ProA 2008/09

The 2008/09 season is the second season of the German ProA basketball division . The ProA is the first season of the hierarchically structured 2nd basketball league . The regular season began on October 3, 2008 and ended on April 25, 2009.

mode

16 teams took part in the league. The two best-placed teams acquired the right to participate in the basketball Bundesliga (BBL). The two worst teams relegated to the lower season ProB of the second division.

conditions

The participating teams had to prove a minimum budget of € 200,000 and a venue with a capacity for 1,000 spectators. An increase for the 2009/2010 season had already been decided.

During the game, one German player per team always had to stand on the field, the German players were marked with a German flag on the jerseys.

A maximum of 18 players per season and team could be used. At least nine of them had to be German citizens. Of the maximum of twelve players that could be used per game, at least six had to be German. There were double licenses for players in the U24 age group with the BBL and for U22 players from the regional leagues (and below). These players do not count among the 18 maximum players, but they do count towards the national quota (provided they are German).

Season Notes

• The Kaiserslautern Braves played their home games in neighboring Homburg this season .
• Since the Düsseldorf Magics waived their 2nd BBL license by moving the Bayer Giants Leverkusen to Düsseldorf , the license was passed on to FC Bayern Munich , which rose directly from the regional league to the ProA.
• The SOBA Dragons Rhöndorf decided not to participate in the ProA in favor of their youth development concept and will play in the ProB in the 2008/09 season . This enabled BV Chemnitz 99 , which had finished last season on a relegation place, to remain in the ProA.
• Because the Cuxhaven BasCats did not move up , there was only one relegation from the BBL , Science City Jena .
• The two newcomers from the ProB were: Kirchheim Knights and ETB Wohnbau Baskets Essen .

Season highs

	value	player
Points	41	Brandon Watkins (Cuxhaven)
Rebounds	20th	Edward Seward (Cuxhaven)
three	9	Nikita Khartchenkov (Chemnitz)
two	13	Frank Kelsi Bennett (Cuxhaven)
Assists	15th	Japhet McNeil (Heidelberg)
Ball wins	8th	Dustin Pfeifer (Chemnitz)
Blocked throws	6th	Jordan Sabourin (Bremen)
effectiveness	46	Adam Baumann (Kirchheim)

table

	= Promotion places
	= Relegation places

#	team	Victories	Defeats	Points	baskets
1	Central German BC	26th	4th	52: 8	2499: 2142
2	Phoenix Hagen	24	6th	48:12	2793: 2349
3	BBC Bayreuth	24	6th	48:12	2490: 2094
4th	BG Karlsruhe	19th	11	38:22	2367: 2309
5	VfL Kirchheim Knights	18th	12	36:24	2505: 2503
6th	Science City Jena	18th	12	32:24	2368: 2305
7th	BV Chemnitz 99	15th	15th	30:30	2518: 2522
8th	FC Bayern Munich	14th	16	28:32	2450: 2502
9	teckpro Braves	13	17th	26:34	2430: 2456
10	Bremen Roosters	12	18th	24:36	2232: 2353
11	USC Heidelberg	12	18th	24:36	2577: 2745
12	Cuxhaven BasCats	11	19th	22:38	2422: 2519
13	ETB Housing Baskets	10	20th	20:40	2329: 2398
14th	TV 1862 Langen	10	20th	20:40	2336: 2493
15th	FC Schalke 04	7th	23	14:46	2375: 2551
16	LTi Lich	7th	23	14:46	2205: 2655

Science City Jena was relegated from the basketball league ; VfL Kirchheim Knights and ETB Wohnbau Baskets were promoted from the Pro B .

Average viewership

city	Visitors	capacity	workload	Previous year	development
Bayreuth	2,402	4,000	60.1%	1,473	+ 63.1%
Bremen	618	3,000	20.6%	677	−8.7%
Chemnitz	1,607	2,600	61.8%	1,521	+ 55.7%
Cuxhaven	1,092	1,250	87.4%	1,201	−9.1%
eat	1,688	3,000	56.3%	1,809	−6.7%
Hagen	1,780	1,690	105.3%	1,639	+ 8.6%
Heidelberg	720	1,800	40.0%	664	+ 16.1%
Homburg	727	3,000	24.3%	885	−17.9%
Jena	1,190	3,000	39.6%	2,266	−52.4%
Karlsruhe	1,323	4,750	27.9%	1,262	+ 4.9%
Kirchheim	1,073	1,200	95.8%	1,120	−4.2%
Long	500	1,100	45.5%	563	−11.2%
Lich	493	1,450	34.0%	647	−23.8%
Munich	880	1,500	58.6%	RL	0.0%
Schalke	413	1,100	37.5%	440	−6.1%
Weissenfels	2,240	3,000	74.6%	1,860	+ 20.4%
total	1,172	2,340	50.1%	1,042	+ 12.4%

Highest number of spectators at a game: 4,275 (Bayreuth)

Leading the team statistics

• Defensively best team: BBC Bayreuth (2094 points, ø 69.8 per game)
• Defensively worst team: USC Heidelberg (2745 points, ø 91.5 per game)

• Offensive best team: Phoenix Hagen (2793 points, ø 93.1 per game)
• Offensive worst team: LTi Lich (2205 points, ø 73.5 per game)

Leading the player stats

category	player	team	value
Points per game	Johannes Lischka	Lich	23.7
Rebounds per game	Edward Seward	Cuxhaven	10.4
Assists per game	Japhet McNeil	Heidelberg	7.9
Steals per game	Japhet McNeil	Heidelberg	3.5
Blocks per game	Ethan Shaw	eat	1.7
Three-point throw per game	Melvin Hall	Schalke	3.2

Honors 2008/09

Player of the month

• October: Kyle Jeffers (C , TV 1862 Langen )
• November: Adam Baumann (PF , Kirchheim Knights )
• December: Japhet McNeil (PG , USC Heidelberg )
• January: Wayne Bernard (PG , Central German BC )
• February: Bernd Kruel (C , Phoenix Hagen )
• March: Oliver Komarek (PF , USC Heidelberg )

Youngster of the month

• October: Ziyed Chennoufi (SF , Kirchheim Knights )
• November: Robin Benzing (SF , TV Langen )
• December: Philipp Heyden (C , Kirchheim Knights )
• January: Nikita Khartchenkov (SF , BV Chemnitz 99 )
• February: Dima Rastatter (SF , BG Karlsruhe )
• March: Philipp Heyden (C , Kirchheim Knights )

Awards 2009

• Player of the Year: Wayne Bernard (SG , Central German BC )
• Youngster of the Year: John Lischka (SF , LTi Lich )
• Trainer of the year: Björn Harmsen ( , Middle German BC )
• Referee of the year: Horst Pelzer ( Ennepetal )

See also

• List of German basketball teams

Web links

• 2. Basketball Bundesliga Pro A

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1. ↑ cf. Michael Wichterich: Back in the DragonDome for the new season. Dragons Rhöndorf , August 14, 2007, accessed on May 21, 2012 (press release SOBA Dragons Rhöndorf). 
2. ↑ 2. Bundesliga sets the course for the future - ProA and ProB play German. (No longer available online.) DieJungeLiga.de, June 7, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved on May 21, 2012 (press release).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ ProA and ProB almost completely. (No longer available online.) DieJungeLiga.de, July 2, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved on May 21, 2012 (press release).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.