# 2020–21 Virtus Bologna season

The 2020–21 season is Virtus Bologna's 92nd in existence and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

## Overview

In the season 2019–20, Virtus Bologna aimed to return to the highest level of the European Basketball. However, the season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone. Virtus Bologna ended the championship in 1st position, but the title was not assigned. After a few weeks, also EuroCup season ended, where Bologna had reached the quarter-finals.
In May 2020, Virtus signed Amar Alibegović, a young power forward from Virtus Roma and of the most talented young players of the championship, while in June, the club signed Amedeo Tessitori, a center of the national team from Treviso Basket, and Awudu Abass from Leonessa Brescia; Abass is a member of the national team and one of the most prominent Italian small forwards. The club completed the roster with Josh Adams, a point guard from Unicaja Málaga.

## Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Segafredo
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## 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 |
| C | Julian Gamble | Vince Hunter | Amedeo Tessitori |
| PF | Giampaolo Ricci | Amar Alibegović | Stefan Nikolić |
| SF | Kyle Weems | Awudu Abass | |
| SG | Miloš Teodosić | Marco Belinelli | |
| PG | Stefan Marković | Josh Adams | Alessandro Pajola |
6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 7 | PF | Amar Alibegović | 25 | Virtus Roma | 3 years | June 2023 | Free | 27 May 2020 |
| 0 | C | Amedeo Tessitori | 25 | Universo Treviso Basket | 2 years | June 2022 | Free | 5 June 2020 |
| 3 | SF | Awudu Abass | 27 | Basket Brescia Leonessa | 2 years | June 2022 | Free | 15 June 2020 |
| 14 | PG | Josh Adams | 26 | Unicaja Málaga | 1+1 year | June 2021 + 2022 | Free | 20 July 2020 |
| 3 | G/F | Marco Belinelli | 34 | San Antonio Spurs | 3 years | June 2023 | Free | 26 November 2020 |
* ^ In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 0 | SG | Frank Gaines | 29 | Bnei Herzliya | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 2 | G/F | Devyn Marble | 27 | Astana | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 16 | C | Marcos Delía | 28 | Pallacanestro Trieste | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 25 | SG | David Cournooh | 29 | Vanoli Cremona | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 8 | PF | Filippo Baldi Rossi | 28 | Reggio Emilia | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 15 July 2020 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 6 | PG | Alessandro Pajola | 20 | youth team | youth team | 5 + 4 | June 2025 | Youth system | 2015–16 |
| 35 | SF | Stefan Nikolić | 23 | Amici Pallacanestro Udinese | | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 11 June 2019 |
| 11 | PF | Giampaolo Ricci | 28 | Vanoli Cremona | | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 13 June 2019 |
| 44 | PG | Miloš Teodosić | 33 | Los Angeles Clippers | | 3 year | June 2022 | Free | 13 July 2019 |
| 34 | SF | Kyle Weems | 30 | Tofaş S.K. | | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 20 July 2019 |
| 45 | C | Julian Gamble | 30 | Nanterre 92 | | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 22 July 2019 |
| 32 | F/C | Vince Hunter | 25 | AEK Athens | | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 22 July 2019 |
| 9 | PG | Stefan Marković | 32 | Khimki | | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 2 August 2019 |

#### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Source |
| | Aleksandar Đorđević | 52 | Bayern Munich | | 2 years | June 2021 | 11 March 2019 | |

## Competitions
### Supercup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 6 | 5 | 1 | 490 | 428 | +62 | Advance to Final Four |
| 2 | UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 479 | 477 | +2 | |
| 3 | Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna | 6 | 3 | 3 | 506 | 496 | +10 | |
| 4 | Vanoli Cremona | 6 | 1 | 5 | 408 | 482 | −74 | |

#### Final Four
### Italian Cup

Bologna qualified to the 2021 Italian Basketball Cup by ending the first half of the LBA season in the 4th position. They played the quarterfinal against the 5th ranking Umana Reyer Venezia.

### Serie A
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2385 | 2099 | +286 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2395 | 2212 | +183 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2397 | 2168 | +229 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2257 | 2142 | +115 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2527 | 2437 | +90 | Qualification to Playoffs |

#### Finals

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Stefan Marković | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| SG | 55 | Awudu Abass | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| SF | 34 | Kyle Weems | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 11 | Giampaolo Ricci | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 45 | Julian Gamble | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| PF | 7 | Amar Alibegović | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SG | 14 | Josh Adams | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 32 | Vince Hunter | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 35 | Stefan Nikolić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 44 | Miloš Teodosić | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aleksandar Đorđević ||||||
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | AX Armani Exchange Milano 0 |
| Bologna | Statistics | Milano |
| 15/38 (39.5%) | 2 point field goals | 15/31 (48.4%) |
| 12/32 (37.5%) | 3 point field goals | 5/21 (23.8%) |
| 7/9 (77.8%) | Free throws | 17/21 (81.0%) |
| 35 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 16 | Assists | 12 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 13 | Sergio Rodríguez | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 16 | 10 | 2 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| PF | 2 | Zach LeDay | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 0 | Kevin Punter | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PG | 9 | Riccardo Moraschini | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 19 | Paul Biligha | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| PF | 32 | Jeff Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 81 | Jakub Wojciechowski | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||

##### LBA Finals MVP

    Miloš Teodosić

##### Game rules

    Game played under FIBA rules.
* 2020–21 LBA Winners
* Segafredo Virtus Bologna 16th title

### Eurocup
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 10 | 10 | 0 | 861 | 745 | +116 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 10 | 8 | 2 | 910 | 811 | +99 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 3 | AS Monaco | 10 | 6 | 4 | 786 | 724 | +62 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 4 | MoraBanc Andorra | 10 | 3 | 7 | 746 | 776 | −30 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 5 | Lietkabelis | 10 | 2 | 8 | 721 | 831 | −110 | |
| 6 | Telenet Giants Antwerp | 10 | 1 | 9 | 734 | 871 | −137 | |

#### Top 16

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 6 | 6 | 0 | 549 | 470 | +79 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Budućnost VOLI | 6 | 3 | 3 | 504 | 495 | +9 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cedevita Olimpija | 6 | 3 | 3 | 478 | 486 | −8 | |
| 4 | JL Bourg | 6 | 0 | 6 | 473 | 553 | −80 | |