An important piece of Milanese basketball history has joined the family. Macron. This is the .’Urania Basket Milano, Macron, who has been playing in Serie A2 since 2018-2019 and who, in Milan’s basketball history, represents an important point of reference for many young people who have taken up basketball. Macron Wildcats Starting this season, we will provide game kits and technical clothing from the first team to all the youth teams.

Urania Basket Milano boasts 72 years of history and was founded in 1952 by a group of friends after a trip to the USA. The boys, who attended the city’s Oratory of Santa Maria del Suffragio, were fascinated by the skill and elegance of the ‘wildcats’, the players of the Kentucky University, so much so that they adopted their colors, blue and red, the nickname and, albeit revisited, the emblem of the wildcat, which has always been the symbol of the Milanese team. The Urania in Milan represents and has represented a point of reference for anyone who wanted to play basketball and is undoubtedly among those city-based entities that have contributed to the growth of basketball in the Lombardy capital. Initially, as a team of an oratorical reality, it participated in the championships of the Centro Sportivo Italiano, then it moved to the FIP tournaments and climbed the various championships up to the Serie B. In 2018-2019, the historic promotion to Serie A2 arrived, which also coincided with the transfer of their playing field to the famous Palalido (now Allianz Cloud). In recent years, Urania Basket Milano has reached the promotion playoffs on several occasions and has always provided high-level performances.

“The history of this club is made of passion, commitment, dedication, and it truly represents the spirit of Macron Hero.. – he declared Gianluca Pavanello, CEO of Macron – Urania Basket Milano has managed to achieve important milestones with great tenacity and today plays on an equal footing with the other teams at the highest levels of Italian basketball. It is a young and dynamic reality, even though it has a long history and a philosophy that is inspired by those values of sport that we fully share and that we are happy to contribute to elevating through the game kits and apparel that we will create for the players and for all the fans of the ‘wildcats’.”.

Luca Biganzoli, CEO of Urania Basket Milano, added: “It is a partnership based on common values, such as commitment, dedication, innovation, expertise and enthusiasm, to achieve mutual growth. A winning partnership, based on a group vision and strong motivation.”