2016–17 Baltic Basketball League

The 2016–17 Triobet Baltic Basketball League is the 13th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the second under the title sponsorship of Triobet.[1] The season began on 11 October 2016 and concluded on 6 April 2017. Vytautas defeated Pieno žvaigždės in the finals to win their first Baltic Basketball League title.[2]

2016–17 Baltic Basketball League
Competition details
Season 2016–17
Teams 18
Games played 116
Dates 11 October 2016 – 6 April 2017
TV Viasat Sport Baltic, Delfi TV
Final positions
Champions Vytautas
(First title)
Runners-up Pieno žvaigždės
Third place University of Tartu
Fourth place Kalev/Cramo
Awards
Finals MVP Tomas Delininkaitis
Statistical leaders
Points Trevin Parks
21.57
Rebounds Thomas van der Mars
11.43
Assists Toni Prostran
9.33

Overview

This season’s competition includes 7 teams from Estonia, 6 teams from Latvia, 3 teams from Lithuania and one team from Kazakhstan and Belarus, which will play all their games away.[3] For the regular season the teams were divided into two groups of seven teams and competed in a round-robin competition system, with team facing each of their opponents twice. The teams qualified for the eighth-finals based on their ranking after the regular season. Twelve clubs from the regular season advanced to play-offs and will be joined by three Estonian and one Lithuanian club, all of whom have been knocked out of other European competitions. The four clubs joining directly in the play-offs will be University of Tartu, Vytautas, Kalev/Cramo and TLÜ/Kalev, all seeded respectively 1-through-4, based on their accomplishments and combined results of the past three seasons in domestic leagues and Triobet BBL.[4] All play-off games are played in home-and-away series.

Teams
Key to colors
ChampionRunner-upThird placeFourth placeQuarterfinalistTop 16Regular season
Country (League)TeamsTeams (ranking in 2015–16 national championship)
Estonia (KML)7 Kalev/Cramo (1) University of Tartu (2) AVIS Rapla (3) TLÜ/Kalev (4) Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall (5) Port of Pärnu (6) TTÜ (7)
Latvia (LBL)6 Valmiera/ORDO (1) Liepāja/Triobet (4) Jūrmala/Fēnikss (5) Jēkabpils (7) Barons kvartāls (8) Ogre/Kumho Tyre (10)
Lithuania (LKL)3 Vytautas (5) Pieno žvaigždės (8) Nevėžis (9)
Kazakhstan (KBC)1 Barsy Atyrau (1)
Belarus (BPL)1 Borisfen Mogilev (3)

Team information
Group Team City, Country Arena Head coach
Group A AVIS Rapla Rapla, Estonia Sadolin Sports Hall Aivar Kuusmaa
Port of Pärnu Pärnu, Estonia Pärnu Sports Hall Heiko Rannula
Liepāja/Triobet Liepāja, Latvia Liepāja Olympic Center Agris Galvanovskis
Jūrmala/Fēnikss Jūrmala, Latvia Taurenītis Arnis Vecvagars
Barons kvartāls Riga, Latvia Daugavas Sporta nams Mārtiņš Gulbis
Nevėžis Kėdainiai, Lithuania Kėdainiai Arena Paulius Juodis
Barsy Atyrau Atyrau, Kazakhstan The team will play away Boyan Salatyc
Group B Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall Rakvere, Estonia Rakvere Sports Hall Andres Sõber
TTÜ Tallinn, Estonia TTÜ Sports Hall Rait Käbin
Valmiera/ORDO Valmiera, Latvia Vidzeme Olympic Center Uvis Helmanis
Jēkabpils Jēkabpils, Latvia Jēkabpils Sporta nams Rūdolfs Rozītis
Ogre/Kumho Tyre Ogre, Latvia Ogres 1st Secondary school Arturs Visockis-Rubenis
Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys, Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Arena Ramūnas Cvirka
Borisfen Mogilev Mogilev, Belarus The team will play away Aliaksandr Huliayeu
Playoffs Kalev/Cramo Tallinn, Estonia Saku Suurhall Alar Varrak
University of Tartu Tartu, Estonia University of Tartu Sports Hall Gert Kullamäe
TLÜ/Kalev Tallinn, Estonia Kalev Sports Hall Raido Roos
Vytautas Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania Prienai Arena Virginijus Šeškus

Regular season
Location of teams of the 2016–17 Baltic Basketball League

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advanced to the Play-offs, while the last teams were eliminated. The regular season began on 11 October 2016 and concluded on 25 January 2017. Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall were disqualified from the Playoffs after forfeiting the regular season away match against Jēkabpils on 25 January 2017 with Barsy Atyrau advancing instead.[5]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Barons kvartāls 12 10 2 1036 941 +95 Advance to the Play-offs
2 Nevėžis 12 8 4 1025 880 +145
3 AVIS Rapla 12 8 4 913 868 +45
4 Jūrmala/Fēnikss 12 6 6 871 848 +23
5 Liepāja/Triobet 12 5 7 984 988 −4
6 Port of Pärnu 12 3 9 889 972 −83
7 Barsy Atyrau 12 2 10 863 1084 −221
Source: BBL

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Pieno žvaigždės 12 11 1 1091 860 +231 Advance to the Play-offs
2 Valmiera/ORDO 12 9 3 924 788 +136
3 Jēkabpils 12 8 4 943 830 +113
4 Ogre/Kumho Tyre 12 6 6 907 872 +35
5 TTÜ 12 5 7 972 996 −24
6 Tarvas/Palmse Metall[A] 12 3 9 740 865 −125
7 Borisfen Mogilev 12 0 12 712 1078 −366
Source: BBL
  1. ^
    Tarvas/Palmse Metall were disqualified from the Playoffs after forfeiting the away match against Jēkabpils.

Playoffs

Bracket
  Round of 16
6 February 2017 – 22 February 2017		 Quarterfinals
28 February 2017 – 9 March 2017		 Semifinals
14 March 2017 – 23 March 2017		 Finals
29 March 2017 – 5 April 2017
                                                     
1 University of Tartu 83 74 157  
16 Barsy Atyrau 49 45 94  
  1 University of Tartu 86 92 178  
  8 Nevėžis 88 78 166  
8 Nevėžis 78 77 155
9 Jēkabpils 74 80 154  
  1 University of Tartu 88 75 163  
  5 Pieno žvaigždės 88 82 170  
4 TLÜ/Kalev 75 73 148  
13 Liepāja/Triobet 92 86 178  
  13 Liepāja/Triobet 80 93 173
  5 Pieno žvaigždės 89 109 198  
5 Pieno žvaigždės 75 97 172
12 Ogre/Kumho Tyre 83 64 147  
  5 Pieno žvaigždės 88 74 162
  2 Vytautas 85 89 174
2 Vytautas 100 89 189  
15 Port of Pärnu 55 54 109  
  2 Vytautas 102 64 166
  7 Valmiera/ORDO 71 74 145  
7 Valmiera/ORDO 78 87 165
10 AVIS Rapla 65 81 146  
  2 Vytautas 88 88 176
  3 Kalev/Cramo 94 77 171  
3 Kalev/Cramo 101 92 193  
14 TTÜ 63 72 135  
  3 Kalev/Cramo 100 66 166
  6 Barons kvartāls 81 77 158  
6 Barons kvartāls 85 80 165
11 Jūrmala/Fēnikss 54 82 136  
  Third place series
28 March 2017 – 6 April 2017
           
1 University of Tartu 72 67 139
3 Kalev/Cramo 60 68 128

Awards

MVP of the Week

MVP of the Week award is given to the best individual performance on a winning team based on their efficiency rating.

Regular season
Week Player Team EFF Ref.
1 Thomas van der Mars AVIS Rapla34[6]
2 Dāvis Rozītis Liepāja/Triobet27[7]
3 Karlis Apsitis Ogre/Kumho Tyre28[8]
4 Thomas van der Mars (2) AVIS Rapla25[9]
5 Rinalds Sirsniņš Jēkabpils24[10]
6 Justin Baker Tarvas/Palmse Metall29[11]
7 Thomas van der Mars (3) AVIS Rapla28[12]
8 Andriy Agafonov Pieno žvaigždės33[13]
9 Ignas Fiodorovas Pieno žvaigždės33[14]
10 Edgars Jeromanovs Jūrmala/Fēnikss51[15]
11 Karolis Petrukonis Nevėžis32[16]
12 Sten Olmre TTÜ32[17]
13 Mihkel Kirves Port of Pärnu34[18]
14 Nikola Vujović TTÜ35[19]
15 Viktors Iļjins Jūrmala/Fēnikss29[20]
Playoffs
Week Player Team EFF Ref.
16 Dāvis Rozītis (2) Barons kvartāls33[21]
17 Jurijs Aleksejevs Jēkabpils31[22]
18 Vitali Liutych Kalev/Cramo49[23]
19 Dominykas Milka University of Tartu29[24]
20 Andriy Agafonov (2) Pieno žvaigždės29[25]
21 Regimantas Miniotas Vytautas23[26]
22 Janari Jõesaar University of Tartu25[27]

MVP of the Month
Month Player Team Ref.
October 2016 Mārtiņš Laksa Valmiera/ORDO[28]
November 2016 Thomas van der Mars AVIS Rapla[29]
December 2016 Edgars Jeromanovs Jūrmala/Fēnikss[30]
January 2017 Denis Krestinin Barons kvartāls[31]

Source: BBL Homepage

Finals MVP

Player statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1 Trevin Parks Barsy Atyrau1430221.57
2 Vitali Liutych Kalev/Cramo714520.71
3 Justin Baker Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall612220.33

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1 Toni Prostran Nevėžis151409.33
2 Malcolm Griffin Liepāja/Triobet10656.50
3 Kristo Saage TLÜ/Kalev2126.00

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 Thomas van der Mars AVIS Rapla1416011.43
2 Denis Krestinin Barons kvartāls1515110.07
3 Đorđe Dželetović TLÜ/Kalev22010.00

Efficiency
Rank Name Team Games Efficiency PIR
1 Justin Baker Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall613722.83
2 Thomas van der Mars AVIS Rapla1431822.71
3 Denis Krestinin Barons kvartāls1531721.13

References
  1. "BBL signs three-year partnership with Triobet". Baltic Basketball League. 13 October 2015.
  2. "Vytautas crowned as Triobet BBL Champions". Baltic Basketball League. 5 April 2017.
  3. "Triobet BBL confirms competition format for 2016-17 season". Baltic Basketball League. 8 September 2016.
  4. "Triobet BBL Eight-Finals pairs announced". Baltic Basketball League. 25 January 2017.
  5. "Jekabpils - Tarvas/Palmse Metall game cancelled". Baltic Basketball League. January 25, 2017.
  6. "Triobet BBL player of the week – Thomas van der Mars". Baltic Basketball League. October 13, 2016.
  7. "Triobet BBL player of the week – Davis Rozitis". Baltic Basketball League. October 20, 2016.
  8. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Karlis Apsitis". Baltic Basketball League. October 31, 2016.
  9. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Thomas van der Mars". Baltic Basketball League. November 6, 2016.
  10. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Rinalds Sirsnins". Baltic Basketball League. November 12, 2016.
  11. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Justin Baker". Baltic Basketball League. November 20, 2016.
  12. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Thomas van der Mars". Baltic Basketball League. November 26, 2016.
  13. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Andriy Agafonov". Baltic Basketball League. December 1, 2016.
  14. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Ignas Fiodorovas". Baltic Basketball League. December 11, 2016.
  15. "All-time best Jeromanovs rakes in Weekly MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. 16 December 2016.
  16. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Karolis Petrukonis". Baltic Basketball League. December 23, 2016.
  17. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Sten Olmre". Baltic Basketball League. January 6, 2017.
  18. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Mihkel Kirves". Baltic Basketball League. January 14, 2017.
  19. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Nikola Vujovic". Baltic Basketball League. January 22, 2017.
  20. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Viktors Iljins". Baltic Basketball League. January 26, 2017.
  21. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Davis Rozitis". Baltic Basketball League. February 11, 2017.
  22. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Jurijs Aleksejevs". Baltic Basketball League. February 25, 2017.
  23. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Vitali Liutych". Baltic Basketball League. March 4, 2017.
  24. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Dominykas Milka". Baltic Basketball League. March 11, 2017.
  25. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Andriy Agafonov". Baltic Basketball League. March 18, 2017.
  26. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Regimantas Miniotas". Baltic Basketball League. March 25, 2017.
  27. "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Janari Joesaar". Baltic Basketball League. 1 April 2017.
  28. "Valmiera's Laksa takes October MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. November 1, 2016.
  29. "Thomas van der Mars rules Baltic basketball, takes November MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. December 2, 2016.
  30. "Jeromanovs' historic night secures December MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. December 25, 2016.
  31. "Denis Krestinin takes well-deserved January MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. January 28, 2017.
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