# Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen, also known as Kangoeroes or Kangoeroes Mechelen, is a basketball club based in Mechelen, Belgium. Founded in 2009, the club plays in the BNXT League. Kangoeroes have been playing in the top tier division in Belgium for 11 years, since 2013.
Previously, the team played in Boom and Willebroek. In 2018, the club moved to Mechelen.

## History

The club was founded in 2009, as a result of a merger between BBC Kangoeroes Willebroek and Boom BBC. The team name was BBC Kangoeroes Boom, but in summer 2013 the team was renamed Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek. In the 2013–14 season, Kangoeroes entered the professional first tier Ethias League. The Kangoeroes received a C-licence from the Belgium Basketball Federation. This license allowed the team to play with a considerably lower budget than other teams.

### Move to Mechelen

In January 2018, Kangoroes announced it would move the team to the city of Mechelen starting from the 2018–19 season. The arena in Willebroek did not fulfill the needs of the Division I. With its merger the club would merge with Pitzemburg Basket and the new team was Kangoeres Basket Mechelen.
Since the 2021–22 season, Kangoeroes plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

## Arenas

| Duration | Arena | Location | Capacity |
| 2013–2018 | De Schalk | Willebroek | 1,100 |
| 2018–present | Winketkaai | Mechelen | 1,500 |

## Names

* 'BBC Kangoeroes-Boom (2009–2013)
* Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek (2013–2018)
* Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (2018–present)

## Honours

BNXT Belgian Championship
* Runners-up (1): 2021–22
Belgian Cup
* Runners-up (1): 2020–21
Belgian Second Division
* Champions (1): 2010–11
** Runners-up (2): 2009–10, 2012–13

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Belgian Cup |
| 2009–10 | 2 | Second Division | 2nd | |
| 2010–11 | 2 | Second Division | 1st | |
| 2011–12 | 2 | Second Division | 5th | |
| 2012–13 | 2 | Second Division | 2nd | Round of 16 |
| 2013–14 | 1 | BLB | 10th | Quarterfinalist |
| 2014–15 | 1 | BLB | 9th | Round of 16 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | BLB | 9th | Quarterfinalist |
| 2016–17 | 1 | BLB | 8th | Round of 16 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | BLB | 7th | Round of 16 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | BLB | 8th | Round of 16 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | PBL | 7th | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | PBL | 7th | Runners-up |

## Players
### Current roster

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### Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.
* Toarlyn Fitzpatrick (1 season: 2013–14)
* Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca (1 season: 2013–14)
* Mohamed Kherrazi (1 season: 2020–21)
* Jito Kok (2 seasons: 2019–21)
* Domien Loubry (2 seasons: 2020–present)
* Wen Mukubu (1 seasons: 2021–2024)

### Individual awards
#### BNXT League Dream Team

* Myles Stephens – 2022
* Wen Mukubu – 2022

#### BNXT League Player of the Year

* Wen Mukubu – 2022

#### BNXT League Coach of the Year

* Kristof Michiels – 2022

## Head coaches

* Yves Defrainge (February–May 2018)
* Paul Vervaeck (2018–present)

## Women's basketball
### Current roster

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