2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga

Beko BBL1
Relegated	Mitteldeutscher BC Crailsheim Merlins
Teams	18
Duration	2 October 2015
Top seed	Brose Baskets
Major awards
MVP	Brad Wanamaker
Statistical leaders
Points	Kyle Fogg 18.2
Rebounds	Jon Brockman 9.2
Assists	Jared Jordan 8.5
Records
Highest attendance	14,052 Alba Berlin v FC Bayern (15 November 2015)
Average attendance	4,408

The 2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga is the 50th season of the Basketball Bundesliga. The regular season started on October 2, 2015.

Brose Baskets Bamberg are the defending champions.

Team information

The ProA champions Gießen 46ers promoted to the BBL, along with runners-up s.Oliver Baskets. Crailsheim Merlins received a wild card from the league, to fill up the spot of Artland Dragons.

Stadia and locations

Berlin

Gießen

Bamberg

Frankfurt

Bremerhaven

Oldenburg

Munich

Bayreuth

Weißenfels

Ludwigsburg

Braunschweig

Hagen

Ulm

Göttingen

Crailsheim

Bonn

Würzburg

Tübingen

Location of teams in 2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Alba Berlin	Berlin	Mercedes-Benz Arena	14,500
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Volkswagen Halle	06,600
Bayern Munich	Munich	Audi Dome	06,700
BG Göttingen	Göttingen	Sparkassen Arena	03,447
Brose Baskets	Bamberg	Stechert Arena	06,800
Crailsheim Merlins	Crailsheim	Arena Hohenlohe	03,000
Eisbären Bremerhaven	Bremerhaven	Stadthalle Bremerhaven	04,050
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	Oldenburg	EWE Arena	06,069
Gießen 46ers	Gießen	Sporthalle Gießen-Ost	04,003
Medi Bayreuth	Bayreuth	Oberfrankenhalle	04,000
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	Ludwigsburg	MHP-Arena	05,300
Mitteldeutscher BC	Weißenfels	Stadthalle Weißenfels	03,000
Phoenix Hagen	Hagen	Enervie Arena	03,402
ratiopharm ulm	Ulm	Ratiopharm Arena	06,000
s.Oliver Baskets	Würzburg	s.Oliver Arena	03,140
Fraport Skyliners	Frankfurt	Fraport Arena	05,002
Telekom Baskets Bonn	Bonn	Telekom Dome	06,000
Walter Tigers Tübingen	Tübingen	Paul Horn-Arena	03,132

Personnel and kits

Team	Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alba Berlin	Saša Obradović	adidas	ZhongDe Metal Group
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig	Raoul Korner	Spalding	Volkswagen
Bayern Munich	Svetislav Pešić	adidas	BayWa
BG Göttingen	Johan Roijakkers	K1X	Sartorius
Brose Baskets	Andrea Trinchieri	macron	Brose Fahrzeugteile
Crailsheim Merlins	Ingo Enskat	Hakro	Hakro
Eisbären Bremerhaven	Muli Katzurin	Owayo	BLG Logistics
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	Mladen Drijencic	Owayo	EWE AG
Fraport Skyliners	Gordon Herbert	PEAK	Fraport
Gießen 46ers	Denis Wucherer	K1X	Rovema
medi bayreuth	Michael Koch	K1X	medi
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	John Patrick	PEAK	MHP
Mitteldeutscher BC	Silvano Poropat	JAKO	Puralube
Phoenix Hagen	Ingo Freyer	Owayo	Märkische Bank
ratiopharm Ulm	Thorsten Leibenath	K1X	ratiopharm
s.Oliver Baskets	Doug Spradley	K1X	Knauf
Telekom Baskets Bonn	Mathias Fischer	Spalding	Deutsche Telekom
Walter Tigers Tübingen	Igor Perovic	Spalding	Walter AG

Regular season

Results

Home / Away team1	BAM	BAY	BER	BON	BRA	BRE	CRA	FRA	GIE	GÖT	HAG	LUD	MUN	OLD	TÜB	ULM	WEI	WÜR
Bamberg		86–77	80–64	109–72	92–66	92–77	93–49	71–58	82–58	113–92	95–65	79–64	100–87	89–76	101–64	100–67	91–61	80–61
Bayreuth	53–85		78–82	77–64	58–98	99–89	78–70	82–69	72–74	85–70	88–93	75–77	69–92	85–73	82–75	76–90	82–77	81–74
Berlin	74–87	97–77		94–73	83–72	69–80	90–68	64–80	91–81 (OT)	84–66	108–72	74–78	90–74	93–95	91–73	74–54	89–58	83–90
Bonn	65–85	85–69	57–77		74–80	70–65	101–93	59–82	82–93	92–84	111–86	90–85	81–95	77–85	102–99	79–95	89–75	103–79
Braunschweig	63–79	96–88	95–93 (OT)	46–43		80–85	91–80	59–77	72–68	90–81	93–79	96–103 (OT)	63–82	58–76	83–79	77–84	90–83	73–52
Bremerhaven	72–91	73–71	53–97	87–72	63–78		72–64	59–67	74–82	81–90	89–96	73–93	80–86 (OT)	66–95	84–88	86–88	71–78	69–76
Crailsheim	53–93	73–70	75–80	91–89	79–88	81–66		56–72	56–100	63–96	89–80	74–75	78–89	66–90	74–91	99–90	71–85	70–81
Frankfurt	88–86	75–71	82–95	78–48	70–59	91–60	88–73		66–55	100–65	86–70	83–78	74–69	78–63	92–64	92–73	89–51	75–77
Gießen	81–80	68–69	71–104	87–72	73–71	82–67	83–79	61–86		74–66	90–83	65–78	61–87	79–88	86–90	91–69	74–69	81–79
Göttingen	63–87	91–62	63–88	75–68	63–67	77–99	79–70	71–84	91–86		84–94	83–91	65–94	74–79	65–80	74–95	77–83	85–78
Hagen	66–87	100–60	83–86	106–82	85–72	82–86	94–83	68–71	86–83	83–96		75–88	82–97	76–74	103–112	75–101	102–81	91–71
Ludwigsburg	62–77	88–85	90–80	85–77	83–61	78–71 (OT)	100–65	74–70	81–90	90–76	70–87		71–100	82–88	76–65	94–79	97–73	75–59
Munich	90–97 (OT)	94–65	96–65	84–91	91–70	96–86	106–59	78–76	88–68	114–73	113–80	95–92		82–56	95–70	101–85	92–84	103–79
Oldenburg	102–97	87–82	79–76	99–87	71–64	97–86	83–57	82–80	76–75	85–72	103–86	81–76	88–84		103–72	90–75	103–81	75–82
Tübingen	88–98	65–67	64–80	96–109	66–68	72–89	96–74	58–78	78–87	98–56	87–89	94–84	73–87	75–81		75–76	64–82	95–97
Ulm	83–93	77–80	78–68	82–97	76–67	85–67	83–79	68–61	8771	95–67	95–73	69–71	91–72	80–63	75–59		103–96	78–86
Weißenfels	68–98	89–77	75–84	92–84	83–71	82–89	97–76	64–79	68–70	85–99	72–79	69–77	93–90	87–93	76–83	78–88		76–87
Würzburg	67–80	79–60	69–80	83–68	69–68	81–79	97–77	87–91	104–101 (OT)	81–67	97–82	88–93	89–93	77–82	66–81	82–100	100–98

¹ Home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Playoffs

Main article: 2016 BBL Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Brose Baskets	3
	8	s.Oliver Baskets	0
						1	Brose Baskets	3
						4	Bayern Munich	0
	4	Bayern Munich	3
	5	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	2
											1	Brose Baskets
											7	ratiopharm Ulm
	3	Skyliners Frankfurt	3
	6	Alba Berlin	0
						3	Skyliners Frankfurt	1
						7	ratiopharm Ulm	3
	2	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	1
	7	ratiopharm Ulm	3

All-Star Game

The 2016 All-Star Game was played at the Brose Arena in Bamberg. Per Günther was named the BBL All-Star Game MVP.

Team National

Pos	Player	Team	Selections
Starters
G	Per Günther	ratiopharm Ulm	7
G	Karsten Tadda	Gießen 46ers	2
F	Patrick Heckmann	Brose Baskets	1
F	Johannes Voigtmann	Fraport Skyliners	2
F	Daniel Theis	Brose Baskets	3
Reserves
G	Maurice Stuckey	s.Oliver Baskets	1
G	Konstantin Klein	Fraport Skyliners	1
G	Nihad Đedović	FC Bayern Munich	1
F	Alex King	Alba Berlin	2
F	Niels Giffey	Alba Berlin	2
F	Paul Zipser	FC Bayern Munich	1
G	Brad Loesing	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	1
F	Danilo Barthel	Fraport Skyliners	3
Head coach: Denis Wucherer (Gießen 46ers)

Team International

Pos	Player	Team	Selections
Starters
G	Brad Wanamaker	Brose Baskets	2
G	Dru Joyce	s.Oliver Baskets	1
F	Darius Miller	Brose Baskets	1
F	Nicolò Melli	Brose Baskets	1
C	Jon Brockman	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	1
Reserves
G	Bryce Taylor	FC Bayern Munich	4
G	Will Cherry	Alba Berlin	1
G	Kyle Fogg	Eisbären Bremerhaven	1
F	Quantez Robertson	Fraport Skyliners	1
F	Suleiman Braimoh	Gießen 46ers	1
F	Deon Thompson	FC Bayern Munich	1
C	Augustine Rubit	ratiopharm Ulm	1
Head coach: Andrea Trinchieri (Brose Baskets)

• INJ^ Niels Giffey didn't play because of an injury.
• REP^ Brad Loesing was named as Giffey's replacement.

9 January 2016 20:30

Boxscore

Team National	128–118	Team International
Scoring by quarter: 24–31, 36–19, 35–27, 33–31
Pts: Per Günther 21 Rebs: Theis, Voigtmann 5 Asts: Johannes Voigtmann 8		Pts: Jon Brockman 23 Rebs: Jon Brockman 14 Asts: Kyle Fogg 8

Brose Arena, Bamberg Attendance: 6,300 Referees: Konstantin Simonow, Carsten Straube, Steve Bittner

Statistics

Season highs

Category		Player	Club
Points	37	David Bell	Phoenix Hagen
Rebounds	23	Tony Bishop	Eisbären Bremerhaven
Assists	18	Jared Jordan	Walter Tigers Tübingen
Steals	6	Dennis Kramer	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
		Roderick Trice	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Blocks	6	2 occasions
Three pointers	9	Brandon Jefferson	Phoenix Hagen

Source: RealGM