Farewell to Vacheresse: Chorale’s Last Game in Betclic Elite in French Basketball

The Choir will say goodbye to the French basketball elite five years after its rise. Five seasons marked by a lot of instability, both on the bench and in the team, and an almost permanent struggle to keep up despite the goal of Playoffs announced several times by President Brochot. Only a version that could now return to ProB to avoid Roanne basketball players, uncertain because of the unclear rules of the LNB (the rating).

As for the Roanne leaders, we have already planned a ProB position in 2024/25 with the signing at the beginning of the week of Thomas Andrieux, the current coach of Champagne Basket. So Marc Berjoan, who took over as an interim after Jean-Denys Choulet was sidelined at the beginning of March, will experience his last game on the Roanne bench on Saturday, while there is time to the arrival of his assistant Loïc Bard (at the end of his contract. on him too) is not yet known. On the court, this is the last for Yannis Morin and Sekou Doumbouya, who should take advantage of a successful season on an individual level to bounce back in a luxury club. Among the other French players, only the captain Kadri Moendadze is at the end of his contract after two seasons in Roanne, as are all the foreign players (DJ Cooper, Kellan Grady, Wayne Selden, Jalen Jones, Cyril Langevine ). However, Antoine Diot, Alexandre Bouzidi, Théo Pierre-Justin and Maxime Roos have a year left on their contract, which should remain next season unless there is an agreement with the club to be released .

With a team from Lyon-Villeurbanne in the race for 3rd place, the Choraliens will therefore have to keep their place to ease the disappointment of relegation among the Roanne crowd.

President Emmanuel Brochot will be the guest of Activ Chorale with a Podcast after the meeting, to take a look at the season and look forward to the next one.

ProB: Saint-Chamond finishes in 12th place

The SCBVG season ended on Friday night with a loss in Lille (68-64). The Northerners’ rebound control made the difference, especially in the third quarter when the two teams were tied at the break. Note the double double of Cameroonian player Roger Moute A Bidas (16 points 13 rebounds). This 19th stop matches the 12th place in the final ranking for the Couramiauds, who finished the previous year in 13th place.

The Champagne Basket of future Roan coach Thomas Andrieux lost to Rouen (75-68) after nine victories in a row. The Champagne club, 6th in the final ranking, will face Boulazac in the quarter-finals of the Accession Playoffs.