The Latvijas Universitāte men's basketball team represents the University of Latvia in Riga, Latvia, also known as LU and it plays in the Latvian Basketball League and Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.
History
The team is organized by the Universitātes Sports society, founded on 29 January 1929 under the auspices of the LU, and the LU Sports Center (LU Sporta centrs). The team used the Universitātes Sports name from 1929 until the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, and again shortly around 2014.
The LU once won seven Latvian championships in the 1930s and returned to the Latvian League Division 1 before the 2010–11 season. The biggest accomplishment so far has been 4th place in the 2011–2012 season.
Youth side A youth side of the team was formed together with the Riga Basketball School with the name of LU/BS Rīga, which last played in the second-division Ramirent (NBL, former LBL2) in the 2023/24 season. In 2024, they were succeeded by Mārupes NSS/LU, as the university partnered up with the Mārupe Municipality Sports School.
Season by season record
Season League Regional Latvian Cup Head coach 2023-24Latvian LeagueDid not qualifyLatvian–Estonian League14th placeLatvian CupQuarterfinalsGunārs Gailītis2024-25Latvian LeagueDid not qualifyLatvian–Estonian League15th placeLatvian CupQuarterfinalsGunārs Gailītis / Marts Ozolinkēvičs2025-26Latvian LeagueDid not qualifyLatvian–Estonian League13th placeLatvian CupQuarterfinalsMarts Ozolinkēvičs
Players Current roster
Depth chart
Squad changes for the 2026–27 season
In
Out
Coaches Mārtiņš Zībarts: 2010–2011 Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis: 2011-2016 Guntis Endzels: 2016–2022 Gunārs Gailītis: 2022–2025 Marts Ozolinkēvičs: 2025–present
References
External links Official website