ProA 2015/16

ProA 2015/16
Duration		September 25, 2015 - May 8, 2016
Order of execution		9th season
Number of games		260
Number of teams		16
Main round
Main round first		SC Rasta Vechta
Play-offs
master		Science City Jena
Runner-up		SC Rasta Vechta
← ProA 2014/15 ProA 2016/17 →
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The 2015/16 season was the ninth 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 September 25, 2015 and ended on Holy Saturday , March 26, 2016, which was followed by the play-offs for promotion.

mode

16 teams took part in the league as planned, playing a regular season as a round-robin tournament in the "everyone against everyone" mode with a return game. The eight best-placed teams in the final table played two finalists in the play-offs in the "Best-of-Five" mode , who thereby acquire the athletic right to participate in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), which they apply when a BBL license is granted Based on economic and infrastructural criteria, eligible for promotion to the BBL. The finalists also play the champions of this league in the two legs. The two worst teams relegated to the lower season ProB of the second division.

conditions

In order to be granted a license, the participating clubs must provide their proof of sporting qualifications, economic performance, suitability of technical facilities and organizational requirements, which is regulated by the license statute. In terms of game technology, a venue with a capacity for 1,500 spectators is particularly required. In addition, the organization of the club, the promotion of young talent and the venue infrastructure are assessed according to a point system in which at least 150 points must be achieved in this season.

During the game there must always be two German players per team on the field, the German players are marked with a German flag on their jerseys. A maximum of 18 players per season and team can be used. At least nine of these must have German citizenship. Of the maximum of twelve players that can be used per game, at least six must be German. There are double licenses for players in the U24 age group with the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and for U22 players from the regional leagues (and below). These players are not among the 18 maximum players that can be used, but they do count towards the national quota, provided they are German citizens.

Season Notes

• From a formal point of view, there were no relegated players from the 2014/15 Basketball Bundesliga . The bottom of the table in the first division, Crailsheim Merlins , acquired a wildcard for further participation in the top division. The penultimate TBB Trier is in liquidation after bankruptcy . The Gladiators Trier successfully applied for a ProA license for the Trier .
• The quarter-finalists TG WhiteWings Hanau and the last sixteen Dragons Rhöndorf were promoted from the ProB 2014/15 . In addition to the champions and defending champions Baskets Akademie Weser-Ems Oldenburger TB and finalist SC Rist Wedel , all other more successful teams decided not to grant a license and to be promoted to the ProA.
• The ProB climber and former regional league team RheinStars Köln received the free license of the Crailsheim Merlins, who remained in the first division , by wildcard . The Merlins received the now free license of the Artland Dragons in the BBL , which continued their game operations in the ProB 2015/16 .
• Newcomers RheinStars Köln are planning to host two home games against Rhenish rivals Dragons Rhöndorf and record champions Bayer Giants Leverkusen at the turn of the year in the Lanxess Arena , which has a capacity of almost 20,000 spectators for basketball games. In 2000, first division team Telekom Baskets Bonn set a European record with 18,506 spectators for a basketball game in a closed hall against the then German champions Alba Berlin , which has now been exceeded by games in the Kombank Arena , among other things . At the same time, the Cologne team can beat the second division record from ProA 2010/11 , when 12,200 viewers in the Munich Olympic Hall wanted to see the match between hosts and leaders FC Bayern Munich and second place Würzburg Baskets , which was also broadcast live on television .

Main round

table

# team Victories low lying Points baskets 01 SC Rasta Vechta 27 03 54 - 60 2503: 1960 02 Science City Jena 27 03 54 - 60 2316: 1961 03 Kirchheim Knights 22nd 08th 44 - 16 2266: 2045 04th Oettinger Rockets Gotha 21st 09 42-18 2277: 2118 05 Hamburg Towers 18th 12 36 - 24 2167: 2095 06th Gladiators Trier (N) 17th 13 34-26 2174: 2098 07th BV Chemnitz 99 14th 16 28-32 2204: 2129 08th rent4office Nuremberg 13 17th 26 - 34 2203: 2242 09 Baunach Young Pikes 13 17th 26 - 34 2109: 2157 10 MLP academics Heidelberg 13 17th 26 - 34 2070: 2152 11 HEBEISEN White Wings Hanau (N) 13 17th 26 - 34 2121: 2204 12 RheinStars Cologne (WC) 13 17th 26 - 34 2096: 2202 13 finke baskets Paderborn 11 19th 22 - 38 2102: 2269 14th ETB Wohnbau Baskets Essen 09 21st 114 - 42 1 2109: 2239 15th Bayer Giants Leverkusen 07th 23 14 - 46 2049: 2334 16 Dragons Rhöndorf (N) 02 28 04 - 56 2037: 2598

(WC) = WildCard / (N) = Newcomer / climber from the ProB

	= Play-off places
	= Relegation places

In the event of equality, the results are used in direct comparison for the placement.

¹ Deduction (4 points) for violating the provisions of the license statute

Average viewership

city	total	Visitors	capacity	workload	Previous year	development
Vechta	47,100	3,140	3,140	100.0%	3,140	0.0%
Hamburg	42,700	2,847	3,400	83.7%	2,830	0.6%
Jena	34,404	2,294	2,750	83.4%	1,968	16.5%
Chemnitz	29,105	1,940	2,632	73.7%	1,987	−2.4%
trier	27,949	1,863	5,900	31.6%	ProB
Gotha	26,473	1,765	1,862	94.8%	1,649	7.0%
Cologne	20,821	1,388	1,250	111.0%	ProB
Paderborn	16,408	1,094	3,000	36.5%	1,352	−19.1%
Nuremberg	15,964	1,064	1,878	56.7%	1,213	−12.2%
Kirchheim	15,820	1,055	1,800	58.6%	793	33.0%
eat	15,449	1,030	2,578	40.0%	1,784	−42.3%
Hanau	13,483	899	1,564	57.5%	ProB
Leverkusen	13,048	870	3,000	29.0%	713	22.0%
Baunach	12,945	863	1,500	57.5%	1,189	−27.4%
Rhöndorf	11,325	755	1,500	50.3%	ProB
Heidelberg	10,280	685	1,512	45.3%	736	−6.9%
total	353.274	1,472	2,454	60.0%	1,661	−11.4%

Statistical best performance

Teams

Defensively best team: SC Rasta Vechta (1960 points, ø 65.3 per game)
Defensively worst team: Dragons Rhöndorf (2598 points, ø 86.6 per game)

Attacking best team: SC Rasta Vechta (2503 points, ø 83.4 per game)
Attacking worst team: Dragons Rhöndorf (2037 points, ø 67.9 per game)

Individual players

category	player	team	total	ø section 2
Points	Christian Standhardinger	SC Rasta Vechta	490	16.33
Rebounds	Leon Kratzer Johannes Thiemann	Baunach Young Pikes	274 256	09.45 09.48
Assists	Virgil M. Matthews Richard Williams	BV Chemnitz 99 Kirchheim Knights	234 222	07.80 07.93
Steals	Drew Gregory Brandon	Bayer Giants Leverkusen	071	02.37
Blocks	Dennis Heinzmann	Bayer Giants Leverkusen	062	02.07
effectiveness	Virgil M. Matthews	BV Chemnitz 99	591	19.70
Double-double	Dwayne Earl Evans	Gladiators Trier	014th	%48.28  %

² In the Average column, only top scores from players who had played more than half of the season's games were taken into account.

Play-offs

• Results in italics were earned after extra time.

= Promotion places

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									Final 3
	1	SC Rasta Vechta	93	92	88
	8th	rent4office Nuremberg	77	71	62
										1	SC Rasta Vechta	94	68	78
										4th	Oettinger Rockets Gotha	57	63	55
	4th	Oettinger Rockets Gotha	72	81	66	70	81
	5	Hamburg Towers	77	84	62	66	64
																			1	SC Rasta Vechta	54	92
																			2	Science City Jena	80	77
	3	Kirchheim Knights	75	76	65
	6th	Gladiators Trier	82	79	80
										6th	Gladiators Trier	47	59	64
										2	Science City Jena	66	69	73
	2	Science City Jena	70	76	69
	7th	BV Chemnitz 99	67	58	53

³The final will be played in the two-legged mode, in which the better-placed team had home rights after the main round in the second leg, so that the worse-placed team in the first leg had to play at home first. Both opponents in the final achieve the right to participate in the basketball Bundesliga 2016/17 in a sporting way, subject to an economic license being granted .

Honors

Player of the month

• October: Christian Standhardinger (PF ,, RASTA Vechta)
• November: Immanuel McElroy (SG ,, Science City Jena)
• December: Carlton Guyton (SG ,, Oettinger Rockets)
• January: Christian Standhardinger (PF ,, RASTA Vechta)
• February: Immanuel McElroy (SG,, Science City Jena)
• March: Christian Standhardinger (PF ,, RASTA Vechta)
• April / May: Christian Standhardinger (PF ,, RASTA Vechta)

Youngster of the month

• October: Johannes Thiemann (C ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• November: Leon Kratzer (C ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• December: Leon Kratzer (C ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• January: Mauricio Marin (SG , rent4office Nuremberg)
• February: Phillip Daubner (F ,, finke Baskets PB)
• March: Gerard Gomila (SF ,, Oettinger Rockets Gotha)
• April / May: Daniel Mixich (PG ,, NINERS Chemnitz)

Player and coach of the season

The winners of the awards for the entire season were announced on May 21, 2015.

• Player of the Year: Christian Standhardinger (PF ,, RASTA Vechta)
• Youngster of the year: Johannes Thiemann (C ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• Trainer of the year: Björn Harmsen ( , Science City Jena)

See also

• ProA

Web links

• 2. Basketball Bundesliga | News - Current reports from the ProA on the official website

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1. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga / ProA schedule 2015/2016. 2. Basketball Bundesliga , July 15, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2015 (media information). 
2. ^ Daniel Müller: 2nd basketball league, the young league GmbH (DJL): license statute. (PDF (471 KB)) 2. Basketball Bundesliga , October 14, 2014, accessed on July 18, 2015 (version from October 14, 2014). 
3. ^ Daniel Müller: 2nd basketball league, the young league GmbH (DJL): standard catalog. (PDF (580 KB)) 2. Basketball Bundesliga , June 1, 2015, accessed on September 3, 2017 (see section 15). 
4. ^ Daniel Müller: 2nd basketball league, the young league GmbH (DJL): rules of play. (PDF (587 KB)) 2. Basketball Bundesliga , April 7, 2015, p. 7 , accessed on July 18, 2015 (see §8 and announcement §7). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Daniel Müller: 2. Basketball Bundesliga, die Junge Liga GmbH (DJL): Announcement of the Bundesliga competition ProA 2015/2016. (PDF (443 KB)) 2. Basketball Bundesliga , April 22, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2015 . 
6. ^ Daniel Müller: 2nd basketball league, the young league GmbH (DJL): license regulations for players. (PDF (420 KB)) 2. Basketball Bundesliga , April 7, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2015 (see also announcement §6ff.). 
7. ↑ Player / coach of the 2015/2016 season. 2. Basketball Bundesliga , May 22, 2016, accessed on September 13, 2016 (media information).