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
ChampionsLithuania Šiauliai (3rd title)
  Runners-upEstonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Third placeLithuania Lietkabelis
Fourth placeLatvia Valmiera/ORDO
Finals MVPLithuania Rokas Giedraitis[1]
Statistical leaders
Points United States Andrew Warren 25.6
Rebounds United States Stephen 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]

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 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

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

Regular season

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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. 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 PF PA PD Pts 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 8–25 		Quarterfinals
March 1–10 		Semifinals
March 15–23 		Finals
March 29–April 6
                    
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–April 5
     
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
1 United States Andrew Warren Estonia Pärnu Sadam 7 179 25.57
2 Canada Johnny Berhanemeskel Estonia TLÜ/Kalev 14 264 18.86
3 Latvia Reinis Strupovičs Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 10 175 17.50
4 United States Michael Burwell Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 13 219 16.85
5 United States Kris Richard Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 15 252 16.80

Assists

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

Rebounds

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

Efficiency

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

Awards

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2015 United States Andrew Warren Estonia Pärnu Sadam [1]
November 2015 Lithuania Paulius Petrilevicius Estonia Pärnu Sadam [2]
December 2015 Lithuania Laimonas Kisielius Lithuania Vytautas [3]
January 2016 Lithuania Ronaldas Rutkauskas Latvia 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.