ADA Blois Basket 41

Leagues

Founded

1907; 117 years ago

Arena

Jeu de Paume

Capacity

2,525

Location

Blois, France

Team colors

Black, White, Green

President

Paul Seignolle

Head coach

Mickaël Hay

Championships

1 French Second League
1 French Third League
1 French Fourth League

Website

ada-basket.com

Home

Away

Abeille des Aydes Blois Basket 41, commonly known as ADA Blois, is a professional basketball based in Blois, France. The club plays in the Pro A, which is the top tier of basketball in the country.

History

Created in 1907 under the name Abeille des Aydes, the club would first allow the practice of gymnastics and shooting. It is after the war that one begins to practice basketball there.

Between 1986 and 1995, ADA Basket, coached by Jean-Raoul Baudry, climbed from Regional 2 to National 2 with four consecutive accessions from 1987 to 1991. But at the end of the 1994–1995 season, the club filed for bankruptcy. and is downgraded at Regional 1. In 2001, the first team managed to find the National 2 where she played in 1994–1995.

On 10 September 2005. ADA Blois Basket was played its first match in National 1. At the end of this season, the team will be relegated to National 2 but will go up the following year in National 1. After failing in the final of the playoffs on several occasions in 2012, 2013 and 2015, ADA Blois wins the French National 1 Championship in 2016 and thus reaches the Pro B for the first time in its history.^[1]

On 29 March 2016. ADA Blois Basket won her home game against La Rochelle (75–50) and became French Champion of NM1 at 5 days before the end of the 2015–2016 season of National 1. The ADA would play in the Pro B for the first time in its history.

In 2017–18 season, Blois surprised by finishing the season first in the regular season with a 27–7 record in the Pro B.^[2] Thereby, Blois was crowned the Pro B champions and promoted to the top-tier Pro A. ADA power forward Tyren Johnson was named the Pro B Most Valuable Player.^[3] However, due to insufficient infrastructures, the club stayed in the second-tier division.

In 2022, Blois won the promotion play-offs to access the top-tier division for the first time in their history.

Honours

Pro B
- Winners : 2017–18
Nationale Masculine 1
- Winners (1): 2015–16
Nationale Masculine 2
- Winners (1): 2004–05

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L
2011–12	3	NM1	3rd	23-11
2012–13	3	NM1	3rd	24-10
2013–14	3	NM1	8th	18-16
2014–15	3	NM1	3rd	20-14
2015–16	3	NM1	1st	27-7
2016–17	2	Pro B	9th	17-17
2017–18	2	Pro B	1st	27–7
2018–19	2	Pro B	7th	19–15
2019–20	2	Pro B	1st	19–4
2020–21	2	Pro B	7th	20–14
2021–22	2	Pro B	4th	20–14
2022-23	1	Pro A	16th	14-20

Players

Current roster

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

ADA Blois Basket 41 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	3	Vergiat, Timothe	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	26 – (1998-03-04)4 March 1998
G	10	Barbitch, Milan	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	22 – (2001-10-12)12 October 2001
C	13	Dessert, Brice	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	20 – (2003-03-25)25 March 2003
G/F	15	Brown, Rion	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	32 – (1991-09-03)3 September 1991
F	22	Kelly, Rashard	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	28 – (1995-08-22)22 August 1995
G	29	Carberry, Tobin	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	32 – (1991-04-29)29 April 1991
F	32	Hawley, Josh	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1996-10-28)28 October 1996
C	33	Hieu-Courtois, Thomas	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	28 – (1995-11-17)17 November 1995
SF	35	Traoré, Armel	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	21 – (2003-01-23)23 January 2003
SG	43	Sconard, Maxime	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	20 – (2003-07-10)10 July 2003

Head coach

Mickaël Hay

Assistant coach(es)

Dominique Roinard
David Morabito
Raphaël Loie

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 16, 2023

Individual awards

Pro B Most Valuable Player

Tyren Johnson – 2018

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References

External links

ADA Blois current roster

Pro A

Pro A
LNB FFBB List of Clubs List of Venues Awards French League System French Basketball Hall of Fame
2023–24 teams	AS Monaco ASVEL Blois Bourg-en-Bresse Cholet Dijon Élan Chalon Gravelines-Dunkerque Le Mans Le Portel Levallois Limoges Nancy Nanterre Paris Roanne Saint-Quentin Strasbourg
Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Other competitions	Pro A Leaders Cup (League Cup) French Cup (Federation Cup) Match des Champions (Supercup)
Awards	Awards MVP Finals MVP Best Scorer Best Defender Best Sixth Man Most Improved Player Best Young Player Best Coach
Other	All-Star Game French clubs in international competitions

ADA Blois current roster
3 Vergiat 10 Barbitch 13 Dessert 15 Brown 29 Carberry 32 Hawley 33 Hieu-Courtois 35 Traoré 43 Sconard Kelly
Head coach: Hay Assistant coaches: Roinard Morabito Loie