2015–16 Baltic Basketball League

2015–16 Baltic Basketball League
Season2015–16
DurationOctober 13, 2015 – April 6, 2016
Games played116
Teams17
TV partner(s)Viasat Sport Baltic, Delfi TV
Regular season
Top seedŠiauliai
Finals
Champions Šiauliai (3rd title)
Runners-up Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Third place Lietkabelis
Fourth place Valmiera/ORDO
Finals MVP Rokas Giedraitis[1]
Statistical leaders
Points Andrew Warren 25.6
Rebounds Stephen Zack 11.0
Assists Rait-Riivo Laane 6.6

The 2015–16 Triobet Baltic Basketball League was the 12th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the first under the title sponsorship of Triobet.[2]

Overview

This season’s competition included 6 teams from Estonia, 5 teams from Latvia and Lithuania and one team from Kazakhstan, which played all its games away.[3] For the regular season the teams were divided into two groups of seven teams and competed in a round-robin competition system, with team facing each of their opponents twice. The teams qualified for the eighth-finals based on their ranking after the regular season. Out of the five teams who participated in FIBA Europe Cup competition – Ventspils, Juventus, Šiauliai, TÜ/Rock and Pieno žvaigždės – the latter three didn't qualify for the FIBA Europe Cup playoffs and thus begin their journey at the start of the BBL play-offs, seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season’s results.[4] All play-off games were played in home-and-away series.

Tartu Ülikool/Rock became the first Estonian team to reach the Baltic League finals. In the Finals they lost with an aggregate score of 157–176 to Lithuanian team Šiauliai who won their third title in a row. Third place belonged to Lithuanian side Lietkabelis who beat Latvian team Valmiera/ORDO with aggregate score of 160–154.

Teams

Key to colors
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Top 16 Regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2014–15 national championship)
Estonia (KML) 6 TÜ/Rock (1) AVIS Rapla (3) Rakvere Tarvas (4) Pärnu Sadam (5) TTÜ (7) TLÜ/Kalev (8)
Latvia (LBL) 5 Jēkabpils (3) Liepāja/Triobet (4) Jūrmala/Fēnikss (5) Barons/LDz (6) Valmiera/ORDO (7)
Lithuania (LKL) 5 Pieno žvaigždės (4) Šiauliai (7) Lietkabelis (8) Vytautas (9) Nevėžis (10)
Kazakhstan (KBC) 1 Barsy Atyrau (-)

Team information

Group Team City, Country Arena Head coach
Group A AVIS Rapla Rapla, Estonia Sadolin Sports Hall Aivar Kuusmaa
Barons/LDz Riga, Latvia Mārupe Arena Agris Galvanovskis
Lietkabelis Panevėžys, Lithuania Cido Arena Gintaras Kadžiulis
Nevėžis Kėdainiai, Lithuania Kėdainiai Arena Ramūnas Cvirka
Pärnu Sadam Pärnu, Estonia Pärnu Sports Hall Mait Käbin
TLÜ/Kalev Tallinn, Estonia Kalev Sports Hall Kalle Klandorf
Valmiera/ORDO Valmiera, Latvia Vidzeme Olympic Center Ainars Zvirgzdiņš
Group B Barsy Atyrau Atyrau, Kazakhstan The team will play away Oleg Kiselev
Jēkabpils Jēkabpils, Latvia Jēkabpils Sporta nams Igors Miglinieks
Jūrmala/Fēnikss Jūrmala, Latvia Taurenītis Arnis Vecvagars
Liepāja/Triobet Liepāja, Latvia Liepāja Olympic Center Uvis Helmanis
Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere, Estonia Rakvere Sports Hall Andres Sõber
TTÜ Tallinn, Estonia TTÜ Sports Hall Rait Käbin
Vytautas Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania Prienai Arena Virginijus Šeškus
Playoffs Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys, Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Arena Mantas Šernius
Šiauliai Šiauliai, Lithuania Šiauliai Arena Gediminas Petrauskas
TÜ/Rock Tartu, Estonia University of Tartu Sports Hall Gert Kullamäe

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2015–16 Baltic Basketball League

The Regular season ran from October 13, 2015 to January 27, 2016.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1. Lietkabelis 12 10 2 1026 888 +138 22 Playoffs
2. Valmiera/ORDO 12 9 3 941 865 +76 21
3. AVIS Rapla 12 7 5 838 897 −59 19
4. TLÜ/Kalev 12 6 6 895 916 −21 18
5. Nevėžis 12 4 8 889 909 −20 16
6. Barons/LDz 12 4 8 910 941 −31 16
7. Pärnu Sadam 12 2 10 899 982 −83 14

Last updated: February 4, 2016.
Source: BBL Homepage

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1. Vytautas 12 11 1 1005 894 +111 23 Playoffs
2. Liepāja/Triobet 12 8 4 939 909 +30 20
3. Jēkabpils 12 7 5 921 914 +7 19
4. Rakvere Tarvas 12 6 6 914 891 +23 18
5. Jūrmala/Fēnikss 12 5 7 884 870 +14 17
6. Barsy Atyrau 12 3 9 900 970 −70 15
7. TTÜ 12 2 10 845 960 −115 14 Eliminated

Last updated: February 4, 2016.
Source: BBL Homepage

Playoffs

Bracket

Eightfinals
February 8–25 		Quarterfinals
March 1–10 		Semifinals
March 15–23 		Finals
March 29–April 6
                    
1 Šiauliai 101 85 186
16 Pärnu Sadam 61 80 141
1 Šiauliai 73 91 164
8 Jēkabpils 64 93 157
8 Jēkabpils 65 93 158
9 AVIS Rapla 79 65 144
1 Šiauliai 77 91 168
5 Lietkabelis 67 79 146
4 Vytautas 83 83 166
13 Nevėžis 78 107 185
13 Nevėžis 61 59 120
5 Lietkabelis 84 64 148
5 Lietkabelis 88 92 180
12 Jūrmala/Fēnikss 88 78 166
1 Šiauliai 74 102 176
2 TÜ/Rock 81 76 157
2 TÜ/Rock 105 99 204
15 Barsy Atyrau 77 74 151
2 TÜ/Rock 93 80 173
7 Liepāja/Triobet 66 76 142
7 Liepāja/Triobet 74 93 167
10 Rakvere Tarvas 50 87 137
2 TÜ/Rock 68 75 143
6 Valmiera/ORDO 64 68 132
3 Pieno žvaigždės 110 93 203
14 Barons/LDz 84 93 177
3 Pieno žvaigždės 71 78 149
6 Valmiera/ORDO 81 80 161
6 Valmiera/ORDO 84 87 171
11 TLÜ/Kalev 66 68 134
Third place series
March 30–April 5
     
5 Lietkabelis 74 86 160
6 Valmiera/ORDO 90 64 154

Player statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points

Rank Player Team Games Points Average
1 Andrew Warren Pärnu Sadam 7 179 25.57
2 Johnny Berhanemeskel TLÜ/Kalev 14 264 18.86
3 Reinis Strupovičs Rakvere Tarvas 10 175 17.50
4 Michael Burwell Barsy Atyrau 13 219 16.85
5 Kris Richard Liepāja/Triobet 15 252 16.80

Assists

Rank Player Team Games Assists Average
1 Rait-Riivo Laane TTÜ 12 79 6.58
2 Rinalds Sirsniņš Jēkabpils 13 75 5.77
3 Miljan Pavković Lietkabelis 13 75 5.62
4 Edgars Jeromanovs Jūrmala/Fēnikss 14 74 5.29
5 Derrick Low Pieno žvaigždės 4 21 5.25

Rebounds

Rank Player Team Games Rebounds Average
1 Stephen Zack Liepāja/Triobet 12 132 11.00
2 Ronaldas Rutkauskas Jēkabpils 13 121 9.31
3 Carl Hipp Barons/LDz 11 98 8.91
4 William Artino AVIS Rapla 12 106 8.83
5 David Haughton Rakvere Tarvas 14 122 8.71

Efficiency

Rank Name Team Games Efficiency Average
1 Giedrius Staniulis Pieno žvaigždės 3 65 21.67
2 Andrew Warren Pärnu Sadam 7 147 21.00
3 Paulius Petrilevičius Pärnu Sadam 12 231 19.25
4 Vytautas Šulskis Vytautas 13 250 19.23
5 Ronaldas Rutkauskas Jēkabpils 13 248 19.08

Awards

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2015 Andrew Warren Pärnu Sadam [1]
November 2015 Paulius Petrilevicius Pärnu Sadam [2]
December 2015 Laimonas Kisielius Vytautas [3]
January 2016 Ronaldas Rutkauskas Jēkabpils [4]

Last updated: February 3, 2016.
Source: BBL Homepage

References

  1. ^ "Siauliai win Triobet BBL third time in a row!". BBL.net. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. ^ "BBL signs three-year partnership with Triobet". Baltic Basketball League. October 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "Format of 2015-16 BBL season confirmed". Baltic Basketball League. September 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "Triobet BBL Play-Off pairs confirmed". Baltic Basketball League. February 3, 2016.
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