Aguacateros De Morelia

Aguacateros De Morelia

Leagues Played
Mexico - LNBP 173
Links
Wikipedia

Results

Mexico - LNBP 11/20 02:00 1 [2] Fuerza Regia v Aguacateros de Michoacan [2] L 91-78
Mexico - LNBP 11/19 02:00 1 [2] Fuerza Regia v Aguacateros de Michoacan [2] L 86-69
Mexico - LNBP 11/16 00:00 1 [2] Aguacateros de Michoacan v Fuerza Regia [2] L 66-74
Mexico - LNBP 11/15 02:00 1 [2] Aguacateros de Michoacan v Fuerza Regia [2] W 80-70
Mexico - LNBP 11/10 02:00 2 [4] Astros v Aguacateros de Michoacan [2] W 87-101
Mexico - LNBP 11/09 02:00 2 [2] Aguacateros de Michoacan v Astros [4] W 87-79
Mexico - LNBP 11/07 00:00 3 [2] Aguacateros de Michoacan v Libertadores De Queretaro [3] W 122-94
Mexico - LNBP 11/05 00:00 3 [3] Libertadores De Queretaro v Aguacateros de Michoacan [2] L 99-92
Mexico - LNBP 11/04 00:00 3 [2] Aguacateros de Michoacan v Libertadores De Queretaro [3] W 116-112
Mexico - LNBP 10/25 00:15 - [6] Abejas v Aguacateros de Michoacan [1] L 86-83
Mexico - LNBP 10/24 00:15 - Abejas v Aguacateros de Michoacan W 91-96
Mexico - LNBP 10/19 00:00 - [2] Soles Mexicali v Aguacateros de Michoacan [1] L 92-84

Aguacateros de Michoacán (English: Michoacán Avocado Growers) is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Morelia, Michoacán. The Aguacateros are part of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The team play their home games at the Auditorio de Usos Múltiples de la UMSNH, with a capacity of 3,500 spectators.

Aguacateros was founded in 2017, when the Garzas de Plata de la UAEH were moved to Morelia for the 2017–18 season.

History

Professional basketball in Michoacán dates back to 2006, when the Guerreros de Morelia team was established. The team, nevertheless, folded after the 2007–08 season.

In 2017, Garzas de Plata de la UAEH, a team that was part of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, had to leave the institution due to financial problems. The franchise then moved to Morelia and was rebranded as Aguacateros, meaning avocado growers.

The movement was officially announced on October 11, 2017 by Silvano Aureoles Conejo, Governor of Michoacán, who also stated that team was not being publicly funded by the State's government but privately by a group of businessmen.

Mexicaanse basketbalteam "Aguacateros de Morelia"

De Aguacateros de Morelia (voorheen Aguacateros de Michoacán) zijn een Mexicaans professioneel basketbalteam gevestigd in Morelia, Michoacán. Het team maakt deel uit van de Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) en speelt zijn thuiswedstrijden in het Auditorio General Servando Chávez.

**Geschiedenis**

De Aguacateros werden in 1970 opgericht als Ángeles Blancos del IMSS. In 1974 verhuisden ze naar Uruapan, Michoacán en veranderden ze hun naam in Uruapaners. In 1986 verhuisden ze opnieuw naar Morelia en namen de naam Aguacateros de Michoacán aan.

**Prestaties**

* LNBP-kampioen: 1990
* LNBP-finalist: 1989, 1991, 1996
* CIBACOPA-kampioen: 1993

**Bekende spelers**

* Jorge Campos
* Fernando Ramírez
* Juan Toscano-Anderson