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M.E.N.T.
Leagues	Greek C League
Founded	1926
History	1926 – Present
Arena	Toumba Indoor Hall (capacity: 1,000)
Location	Thessaloniki, Greece
Team colors	White and Blue
Head coach	Panos Nomikos
Website	mentbc.gr
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M.E.N.T. B.C., officially known as the Educational Union of Toumba Youth (Greek: Μορφωτική Ένωσις Νεολαίας Τούμπας, Morfotiki Enosis Neoleas Toumbas) or M.E.N.T. B.C., is a Greek professional basketball club that was founded in 1926. The team is located in Thessaloniki, Greece. M.E.N.T. B.C. currently competes in the third-tier level division of Greece, the Greek C League.

History

Originally, the club's parent athletic association included the sports of basketball, football, cycling, and also a literary and entertainment section. Today, there are departments only for the basketball club and the volleyball club. In 2004, M.E.N.T. B.C. finished in 2nd place in the Greek 2nd Division, and thus earned a league promotion, and then competed in the top-tier level Greek Basket League, in the following 2004–05 season.

Roster

MENT B.C. roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 4 Abatzas, Vaios 28 – (1996-07-02)2 July 1996 PG 5 Kalpaxidis, Ilias 40 – (1984-07-07)7 July 1984 SG 6 Papadopoulos, Petros 32 – (1992-05-03)3 May 1992 SF 7 Michailidis, Grigoris (C) 48 – (1976-02-14)14 February 1976 PF 8 Bourazanis, Konstantinos 28 – (1996-10-18)18 October 1996 PF 9 Karanotas, Stanislav 36 – (1988-05-18)18 May 1988 SG 10 Papadopoulos, Aggelos 28 – (1996-07-05)5 July 1996 PF 11 Kappos, Ioannis 37 – (1987-08-27)27 August 1987 SF 12 Tzioufas, Athanasios 28 – (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 PG 13 Akseheroglou, Dimitrios 37 – (1987-03-02)2 March 1987 PF 14 Bagdasaryan, Andrey 43 – (1981-06-01)1 June 1981 C 15 Giannoulis, Giannis 48 – (1976-06-05)5 June 1976 SF 17 Velentzas, Dimitrios 25 – (1999-01-05)5 January 1999 SG - Kourkoulas, Stylianos 25 – (1999-07-20)20 July 1999 PF - Lahanis, Konstantinos 25 – (1999-12-14)14 December 1999 PG - Koniakis, Georgios 25 – (1999-02-12)12 February 1999 PF - Kranias, Evangelos 25 – (1999-11-02)2 November 1999	Head coach Panagiotis Nomikos Assistant coach(es) Chronis Daskalakis Vasilis Valasiadis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 3, 2018

Notable players

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

• Costas Christou
• Georgios Dedas
• Michalis Giannakidis
• Giannis Giannoulis
• Vangelis Karampoulas
• Sakis Karidas
• Vassilis Lipiridis
• Milan Sagias
• Dimitris Spanoulis
• Miljan Goljović
• Goran Kalamiza
• Dylan Page
• Marcus Taylor
• Clay Tucker

Head coaches

• Dimitrios Itoudis
• Stefanos Dedas
• Sotos Nikolaidis

External links

• M.E.N.T. B.C. - Official Website (in Greek)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page

• Basketball teams established in 1926
• Basketball teams in Greece