ProA 2016/17

ProA 2016/17
Duration		September 22, 2016 - May 2017
Order of execution		10th season
Number of games		260
Number of teams		16
Main round
Main round first		Central German BC
Play-offs
master		Central German BC
Runner-up		Oettinger Rockets
← ProA 2015/16 ProA 2017/18 →
↑ Basketball Bundesliga 2016/17 ProB 2016/17 ↓

The 2016/17 season was the tenth 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 22, 2016 and ended on April 1, 2017. This 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 200 points must be achieved during 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

• The middle German BC and the Crailsheim Merlins are relegated from the basketball Bundesliga 2015/16 .
• The newcomers from the ProB 2015/16 are the master team Ehingen Urspring and semi-finalists Dresden Titans . The finalist Skyliners Juniors Frankfurt did not apply for a license for the ProA, which is why the defeated semi-finalist Dresden followed suit.

Main round

table

# team Victories low lying Points baskets 01 Central German BC (A) 27 03 54 - 60 2574: 2164 02 Crailsheim Merlins (A) 25th 05 50-10 2631: 2236 03 NINERS Chemnitz 21st 09 42-18 2289: 2124 04th Kirchheim Knights 20th 10 40-20 2369: 2331 05 MLP academics Heidelberg 18th 12 36 - 24 2209: 2090 06th RÖMERSTROM Gladiators Trier 17th 13 34-26 2221: 2183 07th Oettinger Rockets 16 14th 32 - 28 2344: 2248 08th RheinStars Cologne 15th 15th 30-30 2232: 2187 09 Hamburg Towers 14th 16 28-32 2256: 2262 10 Uni Baskets Paderborn 14th 16 28-32 2322: 2342 11 HEBEISEN White Wings Hanau 13 17th 26 - 34 2159: 2214 12 Nuremberg Falcons BC 11 19th 22 - 38 2204: 2346 13 Baunach Young Pikes 10 20th 20 - 40 2172: 2384 14th Team Ehingen Urspring (N) 09 21st 18 - 42 2238: 2432 15th ETB Wohnbau Baskets Essen 08th 22nd 16-44 2221: 2421 16 Dresden Titans (N) 02 28 04 - 56 2205: 2682

(A) = Relegated from the Basketball Bundesliga 2015/16
(N) = Newcomer / promoted from the ProB

	= Play-off places
	= Relegation places

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

Average viewership

city	total	Visitors	capacity	workload	Previous year	development
Hamburg	45,700	3,047	3,400	89.6%	2,847	7.0%
Erfurt	33,631	2,242	3,236	69.3%	1,765	27.0%
Weissenfels	31,750	2.117	3,000	70.6%	BBL
trier	31,053	2,070	5,900	35.1%	1,863	11.1%
Chemnitz	30,948	2,063	2,744	75.2%	1,940	6.3%
Crailsheim	29,180	1,945	3,000	64.8%	BBL
Dresden	23,023	1,535	3,000	51.2%	ProB
Cologne	22,619	1,508	4,000	37.7%	1,388	8.6%
eat	22,054	1,470	2,578	57.0%	1,030	42.7%
Paderborn	21,210	1,414	3,000	47.1%	1,094	29.3%
Kirchheim	14,240	949	1,800	52.7%	1,055	−10.0%
Hanau	13,255	884	1,564	56.5%	899	−1.7%
Ehingen	12,316	821	1,500	54.7%	ProB
Heidelberg	12,178	812	1,512	53.7%	685	18.5%
Nuremberg	11,545	770	2.140	36.0%	1,064	−27.7%
Baunach	10,987	732	1,500	48.8%	863	−15.1%
total	365.689	1,524	2,454	62.1%	1,472	3.5%

Statistical best performance

Teams

Defensively best team: MLP academics Heidelberg (2090 points, ø 69.67 per game)
Defensively worst team: Dresden Titans (2682 points, ø 89.40 per game)

Attacking best team: Crailsheim Merlins (2631 points, ø 87.70 per game)
Attacking worst team: HEBEISEN White Wings Hanau (2159 points, ø 71.97 per game)

Individual players

category	player	team	total	ø section 2
Points	Kruize Alshaude Zah-Kee Pinkins Jonathon Williams	HEBEISEN WHITE WINGS Hanau VfL Kirchheim Knights	536 512	17.86 18.96
Rebounds	Kruize Alshaude Zah-Kee Pinkins Leon scratches	HEBEISEN WHITE WINGS Hanau Baunach Young Pikes	289 279	09.63 12.68
Assists	Carrington Quilin Love Aleksey Nikolic	VfL Kirchheim Knights Baunach Young Pikes	190 158	06.55 06.87
Steals	Marcus Isiah Hatten	Central German basketball club	73	02.43
Blocks	Devin Joseph White Anthony King	MLP Academics Heidelberg RheinStars Cologne	38 25	01.27 01.67
effectiveness	Kruize Alshaude Zah-Kee Pinkins Leon scratches	HEBEISEN WHITE WINGS Hanau Baunach Young Pikes	589 475	19.63 21.59
Double-double	Kruize Alshaude Zah-Kee Pinkins Leon scratches	HEBEISEN WHITE WINGS Hanau Baunach Young Pikes	18 16	%60.00% 72.73  %  %

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	Central German BC	84	81	97
	8th	RheinStars Cologne	66	68	68
										1	Central German BC	90	94	100
										4th	Kirchheim Knights	67	69	79
	4th	Kirchheim Knights	71	71	86	87	77
	5	MLP academics Heidelberg	64	96	90	81	66
																			1	Central German BC	87	84
																			7th	Oettinger Rockets	80	62
	3	NINERS Chemnitz	76	48	80	57	75
	6th	RÖMERSTROM Gladiators Trier	70	64	78	74	67
										3	NINERS Chemnitz	74	82	80	74	67
										7th	Oettinger Rockets	63	72	85	78	70
	2	Crailsheim Merlins	77	78	100	70
	7th	Oettinger Rockets	86	80	89	95

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 final opponents achieve the right to participate in the basketball Bundesliga 2017/18 in a sporting way, subject to an economic license being granted .

Honors

Player of the month

• October: Leon Kratzer (C ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• November: Kruize Pinkins (PF ,, HEBEISEN WHITE WINGS Hanau)
• December: Marcus Isiah Hatten (PG,, Central German Basketball Club)
• January: Tobias Jahn (C ,, Team Ehingen Urspring)
• February: Joseph Emmanuel Lawson III (PF ,, NINERS Chemnitz)
• March: Christopher John Carter (SG ,, NINERS Chemnitz)
• April / May: Andrew Warren (SG ,, Central German Basketball Club)

Youngster of the month

• October: Christopher Wolf (PF,, Team Ehingen Urspring)
• November: Jonas Richter (SF ,, NINERS Chemnitz)
• December: Daniel Mixich (PG ,, NINERS Chemnitz)
• January: Aleksej Nikolić (PG ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• February: Arnoldas Kulboka (SF ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• March: Leon Kratzer (C ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• April / May: Jonas Richter (SF ,, NINERS Chemnitz)

Player and coach of the season

The winners of the awards for the entire season were announced on June 7, 2017.

• Player of the Year: Leon Kratzer (C ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• Youngster of the year: Jonas Richter (SG ,, NINERS Chemnitz)
• Coach of the year: Rodrigo Pastore ( , NINERS Chemnitz)

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 2016/2017. 2. Basketball Bundesliga , July 5, 2016, accessed on September 12, 2016 (media information). 
2. ^ Daniel Müller: 2nd basketball league, the young league GmbH (DJL): license statute. (PDF (684 KB)) 2. Basketball Bundesliga , May 31, 2016, accessed on September 12, 2016 . 
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 2016/2017 season. 2. Basketball Bundesliga , June 7, 2017, accessed on June 28, 2017 (Facebook post).