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Huracanes de Tampico
Basketball team in Tampico, Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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