The 2006–07 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.
The regular season ran from 11 October 2009 to May 2010. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, B.C. Ferrara and the bankrupt club NSB Napoli, were relegated to the Legadue.
The participating 16 teams disputed the regular season based on home-and-away matches. At the end of regular season, the highest ranked 8 teams were admitted into play-off, with the lowest two ranked teams being relegated to LegADue
Squad rules
Every team was allowed to present in its roster up to 6 athletes that haven't been "formed" in Italy (of which at least 3 have to be citizens of European Union[1]), out of total 12 players in squad.
Quarterfinals are played in a 2–2–1 format: i.e. the first 2 matches are played at the higher seed's home stadium, the following two at the other team's home, and the fifth match, if necessary, is played again at the higher seed's home stadium.
Semifinals were disputed in 2–2–1 format: the first 2 matches are played at the better placed team home stadium, the following two at the other team home, and the fifth match, if required, was played again at the better-placed team.
The final was disputed in 2–2–1–1–1 format: the first 2 matches were played at the better placed team home stadium, the following two at the other team home, the fifth match, if required, was played again at the better-placed team. The sisth match played again at the lower-placed team and if necessary a seventh game at the better-placed team.
The top eight teams at the halfway point of the regular season (15 rounds) competed in the Italian Cup, seeded according to their league placement at that time. The cup was won by top seed Montepaschi Siena, for second year in a row (and second time ever).
The Italian Supercup was played as a single match before the start of the season between the previous year's Serie A champion and Coppa Italia winner (if a club wins both, the match instead pits the top two teams from the previous season's league). This season, the game, played 30 September in Siena, pitted three-time defending league champion Montepaschi Siena against Coppa Italia runner-up Virtus Bologna.
^ abL'Olimpia Milano si classifica al 3º place per la miglior differenza canestri nello scontro diretto contro Cantù, +15.
^ abcLa Virtus Bologna si posiziona al 5º per miglior differenza canestri negli scontri diretti contro Montegranaro e Roma, che si posizionano rispettivamente al 6º e al 7º place: Bologna ha +7, Montegranaro −3 e Roma −4.
^ abTreviso si classifica all'8º place per la miglior differenza canestri nello scontro diretto contro Avellino, +7.
^ abcdTeramo si classifica al 11º place per la classifica avulsa: nell'ordine Teramo ha 8 punti negli scontri diretti, Varese e Cremona 6, Biella 4.
^In realtà la Nuova Sebastiani è stata esclusa dal campionato, non-ha il diritto di iscriversi alla successiva LegADue, e viene stabilità una sola retrocessione