2015–16 Baltic Basketball League

2015–16 Baltic Basketball League
Champions Lithuania Šiauliai (3rd title)
Runners-up Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Third place Lithuania Lietkabelis
Fourth place Latvia Valmiera/ORDO
Teams 17
Games played 116
Duration October 13, 2015 – April 6, 2016
Top seed Šiauliai
TV Viasat Sport Baltic, Delfi TV
Awards
Finals MVP Lithuania Rokas Giedraitis[1]
Statistical leaders
Points

United States Andrew Warren

25.6

Rebounds

United States Stephan Zack

11.0

Assists

Estonia 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]

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 Estonia (KML) 6 TÜ/Rock (1) AVIS Rapla (3) Rakvere Tarvas (4) Pärnu Sadam (5) TTÜ (7) TLÜ/Kalev (8)
Latvia Latvia (LBL) 5 Jēkabpils (3) Liepāja/Triobet (4) Jūrmala/Fēnikss (5) Barons/LDz (6) Valmiera/ORDO (7)
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) 5 Pieno žvaigždės (4) Šiauliai (7) Lietkabelis (8) Vytautas (9) Nevėžis (10)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (KBC) 1 Barsy Atyrau (-)

Team information

Regular Season

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

Group A

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

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

Group B

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

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

Playoffs

Bracket

  Eightfinals
February 8, 2016 – February 25, 2016		 Quarterfinals
March 1, 2016 – March 10, 2016		 Semifinals
March 15, 2016 – March 23, 2016		 Finals
March 29, 2016 – April 6, 2016
                                                     
1  Lithuania Šiauliai 101 85 186  
16  Estonia Pärnu Sadam 61 80 141  
  1  Lithuania Šiauliai 73 91 164  
  8  Latvia Jēkabpils 64 93 157  
8  Latvia Jēkabpils 65 93 158
9  Estonia AVIS Rapla 79 65 144  
  1  Lithuania Šiauliai 77 91 168  
  5  Lithuania Lietkabelis 67 79 146  
4  Lithuania Vytautas 83 83 166  
13  Lithuania Nevėžis 78 107 185  
  13  Lithuania Nevėžis 61 59 120
  5  Lithuania Lietkabelis 84 64 148  
5  Lithuania Lietkabelis 88 92 180
12  Latvia Jūrmala/Fēnikss 88 78 166  
  1  Lithuania Šiauliai 74 102 176
  2  Estonia TÜ/Rock 81 76 157
2  Estonia TÜ/Rock 105 99 204  
15  Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 77 74 151  
  2  Estonia TÜ/Rock 93 80 173
  7  Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 66 76 142  
7  Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 74 93 167
10  Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 50 87 137  
  2  Estonia TÜ/Rock 68 75 143
  6  Latvia Valmiera/ORDO 64 68 132  
3  Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 110 93 203  
14  Latvia Barons/LDz 84 93 177  
  3  Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 71 78 149
  6  Latvia Valmiera/ORDO 81 80 161  
6  Latvia Valmiera/ORDO 84 87 171
11  Estonia TLÜ/Kalev 66 68 134  
  Third place series
March 30, 2016 – April 5, 2016
           
5  Lithuania Lietkabelis 74 86 160
6  Latvia 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
1United States Andrew WarrenEstonia Pärnu Sadam7179 25.57
2Canada Johnny Berhanemeskel Estonia TLÜ/Kalev 14 264 18.86
3Latvia Reinis Strupovičs Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 10 175 17.50
4United States Michael Burwell Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 13 219 16.85
5United States Kris Richard Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 15 252 16.80

Assists

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

Rebounds

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

Efficiency

Rank Name Team Games Efficiency Average
1Lithuania Giedrius Staniulis Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 3 65 21.67
2United States Andrew WarrenEstonia Pärnu Sadam7147 21.00
3Lithuania Paulius Petrilevičius Estonia Pärnu Sadam 12 231 19.25
4Lithuania Vytautas Šulskis Lithuania Vytautas 13 250 19.23
5Lithuania Ronaldas Rutkauskas Latvia Jēkabpils 13 248 19.08

Awards

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2015United States Andrew Warren Estonia Pärnu Sadam
November 2015Lithuania Paulius Petrilevicius Estonia Pärnu Sadam
December 2015Lithuania Laimonas Kisielius Lithuania Vytautas
January 2016Lithuania Ronaldas Rutkauskas Latvia Jēkabpils

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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