San Lorenzo de Almagro (basketball)
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| Nickname | Azulgrana | ||
| Conference | Sur | ||
| Leagues | LNB | ||
| Founded | April 1, 1908 | ||
| Arena | Roberto Pando | ||
| Location | Buenos Aires | ||
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| President | Matías Lammens | ||
| Head coach | Julio Lamas | ||
| Championships | 1 LNB | ||
| Website | Basketball official | ||
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San Lorenzo de Almagro is the men's professional club basketball section of the San Lorenzo de Almagro multi sports club, that is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), which is the first tier level division of the Argentine basketball league system. The team is currently coached by Julio Lamas. San Lorenzo plays its home games at the Estadio Obras Sanitarias, which is located in Núñez, Buenos Aires.
San Lorenzo affiliated to the Argentine Association in 1930, and won a large amount of championships from the 1930s to the 1970s, being nicknamed The Cathedral of Basketball. 1942 was the year when San Lorenzo achieved its first titles, winning the Torneo Apertura and the Oficial championship, organised by the Buenos Aires Basketball Association. One year later, the team won another Apertura title, and they then won the 1946, 1949, and 1950 Apertura official titles. The club's most notable players of that era were Alfredo Belli, Salvador Capece, and Alberto Trama. Other notable members of the team were Armando Bo and Francisco Sommariva.
In 1951, San Lorenzo played against the The Harlem Globetrotters, at the Estadio Luna Park, in Buenos Aires. That same year, the team won the Apertura championship (and repeated again in 1952), and the Oficial in 1954. Two years later, the team won another Oficial title, remaining unbeaten, and its first Torneo Metropolitano title. In 1957, San Lorenzo made its first international tour of Brazil, where the squad won 8 of 12 games played. Players on the tour were: Ricardo Lanzillotta (team captain), Herberto Fagnani, Edgar Parizzia, Oscar Zagatti, Carlos Vasino, Vicente Lazzara, Erio Cassetai, and Carlos Marranzino, with Francisco del Río being the head coach of the team.
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