Independiente (nicknamed
El Rojo, like
its homonym from Avellaneda, Buenos Aires) was founded on August 20, 1920, an soon began to host many sports activities, such as
football,
tennis,
basketball,
golf, among others. Independiente's basketball team gained recognition in the 1990s, having won 1 national title (during the 1994-95 season) and reaching the finals 3 times. Some of the team's notable players of those years in the first division were a young
Andrés Nocioni, along with veterans
Miguel Cortijo and
Hernán Montenegro. But the high costs that required a professional basketball team playing at the highest level, originated some financial problems to the club, which finally decided to disaffiliate from the Liga Nacional. •
Hernán Montenegro (1997–98) •
Ime Udoka (2001) ==References==