Huracanes de Tampico

Huracanes de Tampico
Huracanes de Tampico
League	LNBP
Founded	2009
History	Huracanes de Tampico; (2009–present)
Arena	Expo Tampico
Capacity	4,200
Location	Tampico, Mexico
Team colors	Navy blue, sky blue, white;
Head coach	Omar Quintero
Home	Away

Huracanes de Tampico (English: Tampico Hurricanes) is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Tampico, Tamaulipas. The Libertadores are part of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in Mexico.^[1] The team plays their home games at the Expo Tampico, with a capacity of 4,200 spectators.^[2]

History

Professional basketball in Tampico started in the 1990s, with the Correcaminos UAT Tampico; the team achieved 4 championships and were runners-up twice in the Conferencia de Básquetbol Profesional.^[3]

The Huracanes was established in 2009 as a joint effort of public institutions and private entities to bring professional basketball back to the city of Tampico. Huracanes is also the first LNBP team to have played a friendly match against a European team, FC Barcelona Bàsquet.^[3]

After the 2014–15 season, the team went on hiatus, making their comeback for the 2018–19 season.^[4]

For the 2018–19 season, Argentine Marcelo Elusich was appointed as head coach.^[5]

Players

Current roster

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Huracanes de Tampico roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
F	3	Harper, Aaron	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)
SG	7	Ramírez, Maximiliano	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	74 kg (163 lb)
G/F	10	Herrera, Pedro	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
G	13	Lamonte, Kyle	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
C	14	Carrillo, Hugo	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
C	15	Woodson, Dominic	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	127 kg (280 lb)
G	50	Sosa, Miguel	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (176 lb)