2015 Queensland Basketball League season

2015 Queensland Basketball League season
League Queensland Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration 1 May – 30 August
Number of games 17
Number of teams 14
Regular season
Minor premiers Mackay Meteors
Season MVP Jeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers)
Top scorer Jeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers)
Finals
Champions Mackay Meteors
  Runners-up Brisbane Capitals
Grand Final MVP Braydon Hobbs

The 2015 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 30th running of the competition. The Mackay Meteors won the championship in 2015 to claim their third league title.

The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Logan Thunder, Mackay Meteors, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Suncoast Clippers, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat.[1]

Team information

Team Home Stadium Head Coach Import Import
Brisbane Capitals NAB Stadium Geoff Tarrant United States Aaron Anderson
Bundaberg Bulls WIN Stadium Larry Daniels United States Willie Shackleford United States Ricky James
Cairns Marlins Bendigo Bank Stadium Jamie Pearlman
Gladstone Port City Power Kev Broome Stadium Derek Rucker United States Ray Willis United States Justin Baker
Gold Coast Rollers The Southport School Doug Garvie United States Devon Sullivan
Ipswich Force Cotton On Foundation Stadium Mick Conlon United States James Legan United States Kyle Harvey
Logan Thunder Cornubia Park Sports Centre Ben Johnson
Mackay Meteors Candlestick Park Joel Khalu United States Braydon Hobbs
Northside Wizards South Pine Sports Complex Andrew Latimer United States Evan Coulter United States Darren Moore
Rockhampton Rockets Hegvold Stadium Neal Tweedy United States Chehales Tapscott United States Dominic Cheek
South West Metro Pirates Hibiscus Sports Complex Luke Petersen United States Ishmael Hollis
Suncoast Clippers Maroochydore Basketball Stadium Bradley Melton United States Michael Stone United States Eren Moses
Toowoomba Mountaineers USQ, Clive Berghofer Recreation Centre Anthony Corcoran United States Erron Maxey United States Jeremy Kendle
Townsville Heat Townsville Basketball Stadium Rod Anderson

Standings

# Regular Season Standings
Team W L PCT
1 Mackay Meteors15288
2 Brisbane Capitals14382
3 Rockhampton Rockets12571
4 Gladstone Port City Power12571
5 Toowoomba Mountaineers11665
6 Northside Wizards11665
7 Cairns Marlins10759
8 Townsville Heat*8850
9 Ipswich Force71041
10 Suncoast Clippers*51132
11 South West Metro Pirates51229
12 Logan Thunder51229
13 Bundaberg Bulls21512
14 Gold Coast Rollers1166

*Every team competed in 17 regular season games over 15 rounds except for the Townsville Heat and Suncoast Clippers. The Round 1 match-up between the two sides was abandoned after the referees couldn't make it to the game due to poor weather in the Maroochydore area.[2]

Finals

*The team that finishes 1st overall goes straight through to the semi-finals.

**The top two teams from each pool face-off in the quarter-finals.

  • QF 1: 1st in Pool A vs. 2nd in Pool A
  • QF 2: 1st in Pool B vs. 2nd in Pool C
  • QF 3: 1st in Pool C vs. 2nd in Pool B[3]
  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     Grand Final
                                       
  5 Toowoomba M'taineers 108 X X    
  6 Northside Wizards 96 X X    
      1 Mackay Meteors 104 X X  
    5 Toowoomba M'taineers 92 X X    
     
      Mackay Meteors 82 73 88
  2 Brisbane Capitals 90 X X         Brisbane Capitals 76 85 86
  9 Ipswich Force 85 X X          
      2 Brisbane Capitals 78 X X    
        4 Gladstone PC Power 77 X X  
  3 Rockhampton Rockets 86 X X    
  4 Gladstone PC Power 94 X X  

Awards

Player of the Week

RoundPlayerTeamRef
1James LeganIpswich Force[4]
2Chehales TapscottRockhampton Rockets[5]
3Chehales TapscottRockhampton Rockets[6]
4Drew PhillipsBrisbane Capitals[7]
5N/A[lower-alpha 1]
6Ishmael HollisSouth West Metro Pirates[9]
7Matthew AdekponyaMackay Meteors[10]
8Ray WillisGladstone Port City Power[11]
9Nicholas KayNorthside Wizards[12]
10Jeremy KendleToowoomba Mountaineers[13]
11Chehales TapscottRockhampton Rockets[14]
12Ray WillisGladstone Port City Power[15]
13Ricky JamesBundaberg Bulls[16]
14Ryan JeffriesBrisbane Capitals[17]
15Kyle HarveyIpswich Force[18]

Coach of the Month

MonthCoachTeamRef
MayJoel KhaluMackay Meteors[19]
JuneJoel KhaluMackay Meteors[20]
JulyGeoff TarrantBrisbane Capitals[21]

Statistics leaders

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
Points per gameJeremy KendleToowoomba Mountaineers30.5
Rebounds per gameWillie ShacklefordBundaberg Bulls17.2
Assists per gameMitch PhilpRockhampton Rockets7.1
Steals per gameAaron AndersonBrisbane Capitals2
Blocks per gameNelson KahlerSuncoast Clippers2.3
Field goal percentageMatthew AndronicosCairns Marlins60.6%
3-pt field goal percentageKyle KeirnanLogan Thunder45.4%
Free throw percentageJames LeganIpswich Force88.8%

Regular season

Finals

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to the Basketball Queensland Annual Conference and Awards events being held that weekend, Round 5 was a short round.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Round 1 Game Previews: Men". QABL.basketball.net.au. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "@ClippersQBL men shared points with T'ville..." Twitter. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "QBL Quarter-Finals". QABL.basketball.net.au. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Players of the Week: Round 1". QABL.basketball.net.au. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Players of the Week: Round 2". QABL.basketball.net.au. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Round 3 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 4". QABL.basketball.net.au. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Round 5 Previews". QABL.basketball.net.au. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 6". QABL.basketball.net.au. 11 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 7". QABL.basketball.net.au. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 8". QABL.basketball.net.au. 22 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 9". QABL.basketball.net.au. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "Round 10 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "Players of the Week; Round 11". QABL.basketball.net.au. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Round 12 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Round 13 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 27 July 2015. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Round 14 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 3 August 2015. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "Round 15 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "Coaches of the Month Awards". QABL.basketball.net.au. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "Coaches of the Month". QABL.basketball.net.au. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  21. ↑ "QBL Coaches of the Month". QABL.basketball.net.au. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  22. ↑ "2015 QBL Season Awards". QABL.basketball.net.au. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  23. ↑ "Mackay Meteors Secure 2015 Men's QBL Championship". QABL.basketball.net.au. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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