamo Cagliari		1 year	June 2020	Free	17 July 2019	[3]
3	F		Michael Moore	25	Borås Basket		1 year	June 2020	Free	18 July 2019	[4]
22	F/C		Giovanni Pini	26	Fortitudo Bologna		1 year	June 2020	Free	23 July 2019	[5]
11	G		Jerome Dyson	32	Bnei Herzliya		1 year	June 2020	Free	26 July 2019	[6]
41	F/C		Davon Jefferson	32	Capitanes de Arecibo		1 year	June 2020	Free	29 July 2019	[7]
77	SG		Tomáš Kyzlink	26	Reyer Venezia		1 year	June 2020	Free	3 August 2019	[8]
25	G/F		Liam Farley	24	Bowdoin		1 year	June 2020	Free	9 August 2019	[9]
34	SG		Giovanni Spinosa	21	Smit Roma		1 year	June 2020	Free	9 August 2019	[9]
44	SG		William Buford	29	Lavrio		1 year	June 2020	Free	23 August 2019	[10]
2	F/C		Kevin Cusenza	26	Fortitudo Roma		1 year	June 2020	Free	30 August 2019	[11]
21	F		James White	37	Benedetto XIV Cento		1 year	June 2020	Free	24 December 2019	[12]
0	SG		Jaylen Barford	24	V.L. Pesaro		end of the season	June 2020	Undisclosed	19 February 2020	[13]
9	G		Corey Webster	31	Zhejiang Lions		end of the season	June 2020	Free	29 February 2020	[14]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
10	G		Massimo Chessa	23	Napoli Basket		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[15]
11	PG		Nic Moore	27	Champagne Châlons-Reims		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[16]
12	G/F		Daniele Sandri	28	Napoli Basket		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[17]
14	SG		Andrea Saccaggi	30	Cestistica San Severo		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[18]
15	F/C		Aristide Landi	25	Pistoia		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[19]
17	G		Roberto Prandin	33	Scagliera Verona		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[20]
21	F/C		Henry Sims	29	Fortitudo Bologna		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[21]
33	SF		Marco Santiangeli	27	Assigeco Piacenza		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[22]
3	F		Michael Moore	25	Latina Basket		transfer	Undisclosed	30 December 2019	[23]
11	G		Jerome Dyson	32	Fortitudo Bologna		transfer	Undisclosed	26 February 2020	[24][25]

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
13	PG		Tommaso Baldasso	22	Auxilium Torino		3 + 3 years	June 2022	Free	13 July 2016	[26][27]
7	PF		Amar Alibegović	25	St. John's Red Storm		2 years	June 2020	Free	4 July 2018	[28]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Source
	Piero Bucchi	61	JuveCaserta		2 years	2020	4 March 2018	[29]

Unsuccessful deals

The following deal never activated and the player's contract was withdrawn before the beginning of the season.

Signing date	Withdrawal date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Moved to
16 July 2019[30]	23 August 2019[31]	G		Skyler Flatten	24	South Dakota State Jackrabbits		1 year	Miami Heat[32]

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
12	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	21	9	12	1741	1763	−22	Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup
13	De' Longhi Treviso	21	8	13	1620	1664	−44
14	Virtus Roma	21	7	14	1639	1787	−148
15	OriOra Pistoia	21	7	14	1559	1735	−176
16	Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste	21	6	15	1574	1690	−116

Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

References

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2. "Virtus Roma - Banco di Sardegna Sassari 88-93" (in Italian). legabasket.it. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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11. "Domani il Trofeo Dukes a Sansepolcro. Cusenza ultima aggiunta al roster". virtusroma.it (in Italian). Virtus Roma. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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14. "Ingaggiato Corey Webster" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 29 February 2020.
15. "GeVi Napoli, nuovo colpo di mercato: arriva Massimo Chessa" (in Italian). napolibasket.eu. 1 October 2019.
16. "Nic Moore au CCRB !" (in French). ccrbasket.com. 24 July 2019.
17. "GeVi Napoli, ingaggiato Daniele Sandri: "Qui per un progetto importante" !" (in Italian). napolibasket.eu. 6 July 2019.
18. "La Allianz Pazienza San Severo va sul sicuro: firmato Andrea Saccaggi" (in Italian). cestisticasansevero.com. 20 July 2019.
19. "Aristide Landi è un nuovo giocatore della OriOra" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 24 June 2019.
20. "Ufficiale: in gialloblù arriva Roberto Prandin" (in Italian). scaligerabasket.it. 13 September 2019.
21. "Henry Sims è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 6 August 2019.
22. "Marco Santiangeli è un nuovo giocatore dell'UCC Assigeco Piacenza" (in Italian). uccassigecopiacenza.it. 29 June 2019.
23. "UFFICIALE, Michael "Mike" Moore è un nuovo giocatore della Benacquista" (in Italian). latinabasket.it. 30 December 2019.
24. "Rescissione consensuale con Jerome Dyson" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 6 February 2020.
25. "Jerome Dyson è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo Pompea!" (in Italian). fortitudo103.it. 26 February 2020.
26. "UFFICIALE A2 - Virtus Roma: in arrivo Tommaso Baldasso" (in Italian). pianetabasket.com. 13 July 2016.
27. "Rinnovato il contratto di Tommaso Baldasso" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 28 June 2019.
28. "Amar Alibegovic firma con la Virtus Roma" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 4 July 2018.
29. "Piero Bucchi nuovo Head Coach della Virtus Roma" (in Italian). legapallacanestro.com. 4 March 2018.
30. "Skyler Flatten alla Virtus Roma" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 16 July 2019.
31. "Rescissione consensuale con Skyler Flatten" (in Italian). virtusroma.it. 23 August 2019.
32. "HEAT Signs Flatten And Palo". nba.com/heat. 15 October 2019.