The 2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A BEKO, was the 94th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.
The regular season started on 4 October 2015 and finished on 4 May 2015, with the playoffs starting on 7 May (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2016 Euroleague Final Four) and finished between 13 and 16 June, depending on results.
Banco di Sardegna Sassari was the defending champion.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 27th title by beating Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in game 6 of the finals.
Teams
Venues and locations
TeamHome cityArenaCapacity2014–15 seasonAcqua Vitasnella CantùCantùMapooro Arena3,910Quarterfinals 2015–16 playoffsBanco di Sardegna SassariSassariPalaSerradimigni5,000Serie A ChampionsBetaland Capo d'OrlandoCapo d'OrlandoPalaFantozzi3,61314th in Serie AConsultinvest PesaroPesaroAdriatic Arena6,11915th in Serie ADolomiti Energia TrentoTrentoPalaTrento4,360Quarterfinals 2015–16 playoffsEA7 Emporio Armani MilanoMilanMediolanum Forum12,700Semifinals 2015–16 playoffsEnel BrindisiBrindisiPalaPentassuglia3,534Quarterfinals 2015–16 playoffsGiorgio Tesi Group PistoiaPistoiaPallaCarrara4,0009th in Serie AGrissin Bon Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaPalaBigi3,800Runners-up 2015–16 playoffsManital TorinoTurinPalaRuffini4,500Serie A2 playoffs winnerObiettivo Lavoro BolognaBolognaUnipol Arena8,400Quarterfinals 2015–16 playoffsOpenjobmetis VareseVaresePalaWhirlpool5,30011th in Serie APasta Reggia Caserta CasertaPalaMaggiò6,38716th in Serie ASidigas AvellinoAvellinoPalaDelMauro5,30013th in Serie AUmana Reyer VeneziaMestreTaliercio3,509Semifinals 2015–16 playoffsVanoli CremonaCremonaPalaRadi 3,52712th in Serie A
Pasta Reggia Caserta took the place of Acea Roma which has renounced to the 2015–16 Serie A.
Personnel and sponsorship Team Chairman Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAcqua Vitasnella Cantù Dmitry Gerasimenko Sergei Bazarevich Macron Acqua VitasnellaBanco di Sardegna Sassari Stefano Sardara Federico Pasquini Eyesportwear Banco di SardegnaBetaland Capo d'Orlando Roberto Enzo Sindoni Gennaro Di Carlo Legea BetalandConsultinvest Pesaro Ario Costa Riccardo Paolini Erreà ConsultinvestDolomiti Energia Trento Luigi Longhi Maurizio Buscaglia Spalding Dolomiti EnergiaEA7 Emporio Armani Milano Livio Proli Jasmin Repeša Armani EA7 Emporio ArmaniEnel Brindisi Fernando Marino Piero Bucchi Bitre Sport EnelGiorgio Tesi Group Pistoia Roberto Maltinti Vincenzo Esposito Erreà Giorgio Tesi GroupGrissin Bon Reggio Emilia Maria Licia Ferrarini Massimiliano Menetti Sportika Grissin BonManital Torino Antonio Forni Francesco Vitucci Spalding ManitalObiettivo Lavoro Bologna Alberto Bucci Giorgio Valli Macron Obiettivo LavoroOpenjobmetis Varese Stefano Coppa Paolo Moretti Spalding OpenjobmetisPasta Reggia Caserta Nicola Cecere Sandro Dell'Agnello – Pasta ReggiaSidigas Avellino Giuseppe Sampietro Stefano Sacripanti Joma SidigasUmana Reyer Venezia Federico Casarin Walter De Raffaele Erreà UmanaVanoli Cremona Aldo Vanoli Cesare Pancotto Erreà Vanoli Ferramenta
Managerial Changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Acqua Vitasnella Cantù Stefano Sacripanti Resigned 6 June 2015 Pre-season Fabio Corbani 11 June 2015 Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia Paolo Moretti End of contract 13 June 2015 Vincenzo Esposito 22 July 2015 Pasta Reggia Caserta Vincenzo Esposito End of contract 21 June 2015 Sandro Dell'Agnello 23 June 2015 Openjobmetis Varese Attilio Caja End of contract 24 June 2015 Paolo Moretti 25 June 2015 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Luca Banchi Resigned 25 June 2015 Jasmin Repeša 6 July 2015 Sidigas Avellino Francesco Vitucci Resigned 1 July 2015 Stefano Sacripanti 2 July 2015 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Romeo Sacchetti Sacked 21 November 2015 6th (4–3) Marco Calvani 24 November 2015 Manital Torino Luca Bechi Sacked 14 December 2015 16th (2–9) Francesco Vitucci 18 December 2015 Acqua Vitasnella Cantù Fabio Corbani Sacked 18 December 2015 11th (4–7) Sergei Bazarevich 18 December 2015 Betaland Capo d'Orlando Giulio Graccioli Sacked 28 December 2015 15th (4–10) Gennaro Di Carlo 30 December 2015 Umana Reyer Venezia Carlo Recalcati Sacked 14 February 2016 9th (10–10) Walter De Raffaele 14 February 2016 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Marco Calvani Sacked 7 March 2016 9th (11–11) Federico Pasquini 7 March 2016
Changes from 2014–15 The season saw historic public broadcaster RAI (one match every week) joined by Sky Italia (two matches every week) in broadcasting the league's games for television, after an agreement with Lega Basket covering the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons.
Rules The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. The Quarterfinals are best-of-five, while the semifinals and finals series are best-of-seven. The last placed club is relegated, and is replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket.
Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas: 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union 3 foreigners from countries outside the E.U., 4 foreigners from E.U. countries (also including those from countries signatory of the Cotonou Agreement) In early September 2015, nine squads had chosen the 5+5 formula and seven the 3+4+5.
Regular season
Standings
Calendar Day one04-10-15 17-01-16 97-90 Sassari-Cremona 73-7280-73 Trento-Milano 79-83 69-65 Bologna-Venezia 69-73 85-78 Pistoia-Brindisi 71-67 51-58 Varese-Caserta 77-70 77-73 Avellino-Pesaro 88-82 73-65 Capo d'Orlando-Cantù 56-84 72-96 Torino-Reggio Emilia 72-77
Day four25-10-15 07-02-1673-51 Venezia-Cremona 73-7471-81 Brindisi-Trento 92-8980-70 Cantù-Torino 72-7976-70 Pistoia-Avellino 76-8470-86 Varese-Sassari 69-9168-62 Capo d'Orlando-Reggio Emilia 66-7568-63 Pesaro-Bologna 75-7970-80 Caserta-Milano 86-91
Day seven15-11-15 06-03-16 87-83 Venezia-Reggio Emilia 96-98 89-63 Trento-Varese 82-96 84-82 Cantù-Avellino 77-8192-87 Bologna-Sassari 91-85 93-84 Pistoia-Caserta 94-88 65-69 Capo d'Orlando-Cremona 73-74 75-70 Pesaro-Brindisi 76-81 85-83 Torino-Milano 90-94
Day ten06-12-15 26-03-1673-88 Sassari-Trento 81-9374-72 Reggio Emilia-Milano 80-8495-103 Venezia-Cantù 76-7281-93 Varese-Avellino 71-8973-63 Cremona-Bologna 66-7374-77 Capo d'Orlando-Brindisi 70-6987-88 Torino-Pistoia 80-7073-69 Caserta-Pesaro 72-71
Day thirteen23-12-15 17-04-1694-70 Sassari-Reggio Emilia 102-9874-63 Trento-Capo d'Orlando 82-8172-69 Brindisi-Torino 75-8385-77 Bologna-Cantù 73-8970-68 Pistoia-Venezia 68-7487-82 Varese-Cremona 79-7062-70 Avellino-Caserta 92-8769-66 Pesaro-Milano 78-82Day two11-10-15 24-01-16 87-68 Reggio Emilia-Avellino 67-75 90-62 Milano-Varese 86-64 77-76 Venezia-Capo d'Orlando 53-5581-54 Brindisi-Bologna 109-11575-86 Cantù-Sassari 86-78 76-83 Cremona-Trento 78-71 73-74 Pesaro-Pistoia 75-77 63-65 Caserta-Torino 87-83
Day five01-11-15 14-02-1670-82 Sassari-Venezia 74-7083-66 Reggio Emilia-Pesaro 80-9089-71 Milano-Pistoia 85-80100-103 Cantù-Brindisi 68-8685-90 Bologna-Caserta 65-6979-66 Avellino-Trento 80-6862-66 Capo d'Orlando-Varese 82-8180-93 Torino-Cremona 50-66
Day eight22-11-15 13-03-16106-80 Sassari-Pesaro 65-86 69-65 Reggio Emilia-Trento 90-84 87-65 Milano-Venezia 85-81 82-75 Varese-Bologna 67-76 83-81 Avellino-Brindisi 89-8282-66 Cremona-Pistoia 79-72 69-71 Torino-Capo d'Orlando 73-86 71-73 Caserta-Cantù 69-92
Day eleven13-12-15 03-04-1684-57 Milano-Capo d'Orlando 71-7880-66 Trento-Bologna 75-6853-79 Brindisi-Reggio Emilia 59-7674-82 Cantù-Cremona 85-9567-65 Pistoia-Varese 78-9186-79 Avellino-Torino 74-7882-75 Pesaro-Venezia 100-9670-86 Caserta-Sassari 75-87
Day fourteen27-12-15 24-04-1680-75 Sassari-Pistoia 68-7786-69 Reggio Emilia-Varese 69-7777-66 Venezia-Trento 67-6290-65 Cantù-Pesaro 90-9676-91 Cremona-Milano 77-8155-73 Capo d'Orlando-Avellino 69-8575-70 Torino-Bologna 54-7380-75 Caserta-Brindisi 55-73Day three18-10-15 31-01-1678-92 Sassari-Brindisi 82-8897-92 Reggio Emilia-Cantù 74-7054-74 Trento-Pistoia 69-6464-76 Bologna-Capo d'Orlando 62-8988-81 Varese-Pesaro 71-7660-83 Avellino-Milano 81-8069-60 Cremona-Caserta 64-7362-84 Torino-Venezia 57-73
Day six08-11-15 28-02-1687-72 Milano-Bologna 101-8581-74 Trento-Pesaro 72-7989-84 Brindisi-Venezia 75-9795-89 Pistoia-Cantù 74-8292-78 Varese-Torino 84-7288-90 Avellino-Sassari 95-9468-61 Cremona-Reggio Emilia 77-8678-66 Caserta-Capo d'Orlando 59-65
Day nine29-11-15 20-03-1665-58 Venezia-Caserta 80-7393-85 Trento-Torino 69-7180-74 Brindisi-Varese 69-8071-78 Cantù-Milano 65-7281-66 Bologna-Avellino 74-8277-80 Pistoia-Reggio Emilia 71-9452-77 Capo d'Orlando-Sassari 63-9274-86 Pesaro-Cremona 72-77
Day twelve20-12-15 10-04-1687-62 Reggio Emilia-Caserta 87-8277-72 Milano-Brindisi 50-6484-58 Venezia-Varese 68-7987-77 Cantù-Trento 75-7976-72 Bologna-Pistoia 76-8864-58 Cremona-Avellino 70-8469-72 Capo d'Orlando-Pesaro 65-7086-83 Torino-Sassari 98-112
Day fifteen03-01-16 04-05-1687-50 Milano-Sassari 80-8371-66 Trento-Caserta 70-7376-81 Brindisi-Cremona 61-7667-77 Bologna-Reggio Emilia 78-82103-75 Pistoia-Capo d'Orlando 65-5879-66 Varese-Cantù 79-8988-76 Avellino-Venezia 77-8669-76 Pesaro-Torino 66-83
Statistical leaders As of 04 May 2016.
Points RankNameTeam1. Austin Daye Consultinvest Pesaro 21.32. Adrian Banks Enel Brindisi 19.03. James Nunnally Sidigas Avellino 18.44. D. J. White Manital Torino 17.15. David Logan Banco di Sardegna Sassari 17.0
Assists RankNameTeam1. Peyton Siva Pasta Reggia Caserta 6.52. Ronald Moore Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia 6.13. Walter Hodge Acqua Vitasnella Cantù 5.54. Mike Green Umana Reyer Venezia 5.35. Roko Ukić Acqua Vitasnella Cantù 5.2
Steals RankNameTeam1. Peyton Siva Pasta Reggia Caserta 2.02. Deron Washington Vanoli Cremona 2.03. David Logan Banco di Sardegna Sassari 1.94. Jerome Dyson Manital Torino 1.75. Bobby Jones Pasta Reggia Caserta 1.7
Rebounds RankNameTeam1. Dario Hunt Pasta Reggia Caserta 9.92. Austin Daye Consultinvest Pesaro 9.03. Alex Oriakhi Betaland Capo d'Orlando 8.84. D. J. White Manital Torino 8.65. JaJuan Johnson Acqua Vitasnella Cantù 8.2
Blocks RankNameTeam1. Riccardo Cervi Sidigas Avellino 1.42. Dario Hunt Pasta Reggia Caserta 1.43. JaJuan Johnson Acqua Vitasnella Cantù 1.44. Ndudi Ebi Manital Torino 1.35. Alex Kirk Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia 1.3
Valuation RankNameTeam1. Austin Daye Consultinvest Pesaro 22.42. D. J. White Manital Torino 21.73. Adrian Banks Enel Brindisi 19.74. David Logan Banco di Sardegna Sassari 19.45. Alex Kirk Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia 17.7
Playoffs
The Serie A playoffs quarterfinals are best-of-five, while the semifinals and finals series are best-of-seven.
Serie A clubs in European competitions
Team Competition ProgressBanco di Sardegna Sassari Eurocup Round of 32EA7 Emporio Armani Milano EuroLeague QuarterfinalsDolomiti Energia Trento Eurocup SemifinalsGrissin Bon Reggio Emilia Eurocup Round of 32Umana Reyer Venezia Eurocup Round of 32Enel Brindisi Eurocup Regular SeasonAcqua Vitasnella Cantù FIBA Europe Cup Round of 32Openjobmetis Varese FIBA Europe Cup Final
Supercup
The 2015 Italian Supercup was the 21st edition of the super cup tournament in Italian basketball. It opened the season on 26 and 27 September 2015. Qualified for the tournament were league winners and cup winners Banco di Sardegna Sassari, cup finalists EA7 Emporio Armani Milano and league finalist Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia and Umana Reyer Venezia. These four teams competed for the title in Turin's PalaRuffini. Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia went on to win its first Supercoppa ever beating EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.
All Star Game The league's All Star Game was contested on 10 January 2016 at PalaTrento in the city of Trento. The two teams were Dolomiti Energia Team and Cavit Team, for sponsorship reasons. The Cavit Team's head coach was the American Dan Peterson.