# 2021–22 Virtus Bologna season

The 2021–22 season is Virtus Bologna's 93rd in existence and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

## Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Segafredo
| Home | Away |

## Players
### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | Inactive |
| C | Mouhammadou Jaiteh | JaKarr Sampson | Amedeo Tessitori | Matteo Barbieri | Ekpe Udoh |
| PF | Tornike Shengelia | Kevin Hervey | Amar Alibegović | | |
| SF | Kyle Weems | Isaïa Cordinier | Marco Ceron | | Awudu Abass |
| SG | Miloš Teodosić | Marco Belinelli | Nico Mannion | | |
| PG | Daniel Hackett | Alessandro Pajola | Michele Ruzzier | | |
(colors: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 11 | PG | Michele Ruzzier | 28 | Pallacanestro Varese | 2 years | June 2023 | €15,000 | 5 July 2021 |
| 8 | PF | Kevin Hervey | 25 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 10 July 2021 |
| 9 | C | Ekpe Udoh | 34 | Beijing Royal Fighters | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 18 July 2021 |
| 14 | C | Mouhammadou Jaiteh | 26 | Gaziantep Basketbol | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 20 July 2021 |
| 1 | PG | Nico Mannion | 20 | Golden State Warriors | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 10 August 2021 |
| 17 | SG | Marco Ceron | 29 | Stings Mantova | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 13 August 2021 |
| 15 | SG | Ty-Shon Alexander | 23 | Phoenix Suns | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 8 September 2021 |
| 25 | PF | JaKarr Sampson | 28 | Indiana Pacers | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 27 September 2021 |
| 00 | SG | Isaïa Cordinier | 24 | Nanterre 92 | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 6 October 2021 |
| 23 | PG | Daniel Hackett | 34 | CSKA Moscow | 2 years | June 2024 | $100,000 | 3 March 2022 |
| 21 | PF | Tornike Shengelia | 31 | CSKA Moscow | 4 months | June 2022 | Free | 6 March 2022 |
* ^ In players: Players that signed after the beginning of the season

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 9 | PG | Stefan Marković | 33 | Crvena zvezda | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 11 | PF | Giampaolo Ricci | 29 | Olimpia Milano | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 35 | SF | Stefan Nikolić | 24 | Pallacanestro Cantù | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 45 | C | Julian Gamble | 31 | Tenerife | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 14 | G | Josh Adams | 27 | Tasmania JackJumpers | Exit option | Free | 9 July 2021 |
| 32 | F/C | Vince Hunter | 26 | Metropolitans 92 | Sacked | Free | 21 July 2021 |
| 15 | SG | Ty-Shon Alexander | 23 | Pallacanestro Trieste | Mutual consent | Free | 15 February 2022 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 6 | PG | Alessandro Pajola | 21 | youth team | youth team | 5 + 4 | June 2025 | Youth system | 2015–16 |
| 44 | PG | Miloš Teodosić | 34 | Los Angeles Clippers | | 3 + 1 years | June 2023 | Free | 13 July 2019 |
| 34 | SF | Kyle Weems | 31 | Tofaş S.K. | | 2 + 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 20 July 2019 |
| 7 | PF | Amar Alibegović | 26 | Virtus Roma | | 3 years | June 2023 | Free | 27 May 2020 |
| 0 | C | Amedeo Tessitori | 26 | Universo Treviso Basket | | 2 years | June 2022 | Free | 5 June 2020 |
| 55 | SF | Awudu Abass | 28 | Basket Brescia Leonessa | | 1 + 3 years | June 2024 | Free | 15 June 2020 |
| 3 | G/F | Marco Belinelli | 35 | San Antonio Spurs | | 3 years | June 2023 | Free | 26 November 2020 |

#### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Replaces | Replaces | Date | Type |
| | Sergio Scariolo | 60 | Toronto Raptors (assistant) | | 3 years | June 2024 | 18 June 2021 | | Aleksandar Đorđević | 15 June 2021 | End of contract |

### On loan

| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Moving to | Moving to | Date |
| C | | Gora Camara | 20 | Casale Monferrato | | V.L. Pesaro | | 24 July 2021 |

## Competitions
### Supercup
#### Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 23 | Malcolm Delaney | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| SF | 31 | Shavon Shields | 19 | 5 | 1 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 9 | Nicolò Melli | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 13 | Sergio Rodríguez | 17 | 2 | 5 |
| PF | 17 | Giampaolo Ricci | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 19 | Paul Biligha | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 21 | Riccardo Moraschini | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 22 | Devon Hall | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| F/C | 24 | Dinos Mitoglou | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| SF | 40 | Davide Alviti | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | Virtus Segafredo Bologna 0 |
| Milano | Statistics | Bologna |
| 20/42(47.6%) | 2 point field goals | 25/41 (61.0%) |
| 11/28 (39.3%) | 3 point field goals | 8/18 (44.4%) |
| 11/11 (100.0%) | Free throws | 16/23 (69.6%) |
| 40 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 44 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | 14 | 3 | 7 |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| SF | 34 | Kyle Weems | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 8 | Kevin Hervey | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Mouhammadou Jaiteh | 18 | 9 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 0 | Amedeo Tessitori | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 7 | Amar Alibegović | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 11 | Michele Ruzzier | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 15 | Ty-Shon Alexander | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| C | 20 | Matteo Barbieri | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 44 | Miloš Teodosić | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| SF | 55 | Awudu Abass | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Sergio Scariolo ||||||

##### Supercup Finals MVP

    Alessandro Pajola

##### Game rules

    Game played under FIBA rules.
* 2021 Italian Supercup champions
* Virtus Segafredo Bologna 2nd title

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 30 | 26 | 4 | 2666 | 2364 | +302 | 52 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2465 | 2155 | +310 | 48 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 30 | 21 | 9 | 2524 | 2310 | +214 | 42 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | Bertram Derthona Basket | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2418 | 2412 | +6 | 34 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2331 | 2297 | +34 | 34 | Qualification to Playoffs |

### EuroCup
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 2 | Valencia Basket | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1554 | 1440 | +114 | Advance to eighthfinals |
| 3 | Cedevita Olimpija | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1540 | 1479 | +61 | Advance to eighthfinals |
| 4 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1519 | 1465 | +54 | Advance to eighthfinals |
| 5 | Budućnost VOLI | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1413 | 1420 | −7 | Advance to eighthfinals |
| 6 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1380 | 1355 | +25 | Advance to eighthfinals |

#### Playoffs
##### Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 23 | Daniel Hackett | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| SG | 44 | Miloš Teodosić | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 34 | Kyle Weems | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| PF | 21 | Tornike Shengelia | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| C | 14 | Mouhammadou Jaiteh | 13 | 10 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 0 | Amedeo Tessitori | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 00 | Isaïa Cordinier | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PG | 1 | Nico Mannion | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| G | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| PF | 8 | Kevin Hervey | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 25 | JaKarr Sampson | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Sergio Scariolo ||||||
| Virtus Bologna | Bursaspor |
| V. Bologna | Statistics | Bursaspor |
| 21/39 (53.8%) | 2-pt field goals | 15/27(55.6%) |
| 9/28 (32.1%) | 3-pt field goals | 6/26 (23.1%) |
| 11/16 (68.8%) | Free throws | 19/24 (79.2%) |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Defensive rebounds | 22 |
| 44 | Total rebounds | 30 |
| 22 | Assists | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
| 23 | Fouls | 20 |
* 2021–22 EuroCup champions
* Virtus Segafredo Bologna (1st title)
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | Derek Needham | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| SG | 12 | Andrew Andrews | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| SF | 10 | Onuralp Bitim | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| PF | 23 | Dave Dudzinski | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| C | 13 | Kevarrius Hayes | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G/F | 0 | John Holland | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| F/C | 1 | Tarık Sezgün | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 4 | Mithat Can Özalp | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 7 | Metin Türen | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| G/F | 8 | Birkan Batuk | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 9 | Ömer Utku Al | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| F/C | 22 | Ayberk Olmaz | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dušan Alimpijević ||||||