ProA 2017/18

ProA 2017/18
Duration		September 23, 2017 - May 2018
Order of execution		11th season
Number of games		260
Number of teams		16
Main round
Main round first		SC Rasta Vechta
Play-offs
master		SC Rasta Vechta
Runner-up		Crailsheim Merlins
← ProA 2016/17 ProA 2018/19 →
↑ Basketball Bundesliga 2017/18 ProB 2017/18 ↓

The 2017/18 season is the eleventh 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 23, 2017 and ended on March 31, 2018. This was followed by the play-offs for promotion. The previous year’s relegated team from the basketball Bundesliga SC Rasta Vechta became champions .

mode

16 teams are scheduled to take part in the league, 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 play 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 relegate 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

• Relegated from the basketball Bundesliga 2016/17 were SC Rasta Vechta and Phoenix Hagen .
• The champions OrangeAcademy and the finalist PS Karlsruhe Lions were promoted from the ProB 2016/17 .
• In May 2018, Cologne announced that it would withdraw to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB with a view to the 2018/19 game year, the team was consequently placed in last place in the final table, which means that Ehingen, who was the penultimate athlete, was relegated to 14th place. Place moved up and thus remained in the 2nd Bundesliga ProA.

Main round

table

# team Victories low lying Points baskets 01 SC Rasta Vechta (A) 27 03 54 - 60 2550: 2095 02 Crailsheim Merlins 27 03 54 - 60 2712: 2220 03 MLP academics Heidelberg 19th 11 38-22 2298: 2192 04th RheinStars Cologne 19th 11 38-22 2211: 2133 05 PS Karlsruhe Lions (N) 18th 12 36 - 24 2433: 2249 06th RÖMERSTROM Gladiators Trier 17th 13 34-26 2406: 2348 07th HEBEISEN White Wings Hanau 15th 15th 30-30 2261: 2314 08th Phoenix Hagen (A) 15th 15th 30-30 2408: 2429 09 Kirchheim Knights 15th 15th 30-30 2331: 2336 10 Hamburg Towers 13 17th 26 - 34 2260: 2326 11 NINERS Chemnitz 13 17th 26 - 34 2322: 2311 13 Nuremberg Falcons BC 011 19th 22 - 38 2144: 2291 12 Uni Baskets Paderborn 09 21st 18 - 42 2121: 2372 14th Baunach Young Pikes 08th 22nd 16-44 2240: 2444 15th Team Ehingen Urspring 08th 22nd 16-44 2274: 2584 16 OrangeAcademy (N) 06th 24 12 - 48 2121: 2448

(A) = Relegated from the Basketball Bundesliga 2016/17
(N) = Newcomer / promoted from the ProB

	= Play-off places
	= Relegation places

If they are equal, the results are used in direct comparison for the placement.

Play-offs

• Results in italics were earned after extra time.

= Promotion places

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									Final 3
	1	SC Rasta Vechta	104	86	93
	8th	Phoenix Hagen	76	79	75
										1	SC Rasta Vechta	90	80	95	91
										5	PS Karlsruhe Lions	79	90	90	73
	4th	RheinStars Cologne	67	70	68
	5	PS Karlsruhe Lions	85	92	88
																			1	SC Rasta Vechta	103	62
																			2	Crailsheim Merlins	87	71
	3	MLP academics Heidelberg	86	70	91	88	65
	6th	Gladiators Trier	83	83	80	89	69
										6th	Gladiators Trier	87	90	67	75
										2	Crailsheim Merlins	83	103	82	97
	2	Crailsheim Merlins	87	107	99
	7th	White Wings Hanau	71	82	75

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 2018/19 in a sporting way, subject to an economic license being granted .

Honors

Player of the month

• October: Craig Bradshaw (SG ,, PS Karlsruhe LIONS)
• November: Sherman Gay (C ,, Crailsheim Merlins)
• December: Alex Herrera (C ,, Phoenix Hagen)
• January: Seth Hinrichs (PF,, SC Rasta Vechta)
• February: Alex Herrera (C ,, Phoenix Hagen)
• March: Alex Herrera (C ,, Phoenix Hagen)
• April: Seth Hinrichs (PF,, SC Rasta Vechta)

Youngster of the month

• October: Jonas Grof (PG,, Phoenix Hagen)
• November: David Krämer (SG ,, OrangeAcademy)
• December: William McDowell-White (PG ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• January: William McDowell-White (PG ,, Baunach Young Pikes)
• February: Kevin Yebo (PF ,, Team Ehingen Urspring)
• March: David Krämer (SG ,, OrangeAcademy)
• April: Lucien SchmISCHE (SG ,, Gladiators Trier)

Player and coach of the season

• Player of the Year: Seth Hinrichs ( , Vechta)
• Youngster of the year: William McDowell-White ( , Baunach)
• Trainer of the year: Michael Mai ( , Karlsruhe)

See also

• ProA

Web links

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

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1. ↑ Daniel Müller: ProA 2017/2018 schedule. (PDF; 264 kB) 2nd Basketball Bundesliga , July 11, 2017, accessed on September 2, 2017 .  
2. ^ Daniel Müller: License statute from 2017/2018. (PDF; 649 kB) 2nd Basketball Bundesliga , May 19, 2017, accessed on September 2, 2017 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Daniel Müller: Announcement of the Bundesliga competition ProA 2017/2018. (PDF; 225 kB) 2nd Basketball Bundesliga , January 16, 2017, accessed on September 2, 2017 .  
4. ^ Daniel Müller: Standard Catalog. (PDF; 580 kB) 2nd Basketball Bundesliga , June 1, 2015, accessed on September 3, 2017 .  
5. ^ ^{A b} Daniel Müller: Game and event regulations from 2017/2018. (PDF; 2.5 MB) 2nd Basketball Bundesliga , May 19, 2017, accessed on September 2, 2017 .  
6. ↑ http://www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de/licensing-20182019-ehingen-verbleibt-in-der-proa/