The 2007–08 LNBP was the 8th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. The regular season began September 6, 2007 and ended on January 19, 2008. The playoffs ended on March 13, 2008. The league title was won by Halcones UV Xalapa, which defeated Soles de Mexicali in the championship series, 4–3.
Format 24 teams participate. The teams are divided in two groups of 12 teams each, called Zonas (zones): Zona Norte (North) and Zona Sur (South). The first 8 teams in each group qualify for the playoffs. The group playoffs have quarterfinals (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7). The winner of each group series qualify for the championship series (best-of-7), named Final de Finales (Final of Finals).
Teams Team City State Joined Season No.Algodoneros de la ComarcaTorreónCoahuilaÁngeles de PueblaPueblaPueblaBravos de Piedras NegrasPiedras NegrasCoahuilaBucaneros de CampecheCampeche CityCampecheCaballeros de CuliacánCuliacánSinaloaCorrecaminos UAT Victoria Ciudad VictoriaTamaulipasDorados de ChihuahuaChihuahua CityChihuahuaFuerza Regia de MonterreyMonterreyNuevo LeónGalgos de TijuanaTijuanaBaja CaliforniaGuerreros de MoreliaMoreliaMichoacánHalcones UV CórdobaCórdobaVeracruzHalcones UV VeracruzVeracruzVeracruzHalcones UV XalapaXalapaVeracruzLechugueros de LeónLeónGuanajuatoLobos de la UAdeCSaltilloCoahuilaLobos Grises de la UADDurango CityDurangoMayas de YucatánMéridaYucatánPanteras de AguascalientesAguascalientes CityAguascalientesPioneros de Quintana RooCancúnQuintana RooSantos Reales de San LuisSan Luis Potosí CitySan Luis PotosíSoles de MexicaliMexicaliBaja CaliforniaTecos de la UAGGuadalajaraJaliscoUnión ZacatecasZacatecas CityZacatecasVenados de Nuevo LaredoNuevo LaredoTamaulipas
Regular season Zona Norte standings
Zona Sur standings
Playoffs Source
All-Star Game The 2007 LNBP All-Star Game was played in Nuevo Laredo on December 10, 2007, at 21:00 and was broadcast by TVC Deportes. The game was played between Zona Norte and Zona Sur, with no distinction between foreign and Mexican players. Zona Norte won, 123–113, in front of an attendance of 1,800 people.
Teams
Zona Norte Ramel Allen (Santos Reales de San Luis) Kenya Capers (Unión Zacatecas) Leroy Hickerson (Galgos de Tijuana) Robert Hornsby (Correcaminos UAT Victoria) Horacio Llamas (Soles de Mexicali) Richard López (Soles de Mexicali) Karim Malpica (Algodoneros de la Comarca) Sergio Sánchez (Lobos de la UAdeC) Alex Sanders (Venados de Nuevo Laredo) Arim Solares (Santos Reales de San Luis) Stephen Soriano (Correcaminos UAT Victoria) Antoine Stockman (Venados de Nuevo Laredo) Larry Taylor (Lobos Grises de la UAD) Coaches: Lewis LaSalle Taylor (Lobos Grises de la UAD) and Daniel Óscar Frola (Santos Reales de San Luis)
Zona Sur Harold Arceneaux (Lechugueros de León) Raymundo Castillo (Tecos de la UAG) Devon Ford (Panteras de Aguascalientes) Alonso Izaguirre (Halcones UV Veracruz) Dallas Logan (Halcones UV Córdoba) Nakiea Miller (Bucaneros de Campeche) Adam Parada (Tecos de la UAG) Cedric Patton (Caballeros de Culiacán) Galen Robinson (Pioneros de Quintana Roo) Hernán Salcedo (Ángeles de Puebla) Enrique Zúñiga (Lechugueros de León) Coaches: Ángel González (Halcones UV Córdoba) and Alberto Espasandín (Tecos de la UAG)
References
External links 2008 LNBP season on Latinbasket.com