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 Mexican state of Tamaulipas. 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 fif ...

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities. It is located in nor ...

. The Libertadores are part of the

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP), officially known as the Liga Grupo Caliente, Caliente LNBP for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball sports league, league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 1 ...

, the top professional basketball league in

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

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

History

Professional basketball in

started in the 1990s, with the Correcaminos UAT Tampico; the team achieved 4 championships and were runners-up twice in the Conferencia de Básquetbol Profesional. The Huracanes was established in 2009 as a joint effort of public institutions and private entities to bring professional basketball back to the city of Tampico. Huracanes is also the first LNBP team to have played a friendly match against a European team, FC Barcelona Bàsquet. 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

Notable players

References

External links

Official website

Team profile
{{Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Basketball teams in Mexico Basketball teams established in 2009 2009 establishments in Mexico Sports clubs and teams in Tamaulipas Tampico