The 2015–16 Korvpalli Meistriliiga season (also known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st season of top-tier basketball in Estonia. TÜ/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 KML season.
The season began on 7 October 2015 and concluded on 27 May 2016 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 1 in the 2016 KML Finals to win their 8th Estonian Championship.
Teams
TeamLocationArenaCapacityAudentes/NoortekoondisTallinnAudentes Sports CentreKalev/CramoTallinnSaku ArenaPort of PärnuPärnuPärnu Sports HallAVIS RaplaRaplaSadolin Sports HallRakvere TarvasRakvereRakvere Sports HallTLÜ/KalevTallinnKalev Sports HallTTÜTallinnTTÜ Sports HallTÜ/RockTartuUniversity of Tartu Sports HallValga-Valka/Maks & MooritsValgaValga Sports Hall
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAudentes/Noortekoondis Indrek Visnapuu Peak RamirentKalev/Cramo Alar Varrak Gregor Arbet Nike CramoPort of Pärnu Mait Käbin Silver Leppik Nike Port of PärnuAVIS Rapla Aivar Kuusmaa Indrek Kajupank Spalding AvisRakvere Tarvas Andres Sõber Mario Paiste Nike RakvereTLÜ/Kalev Kalle Klandorf Reimo Tamm Peak City of TallinnTTÜ Rait Käbin Kiur Akenpärg Erreà Tallinn University of TechnologyTÜ/Rock Gert Kullamäe Marek Doronin Nike SakuValga-Valka/Maks & Moorits Juris Umbraško Kristo Saage SMV Maks & Moorits
Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment TTÜ Heino Lill Signed as assistant coach 10 August 2015 Pre-season Rait Käbin 10 August 2015 Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits Varis Krūmiņš Sacked 12 February 2016 8th Juris Umbraško 12 February 2016
Regular season During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:
TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home against teams other than Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total). Kalev/Cramo will play 2 rounds away against teams other than TÜ/Rock (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).
Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.
League table
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" ! width=20| !! width=200|Team !! width=30| !! width=30| !! width=30| !! width=30| !! width=30| !!width=200| Qualification |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |1||align="left"|Kalev/Cramo||32|| 32|| 0|| 64|| | rowspan=8 align="center"|Qualification to Playoffs |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |2||align="left"|TÜ/Rock||32|| 25|| 7|| 57|| |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |3||align="left"|TLÜ/Kalev||32|| 19|| 13|| 51|| |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |4||align="left"|AVIS Rapla||32|| 18|| 14|| 50|| |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |5||align="left"|Rakvere Tarvas||32|| 16|| 16|| 48|| |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |6||align="left"|Port of Pärnu||32|| 13|| 19|| 45|| |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |7||align="left"|TTÜ|| 32|| 11|| 21|| 43|| |- bgcolor=#CCFFCC |8||align="left"|Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits|| 32|| 10|| 22|| 42|| |- |9||align="left"|Audentes/Noortekoondis||32|| 0 || 32|| 32|| | rowspan=1 align"center"|
Results
Playoffs
Bracket The playoffs began on 14 April and ended on 27 May. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 1 in the 2016 KML Finals.
Individual statistics Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.
Points RankPlayerTeamGamesPointsPPG1 Johnny Berhanemeskel TLÜ/Kalev 40 821 20.532 Brandis Raley-Ross Kalev/Cramo/Rakvere Tarvas 21 41519.763 Dominykas Milka TLÜ/Kalev3051817.274 Reinis Strupovičs Rakvere Tarvas3049916.635 Kristjan Kitsing TTÜ3253116.59
Rebounds RankPlayerTeamGamesReboundsRPG1 Thomas van der Mars AVIS Rapla 24 25710.712 Shawn King Kalev/Cramo 16 16310.193 Jurijs Aleksejevs Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits 29 2498.594 David Haughton Rakvere Tarvas322527.885 Paulius Petrilevičius Port of Pärnu272107.78
Assists RankPlayerTeamGamesAssistsAPG1 Rait-Riivo LaaneTTÜ322006.252 Tom Droney TLÜ/Kalev 361784.943 Devin Brooks AVIS Rapla 40 1734.334 Kristo Saage Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits 32 1354.225 Sten Sokk Kalev/Cramo251044.16
Awards
Finals MVP Rolands Freimanis (Kalev/Cramo)
Best Defender Janar Talts (TÜ/Rock)
Best Young Player Norman Käbin (Port of Pärnu)
Coach of the Year Alar Varrak (Kalev/Cramo)
All-KML Team PlayerTeamPG Sten SokkKalev/CramoSG Gregor ArbetKalev/CramoSF Indrek KajupankAVIS RaplaPF Kristjan KitsingTTÜC Shawn KingKalev/Cramo
Player of the Month MonthPlayerTeamOctober Evaldas ŽabasTÜ/RockNovember William ArtinoAVIS RaplaDecember Kristjan KitsingTTÜJanuary Dominykas MilkaTLÜ/KalevFebruary Gert DorbekTÜ/RockMarch Rait-Riivo LaaneTTÜApril Tom DroneyTLÜ/Kalev
See also 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup 2015–16 VTB United League 2015–16 Baltic Basketball League 2015–16 Latvian Basketball League
References
External links Official website