Lega Basket Serie A 2015/16
| Lega Basket Serie A 2015/16 | |||
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| Duration | October 8, 2015 - June 13, 2016 | ||
| Order of execution | 15th season | ||
| organizer | Lega Basket (LBA) | ||
| Number of teams | 16 | ||
| Main round | |||
| Main round first | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | ||
| Main rounds - MVP | James Nunnally | ||
| Top scorer | Austin Daye | ||
| Coach of the year | Cesare Pancotto | ||
| Play-offs | |||
| Italian champion | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | ||
| Runner-up | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | ||
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Series A2 2015/16 ↓
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The 2015/16 season was the 15th season of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A , the top division in the Italian men's basketball club . It was the 94th championship in Italian men's basketball . The main round started on October 8, 2015 and ended on May 4, 2016 with the 30th and final game day. The play-off final round for the championship lasted until June 13, 2016.
Dinamo Sassari started the season as defending champion and cup winner .
The newcomer for the 2015/16 season was PMS Torino , which took over the name of Auxilium Torino , which was dissolved in 2007 . After the main round, Virtus Bologna was determined to be relegated to Serie A2 due to the poorer direct comparison with the equal points teams from Capo d'Orlando , Caserta and Turin . The fifteen-time champion Virtus Bologna was relegated from Serie A for the first time in the club's history.
Olimpia Milano celebrated the 27th Italian championship title after beating Reggiana 4-2 in the final series .
International competitions
In the FIBA Europe Cup, which was held for the first time, Varese lost 62:66 in the Frankfurt final.
Teams
Overview map of the clubs in the 2015/2016 season |
table
| = Relegation place (place 16) | |
| = Playoff places (places 1 to 8) |
in brackets: M = champions of the previous season / P = cup winners of the previous season / A = promoters for this season
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Playoffs 2015/16
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Olimpia Milano | 3 | |||||||||||
| 8th | Aquila Trento | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Olimpia Milano | 4th | |||||||||||
| 5 | Reyer Venezia | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Vanoli Cremona | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Reyer Venezia | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Olimpia Milano | 4th | |||||||||||
| 2 | Reggiana | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Reggiana | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7th | Dinamo Sassari | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Reggiana | 4th | |||||||||||
| 3 | Scandone Avellino | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Scandone Avellino | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6th | Pistoia Basket | 0 | |||||||||||
Honors 2015/16
Award Surname society MVP main round 
James Nunnally
Sidigas Avellino Best young Italian player (U22) 
Diego Flaccadori
Dolomiti Energia Trentino Coach of the year Cesare Pancotto
Vanoli Cremona MVP final round Rakim Sanders
EA7-Emporio Armani Milano
Web links
- Lega Basket - homepage - official website of the LBA