The entire Sardinian basketball community was there, from north to south, without distinction. Several hundred people gathered in the Basilica of Bonaria, in Cagliari, to pay their last respects to Tore Serra, president of the regional basketball federation, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 71 .

Officiating the service was Don Andrea, former basketball player and coach of Basket Su Planu , the club founded by Serra in the late 1980s and which became a second family to generations of young people. His young athletes were in the front row, gathered around him for one last time.

Numerous representatives of local and national basketball were present. Among those present were Gigi Datome, coordinator of the FIP's Men's National Teams Sector , Massimo Protani, president of the Women's Basketball League, and a delegation from Dinamo Sassari, including vice president Gian Mario Dettori and general manager Jack Devecchi.

The yellow jacket of Brill Cagliari, the team with which Serra had spent the most important years of his career, becoming one of the symbols of Sardinian basketball, was placed on the coffin.

The most moving moment was when he left the Basilica. Accompanying the coffin was the chant that once resounded from the stands of the Via Rockefeller stadium: " Tore, Tore ." Then, blue-and-white balloons were released, the colors of Basket Su Planu. A final farewell to the champion, the manager, and above all, to a man who dedicated his entire life to basketball.