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2023–24 LBA season

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LBA
LeagueLega Basket Serie A
Season2023–24
Dates30 September 2023 – June 2024
Teams16
Regular season
Season MVPItaly Marco Belinelli
Finals
ChampionsAX Armani Exchange Milano (31th title)
  Runners-upVirtus Segafredo Bologna
Finals MVPSpain Nikola Mirotic
Statistical leaders
Points Italy Nico Mannion 20.3
Rebounds Croatia Miro Bilan 8.3
Assists United States Tyler Ennis 6.7
Lega Basket Serie A seasons

The 2023–24 LBA season was the 102nd season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation

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Trieste and Verona ended, respectively, on 15th and 16th place and therefore relegated to the Serie A2.

Pistoia and Cremona were two best teams in Serie A2 and therefore promoted to Serie A.

Number of teams by region

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Number of teams Region Team(s)
4  Lombardy EA7 Emporio Milano
Germani Basket Brescia
Openjobmetis Varese
Vanoli Cremona
2  Campania Gevi Napoli
Givova Scafati
 Emilia-Romagna UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
 Veneto NutriBullet Treviso
Umana Reyer Venezia
1  Apulia Happy Casa Brindisi
 Marche Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro
 Piedmont Bertram Derthona Tortona
 Sardinia Banco di Sardegna Sassari
 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Dolomiti Energia Trento
 Tuscany Estra Pistoia

Venues and locations

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Team Home city Arena Capacity 2022–23 result
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000[1] 4th
Bertram Derthona Basket Tortona Tortona PalaFerraris 3,510[2] 3rd
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Pesaro Vitifrigo Arena 10,323[3] 8th
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,331[4] 1st
Estra Pistoia Pistoia PalaCarrara 3,916[5] Promoted to LBA
Dolomiti Energia Trento Trento BLM Group Arena 4,360[6] 6th
Germani Brescia Brescia PalaLeonessa 5,200[7] 9th
Givova Scafati Scafati PalaMangano 3,700[8] 10th
Gevi Napoli Naples PalaBarbuto 5,500[9] 12th
Happy Casa Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassuglia 3,534[10] 7th
NutriBullet Treviso Treviso PalaVerde 5,134[11] 11th
Openjobmetis Varese Varese Enerxenia Arena 5,107[12] 13th
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 3,506[13] 5th
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia PalaBigi 4,530[14] 14th
Vanoli Cremona Cremona PalaRadi 3,519[15] Promoted to LBA
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Bologna Segafredo Arena 9,980[16] 2nd

Source:[17]

Regular season

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In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are from 30 September 2023 to 5 May 2024.

Points scored in overtime counts toward tiebreakers. Tiebreakers are based on articule 62 of Regolamento Esecutivo Gare.[18]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 30 22 8 2668 2305 +363 44[a] Qualification to Playoffs
2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 30 22 8 2412 2235 +177 44[a]
3 Germani Brescia 30 21 9 2618 2353 +265 42
4 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 19 11 2488 2356 +132 38
5 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 30 16 14 2403 2406 −3 32
6 Estra Pistoia 30 15 15 2432 2514 −82 30[b]
7 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 15 15 2498 2557 −59 30[b]
8 Bertram Derthona Tortona 30 14 16 2411 2378 +33 28[c]
9 Generazione Vincente Napoli Basket 30 14 16 2587 2613 −26 28[c]
10 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 14 16 2394 2482 −88 28[c]
11 Vanoli Basket Cremona 30 12 18 2406 2389 +17 24[d]
12 Givova Scafati 30 12 18 2481 2626 −145 24[d]
13 NutriBullet Treviso 30 12 18 2434 2545 −111 24[d]
14 Openjobmetis Varese 30 12 18 2618 2702 −84 24[d]
15 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 30 10 20 2417 2626 −209 20[e] Relegation to Serie A2
16 Happy Casa Brindisi 30 10 20 2275 2455 −180 20[e]
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. Source: LBA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Virtus Bologna 164-157 Milano
  2. ^ a b Pistoia 178-158 Trento
  3. ^ a b c Derthona 3-1, Napoli 3-1, Sassari 0-4, Derthona 173-153 Napoli
  4. ^ a b c d Cremona 3-3, Scafati 3-3, Treviso 3-3, Varese 3-3, Cremona 488-480 (1.017), Scafati 562-554 (1.014), Treviso 530-529 (1.002), Varese 531-548 (0.969)
  5. ^ a b Pesaro 159-154 Brindisi

Playoffs

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Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Playoffs are played in 2-2-1 format where better seed hosts first, second and fifth game while worse seed host third and fourth game.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                        
1 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 92 83 81 75 92 3
8 Bertram Derthona Tortona 80 77 91 82 63 2
1 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 103 79 73 96 3
4 Umana Reyer Venezia 89 78 78 81 1
4 Umana Reyer Venezia 74 83 66 95 83 3
5 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 82 75 78 92 67 2
1 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 75 72 78 73 1
2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 86 64 81 85 3
2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 84 104 83 87 3
7 Dolomiti Energia Trento 85 93 68 69 1
2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 95 77 96 3
3 Germani Brescia 89 66 86 0
3 Germani Brescia 79 97 98 3
6 Estra Pistoia 70 75 77 0

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or relegation
1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (C) 41 31 10 Already qualified to EuroLeague
2 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 43 29 14
3 Germani Brescia 36 24 12
4 Umana Reyer Venezia 39 23 16 Qualification to EuroCup
5 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 35 18 17 Qualification to Champions League regular season
6 Estra Pistoia 33 15 18
7 Dolomiti Energia Trento 34 16 18 Qualification to EuroCup
8 Bertram Derthona Tortona 35 16 19 Qualification to Champions League regular season
9 Generazione Vincente Napoli Basket 30 14 16
10 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 14 16 Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
11 Vanoli Basket Cremona 30 12 18
12 Givova Scafati 30 12 18
13 NutriBullet Treviso 30 12 18
14 Openjobmetis Varese 30 12 18
15 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro (R) 30 10 20 Relegation to Serie A2
16 Happy Casa Brindisi (R) 30 10 20
Source: LBA
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Awards

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Pos. Player Team Ref.
Season MVP
SG Italy Marco Belinelli Virtus Segafredo Bologna [19]
Finals MVP
PF Spain Nikola Mirotić EA7 Emporio Armani Milano [20]
Top Scorer
PG Italy Nico Mannion Openjobmetis Varese [21]
Domestic Player of the Year
PG Italy Nico Mannion Openjobmetis Varese [22]
Best Young Player
C Senegal Mouhamed Faye UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia [23]
Best Defender
SG Italy John Petrucelli Germani Brescia [24]
Sixth Man of the Year
SG Denmark Gabriel Lundberg Virtus Segafredo Bologna [25]
Most Improved Player
SG United States C. J. Massinburg Germani Brescia [26]
Coach of the Year
HD Italy Nicola Brienza Estra Pistoia [27]
All-LBA Team
PG United States Payton Willis Estra Pistoia [28]
SG United States Rayjon Tucker Umana Reyer Venezia
SF Italy Marco Belinelli Virtus Segafredo Bologna
PF Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia Virtus Segafredo Bologna
C Croatia Miro Bilan Germani Brescia

Italian clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Virtus Segafredo Bologna EuroLeague Play-in
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Regular Season
Umana Reyer Venezia EuroCup Regular season
Dolomiti Energia Trento Regular Season
Bertram Derthona Tortona Champions League Play-ins
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Play-ins
Openjobmetis Varese Qualifying rounds
Happy Casa Brindisi Qualifying rounds
Openjobmetis Varese FIBA Europe Cup Quarterfinals
Happy Casa Brindisi Regular season

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Banco di Sardegna Sassari (in Italian)
  2. ^ Bertram Yachts Derthona Basket
  3. ^ Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro (in Italian)
  4. ^ EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (in Italian)
  5. ^ Estra Pistoia (in Italian)
  6. ^ Dolomiti Energia Trento (in Italian)
  7. ^ Germani Brescia (in Italian)
  8. ^ Givova Scafati (in Italian)
  9. ^ GeVi Napoli (in Italian)
  10. ^ Happy Casa Brindisi (in Italian)
  11. ^ NutriBullet Treviso Basket
  12. ^ Openjobmetis Varese (in Italian)
  13. ^ Umana Reyer Venezia (in Italian)
  14. ^ UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia (in Italian)
  15. ^ Vanoli Cremona (in Italian)
  16. ^ Virtus Segafredo Bologna
  17. ^ Legabasket.it
  18. ^ https://fip.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RE-Gare-approvato-dal-CF-14-luglio-2023-del-n-38.pdf
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