In 1979, the basketball team separated from Post SV, and the club was re-founded as USC Bayreuth.

The club immediately returned to the highest level, and years later won several trophies in Germany.

[4] Before the 2013–14 season, the club's name was changed to medi bayreuth for sponsorship reasons.

With an 8–6 record in the regular season, Bayreuth advanced to the play-offs, in which the team eliminated Turkish side Beşiktaş in the last 16.

The club's regular home arena is the Oberfrankenhalle, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people.