In 2001-02, with Carter, Fox, Hill, Mescheriakov and Samake, the team obtained an easy salvation, but the dream was shattered the following season, when the Upea relegated to Serie B1 after an unlucky year.

In the 2004-05 season, with Giovanni Perdichizzi on the bench, the Orlandina of McIntyre, Hoover, Oliver and Howell lost just three games (27-3) and was promoted to first place in Serie A1.

In 2006-07 the president Sindoni, new mayor of Capo d'Orlando, was forced to rebuild the team from scratch, starting from Perdichizzi and with the only confirmations of Esposito and Fabi [2].

Having sold scorer Diener to Siena, Orlandina landed two more important hits on the market, signing Beck from Varese and young Mejía from the D-League; these grafts, in addition to the recovery of Colin Falls, are decisive for maintaining the high positions of the ranking.

On April 17, 2008, again against Biella, Orlandina writes another page in its basketball history, gaining access to the Scudetto play-off for the first time, thanks to the away victory on the Piedmontese field, and concluding the regular season.

The 2008-09 season is not played by Orlandina since on 20 September 2008 the federal council announced the exclusion of the team from the championship alongside Basket Napoli.

[1] The company's activity restarts in 2009-10, when Pallacanestro Nebrodi, a team from Capo d'Orlando that in the previous season had played in the Promotion championship and finished in last place, was admitted to Serie C Dilettanti thanks to the acceptance of the application of repechage presented to the Lega Nazionale Pallacanestro in place of the Folgore Nocera and obtaining the change of name in Orlandina Basket.

The return season in LegaDue begins with coach Massimo Bernardi, who was subsequently sacked after 6 defeats in as many league games.

The 2013-14 vintage sees Orlandina close the regular season in second position and then make a great ride in the play-offs, eliminating first Sigma Barcelona in the quarterfinals, then Tezenis Verona in the semifinals, only surrendering in the final against the Aquila Basket Trento (promoted to Serie A).

Orlandina concluded the 2016-17 championship in eighth position and qualified for the play-offs, being eliminated by Olimpia Milano in the quarter-finals after having won Game 1 on the road in Milan with the score of 80–87.

At the beginning of its history, Orlandina Basket, disputed its matches in the courtyard of the elementary schools of Capo d'Orlando, outdoors.

In the following years, with the team called Fiat Vinci, Nebrodi Gas and then Upea, the home games were played at the PalaValenti on the Lungomare Andrea Doria, until the middle of the 2000/2001 season.

There are, however, excellent relations with Juvecaserta The historic group of organized fans was I Pitbull, active in the years of Orlandina Basket at PalaValenti.