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Talk:Gifted education

Duke
Duke TIP About Talent Search has a list of the states covered by Center for Talent Development, Center for Talented Youth, Rocky Mountain Talent Search, and Talent Identification Program. --Christopherlin 07:31, 2 May 2004 (UTC)

This article's introductory passage focuses primary about gifted education in the United States. We need someone who knows about how gifted education works internationally as well (this involves specifying AP as only in the US and Canada and some international schools, for example). However, I am so Americanized. Simfish 04:42, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Not only is this Americanised it seems to be quite POV. Some educationalists believe that there are advantages to keeping gifted children in mainstream education without exceptional treatment, others disagree with aspects of the "gifted" phenomenon (how to identify a gifted child, whether class-bias will occur, etc). See Grammar schools in the United Kingdom for a cursory introduction to some of the problems when Britain had two entirely seperate school systems for the gifted and non-gifted. --VivaEmilyDavies 13:09, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I've made a small start by moving some material that was US-specific to the section on that country and editing the first paragraph to make it more universal. I may add some material in other entries that I will link if I get the time. --Autarch 15:17, 27 Oct 2005 (UTC)

I've started a small page on Mara Sapon-Shevin and provided links to and from it. I've added a section on criticism of gifted education, but just put the link to the new page in it. I'll expand both the new page and the new section over the next few weeks. (I've to look up references to critics of Sapon-Shevin for one thing.) --Autarch 15:53, 27 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Looking at this page, it seems to be both just a page of links and quite POV. I'm not sure if all the links are relevant - the fictional example seems as out of place as a link to Biggles in a discussion of the history of World War II. One other thing - am I really the only contributor who has looked at this page recently? I'd have thought that such a controversial topic would have the opposite effect. --Autarch 19:51, 5 Nov 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the work on it lately, Autarch.  I have this article on my watchlist because I'm interested in gifted education, as I was in a fairly substandard "Gifted and Talented" program myself as a child, and now have a couple of early-achiever children who may end up in our local program (if it's better than the one I was in) -- but I don't know much about the field as a whole.  I think most previous contributors to this article have been in the same boat.  Tackling these large overview articles is daunting for many, so they just add a link to the one school they know.  I do appreciate seeing more work on it, and I'll be happy to keep an eye on your progression and help out where I can.  — Catherine\talk 01:08, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your comments, Catherine, they are much appreciated. One thing that occurred to me is to have a separate page for the huge list of wikilinks to programmes - it's such a large list it's becoming unwieldy. That or maybe make it a subsection of its' own. I have to admit that I'm not as positive about gifted education as I used to be - maybe it's just some forms of it that put me off - however, I'll try and make my contributions as balanced as possible. User:Autarch 14:57, 29th November 2005 (UTC)

I think the reason that no one has edited this page is that it is so obviously a "bash the gifted" page that there is no point in trying to fix it. Far better to direct people to Hoagies where there are a lot of articles and resources with some content. 63.249.114.7 07:29, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Hoagies? --SV Resolution(Talk) 20:00, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Ohh. Hoagie's A nice lady at C-Mites told me about it.  Yes, we should link to it. --SV Resolution(Talk) 20:16, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Globalize
I agree that this article is done from a very American perspective. In the UK, gifted education has been handled very differently, and is not treated in the same way from borough to borough. Also, in the history of gifted education in the UK, it has traditionally been collected into the same category as education for children with below average ability. There has been a very careful effort for over sixty years to keep terminology for both sets of children neutral - both sets have been called "exceptional", a term which also encompasses those with emotional and personality disturbances. Individual cases should be written up under a special educational needs Statement (SEN) - although the use of Statements for gifted children seems to have fallen out of favour. There have also been widely variant methods of dealing with exceptional children in the UK, but there have been clearly identifiable periods where separate or integrated education in varying forms have been prevalent. I have researched this topic quite extensively a few years back, and if I can find the time to read over my notes i may add some extra information to the article from a British perspective. Redcore4 (talk) 15:20, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

 * This would be fabulous. The US isn't monolithic, either, and some places seem to have handled it according to the UK model.  Some districts, for example, had "Special education -- Low" and "Special education -- High" programs.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:55, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Maybe this article could become "Gifted education in the USA", just as there is an article called Grammar schools in the United Kingdom. This would allow this article to mature. "Gifted education in the UK" or in Europe, or India, or any country in the world could logically each have their own articles. Because gifted education in different countries is handled very differently. Eventually, "Gifted Education" could be an introduction, listing education concepts covered in other articles, covering concepts specifically related to gifted education, and having links to how its actually handled in different parts of the word. --SV Resolution(Talk) 20:08, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Gifted in Canada
I also find that the article is very Americanized. One problem for Canada is that the education system seems to be based at the provincial level, so you would end up with slightly different programmes for each province. Can anyone from Canada verify this?

I may have found some useful information from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE - pronounced Oy-zee) and will try and put together something more coherent. Tassit (talk) 15:07, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Split by Autarch
I don't really see the reason to split off the list into a separate article. Besides, per naming conventions, "List of..." is often preferred. Programs vs. programmes I don't know. I've changed the wording to bring it more in line with WP:MOS. --Christopherlin 21:01, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

 * An earlier contributer made the point to me that it made the article clumsier to read - I suppose it's a matter of aesthetics. I'm fine with the changing of wording - I'm just used to a particular spelling - if the guidelines suggest it, I'm quite happy with it. Autarch 21:46, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't know. Categories were designed to reduce the need for manually-updated "list of" articles. I personally think the list should be in the main article, instead of split off. --Christopherlin 22:28, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, the list is back in the original article - I put it near the end. Autarch 19:27, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Odd Wording
The application of TPD to gifted education is one of several (other applications include psychotherapy, personality theory, philosophy of Man, etc.).

It really feels like this could be phrased better; any thoughts?RyanGrant 18:10, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Cleaning up the article
I kinda stumbled upon this article after being on Wikipedia for a while. I had to take a break from education. But it looks like there are some places that would help it improve:
 * making all the citations and references consistent- some are APA references, and some are footnoted references
 * using multiple resources (right now there seems to be a lot of information by Susan K. Johnsen to the point I had to wonder if she wrote a part of this article).
 * providing multiple definitions of giftedness, including Joseph Renzulli's state of gitedness
 * expanding the programs section to the point that affective education, enrichment, and pull-out should probably have their own pages, each discussing the benefits and disadvantages of each.
 * a more thorough discussion on the history of gifted education and GT studies, including the Sputnik revolution on education, the US Dept of Ed's adoption of a definition, and the various journals that study gifted ed.
 * No, Susan Johnsen did not write that part of the page ... I did. It was just that I had her book at hand when I did it ... but thanks for the snarkey comment Joelmcintosh (talk) 17:25, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

List
Can we split the List of G&T programs off into its own, independent page? The length of the ToC box is intimidating right now. WhatamIdoing 18:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

August 2008
Freek,

When you wikilink a word, it needs to go to a useful page that's related to this one. A remarkable number of words that you wikilinked didn't land on a useful page. For example, you linked the word prone in a sentence about the myth that "highly intelligent children were prone to ill physical and mental health". Unfortunately, the word prone here is about a tendency or likelihood, and the page that you linked to was Prone position, which means lying down on the ground.

Please also avoid linking years. I know it's done in many articles, but if the other things happening in the same year (such as a war) are not obviously directly related to the subject at hand, then the date should not be linked. See WP:OVERLINK, "Stand-alone years, months and days of the week should generally not be linked."

I've undone everything, for (my) simplicity, but I ask you to be much more restrained in the future. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi You, Please avoid overdoing things. If a word like Prone has different meanings and onlys 1 is mentioned in the wikepedia a solution is also to correct at that place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Freek Verkerk (talk • contribs) 19:29, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

History section
I'm concerned that this section is basically a synthesis and that we do not have one or more secondary sources that covers the whole period. For a start, the period up to the Renaissance is taken from a Handbook, and could therefore reasonably be assumed to be arguing the following: that the policy of identifying and separately educating gifted children today is normal and justified because it goes back thousands of years. Are there any histories of education, not specifically about gifted education, that contain the same argument? Itsmejudith (talk) 15:02, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia doesn't require a single source that covers everything. I'm not sure that any single book exists that covers the history of gifted education in every time, place, and culture.  Most sources, whether they purport to be about gifted or general education, only touch on it briefly (e.g., ISBN 9780873678452, chapter 1 or ISBN 9781419166051 p 527).  General education books often omit the subject entirely.
 * The Handbook is a widely respected work, and I would not expect it to err in its claims. Additionally, the opposite claims -- that ancient teachers wouldn't have noticed which students were better than others, or that schools and other institutions might encourage their least capable or middling students, rather than their most capable students, to pursue further education -- defies common sense.  I therefore have no doubts that gifted students have tended to be identified and educated, even in times and places when such activities weren't systematic.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:41, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Spam
Hi Danjel,

The links I removed seem to be present for the purpose of promoting the websites/organizations (WP:ELNO violation, and the typical definition of "spam"), not to provide information. Importantly, most of them talk about gifted people but not gifted education (which is the actual subject of the article), or they are useful/interesting to only people in a particular country.

I don't think that a person who wants to know more about the idea of gifted education will be helped by these links. What do you think? WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:45, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

 * G'day WhatamIdoing,

 * I'm not so sure. I appreciate what you're saying, but I do see value in these websites.

 * Taking a look through some of those links, it doesn't seem like they're "selling" anything, as such. They're .org's. They do provide much more information on some of the concepts in relation to G&T education.

 * NAGC is especially important, because, among other things, it provides a route for advocacy for parents and children. I imagine that a lot of the people looking at this particular page would be doing so because they've been told that their son/daughter is "gifted", and those parents really should look into their associations. If it means that your point on relevance to particular countries, then I can add the important ones for Australia (ie, GERRIC, AGTC, etc.).

 * Danjel (talk) 09:26, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

IQ tests
"Early IQ tests were notorious for producing higher IQ scores for privileged races and classes and lower scores for disadvantaged subgroups."

Modern IQ tests reveal the same pattern. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.128.75.248 (talk) 08:41, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Only if you start off with the circular logic of defining "privileged race" as "races that do well on IQ tests". Asian-Americans as a group consistently outscore white Americans as a group, but I believe it's generally accepted that white Americans, not Asian Americans, are the more privileged race.
 * While small racial differences can be seen, the modern tests have much less of this effect. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:38, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Intelligence Citations Bibliography for Articles Related to Human Intelligence
You may find it helpful while reading or editing articles to look at a bibliography of Intelligence Citations, posted for the use of all Wikipedians who have occasion to edit articles on human intelligence and related issues. I happen to have circulating access to a huge academic research library at a university with an active research program in these issues (and to another library that is one of the ten largest public library systems in the United States) and have been researching these issues since 1989. You are welcome to use these citations for your own research. You can help other Wikipedians by suggesting new sources through comments on that page. It will be extremely helpful for articles on human intelligence to edit them according to the Wikipedia standards for reliable sources for medicine-related articles, as it is important to get these issues as well verified as possible. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 14:16, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Links of dubious relevance
Some links looks suspicious, possible WP:LINKSPAM:
 * A link for professionals suffering from opiate addiction (link dead, linked via Wayback Machine).
 * American Dental Association on drug use (link dead, linked via Wayback Machine).
 * Article on lawyers and alcoholism (link dead, linked via Wayback Machine).

As all are dead anyway, I'll remove them.Autarch (talk) 18:43, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Homeschooling = Gifted?
I would really like to see a link to some kind of independently verified research that supports any correlation between homeschooling and a child's intellect (the words "independently verified" being key, of course). I'm highly skeptical that any licensed educators without a vested interest in self-promotion use the term "homeschooling" as an "An umbrella term encompassing myriad educational options for gifted children". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.121.169.116 (talk) 13:19, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

 * I don't have any sources handy, but there's actually a well-known, weak correlation. Students with below-average IQ or mental retardation are most likely to attend government-run schools; gifted students are more likely to have some sort of home-based/parent-led education (either as the primary form of education, or as a supplement).
 * The fact that academically gifted kids do academic stuff at home really shouldn't surprise you any more than the very similar claim that kids who are good at sports play sports at home. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:33, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

 * More likely, not most likely. ;) I personally think home schooling is 9 times out of 10 complete rubbish, so it's out of my area of interest. Sorry, I don't have any references on that in my bibliography.

 * But I think the point that you're looking for, is, IMO, more interesting for the article; that gifted children are more likely to have spontaneously developed academic interests and are more likely to pursue them at home? I probably have some references on that if it can help? - danjel  (talk to me) 23:59, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

 * On the grammar point, I had three groups of students in mind: Students with BAIQ or MR, students of normal intelligence, and students with high intelligence.  Consequently "most" is actually the correct term.  (Of course, since your mind-reading skills are presumably no more advanced than mine, you couldn't have known that I was working with three groups.)
 * I've seen quite a few homeschoolers, including some who had really amazing homeschool programs—far better than the local public schools—so I doubt that they are even mostly rubbish. I've also seen one really horrific homeschool program that resulted in the kids barely learning anything at all (except how to whine) for several years, but those actually seem to be rare.  (This family chose "homeschooling" as an alternative to further meetings with the truancy officer.)
 * I think the broad definition of homeschool (i.e., not just exclusive homeschooling, but deliberately learning anything at home) is appropriate here. I'd love to have you improve this article, with any good sources that you happen to have access to.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

 * Yep, we're in agreement on the last point. But perhaps we need a different term than home schooling, which generally means home schooling?

 * I think I've seen two kids who were home schooled well, both when I was teaching at uni. The rest, and I've seen a few as a primary and high school teacher now, were taught next to nothing by parents who were too hippy even for the alternative schools like Montessori or Steiner schools. They did have good creative art and musical skills, though... - danjel  (talk to me) 05:26, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

POV in Justification
This sentence is clearly POV: If education followed the medical maxim of "first, do no harm," then no further justification is required for providing resources for gifted education. Given the discussion in the controversies section (in particular the mention of writings of Mara Sapon-Shevin) the very notion that such programmes do no harm is hotly disputed.

This section in general can do with more citations.Autarch (talk) 18:18, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

 * Although I'm a proponent of G&T Education, I agree. I'll edit to reflect that this is POV. Danjel (talk) 04:29, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Summer Enrichment programmes (United States)
This subsection is centred about one country - adding more countries for a more global view would be better.Autarch (talk) 20:21, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

More citations needed
Several paragraphs don't have any citations. I'm not sure if the citations in the article address some of these issues and just haven't been referenced often enough, or if there are no sources to support the articles.Autarch (talk) 20:24, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Some of the latest additions to the article should probably be cited to Web sources rather than linking from article text.
There seem to be a lot of additions of content mentioning the United States organization NAGC to this article, which is all right, but the referencing should be in the same citation style and follow the same rules about external linking as other articles on Wikipedia. I'll check the article in a while and see what needs cleaning up by the Wikipedia manual of style. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 23:43, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Unreferenced statements in article
Like most of the articles here on Wikipedia, this article has been accreting quite a few factual statements over the years that are unreferenced and, in some cases, wrong. Let's discuss in this section any unreferenced statements in this article for which it is worthwhile to find a reference. I recommend the source list for articles on this topic and related topics (mentioned in an earlier talk page section here) for references we can all use to improve the article. I'll pass through the article to tag some of the statements that I think are most in need of references, and invite your commments about good sources. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 00:05, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Links
Greetings! I added back a few links to gifted assessment pages. They were removed on the grounds that they were not reliable sources. But my understanding is that criteria for external links is not the same as that of sources. The links are relevant to the topic, and some of the only online resources available for this topic, run by an organization that assessed giftedness. I believe they are relevant to the page and therefore should remain. DaltonCastle (talk) 18:37, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I have mixed feelings about Hoagies. It is self published, questionable in presentation, and isn't something we could use as a reference, so I'm not sure that we should be directing readers to it. However, it doesn't seem like a major problem. Advanced Psychology Services is more of an issue, as it is there primarily to sell services, so it runs into WP:EL. I don't see much value in linking to it, and there are good reasons for not doing so. At this stage I'm inclined to pull Advanced Psychology Services, but leave open the possibility of Hoagies. - Bilby (talk) 07:18, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Yea, I see your point. But looking further into it, while they do sell services locally, the online assessment is free and relevant to the page. I have been looking around for other sites that offer a similar service, but haven't been able to see any. Especially not among any non-commercial sites. So what's the best approach here? DaltonCastle (talk) 19:15, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Online assessments have not been validated and do not deserve any links, per WP:EL. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 21:56, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I had a look at both links and tend to agree with DaltonCastle, it is true that both sites have commercial sections, but they have a wealth of resources for parents of gifted children, some of these resources are quite unique and cannot be found elsewhere on the web. Wiki-shield (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 11:49, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I think we'll just need to fall back on the external links guideline - it is not a recognised online test, is doubtful (I answered "unsure" to every question and it still said there was a 30% chance that my child was gifted), and there are a lot of other online assessments online, with no clear reason to single out this business over the others. I looked at the other resources, but there isn't enough on the psy-ed site to make it worth using as a resource. I'm happy to let Hoagies sit, though. - Bilby (talk) 12:00, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Interesting... I assume "unsure" is weighted at 30% for normalization purposes, this is quite typical in statistical tests. Out of interest, I just profiled my nephew (who is in gifted program) and got 86% giftedness likelihood score. Then I profiled my son and got "Based on your answers, there is lower than 20% chance that your child is gifted". Oh well... Anyway, if we strictly follow external links guideline then both links are to be removed (as there are commercial sections in both sites). Yet, following this logic will result is removing 50% of existing external links across Wikipedia and most of these are valuable resources that are only available at commercial sites...Wiki-shield (talk)  — Preceding undated comment added 12:35, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Attendance
'Goodey" tried to run-up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.117.16.45 (talk) 21:51, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Raise the importance level
This topic really ought to be High Importance. While the subject is neglected in the popular consciousness, and among political elites, the education of the brightest and most talented is disproportionately important compared to their percentage of the population. Gifted people are the most underserved demographic, with the profoundly gifted and the twice exceptional (gifted and learning disabled) as the most underserved subcategories.

There is no way that this subject merits only Mid Importance. Gifted Education is not "minor details"; Gifted Education is the backbone, the foundation, of a society's education system, and how well a society educates gifted people and serves their educational needs should be the metric by which the entire system is judged. Educational methods, techniques, and structures that work well for gifted people work well for everybody, but gifted people truly need them, and if society does not serve their needs, it misses out enormously on possible innovations.

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Short Deescription too long
The current Short Description is too long. It's about the size of a paragraph: broad term for special practices, procedures, and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented; the main approaches to gifted education are enrichment and acceleration Could someone who is well versed in this subject matter please pare down the Short Description to < 40 chars. as per Wikipedia's rules. The Short Desc. is used in Wikidata and other related projects. Thanks. Jimj wpg (talk) 03:43, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Original Research
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Key rule changes which would dominate after the lockout were established as a result of a meeting between the NHL and its top minor league, the American Hockey League. On July 5, 2004, the AHL announced publicly the 2004–05 rule changes, many of which were passed as a result of the NHL's recommendation for experimentation.

Stanley Cup controversy
As a result of the lockout, no Stanley Cup champion was crowned for the first time since the Spanish flu pandemic in 1919. This was controversial among many fans, who questioned whether the NHL had exclusive control over the Cup. A website known as freestanley.com (since closed) was launched, asking fans to write to the Cup trustees and urge them to return to the original pre-NHL Challenge Cup format. Adrienne Clarkson, then Governor General of Canada, alternately proposed that the Cup be presented to the top women's hockey team in lieu of the NHL season, but this idea was so unpopular with NHL fans, players, and officials that the Clarkson Cup was created instead. Meanwhile, a group in Ontario, also known as the "Wednesday Nighters", filed an application with the Ontario Superior Court, claiming that the Cup trustees had overstepped their bounds in signing the 1947 agreement with the NHL, and therefore must award the trophy to any team willing to play for the cup regardless of the lockout.

On February 7, 2006, a settlement was reached in which the trophy could be awarded to non-NHL teams in the event the league does not operate for a season, but the dispute lasted so long that, by the time it was settled, the NHL had resumed operating for the 2005–06 season, and the Stanley Cup went unclaimed for the 2004–05 season.

Broadcasting rights
Before the lockout, the NHL had reached two separate deals with NBC (who would replace ABC as the NHL's American national broadcast television partner) and ESPN. ESPN offered to televise 40 games (only fifteen of which would be during the regular season), all on ESPN2, with presumably, only some midweek playoff games, the first two games of the Stanley Cup Finals and the All-Star Game airing on ESPN. NBC's deal involved a revenue sharing agreement with the NHL as opposed to a traditional rights fee, and included rights to six regular season windows, seven postseason broadcasts and games 3–7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. ESPN had a two-year deal that they opted out of after the lockout, leaving the NHL without a U.S. cable partner.

During the lockout, CBC replaced Hockey Night in Canada with a block of Saturday night movies branded as Movie Night in Canada, hosted by Ron MacLean from various junior hockey venues. TSN had other sports programming to fill their time slots.

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Virtus Bologna

Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.

The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one of the oldest in Europe. Virtus is the second most titled basketball club in Italy after Olimpia Milano, having won 16 Italian national championships, 8 Italian National Cups and 4 Italian Supercups. Moreover, it is one of the most successful teams in European competitions, having won two EuroLeagues, one EuroCup, one FIBA Saporta Cup, one EuroChallenge and one Basketball Champions League. It currently plays in the Italian first division LBA as well as in the EuroLeague. The club is owned by the coffee entrepreneur Massimo Zanetti.

Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Gianni Bertolotti, Tom McMillen, Carlo Caglieris, Renato Villalta, Marco Bonamico, Jim McMillian, Krešimir Ćosić, Roberto Brunamonti, Augusto Binelli, Micheal Ray Richardson, Jure Zdovc, Predrag Danilović, Cliff Levingston, Arijan Komazec, Orlando Woolridge, Zoran Savić, Bane Prelević, Alessandro Abbio, Radoslav Nesterović, Antoine Rigaudeau, Alessandro Frosini, Hugo Sconochini, Marko Jarić, Manu Ginóbili, Matjaž Smodiš, David Andersen, Travis Best, Keith Langford, Miloš Teodosić, Marco Belinelli, Daniel Hackett and Tornike Shengelia. While some of the club's greatest coaches have been: Vittorio Tracuzzi, Dan Peterson, Terry Driscoll, Alberto Bucci, Ettore Messina, Aleksandar Đorđević and Sergio Scariolo.

1929–1956: Beginnings and post-war dynasty
Virtus was founded in 1871 as a gymnastics club, forming its first professional basketball team in 1929 as part of a multi sports club. The club's motto was Forte Franco Fermo Fiero ("Strong Frank Firm Proud") and was inserted in the logo under the Black V, with a cross made by four F; the motto is still used by Virtus today. The team's home court was the former church of Santa Lucia in the city center, which could host a few hundred people.

The first official championship of Virtus dates back to 1929. From 1929 to 1934, Virtus played in the first and second divisions within Emilia region. In 1934, the Bolognese team won the division tournament, obtaining the promotion in the top tournament after a hard-fought group of playoffs against Unione Sportiva of Milan and Ginnastica Rome. Team's captain was Venzo Vannini, while other important players were Giuseppe Palmieri and Giancarlo Marinelli. After the promotion, Virtus settled permanently at the top of the national basketball league, and achieved a long series of honorable placings: in the nine championships disputed from 1935 to the outbreak of the Second World War, the Black V collected 6-second places, 2 third places, and a sixth place, however Virtus never achieved to win a national title.

From 1943 to 1945, the championship was suspended due to the outbreak of the war in the country and the beginning of the civil war. At the end of the world war, Santa Lucia was no longer available for basketball games and after a brief period of outdoor matches on a field in Via del Ravone, the team moved to Sala Borsa, the city's stock exchange, readjusted in the evening for basketball matches. This unusual venue became the hallmark of a new Italian basketball season, compared to the worldwide famous Boston Garden. In July 1945, Virtus, led by Achille Canna, Luigi Rapini and Antonio Calebotta, won its first national Serie A title, defeating 35–31 Reyer Venezia in the final.

In the following season, Renzo Poluzzi became the new head coach and led Virtus to its second championship. Under Poluzzi, Virtus won the title again in 1948 and 1949, achieving the so-called "four-peat". In 1949–50 season, the Black V arrived second after Olimpia Milano; during these years, the long-time rivalry with Olimpia, known as "derby of Italy", began. Olimpia won the title for the next four years too, while the Black V placed second in 1952 and 1953. In 1954, Vittorio Tracuzzi was appointed new head coach; Tracuzzi was a Virtus player too, acting as a "player-coach". At the end of the season, Tracuzzi led Virtus to its fifth national title. The team doubled the next season, achieving a so-called "back-to-back". During the 1950s the first derbies were played against Gira and Moto Morini, the other two teams of Bologna.

Due to the increasing fame of Virtus, the Sala Borsa was no longer suitable for hosting games; so in 1956, the long-time Mayor of Bologna, Giuseppe Dozza, inaugurated a new arena, which was simply known as "Sports Hall" and had a seating capacity of more than 7,000 people. The arena was later nicknamed Il Madison, after New York's Madison Square Garden and, in 1966, after Dozza's retirement from politics, it was renamed "PalaDozza". From 1956 to 1960, Virtus placed second, always behind its arch-rival Olimpia Milan. At the end of the 1959–60 season, Tracuzzi left Virtus after having won two championships in five seasons, with a winning record of 108–22, being widely considered one of Black V's greatest coaches of all time.

1960–1968: Post-dynasty struggles
In 1960, the Spanish coach, Eduardo Kucharski, succeeded Tracuzzi at the head of the team. Virtus, led by its best player Gianfranco Lombardi, took part in its first European Champions Cup, but it was ousted by CCA Bucarest in the second round. At the end of the Italian regular season, the Black V placed second again, behind Ignis Varese.

In 1962 and 1963 Virtus arrived third and Kucharski was sacked, while Mario Alesini, a former Virtus player, became the new head coach. However, in the next three seasons, Alesini did not reach to bring back the title to Bologna. In 1966, Jaroslav Šíp was hired as new head coach, but Virtus never became a real contender for the championship, with Olimpia and Ignis which alternatively won the title until 1968.

1968–1991: The Porelli era
The 1960s had been an unfortunate decade for Virtus. The turning point occurred in 1968, when the lawyer Gianluigi Porelli was appointed by the then president of the multi-sport club, Giovanni Elkan, at the head of the basketball section. Alternately nicknamed "Torquemada" or "Robespierre" for his quick and often dictatorial methods, or, more frequently, L'Avvocato ("The Lawyer"), Porelli has been one of the most prominent figures in the history of Virtus which, through initiatives often unpopular but almost always winning, definitively carried towards professionalism.

1968–1973: Rebuilding
As soon as he arrived, at only 38 years old, Porelli sacked coach Šíp and appointed Renzo Ranuzzi, a former player. However, Ranuzzi lasted one year only, due to the poor result of the team, which ended the season at the 10th place. After another poor result in the 1969–70 season under coach Nello Paratore, in 1970, Porelli hired Black V's legendary coach Vittorio Tracuzzi and sold the best player of the time, Gianfranco Lombardi, unleashing a popular uprising that even ended up in court. Despite Tracuzzi's comeback, the team placed 10th once again. In 1970, thanks to Porelli, Virtus was also one of the main proponents and founders of the Lega Basket, the governing body of the top-tier level professional Italian basketball league.

In the same year, Virtus broke away from the multi sports club, becoming a joint-stock company. Thanks to this choice, which was highly criticised at the time, Porelli definitively healed the club's finances. In 1971, Porelli hired the American player John Fultz who, supported by important Italian players like Gianni Bertolotti and Luigi Serafini, succeeded in placing the team 5th in the national championship, the best result since 1967–68. In the following season, the team, composed by the same players and coached by Nico Messina, arrived 6th.

1973–1978: Peterson's revolution
In 1973, Porelli opened a new season of triumphs, thanks to a partnership with Sinudyne, a famous Italian domestic appliances company, and especially with the engagement of the young American coach Dan Peterson, coming from the Chile's national basketball team. Virtus immediately won its first Italian Cup in 1973–74 season, which was club's first title since 1955–56.

In the following season, Virtus signed Tom McMillen, a 22-years-old player from Maryland University, who was selected with the 9th overall pick by the Buffalo Braves during the 1974 NBA draft. He signed with the Braves but postponed his entry into the NBA to attend the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. McMillen lived and studied in the UK, but he moved to Bologna during the weekends to play basketball. At the end of the season, characterized by outstanding performances by McMillen, the team placed 4th in the national championship and was eliminated at the quarterfinals of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

In 1975, McMillen started his career in the NBA, so Porelli and Peterson signed Terry Driscoll, a former NBA player and 4th overall pick in 1969 draft. Thanks to Driscoll's leadership and the fundamental support of Italian players like Carlo Caglieris, Gianni Bertolotti, Marco Bonamico and Luigi Serafini, Virtus won its seventh national championship, the first one after twenty years.

In 1976–77, Virtus ended first in the regular season, however it lost the championship finals against Varese, by 2–0. In the following season, the Black V succeeded in reaching the national finals, but nonetheless it lost 2–1 against Varese again. The team also reached the final of the Cup Winner's Cup, but lost 84–82 against Gabetti Cantù.

In 1978, after two consecutive second places, coach Peterson left the Black V to sign with its historic rival, Olimpia Milan. This move was heavily criticised by Black V's fans, but it was approved by Porelli himself. However, despite the controversies which rose around his farewell, Peterson's legacy was huge: the American coach deeply changed the team's organization and contributed in bringing back Virtus to the top of Italian basketball after twenty years of struggles.

1978–1980: Driscoll's back-to-back
After Peterson's departure, Terry Driscoll was appointed new head coach. Porelli signed also Krešimir Ćosić, one of the best centers in Europe; the team was also composed by great Italian players as Renato Villalta, Carlo Caglieris and the captain Gianni Bertolotti. In the national finals, Virtus faced its former coach, Dan Peterson and his new team, Olimpia. Despite the great expectations around a hard-fought final, the Black V easily won the title in only two games. The team also reached the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, where it was eliminated for only one point by the Dutch EBBC.

In the following season, Porelli signed Jim McMillian, a 1972 NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers. McMillian, who was immediately nicknamed by Virtus fans as Il Duca Nero ("The Black Duke"), led the team achieving a back-to-back, winning its ninth titles against Cantù. The team took part also in the European Champions Cup, where it was eliminated in the semi-finals group stage.

At the end of the season, Driscoll's two-year contract had expired. Porelli and Driscoll could not agree on a contract. Despite Driscoll's great successes, first as player, one championship, and two championships as a coach in five years, when no agreement was reached, Driscoll chose to return to retire from basketball.

1980–1988: Champions Cup Final and 10th title
At the beginning of the 1980–81 season, Driscoll's assistant, Ettore Zuccheri, became the new head coach, but he was later replaced by Renzo Ranuzzi. The team reached once again the national finals, but it slightly lost the playoff series by 2–1 against Cantù. Returning to the top in Italy, the Black V attempted to become a major team in Europe too, and in 1981, Virtus reached the final of the FIBA European Champions Cup in Strasbourg. However, a few days before the final, McMillian suffered a serious injury against Brindisi and was forced not to play in the final, which then Virtus lost by only one point against Maccabi Tel Aviv, after a very contested game and dubious referees' choices.

After the defeat in the Cup, Porelli sacked Ranuzzi and hired coach Aleksandar Nikolić, worldwide known as "The Professor". The team was composed also by young and talented Italian players like Roberto Brunamonti and Augusto Binelli, as well as important foreign players, like the Bahamian center Elvis Rolle. Despite his fame, Nikolić did not succeed in bringing Virtus back to title, so in 1983, after the brief experiences of George Bisacca and Mauro Di Vincenzo, the 35 years-old Alberto Bucci, from Bologna, became the new head coach. In the same years, the club signed a deal with Granarolo, a milk and dairy production company, which became the new team's sponsor. The skilled American small forward Jan van Breda Kolff was also added to the roster. Virtus ended the regular season second, after Peterson's Olimpia. The two teams faced themselves in a historic final, always remembered as one of the best in Italian basketball history, in which Virtus defeated Olimpia by 2–1, reaching its 10th national title, also known as La Stella ("The Star"), due to the star which is attributed to teams that manage to win ten national championships. In the same year, the team completed a domestic double by adding a National Cup.

In 1984–85, Virtus reached the semi-final group stage of the Champions Cup, where, however, it was eliminated. After a defeat in the playoffs' quarterfinals against Olimpia, Bucci was sacked and Sandro Gamba became the new coach. Gamba, one of the most successful Italian coaches of all time, did not succeed in winning with Virtus too, exiting in the first round of 1986 playoffs and being eliminated in the quarterfinals of 1987 playoffs. In 1988, Krešimir Ćosić, a former Virtus star, replaced Gamba. Despite the head coach's change, the team continued collecting poor successes, being ousted in the Korać Cup's quarterfinals and in the first round of national playoffs.

1988–1991: The "Sugar-mania"
In 1988, Porelli hired Bob Hill, who was New York Knicks' head coach until the previous season. Hill brought in Italy two former NBA players: Micheal Ray Richardson, worldwide known as "Sugar", an NBA All-Star and former player for the Knicks and New Jersey Nets, who was banned from the NBA for violations of league's drug policy, and Clemon Johnson, 1983 NBA champion with the Philadelphia 76ers, who also played for the Indiana Pacers and Seattle SuperSonics. At the beginning of the season, Porelli reached an agreement with Knorr, a German food and beverage brand, which became the team's sponsor. In 1988–89 Virtus won its third Italian Cup, but it was defeated in the semi-finals for the national championship against Enichem Livorno, coached by Bucci.

Despite the playoffs' elimination, the season was considered a rebirth for Virtus: the national cup was the team's first trophy since 1984 and the great performances of Richardson had brought back the passion for basketball in the city. This period became known as "Sugar-mania", from Richardson's historic nickname.

In the following summer, Hill surprisingly resigned from his post and his assistant, the 30 years-old Ettore Messina, was appointed new head coach. The Black V won the Italian Cup again and on 13 March 1990, won its first European title, the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, the second-tier level European-wide competition, defeating 79–74 the Real Madrid coached by George Karl. The final was characterized by an outstanding performance of Richardson, able of scoring 29 points. However, the team was once again eliminated in national playoffs' quarterfinals against Phonola Caserta.

In 1990–91, Virtus placed third in the regular season but it was once again eliminated in the national semi-finals by Caserta. At the end of the season, Richardson was not confirmed and signed for Slobodna Dalmacija, putting an end to a three-year period in which he brought Virtus to win its first European trophy and laid the foundations for club's successes in the following years.

In 1991, after two years of internal struggles within the shareholders' assembly, during which he also briefly lost the control of the club, Porelli sold Virtus to Alfredo Cazzola, a local trade fair entrepreneur. During 23 years of tenure, Porelli won four national titles, four Italian Cups and one Cup Winner's Cup, transforming a simple basketball section of a multisport club into one of the richest and most successful teams in Europe.

1991–2000: The Cazzola era
As president, Cazzola brought to Virtus an entrepreneurial mentality, which would be necessary in the team's future growth. In the 1991–92 season, the Black V, led by captain Brunamonti and Jure Zdovc, reached the national semi-finals, but lost against Scavolini Pesaro, which had already eliminated Virtus in the national cup few months before. The team also lost against Partizan in the FIBA European League quarterfinals.

1992–1995: Danilović's three-peat
In the summer of 1992, Cazzola signed Predrag Danilović, a young Yugoslav player who won the latest FIBA European League with Partizan. Under the strong leadership of Danilović and the important support of Brunamonti, Claudio Coldebella, Paolo Moretti, Augusto Binelli and Bill Wennington, the team, coached by Ettore Messina, won its eleventh national championship, defeating 3–0 the Benetton Treviso. However the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the FIBA European League by Real Madrid Teka.

In the following season, Messina became the new coach of Italy's national basketball team and Alberto Bucci, returned to coach Virtus, with whom he had won a national championship in 1984. The team was completed with Cliff Levingston, two-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls. In the same year, Cazzola signed a deal with Buckler Beer, a brand of Heineken, which became the new sponsor of the team. In October 1993, Virtus took part to the McDonald's Open in Munich, where it arrived second, after the Phoenix Suns. In May 1994, Virtus won its second consecutive national title, defeating 3–2 Scavolini Pesaro, after a very contested final. Once again, the Black V was ousted during the FIBA European League quarterfinals by Olympiacos.

In the 1994–95 season, Joe Binion replaced Levingston, while the rest of the team remained untouched. In May 1995, Virtus won its 13th title, defeating 3–0 Benetton Treviso, accomplishing a so-called "three-peat". However, for the third consecutive times, the team which dominated the Italian league was eliminated at the FIBA European League quarterfinals, this time by Panathinaikos.

1995–1997: Transition years and Brunamonti's retirement
After the three-peat, Danilović left Virtus for the Miami Heat. Cazzola signed Arijan Komazec, a Croatian guard-forward, and Orlando Woolridge, a long-time NBA player; while young Italian players like Alessandro Abbio became increasingly important. In September 1995, Virtus won its first Italian Supercup against Benetton Treviso; while in October, the Black V participated in the McDonald's Championship, arriving second after the Houston Rockets. The team ended the regular season in first place, but he was eventually eliminated by Stefanel Milano in the playoffs' semi-finals. Moreover, the team did not succeed in passing the second group stage of the Champions Cup.

In 1996, captain Roberto Brunamonti retired from basketball after 14 seasons as a Virtus player. During the summer, the club signed important international players like Zoran Savić from Real Madrid Teka and Branislav Prelević from PAOK. Moreover, Kinder, a product brand line of Italian confectionery multinational Ferrero SpA, became the new sponsor of Virtus. On 8 March 1997, coach Bucci was replaced by Lino Frattin, who after a few days, won Black V's fifth Italian Cup against Cantù. The team was eliminated by Stefanel Milano in the Top 16 of the FIBA EuroLeague, the former Champions Cup. In the national playoffs, Virtus was eliminated in the semi-finals by the other Bologna's team, Teamsystem, which, after years of poor results, was becoming increasingly competitive.

1997–2000: Danilović's comeback and the first EuroLeague
In 1997, Roberto Brunamonti became team's general manager, while coach Messina and Sasha Danilović returned to Virtus and the team was completed with important international players like Radoslav Nesterovič, Antoine Rigaudeau, Hugo Sconochini and Alessandro Frosini, as well as with the confirmation of Zoran Savić and Alessandro Abbio. In the same year, the club moved to PalaMalaguti, an indoor sporting arena in Casalecchio di Reno with a seating capacity of more than 8,000 people, leaving PalaDozza after almost 40 years.

On 23 April 1998, Virtus won its first EuroLeague, defeating 58–44 AEK in Barcelona, with Savić elected MVP of the Final Four. While on 31 May, Virtus conquered its 14th national title, defeating in Game 5 of the final, Teamsystem Bologna. At twenty seconds from the end of the game, with Fortitudo leading by 4, Danilović scored a three-point shot and at the same time suffered a foul by Dominique Wilkins, completing the so-called "four-point shot". Then Virtus won the match in the overtime. The 1998 final between Virtus and Fortiudo is widely considered as the greatest one in the history of Italian basketball, with two teams from the same city, which were among the best ones in the continent. During this period, Bologna was nicknamed "Basket City", due to the fame and the victories of town's two teams.

In the following season, Virtus won its 7th Italian Cup in January 1999. The team also defeated Fortitudo 57–62 in a historic EuroLeague's semi-final in Munich, but it lost 82–74 in the final against Žalgiris of Tyus Edney and was eliminated in the semi-finals for the national championship by Treviso. In 1999–2000 season, the Black V lost the Italian Cup final against Treviso and was defeated 83–76 by AEK, in the FIBA Saporta Cup's final in Lausanne. Moreover, Virtus was once again eliminated by Treviso, in the semi-finals for the national championship.

In May 2000, Cazzola sold Virtus to Marco Madrigali, a video game entrepreneur, who became the new president of the club. Under Cazzola's presidency, Virtus lived a period which became known as its "Golden Age", in which the Black V won four national titles, two Italian Cups and a EuroLeague, becoming one of the most notable and successful teams in Europe.

2000–2002: Ginóbili's rise and the second EuroLeague
In the 2000–01 season, Madrigali and Brunamonti signed important players, like Marko Jarić, Manu Ginóbili, Matjaž Smodiš, Rashard Griffith and David Andersen; while at the beginning of the season, Sasha Danilović suddenly announced his retirement from basketball. The absence of a strong leader like Danilović and the subsequent ban for doping of another historic player like Hugo Sconochini, forced every single player of the team to take more responsibility, but at the same time opened spaces to the immature and talented newcomers, free to show their abilities and experience at a high level.

After a tough beginning, the season had a turning point during the Christmas derby against Fortitudo, which was soundly won by the Black V by 99–62. From then, Virtus started an outstanding season, characterized by an unrepeatable group capable of beating every record and becoming one of the strongest European teams of all time and, according to many, the strongest ever. On 28 April 2001, Virtus won its seventh Italian Cup against Pesaro, while on 10 May, the Black V won its second EuroLeague, defeating 3–2 Tau Cerámica, in the first and only series in the history of EuroLeague finals. Manu Ginóbili was elected Finals MVP. On 19 June, Virtus won its 15th national championship, beating Paf Wennington Bologna 3–0, while Ginobili was elected Italian League MVP too. After the double in 1997–98, in 2000–01 season, Virtus completed a so-called Triple Crown (known in Italy as Grande Slam), winning all the trophies that it could won.

In the following season, Virtus won its 8th Italian Cup, but after some defeats Madrigali fired Messina. However, after a field invasion by Virtus supporters before a match against Pallacanestro Trieste, Madrigali was forced to re-hire him. Despite this, the team lost 89–83 the EuroLeague final, which was held in PalaMalaguti, against Panathinaikos of Dejan Bodiroga and Željko Obradović, and was eliminated in the semi-finals for the national championship by Benetton Treviso.

2002–2003: Financial problems and interdiction
In 2003, Ginóbili moved to the NBA, where he played for the San Antonio Spurs, and Ettore Messina was hired by Benetton, thus Bogdan Tanjević was appointed new head coach. During the summer, due to contrasts with Madrigali, Brunamonti also left the club, after nearly 20 years spent as player and general manager.

After a soundly defeat in Fabriano, Tanjević was replaced by Valerio Bianchini, who failed in reaching the playoffs for the first time in Virtus history but succeeded in saving the team from relegation. However, suffering from serious financial problems, mainly caused by the failure of Madrigali's video game company CTO SpA, Virtus was excluded from the Serie A in August 2003, after missing payments to players, first of all the young Slovenian Sani Bečirovič.

2003–2013: The Sabatini era
The bankruptcy was avoided thanks to the intervention of a local trade fair entrepreneur, Claudio Sabatini, who transacted all the debts of the club, after agreements with creditors and took over the company from Madrigali. Sabatini acquired also the club Progresso Castelmaggiore, from a small town in Bologna's hinterland, which played in Serie A2 and sponsored the new team with FuturVirtus brand, guaranteeing, therefore, the continuity of the glorious name "Virtus" despite the exclusion from the championships.

2003–2005: Promotion to Serie A
In 2003–04 season, Sabatini signed important former NBA players like Charles Smith, Vonteego Cummings and Rick Brunson. The team was initially coached by Giampiero Ticchi, who was replaced in November by Alberto Bucci, Black V's historic coach. Despite good premises, FuturVirtus did not reach the promotion in Serie A, losing 3–0 in the final series of playoffs from Aurora Jesi.

During the summer of 2004 the club obtained the re-affiliation to the Italian Basketball Federation and the right to use the name "Virtus Pallacanestro" again. The team was completed, among others, with Corey Brewer, A.J. Guyton and Bennett Davison and was coached by Giordano Consolini, who served as Messina's assistant for years. On 3 June 2005, Virtus returned to the top division, defeating 3–0 the Premiata Montegranaro.

2005–2009: National finals and return to Europe
In the 2005–06 season, Sabatini hired Zare Markovski from Macedonia as new head coach and signed, among others, David Bluthenthal, Dušan Vukčević and Christian Drejer. Despite a good season's start the team ended 9th, out of the playoffs.

After the end of the season, Bluthenthal, who was Black V's top scorer, went to Fortitudo, while Virtus confirmed Vukčević and Drejer, as well as coach Markovski. Moreover, Sabatini signed Travis Best, a former NBA player for the Indiana Pacers, Brett Blizzard, Guilherme Giovannoni, Vlado Ilievski and Tyrone Grant. The team reached the Italian Cup final, losing against Benetton Treviso and placed second in the regular season, qualifying for the playoffs after a five-year absence. Markovski's team reached the championship finals, but it was defeated 3–0 by Montepaschi Siena. The Black V also reached the EuroCup semi-finals, where it was defeated by the Ukrainian team Azovmash Mariupol.

In the following summer, the team was suddenly reshaped and Markovski was fired by Sabatini, whose presidency was characterized by his fickle nature, which led him implementing unexpected and often unpopular choices. The president hired Stefano Pillastrini as new head coach and signed, among others, Alan Anderson, Delonte Holland, Dewarick Spencer and Roberto Chiacig. Virtus participated in the EuroLeague, but arrived last in the Group A, winning only two games out of 14. In January 2008, Pillastrini was fired and Renato Pasquali became the new coach; after few months Sabatini re-signed Travis Best, who led the team to the second consecutive Italian Cup final, lost against Avellino. However, Virtus ended the season at the 16th place.

In 2008–09 season, the team was completely renewed with prominent players like the former NBA player Earl Boykins, Keith Langford, Sharrod Ford and the re-sign of Dušan Vukčević. After few months, coach Pasquali was succeeded by Matteo Boniciolli. On 21 February, Virtus played its third consecutive Italian Cup final, which once again lost against Siena. On 26 April 2009, Virtus won the European third tier trophy, the EuroChallenge, against Cholet Basket, thanks to 21 points of the Final Four MVP Keith Langford. The team ended the regular season at the 5th place and was eliminated in the first round of national playoffs by Treviso. Boniciolli was immediately fired by president Sabatini and the team was reshaped again during summer.

2009–2013: Transition years
In the following season, Sabatini hired Lino Lardo as head coach and appointed Vukčević as team's captain. He also signed, among others, David Moss, Andre Collins, Petteri Koponen and Viktor Sanikidze. Virtus lost its fourth consecutive Italian Cup final and ended the season 5th, being eliminated 3–2 in the first round of the playoffs by Cantù. In 2010–11, the team was completed with Giuseppe Poeta, Valerio Amoroso, Jared Homan, as well as K.C. Rivers from 2011. The Black V ended the regular season 8th and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Siena.

In 2011–2012, Sabatini hired Alessandro Finelli as new coach and signed important players like Chris Douglas-Roberts, a former NBA players, Terrell McIntyre and Angelo Gigli. In late 2011, Sabatini sold Virtus to a foundation of local entrepreneurs, however, he remained as CEO and de facto general manager. At the end of the regular season, the Black V arrived 5th, being eliminated by Dinamo Sassari, in the first round of the playoffs. In the following season, Virtus signed, among others, Steven Smith, Richard Mason Rocca and Jacob Pullen. During the season, Luca Bechi succeeded Finelli as new head coach. The team ended the season at the 14th place.

2013–2016: Struggles and relegation
After years of poor successes, Sabatini definitively exited from the club and in 2013, Renato Villalta, a former Virtus star, was appointed president. In 2013–14 season, Virtus signed, among others, Matt Waksh, Willie Warren and Shawn King. In January 2014, Bechi was sacked due to poor results, and Giorgio Valli became the new coach. However, the team arrived 13th, out of the playoffs.

In 2014–15 season, Virtus returned to the playoffs, thanks to an outstanding season of its top-scorers Allan Ray, Jeremy Hazell and Okaro White. However, it was eliminated in the first round by Olimpia Milan.

In the following year Villalta was abruptly removed from his post and Francesco Bertolini was appointed president by the foundation. After a few months, Bertolini was replaced too by Alberto Bucci, the former Virtus coach, who won three national titles with the Black V between 1980s and 1990s. However, the season was characterized by a serious injury to team captain, Allan Ray, and the substitute players signed by the club failed to adequately replace the injured top-player. On 4 May 2016, at the end of the regular season the team ranked 16th and last, therefore it was relegated to Serie A2 for the first time in its history.

2016–2019: Promotion and Champions League
In the following summer, president Bucci announced Alessandro Ramagli as new head coach of Virtus. The club built a good team for the league, led by important players such as Guido Rosselli, Klaudio Ndoja, Michael Umeh and Kenny Lawson. During the season an important change in ownership occurred: the coffee entrepreneur and former politician, Massimo Zanetti, owner of Segafredo, who was also team's sponsor, became the majority shareholder of the club. Virtus ended second in the regular season behind Treviso and on 19 June 2017, won the playoffs, beating Trieste by 3–0, thus returning to the top series after only one year. During the playoffs, the Black V returned after more than twenty years to Bologna's historic arena, PalaDozza, which became the new official home court in the following season.

In summer 2017, the club signed two of the most prominent Italian players, Pietro Aradori and Alessandro Gentile, as well as two international players like Marcus Slaughter and Oliver Lafayette. Despite good premises, the team was eliminated in the first round of Italian Cup's Final Eight and failed to qualify for the championship playoffs.

The 2018–19 season began with the appointment of Alessandro Dalla Salda as new club's CEO and the hire of Stefano Sacripanti as new head coach. Aradori and Filippo Baldi Rossi were confirmed and the club signed, among others, Tony Taylor, Kevin Punter, Amath M'Baye and Brian Qvale, to participate in the Basketball Champions League, which was Virtus's first European competition after ten years. The team reached a record of seven wins in the first seven games of the continental competition, which had never been achieved before. In March 2019, the team signed Mario Chalmers, two-time NBA champion with the Miami Heat. On 9 March, president Alberto Bucci died at 70 years old, due to complications from a cancer. On 11 March, after a defeat against Cantù and with Virtus temporarily out of playoffs, the team board sacked Sacripanti and appointed the Serbian Aleksandar Đorđević as new head coach. On 4 April, the Black V defeated Nanterre 92, reaching the BCL Final Four in Antwerp, which won on 5 May defeating Iberostar Tenerife 73–61, thanks to an outstanding game by Kevin Punter, who was able to score 26 points and was nominated Final Four MVP. The BCL was the fifth European title in team's history and the first one after ten years.

In July 2019, Virtus opened its women's basketball wing, to participate in the Serie A1 championship. In the same month, Giuseppe Sermasi, a local entrepreneur and former vice president, became Virtus new president, holding the vacant post after Bucci's death, while Luca Baraldi, a prominent sports executive and a leading manager of Segafredo, was appointed new CEO.

2019–2023: Teodosić's magic, the 16th title and the EuroCup
On 13 July, Virtus signed a three-year deal with Miloš Teodosić, 2016 EuroLeague champion and former NBA player, who was widely considered one of the best European point guard of all time. In August, the Black V signed Kyle Weems, a small forward from Tofaş, and Stefan Marković, a point guard from BC Khimki who, along with Teodosić, would become the backbone of the team in the following seasons. Among others, the club signed also Vince Hunter, Julian Gamble and Giampaolo Ricci. In the 2019–20 season, Virtus played some home games, including the derby against Fortitudo won 94–62, at the Virtus Segafredo Arena, a temporary indoor arena with a capacity of nearly 10,000 seats, located in the Fiera District.

On 7 April 2020, after more than a month of suspension, the Italian Basketball Federation officially ended the 2019–20 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic that severely hit Italy. Virtus ended the season first, with 18 wins and only 2 defeats, but the title was not assigned. On 5 May, the EuroLeague's commissioner Jordi Bertomeu announced the cancellation of the EuroCup season too. Virtus, which had achieved the league's playoffs, was confirmed for the following season.

After the early end of the season, the team was largely confirmed for the following championship and, in May and June, the club signed prominent Italian players, like Awudu Abass and Amedeo Tessitori, and homegrown ones, like Amar Alibegović. In September, Virtus hosted the Supercup's Final Four at the Segafredo Arena, but it lost against Olimpia Milan 75–68; the Supercup was the first competition since the cancellation of the previous season. In November 2020, Virtus signed a three-year deal with Marco Belinelli, from the San Antonio Spurs. Belinelli, one of the greatest Italian players of all time and 2014 NBA Champion, started his career with Virtus in the early 2000s. The season was also characterized by the emergence of Alessandro Pajola, the young Italian point guard who became one team's most important players. In April 2021, despite a winning record of 19–2, Virtus was defeated in the EuroCup's semifinals by UNICS Kazan. However, the season ended with a great success. In fact, after having knocked out 3–0 both Basket Treviso in the quarterfinals and New Basket Brindisi in the semifinals, on 11 June Virtus defeated 4–0 its historic rival Olimpia Milano in the national finals, winning its 16th national title and the first one after twenty years. Teodosić was appointed MVP of the finals.

On 15 June, after a few days from the victory, Đorđević was not confirmed as head coach at the end of his two-year contract, due to some tensions with the club's ownership occurred during the season. On 18 June, the club hired the new head coach, signing a three-year deal with Sergio Scariolo, from the Toronto Raptors. Moreover, Marković, Hunter, Gamble and Ricci were not renewed, while in July and August 2021 Virtus signed important foreign players like Ekpe Udoh, Kevin Hervey and Mouhammadou Jaiteh, as well as one of the most talented Italian point guards, Nico Mannion, from the Golden State Warriors. On 21 September, the team won its second Supercup, defeating Olimpia Milano 90–84. However, during the same month, Udoh and Abass suffered serious knee injuries and Virtus signed JaKarr Sampson from the Indiana Pacers and Isaïa Cordinier from Nanterre 92 to replace them.

On 28 October 2021, Zanetti was elected president of Virtus, succeeding Giuseppe Sermasi at the head of the club, and became the only shareholder after a €2 million capital increase. In early 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent international sanctions against Russia forced all international players to leave the country. On 3 March, Virtus signed the Italian point guard Daniel Hackett, while on 7 March, the club reached an agreement with the Georgian power forward Tornike Shengelia, both of them from CSKA Moscow.

Despite a tough EuroCup regular season ended at the fourth place, Virtus ousted Lietkabelis, Ulm and Valencia in the first three rounds of the playoffs and, on 11 May 2022, defeated Frutti Extra Bursaspor by 80–67 at the Segafredo Arena, winning its first EuroCup and qualifying for the EuroLeague after 14 years. With 21 points scored, the Serbian point guard Miloš Teodosić was once again appointed MVP of the final. However, despite having ended the regular season at the first place and having ousted 3–0 both Pesaro and Tortona in the first two rounds of playoffs, Virtus was defeated 4–2 in the national finals by Olimpia Milan.

During the following summer, Udoh, Hervey, Sampson, Alibegović and Tessitori left the club, but Virtus confirmed the backbone of the roster, notably including Shengelia, who was renewed until June 2024. Moreover, the club signed prominent foreign players like Jordan Mickey, Gabriel Lundberg, Semi Ojeleye and Ismaël Bako. On 29 September 2022, after having ousted Milano in the semifinals, Virtus won its third Supercup, defeating 72–69 Banco di Sardegna Sassari and achieving a back-to-back, following the 2021 trophy. However, despite good premises Virtus ended the EuroLeague season at the 14th place, thus it did not qualify for the playoffs. Moreover, the team was defeated in the Italian Basketball Cup final by Brescia. In June, after having ousted 3–0 both Brindisi and Tortona, Virtus was defeated 4–3 by Olimpia Milan in the national finals, following a series which was widely regarded among the best in the latest years of Italian basketball.

On 11 July 2023, Miloš Teodosić did not renewed his expired contract with Virtus, amicably parting ways with the Italian club and signing with KK Crvena zvezda, marking the end to four fantastic seasons, which saw the Black V returning to the top of European basketball after decades. With the Serbian star, often nicknamed "Il Mago" (The Magician) by fans, Virtus won its 16th title in 2021, reached the national finals three times in a row, and also won the EuroCup in 2022 and two Supercups.

2023–present: Rebuilding with Banchi
In the following summer, the roster deeply changed. In addition to Teodosić, players like Weems, Jaiteh, Mannion and Bako left the club, as Virtus signed the Italian power forward Achille Polonara, as well as prominent foreign players like the point guard Jaleen Smith, the small forward Ognjen Dobrić, and the centers Bryant Dunston and Devontae Cacok. Moreover, new developments occurred within the club ownership. On 27 June, Carlo Gherardi, owner of CRIF, a global company specialized in business information and analytics, became the minority shareholder of the club, acquiring a participation of 40%.

On 15 September, just a few weeks before the season start, Scariolo was fired following controversial statements regarding the new roster and the upcoming season, and the club hired Luca Banchi as new head coach. On 24 September, after having ousted Milano in the semifinals, Virtus won its fourth Supercup, and the third in a row, defeating 97–60 Germani Brescia. In December, Smith left the club joining KK Partizan and Cacok suffered a serious injury, that brought the club to sign the Croatian center Ante Žižić from Anadolu Efes and the Latvian guard Rihards Lomažs from Merkezefendi. Despite an impressive first half of the season, Virtus ended the EuroLeague regular season at the 10th place, qualifying only for the play-in, where after having defeated 67–64 Anadolu Efes, it lost against Baskonia 89–77, not qualifying for the playoffs. Moreover, the Black V placed first during the Italian regular season but, after having knocked out Tortona by 3–2 and Reyer Venezia by 3–1, it lost the third consecutive final against Milan by 3–1.

Arena
Since its foundation, Virtus Bologna has changed several home arenas. Each of them was more than just a basketball court, rather a real "house" of the Black V, marking, in the period when they were used, a different era of the long club's history:

In 2023, the club officially presented the project for a new arena with 10,000 seating capacity in the Fiera District, not far away from the temporary Virtus Segafredo Arena, which will be ready in 2025.

Domestic competitions

 * Italian League
 * Winners (16): 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2020–21
 * Runners-up (20): 1935, 1936, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 2006–07, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

 * Italian Cup
 * Winners (8): 1973–74, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02
 * Runners-up (7): 1992–93, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2022–23

 * Italian Supercup
 * Winners (4): 1995, 2021, 2022, 2023
 * Runners-up (8): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2020

 * Italian LNP Cup
 * Winners (1): 2017

 * Italian Serie A2
 * Winners (1): 2016–17

European competitions

 * EuroLeague
 * Winners (2): 1997–98, 2000–01
 * Runners-up (3): 1980–81, 1998–99, 2001–02
 * 4th place (1): 1979–80
 * Final Four (3): 1998, 1999, 2002

 * EuroCup
 * Winners (1): 2021–22
 * Semifinalists (1): 2020–21

 * FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)
 * Winners (1): 1989–90
 * Runners-up (2): 1977–78, 1999–00
 * Semifinalists (2): 1978–79, 1981–82

 * Basketball Champions League
 * Winners (1): 2018–19

 * FIBA EuroChallenge (defunct)
 * Winners (1): 2008–09

 * FIBA EuroCup (defunct)
 * 3rd place (1): 2006–07

Worldwide competitions

 * FIBA Intercontinental Cup
 * Runners-up (1): 2020

 * McDonald's Championship (defunct)
 * Runners-up (2): 1993, 1995

Unofficial

 * Triple Crown
 * Winners (1): 2000–01

The road to the European cups victories
1989–90 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup

1997–98 FIBA EuroLeague

2000–01 EuroLeague

2008–09 FIBA EuroChallenge

2018–19 Basketball Champions League

2021–22 EuroCup

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers

 * Krešimir Ćosić, C, 1978–1980, Inducted 1996

FIBA Hall of Famers

 * Krešimir Ćosić, C, 1978–1980, Inducted 2007
 * Aleksandar Nikolić, Head coach, 1981–1982, Inducted 2007
 * Antoine Rigaudeau, PG, 1997–2003, Inducted 2015
 * Bogdan Tanjević, Head coach, 2002, Inducted 2019
 * Jure Zdovc, PG, 1991–1992, Inducted 2021
 * Ettore Messina, Head coach, 1989–1993 and 1997–2002, Inducted 2021

Other notable players

 * 🇮🇹 Awudu Abass
 * 🇮🇹 Alessandro Abbio
 * 🇮🇹 Mario Alesini
 * 🇮🇹 Pietro Aradori
 * 🇮🇹 Filippo Baldi Rossi
 * 🇮🇹 Marco Belinelli
 * 🇮🇹 Gianni Bertolotti
 * 🇮🇹 Gianfranco Bersani
 * 🇮🇹 Augusto Binelli
 * 🇮🇹 Marco Bonamico
 * 🇮🇹 Mario Boni
 * 🇮🇹 Davide Bonora
 * 🇮🇹 Roberto Brunamonti
 * 🇮🇹 Carlo Caglieris
 * 🇮🇹 Antonio Calebotta
 * 🇮🇹 Achille Canna
 * 🇮🇹 Roberto Chiacig
 * 🇮🇹 Claudio Coldebella
 * 🇮🇹 Galeazzo Dondi
 * 🇮🇹 Sergio Ferriani
 * 🇮🇹 Alessandro Frosini
 * 🇮🇹 Vittorio Gallinari
 * 🇮🇹 Pietro Generali
 * 🇮🇹 Alessandro Gentile
 * 🇮🇹 Angelo Gigli
 * 🇮🇹 Daniel Hackett
 * 🇮🇹 Gianfranco Lombardi
 * 🇮🇹 Walter Magnifico
 * 🇮🇹 Nico Mannion
 * 🇮🇹 Giancarlo Marinelli
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Moretti
 * 🇮🇹 Alessandro Pajola
 * 🇮🇹 Giuseppe Poeta
 * 🇮🇹 Renzo Ranuzzi
 * 🇮🇹 Luigi Rapini
 * 🇮🇹 Giampaolo Ricci
 * 🇮🇹 Luigi Serafini
 * 🇮🇹 Mike Sylvester
 * 🇮🇹 Amedeo Tessitori
 * 🇮🇹 Vittorio Tracuzzi
 * 🇮🇹 Renato Villalta
 * 🇮🇹 Luca Vitali
 * 🇮🇹 Michele Vitali
 * 🇮🇹 Dino Zucchi
 * 🇦🇱 Klaudio Ndoja
 * 🇦🇷 Manu Ginóbili
 * 🇦🇷 Andrés Pelussi
 * 🇦🇷 Hugo Sconochini
 * 🇦🇺 David Andersen
 * Elvis Rolle
 * 🇧🇷 Guilherme Giovannoni
 * 🇨🇦 Carl English
 * 🇨🇦 Bill Wennington
 * Krešimir Ćosić
 * Arijan Komazec
 * Christian Drejer
 * Gabriel Lundberg
 * 🇫🇮 Petteri Koponen
 * 🇫🇷 Isaïa Cordinier
 * 🇫🇷 Mouhammadou Jaiteh
 * 🇫🇷 Amath M'Baye
 * 🇫🇷 Antoine Rigaudeau
 * Viktor Sanikidze
 * Tornike Shengelia
 * Nikos Oikonomou
 * Kostas Patavoukas
 * 🇮🇱 David Blu
 * 🇱🇹 Saulius Štombergas
 * 🇱🇹 Deividas Gailius
 * 🇲🇰 Vlado Ilievski
 * 🇲🇪 Mladen Šekularac
 * 🇳🇬 Michael Olowokandi
 * 🇳🇬 Semi Ojeleye
 * 🇳🇬 Ekpe Udoh
 * 🇷🇸 Predrag Danilović
 * 🇷🇸 Ognjen Dobrić
 * 🇷🇸 Marko Jarić
 * 🇷🇸 Nikola Jestratijević
 * 🇷🇸 Dejan Koturović
 * 🇷🇸 Stefan Marković
 * 🇷🇸 Žarko Paspalj
 * 🇷🇸 Zoran Savić
 * 🇷🇸 Branislav Prelević
 * 🇷🇸 Miloš Teodosić
 * 🇷🇸 Dušan Vukčević
 * 🇸🇮 Sani Bečirovič
 * 🇸🇮 Marko Milić
 * 🇸🇮 Rasho Nesterović
 * 🇸🇮 Matjaž Smodiš
 * 🇸🇮 Jure Zdovc
 * John Amaechi
 * 🇺🇸 Alan Anderson
 * 🇺🇸 Charlie Bell
 * 🇺🇸 Travis Best
 * 🇺🇸 Joe Binion
 * 🇺🇸 Anthony Bonner
 * 🇺🇸 Earl Boykins
 * 🇺🇸 Jan van Breda Kolff
 * 🇺🇸 Corey Brewer
 * 🇺🇸 Mario Chalmers
 * 🇺🇸 Terry Driscoll
 * 🇺🇸 Rashard Griffith
 * 🇺🇸 A. J. Guyton
 * 🇺🇸 Clemon Johnson
 * 🇺🇸 Keith Langford
 * 🇺🇸 Cliff Levingston
 * 🇺🇸 Kyle Macy
 * 🇺🇸 Joe Meriweather
 * 🇺🇸 Tom McMillen
 * 🇺🇸 Jim McMillian
 * 🇺🇸 Jordan Mickey
 * 🇺🇸 Kevin Punter
 * 🇺🇸 Allan Ray
 * 🇺🇸 Micheal Ray Richardson
 * 🇺🇸 John Roche
 * 🇺🇸 Russ Schoene
 * 🇺🇸 Charles Smith
 * 🇺🇸 Greg Stokes
 * 🇺🇸 Kyle Weems
 * 🇺🇸 Okaro White
 * 🇺🇸 Orlando Woolridge

Head coaches

 * 🇮🇹 Renzo Poluzzi (1948–1951)
 * 🇮🇹 Dino Fontana (1950–1951)
 * 🇮🇹 Venzo Vannini (1951–1952)
 * 🇺🇸 Larry Strong (1952–1953)
 * 🇮🇹 Giancarlo Marinelli (1953–1954)
 * 🇮🇹 Vittorio Tracuzzi (1954–1960)
 * 🇪🇸 Eduardo Kucharski (1960–1963)
 * 🇮🇹 Mario Alesini (1963–1966)
 * Jaroslav Šíp (1966–1968)
 * 🇮🇹 Renzo Ranuzzi (1968–1969)
 * 🇮🇹 Nello Paratore (1969–1970)
 * 🇮🇹 Vittorio Tracuzzi (1970–1971)
 * 🇮🇹 Nico Messina (1971–1973)
 * 🇺🇸 Dan Peterson (1973–1978)
 * 🇺🇸 Terry Driscoll (1978–1980)
 * 🇮🇹 Ettore Zuccheri (1980–1981)
 * 🇮🇹 Renzo Ranuzzi (1981)
 * Aleksandar Nikolić (1981–1982)
 * 🇺🇸 George Bisacca (1982)
 * 🇮🇹 Mauro Di Vincenzo (1982–1983)
 * 🇮🇹 Alberto Bucci (1983–1985)
 * 🇮🇹 Alessandro Gamba (1985–1987)
 * Krešimir Ćosić (1987–1988)
 * 🇺🇸 Bob Hill (1988–1989)
 * 🇮🇹 Ettore Messina (1989–1993)
 * 🇮🇹 Alberto Bucci (1993–1997)
 * 🇮🇹 Lino Frattin (1997)
 * 🇮🇹 Ettore Messina (1997–2002)
 * 🇧🇦 Bogdan Tanjević (2002)
 * 🇮🇹 Valerio Bianchini (2002–2003)
 * 🇮🇹 Giampiero Ticchi (2003)
 * 🇮🇹 Alberto Bucci (2003–2004)
 * 🇮🇹 Giordano Consolini (2004–2005)
 * 🇲🇰 Zare Markovski (2005–2007)
 * 🇮🇹 Stefano Pillastrini (2007–2008)
 * 🇮🇹 Renato Pasquali (2008)
 * 🇮🇹 Matteo Boniciolli (2008–2009)
 * 🇮🇹 Lino Lardo (2009–2011)
 * 🇮🇹 Alessandro Finelli (2011–2013)
 * 🇮🇹 Luca Bechi (2013–2014)
 * 🇮🇹 Giorgio Valli (2014–2016)
 * 🇮🇹 Alessandro Ramagli (2016–2018)
 * 🇮🇹 Stefano Sacripanti (2018–2019)
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandar Đorđević (2019–2021)
 * 🇮🇹 Sergio Scariolo (2021–2023)
 * 🇮🇹 Luca Banchi (2023–present)

Sponsorship names
Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as :

 * Minganti Bologna (1953–1958)
 * Oransoda Bologna (1958–1960)
 * Idrolitina Bologna (1960–1961)
 * Virtus Bologna (1961–1962)
 * Knorr Bologna (1962–1965)
 * Candy Bologna (1965–1969)
 * Virtus Bologna (1969–1970)
 * Norda Bologna (1970–1974)
 * Sinudyne Bologna (1974–1983)
 * Granarolo Bologna (1983–1986)
 * Dietor Bologna (1986–1988)
 * Knorr Bologna (1988–1993)
 * Buckler Beer Bologna (1993–1996)
 * Kinder Bologna (1996–2002)
 * Virtus Bologna (2002–2003)
 * Carisbo Bologna (2003–2004)
 * Caffè Maxim Bologna (2004–2005)
 * VidiVici Bologna (2005–2007)
 * La Fortezza Bologna (2007–2009)
 * Canadian Solar Bologna (2009–2012)
 * SAIE3 Bologna (2012–2013)
 * Oknoplast Bologna (2013)
 * Granarolo Bologna (2013–2015)
 * Obiettivo Lavoro Bologna (2015–2016)
 * Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2016–present)

Kit manufacturer

 * 1977–1983: Lotto
 * 1983–1988: Les Copains
 * 1988–1996: Reebok
 * 1996–1999: Fila
 * 1999–2009: Champion
 * 2009–present: Macron

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