Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
Leagues	KML EstLatBL
Founded	1937; 88 years ago (1937)
History	List Tartu EASK (1937–1940) Tartu ÜSK (1948–1953) TRÜ (1954–1989) Tartu Ülikool (1989–present)
Arena	University of Tartu Sports Hall
Capacity	2,600
Location	Tartu, Estonia
Team colors	White, Black
Team manager	Robert Peterson
Head coach	Aivar Kuusmaa
Team captain	Martin Paasoja
Championships	1Soviet Championship 26Estonian Championships 17Estonian Cups 1BBL Cup
Website	basket.ut.ee
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Tartu Ülikooli korvpallimeeskond (English: University of Tartu men's basketball team), also known asTartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits for sponsorship reasons, is a professionalbasketball team based inTartu, Estonia. They are a part of theUniversity of Tartu Academic Sports Club. The team plays in theEstonian-Latvian Basketball League and theKorvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is theUniversity of Tartu Sports Hall.

University of Tartu teams have won a record 26Estonian League championships, a record 17Estonian Cup titles and oneSoviet Union League championship.

Founded in 1937 as Tartu Eesti Akadeemiline Spordiklubi (Tartu Estonian Academic Sports Club), the team won the regional tournament and were promoted to theEstonian Championship. Coached by player-coachAleksander Illi and led by Ralf Viksten, the team won the championship in 1938. Tartu EASK won two more titles in 1939 and 1940, led by player-coach Oskar Erikson and top scorerHeino Veskila.^[1] The team's success was cut short byWorld War II and theSoviet occupation.

The university team returned to the Estonian Championship in 1948. On 28 August 1948, they beat Tartu Dünamo by a record score of 132–6, withIlmar Kullam scoring 40 points.^[2] Led by player-coachEdgar Naarits, the team won five consecutive Estonian League titles from 1948 to 1952. They also won theSoviet Union League in 1949. Ernst Ehaveer took over as the head coach ahead of the 1956 season, and guided the team to another Estonian championship that same year.Jaak Lipso joined the team prior to the 1957 season and led them to two more championships in 1958 and 1959. The team began to struggle after Lipso left in 1960. They returned to dominance in the late 1960s, this time led byAleksei Tammiste. The team won eight Estonian championships between 1969 and 1978. Soon after, the team entered into a period of decline.^[1][3]

The team continued to struggle after the restoration of Estonia's independence. In the 1990s, Tartu was represented in the league by Korvpalliklubi Tartu (Basketball Club Tartu). They reached the finals in 1996 but were swept in three games byBC Kalev. The team made their debut in a European competition by competing in the1999–2000 season of theSaporta Cup, but failed to advance past the preliminary round.

In March 2000, they were taken over by the University of Tartu Sports Club, ushering in a new era for the team.^[4] The team now known as Tartu Ülikool-Delta won theEstonian Cup in 2000, beatingNybit in the finals.^[5] In the 2000 league playoffs, they defeated BC Jüri Basket and Nybit en route to facing Tallinna Kalev in the finals. Tartu Ülikool-Delta won the series 3–0, ending a 22-year championship drought for the city.^[6] In July 2000, Jüri Neissaar was hired as head coach, replacing Teet Laur. Tartu Ülikool-Delta successfully defended both titles in 2001. The team sweptTallinna Ülikoolid-A. Le Coq in three games in the league finals. Point guard and team leaderTanel Tein won his firstMost Valuable Player Award at the end of the season.^[7]

From 2001 to 2016, Tartu Ülikool was sponsored bySaku's Rock beer brand and Rock was frequently used to refer to the team. They were unable to defend their league title, losing to Tallinna Kalev in the finals in 2002. Despite that, Tein was named the league's Most Valuable Player for the second season in a row.^[8] In the 2002–03 season, TÜ/Rock won the Estonian Cup but finished third in the league. After the season, Neissaar was replaced by assistant Tõnu Lust. Led byAugenijus Vaškys, the team won the KML championship in the2003–04 season by defeating EBS/Nybit, four games to two in the finals. Vaškys was named the KML Most Valuable Player.^[9] TÜ/Rock won another Estonian Cup in the 2004–05 season. They also made their debut in theBaltic Basketball League (BBL). After the2005–06 season, Tein was named the league MVP for the third time.^[10] In July 2006, TÜ/Rock hired Algirdas Brazys as head coach, with predecessors Paavo Russak and Tõnu Lust continuing as assistant coaches. In the 2007 KML Finals, TÜ/Rock, led by Tein,Martin Müürsepp andGert Kullamäe, faced off againstBC Kalev/Cramo, to whom they had lost in the two previous finals. TÜ/Rock went on to win the series 4–2. Tein was named theKML Finals MVP.

In June 2007,Üllar Kerde was hired as the new head coach. Under Kerde, the team reached the Final Four of theEuroCup in2008. However, they lost to eventual championsBarons LMT 88–82 in the semifinal and toProteas EKA AEL 79–70 in the third place game.^[11][12] TÜ/Rock successfully defended their KML title by defeating BC Kalev/Cramo in a four-game sweep in the finals.Brian Cusworth was named both the Finals MVP and the league MVP.^[13] After a poor start in both the Baltic Basketball League and the EuroChallenge, Kerde was relieved of his duties on 19 December 2008 and replaced by assistantIndrek Visnapuu. Under Visnapuu's leadership, TÜ/Rock reached the Baltic Basketball League Final Four for the first time in team history, beating rivals BC Kalev/Cramo 71–68 in overtime and winning the series 2–1. They lost toŽalgiris 83–74 in the semifinal, but beatASK Riga 77–68 in the third place game.^[14] TÜ/Rock were unable to defend their KML title in2009, losing to BC Kalev/Cramo in the finals. The team, however, won both the Estonian Cup and the KML championship in the 2009–10 season. They won their 25th Estonian championship by beatingBC Rakvere Tarvas 4–2 in the KML Finals.Janar Talts was named the Finals MVP. The team added two more Estonian Cups in 2010 and 2011. On 24 January 2012, Visnapuu resigned and was replaced by his assistant and former Tartu Ülikool guard Gert Kullamäe. The team won two more Estonian Cups in 2013 and 2014. In2015, TÜ/Rock once again faced BC Kalev/Cramo in the KML Finals, winning the series 4–1.Tanel Kurbas won the Finals MVP award. They finished runner-up toŠiauliai in the Baltic Basketball League in2016.

In 2018, theEstonian-Latvian Basketball League was formed. Tartu Ülikool reached the playoffs in the league'sinaugural season, where they lost to BC Kalev/Cramo in the quarterfinals. On 19 December 2021, Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits defeated BC Kalev/Cramo 82–73 in the Estonian Cup final to win their first trophy in seven years. The team finished the2022–23 Estonian-Latvian Basketball League season in third place. They lost toBC Prometey 89–67 in the semifinal but beat BC Kalev/Cramo 63–60 in the third place game.

• Raidor: 1992–1994
• Tartu Gaas: 1994–1995
• SK Polaris: 1997–1999
• Tartu Ülikool-Delta: 1999–2001
• Tartu Ülikool/Rock: 2001–2011, 2012–2016
• Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits: 2020–present

• 
  Rock sponsorship logo
  (until 2016)
• 
  Non-commercial logo
  (2016–2018)
• 
  Maks & Moorits sponsorship logo
  (2020–present)

• Estonian University of Life Sciences Sports Hall (1960–1981)
• University of Tartu Sports Hall (1982–present)^[15]

Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 2 Valge, Robert 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 –(1997-04-20)20 April 1997 C 3 Painter, Dylan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 –(1998-03-18)18 March 1998 PG 4 Saar, Hannes 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 –(2001-10-10)10 October 2001 SG 8 Bernard, Malcolm 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 –(1994-01-31)31 January 1994 SF 9 Lips, Karl Johan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 29 –(1996-07-20)20 July 1996 SG 10 Vendla, Gregor 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 –(2006-09-26)26 September 2006 PF 11 Jurtšenko, Karl Gustav 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 21 –(2004-02-10)10 February 2004 SF 16 Andre, Rasmus 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 21 –(2004-05-26)26 May 2004 PG 18 Roos, Rando 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 21 –(2004-09-18)18 September 2004 C 20 Nurger, Rauno 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 32 –(1993-11-24)24 November 1993 SF 27 Suurorg, Kaur-Erik 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 21 –(2004-05-27)27 May 2004 SG 30 Savi, Romel 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 19 –(2006-10-04)4 October 2006 C 34 Sinnik, Vladyslav 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 –(2007-01-31)31 January 2007 SF 35 Ilver, Markus 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 23 –(2002-01-12)12 January 2002 SG 40 Paasoja, Martin (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 32 –(1993-01-04)4 January 1993	Head coach Aivar Kuusmaa Assistant coach(es) Toomas Kandimaa Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 7 October 2025

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Moving from
2	SG		Robert Valge	BC Pärnu
4	PG		Hannes Saar	UCCS Mountain Lions
35	SF		Markus Ilver	Wisconsin Badgers
16	SF		Rasmus Andre	TalTech
8	SG		Malcolm Bernard	KK Zlatibor
7	F		Nathan Cayo	Niagara River Lions
34	C		Vladyslav Sinnik	Tartu Ülikool/Metec
10	SG		Gregor Vendla	Audentese Spordigümnaasium

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Moving to
4	PF		Jalen Henry	BC Jonava
5	PG		Karolis Giedraitis	BC Gargždai
6	SG		Rain Veideman	Haljala NGU
8	PF		Erki Urvik	Viimsi
50	SG		Oliver Pere	Viimsi

• Estonian League

Winners (26): 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78,1999–2000,2000–01,2003–04,2006–07,2007–08,2009–10,2014–15

• Estonian Cup

Winners (17): 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1976, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2021

• Soviet Union League

Winners (1): 1948–49

• BBL Cup

Winners (1):2010

• Official website(in Estonian)

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• 2000 establishments in Estonia

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