2016–17 Baltic Basketball League

2016–17 Baltic Basketball League
Season2016–17
Duration11 October 2016 – 6 April 2017
Games played116
Teams18
TV partner(s)Viasat Sport Baltic, Delfi TV
Regular season
Top seedUniversity of Tartu
Finals
ChampionsVytautas
(First title)
  Runners-upPieno žvaigždės
Third placeUniversity of Tartu
Fourth placeKalev/Cramo
Finals MVPLithuania Tomas Delininkaitis
Statistical leaders
Points United States Trevin Parks 21.57
Rebounds Netherlands Thomas van der Mars 11.43
Assists Croatia Toni Prostran 9.33

The 2016–17 Triobet Baltic Basketball League is the 13th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the second under the title sponsorship of Triobet.[1] The season began on 11 October 2016 and concluded on 6 April 2017. Vytautas defeated Pieno žvaigždės in the finals to win their first Baltic Basketball League title.[2]

Overview

This season’s competition includes 7 teams from Estonia, 6 teams from Latvia, 3 teams from Lithuania and one team from Kazakhstan and Belarus, which will play all their 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. Twelve clubs from the regular season advanced to play-offs and will be joined by three Estonian and one Lithuanian club, all of whom have been knocked out of other European competitions. The four clubs joining directly in the play-offs will be University of Tartu, Vytautas, Kalev/Cramo and TLÜ/Kalev, all seeded respectively 1-through-4, based on their accomplishments and combined results of the past three seasons in domestic leagues and Triobet BBL.[4] All play-off games are played in home-and-away series.

Teams

Key to colors
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Top 16 Regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2015–16 national championship)
Estonia Estonia (KML) 7 Kalev/Cramo (1) University of Tartu (2) AVIS Rapla (3) TLÜ/Kalev (4) Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall (5) Port of Pärnu (6) TTÜ (7)
Latvia Latvia (LBL) 6 Valmiera/ORDO (1) Liepāja/Triobet (4) Jūrmala/Fēnikss (5) Jēkabpils (7) Barons kvartāls (8) Ogre/Kumho Tyre (10)
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) 3 Vytautas (5) Pieno žvaigždės (8) Nevėžis (9)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (KBC) 1 Barsy Atyrau (1)
Belarus Belarus (BPL) 1 Borisfen Mogilev (3)

Team information

Group Team City, Country Arena Head coach
Group A Estonia AVIS Rapla Rapla, Estonia Sadolin Sports Hall Estonia Aivar Kuusmaa
Estonia Port of Pärnu Pärnu, Estonia Pärnu Sports Hall Estonia Heiko Rannula
Latvia Liepāja/Triobet Liepāja, Latvia Liepāja Olympic Center Latvia Agris Galvanovskis
Latvia Jūrmala/Fēnikss Jūrmala, Latvia Taurenītis Latvia Arnis Vecvagars
Latvia Barons kvartāls Riga, Latvia Daugavas Sporta nams Latvia Mārtiņš Gulbis
Lithuania Nevėžis Kėdainiai, Lithuania Kėdainiai Arena Lithuania Paulius Juodis
Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau Atyrau, Kazakhstan The team will play away Serbia Boyan Salatyc
Group B Estonia Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall Rakvere, Estonia Rakvere Sports Hall Estonia Andres Sõber
Estonia TTÜ Tallinn, Estonia TTÜ Sports Hall Estonia Rait Käbin
Latvia Valmiera/ORDO Valmiera, Latvia Vidzeme Olympic Center Latvia Uvis Helmanis
Latvia Jēkabpils Jēkabpils, Latvia Jēkabpils Sporta nams Latvia Rūdolfs Rozītis
Latvia Ogre/Kumho Tyre Ogre, Latvia Ogre 1st Secondary School Latvia Arturs Visockis-Rubenis
Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys, Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Arena Lithuania Ramūnas Cvirka
Belarus Borisfen Mogilev Mogilev, Belarus The team will play away Belarus Aliaksandr Huliayeu
Playoffs Estonia Kalev/Cramo Tallinn, Estonia Saku Suurhall Estonia Alar Varrak
Estonia University of Tartu Tartu, Estonia University of Tartu Sports Hall Estonia Gert Kullamäe
Estonia TLÜ/Kalev Tallinn, Estonia Kalev Sports Hall Estonia Raido Roos
Lithuania Vytautas Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania Prienai Arena Lithuania Virginijus Šeškus

Regular season

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Location of teams of the 2016–17 Baltic Basketball League

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advanced to the Play-offs, while the last teams were eliminated. The regular season began on 11 October 2016 and concluded on 25 January 2017. Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall were disqualified from the Playoffs after forfeiting the regular season away match against Jēkabpils on 25 January 2017 with Barsy Atyrau advancing instead.[5]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Latvia Barons kvartāls 12 10 2 1036 941 +95 Advance to the Play-offs
2 Lithuania Nevėžis 12 8 4 1025 880 +145
3 Estonia AVIS Rapla 12 8 4 913 868 +45
4 Latvia Jūrmala/Fēnikss 12 6 6 871 848 +23
5 Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 12 5 7 984 988 −4
6 Estonia Port of Pärnu 12 3 9 889 972 −83
7 Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 12 2 10 863 1084 −221
Source: BBL

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 12 11 1 1091 860 +231 Advance to the Play-offs
2 Latvia Valmiera/ORDO 12 9 3 924 788 +136
3 Latvia Jēkabpils 12 8 4 943 830 +113
4 Latvia Ogre/Kumho Tyre 12 6 6 907 872 +35
5 Estonia TTÜ 12 5 7 972 996 −24
6 Estonia Tarvas/Palmse Metall[A] 12 3 9 740 865 −125
7 Belarus Borisfen Mogilev 12 0 12 712 1078 −366
Source: BBL
  1. ^
    Tarvas/Palmse Metall were disqualified from the Playoffs after forfeiting the away match against Jēkabpils.

Playoffs

Bracket

Round of 16
6 February 2017 – 22 February 2017 		Quarterfinals
28 February 2017 – 9 March 2017 		Semifinals
14 March 2017 – 23 March 2017 		Finals
29 March 2017 – 5 April 2017
                    
1 Estonia University of Tartu 83 74 157
16 Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 49 45 94
1 Estonia University of Tartu 86 92 178
8 Lithuania Nevėžis 88 78 166
8 Lithuania Nevėžis 78 77 155
9 Latvia Jēkabpils 74 80 154
1 Estonia University of Tartu 88 75 163
5 Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 88 82 170
4 Estonia TLÜ/Kalev 75 73 148
13 Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 92 86 178
13 Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 80 93 173
5 Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 89 109 198
5 Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 75 97 172
12 Latvia Ogre/Kumho Tyre 83 64 147
5 Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 88 74 162
2 Lithuania Vytautas 85 89 174
2 Lithuania Vytautas 100 89 189
15 Estonia Port of Pärnu 55 54 109
2 Lithuania Vytautas 102 64 166
7 Latvia Valmiera/ORDO 71 74 145
7 Latvia Valmiera/ORDO 78 87 165
10 Estonia AVIS Rapla 65 81 146
2 Lithuania Vytautas 88 88 176
3 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 94 77 171
3 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 101 92 193
14 Estonia TTÜ 63 72 135
3 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 100 66 166
6 Latvia Barons kvartāls 81 77 158
6 Latvia Barons kvartāls 85 80 165
11 Latvia Jūrmala/Fēnikss 54 82 136
Third place series
28 March 2017 – 6 April 2017
     
1 Estonia University of Tartu 72 67 139
3 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 60 68 128

Awards

MVP of the Week

MVP of the Week award is given to the best individual performance on a winning team based on their efficiency rating.

Regular season
Week Player Team EFF Ref.
1 Netherlands Thomas van der Mars Estonia AVIS Rapla 34 [6]
2 Latvia Dāvis Rozītis Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 27 [7]
3 Latvia Karlis Apsitis Latvia Ogre/Kumho Tyre 28 [8]
4 Netherlands Thomas van der Mars (2) Estonia AVIS Rapla 25 [9]
5 Latvia Rinalds Sirsniņš Latvia Jēkabpils 24 [10]
6 United States Justin Baker Estonia Tarvas/Palmse Metall 29 [11]
7 Netherlands Thomas van der Mars (3) Estonia AVIS Rapla 28 [12]
8 Ukraine Andriy Agafonov Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 33 [13]
9 Lithuania Ignas Fiodorovas Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 33 [14]
10 Latvia Edgars Jeromanovs Latvia Jūrmala/Fēnikss 51 [15]
11 Lithuania Karolis Petrukonis Lithuania Nevėžis 32 [16]
12 Estonia Sten Olmre Estonia TTÜ 32 [17]
13 Estonia Mihkel Kirves Estonia Port of Pärnu 34 [18]
14 Serbia Nikola Vujović Estonia TTÜ 35 [19]
15 Latvia Viktors Iļjins Latvia Jūrmala/Fēnikss 29 [20]
Playoffs
Week Player Team EFF Ref.
16 Latvia Dāvis Rozītis (2) Latvia Barons kvartāls 33 [21]
17 Latvia Jurijs Aleksejevs Latvia Jēkabpils 31 [22]
18 Belarus Vitali Liutych Estonia Kalev/Cramo 49 [23]
19 Lithuania Dominykas Milka Estonia University of Tartu 29 [24]
20 Ukraine Andriy Agafonov (2) Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 29 [25]
21 Lithuania Regimantas Miniotas Lithuania Vytautas 23 [26]
22 Estonia Janari Jõesaar Estonia University of Tartu 25 [27]

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2016 Latvia Mārtiņš Laksa Latvia Valmiera/ORDO [28]
November 2016 Netherlands Thomas van der Mars Estonia AVIS Rapla [29]
December 2016 Latvia Edgars Jeromanovs Latvia Jūrmala/Fēnikss [30]
January 2017 Lithuania Denis Krestinin Latvia Barons kvartāls [31]

Source: BBL Homepage

Finals MVP

Player statistics

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

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1 United States Trevin Parks Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 14 302 21.57
2 Belarus Vitali Liutych Estonia Kalev/Cramo 7 145 20.71
3 United States Justin Baker Estonia Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall 6 122 20.33

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1 Croatia Toni Prostran Lithuania Nevėžis 15 140 9.33
2 United States Malcolm Griffin Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 10 65 6.50
3 Estonia Kristo Saage Estonia TLÜ/Kalev 2 12 6.00

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 Netherlands Thomas van der Mars Estonia AVIS Rapla 14 160 11.43
2 Lithuania Denis Krestinin Latvia Barons kvartāls 15 151 10.07
3 Serbia Đorđe Dželetović Estonia TLÜ/Kalev 2 20 10.00

Efficiency

Rank Name Team Games Efficiency PIR
1 United States Justin Baker Estonia Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall 6 137 22.83
2 Netherlands Thomas van der Mars Estonia AVIS Rapla 14 318 22.71
3 Lithuania Denis Krestinin Latvia Barons kvartāls 15 317 21.13

References

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  2. ^ "Vytautas crowned as Triobet BBL Champions". Baltic Basketball League. 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Triobet BBL confirms competition format for 2016-17 season". Baltic Basketball League. 8 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Triobet BBL Eight-Finals pairs announced". Baltic Basketball League. 25 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Jekabpils - Tarvas/Palmse Metall game cancelled". Baltic Basketball League. January 25, 2017.
  6. ^ "Triobet BBL player of the week – Thomas van der Mars". Baltic Basketball League. October 13, 2016.
  7. ^ "Triobet BBL player of the week – Davis Rozitis". Baltic Basketball League. October 20, 2016.
  8. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Karlis Apsitis". Baltic Basketball League. October 31, 2016.
  9. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Thomas van der Mars". Baltic Basketball League. November 6, 2016.
  10. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Rinalds Sirsnins". Baltic Basketball League. November 12, 2016.
  11. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Justin Baker". Baltic Basketball League. November 20, 2016.
  12. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Thomas van der Mars". Baltic Basketball League. November 26, 2016.
  13. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Andriy Agafonov". Baltic Basketball League. December 1, 2016.
  14. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Ignas Fiodorovas". Baltic Basketball League. December 11, 2016.
  15. ^ "All-time best Jeromanovs rakes in Weekly MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. 16 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Karolis Petrukonis". Baltic Basketball League. December 23, 2016.
  17. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Sten Olmre". Baltic Basketball League. January 6, 2017.
  18. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Mihkel Kirves". Baltic Basketball League. January 14, 2017.
  19. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Nikola Vujovic". Baltic Basketball League. January 22, 2017.
  20. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Viktors Iljins". Baltic Basketball League. January 26, 2017.
  21. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Davis Rozitis". Baltic Basketball League. February 11, 2017.
  22. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Jurijs Aleksejevs". Baltic Basketball League. February 25, 2017.
  23. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Vitali Liutych". Baltic Basketball League. March 4, 2017.
  24. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Dominykas Milka". Baltic Basketball League. March 11, 2017.
  25. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Andriy Agafonov". Baltic Basketball League. March 18, 2017.
  26. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Regimantas Miniotas". Baltic Basketball League. March 25, 2017.
  27. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Janari Joesaar". Baltic Basketball League. 1 April 2017.
  28. ^ "Valmiera's Laksa takes October MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. November 1, 2016.
  29. ^ "Thomas van der Mars rules Baltic basketball, takes November MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. December 2, 2016.
  30. ^ "Jeromanovs' historic night secures December MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. December 25, 2016.
  31. ^ "Denis Krestinin takes well-deserved January MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. January 28, 2017.