Huracanes de Tampico (English: ''Tampico Hurricanes'') is a professional Mexican

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team, based in

Tampico Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth ...

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. The Libertadores are part of the

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP) is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 10 teams. Despite its short history, the LNBP has established itself as the one of the most important ...

, the top professional basketball league in

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. The team plays their home games at the Expo Tampico, with a capacity of 4,200 spectators.

History

Professional basketball in

started in the 90s, with the

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, the team achieved 4 championships and were runners-up twice in the Conferencia de Básquetbol Profesional. Huracanes was established in 2009 as a joint effort of public institutions and private entities to bring professional football back to the city of Tampico. Huracanes is also the first LNBP team to have played a friendly match against a European team,

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. After the 2014–15 season, the team went on hiatus, making their comeback for the 2018–19 season. For the 2018–19 season, Argentine Marcelo Elusich was appointed as head coach.

Players

Current roster

References

External links

Official website

Team profile
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