# BSW (basketball club)

Basketball Stars Weert, commonly known as BSW, was a professional basketball team based in Weert, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1968 and played in the Dutch Basketball League. Home games of the team are played in the Sporthal Boshoven.
The club was a regular participant in the Dutch top division, as the side from Weert appeared in the Eredivisie (later DBL) for 34 straight seasons. The highlight of the club was the national championship in the 1993–94 season. The club finished three times as runner-up in the DBL: in 1988, 1993 and 2001. As well, BSW made European appearances with the most notable being the one in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, the highest European level, in 1994–95.
In 2017 the club was dissolved after financial problems and the inability to gain enough money to participate. However, the club was replaced by BAL from Weert.

## Names

BSW has known a lot of different names in its history, mainly because of sponsorship reasons.
* 1982–1984 : Coveco
* 1984–1987 : Kaypro
* 1987–1990 : Miniware
* 1990–1993 : Selex
* 1993–1996 : Lanèche
* 1996–2000 : BS Weert
* 2000–2002 : Vanilla
* 2002–2003 : BS Weert
* 2003–2004 : Solskin
* 2004–2005 : BS Weert
* 2005–2010 : Upstairs Weert
* 2010–2011 : BS Weert
* 2011–2013 : Stepco
* 2013–2014 : Maxxcom
* 2014–2017: BS Weert

## Players
### 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.
* Kevin McDuffie
* Richard van Poelgeest
* Sonique Nixon
* Ralph Biggs
* Terence Stansbury
* Rahmon Fletcher
* Glenn Stokes
* Niels Vorenhout
* Jeremy Ormskerk
* Kenneth van Kempen

## List of head coaches

| Period | Coach |
| 2004–2010 | Olivier van Kempen |
| 2010–2011 | Terence Stansbury |
| 2011–2013 | Jim Meil |
| 2013–2015 | Niels Vorenhout |
| 2015–2016 | Radenko Varagic |

## Honours

* Dutch Basketball League
** Winners (1): 1993–94
* NBB Cup
** Runners-up (3): 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000–01

## European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg |
| 1988–89 | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | T71 Dudelange | 94–40 | 94–64 | 188–104 |
| 1988–89 | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | Second round | Cholet | 56–75 | 42–80 | 98–155 |
| 1991–92 | FIBA Korać Cup | First round | Valladolid | 83–103 | 80–104 | 163–207 |
| 1994–95 | FIBA European League | First round | Thames Valley Tigers | 62–78 | 94–96 | 156–174 |

### Notes

* ^ BSW points are listed first.

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | NBB Cup | European competitions | European competitions | European competitions |
| 1982–83 | 1 | Eredivisie | 7th | | | | |
| 1983–84 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | | | |
| 1984–85 | 1 | Eredivisie | 6th | | | | |
| 1985–86 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | | | |
| 1986–87 | 1 | Eredivisie | 6th | | | | |
| 1987–88 | 1 | Eredivisie | 2nd | | | | |
| 1988–89 | 1 | Eredivisie | 3rd | | 1 Cup Winners' Cup | R2 | 3–1 |
| 1989–90 | 1 | Eredivisie | 4th | | | | |
| 1990–91 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | | | |
| 1991–92 | 1 | Eredivisie | 4th | | 3 Korać Cup | R1 | 0–2 |
| 1992–93 | 1 | Eredivisie | 2nd | Runner–up | | | |
| 1993–94 | 1 | Eredivisie | 1st | Runner–up | | | |
| 1994–95 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | 1 European League | R1 | 0–2 |
| 1995–96 | 1 | Eredivisie | 7th | | | | |
| 1996–97 | 1 | Eredivisie | 4th | | | | |
| 1997–98 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | | | |
| 1998–99 | 1 | Eredivisie | 3rd | | | | |
| 1999–00 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | | | |
| 2000–01 | 1 | Eredivisie | 2nd | Runner–up | | | |
| 2001–02 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | | | | |
| 2002–03 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | | | |
| 2003–04 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | | | | |
| 2004–05 | 1 | Eredivisie | 10th | | | | |
| 2005–06 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | | | | |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Eredivisie | 4th | | | | |
| 2007–08 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | | | | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Eredivisie | 7th | | | | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | Quarterfinalist | | | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | DBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | | | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | DBL | 7th | Semifinalist | | | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | DBL | 8th | Fourth round | | | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | DBL | 10th | Fourth round | | | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | DBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | | | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | DBL | 8th | | | | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | DBL | 8th | | | | |