2014–15 Basketball Bundesliga

The Basketball Bundesliga 2014–15 was the 49th season of the Basketball Bundesliga. The regular season started on 2 October 2014 and ended on 3 May 2015. The Playoffs started on 9 May and ended on 21 June 2015.[1]

Beko BBL1
Teams18
Games played612
Dates2 October 2014 – 21 June 2015
Final positions
Top seedBrose Baskets
ChampionsBrose Baskets
7th title
Runners-upBayern Munich
RelegatedTBB Trier
Artland Dragons[lower-alpha 1]
Major awards
MVP Jamel McLean
Finals MVP Brad Wanamaker
Statistical leaders
Points D.J. Kennedy 18.0
Rebounds Jon Brockman 9.8
Assists Branislav Ratkovica 7.2
Records
Average attendance4,431
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Beko.

Brose Baskets was the top seed in the regular season. The team also won the title, after it beat Bayern Munich 3–2 in the Finals. TBB Trier and Crailsheim Merlins finished in the relegation places, but due to Artland Dragons withdrawing from the Bundesliga, Crailsheim accepted an offer to remain in the Bundesliga for 2015–16.

Team information
BBL 2014–15 – Club Locations
Team City Arena Capacity[2]
Brose Baskets Bamberg Stechert Arena 06,800
Medi Bayreuth Bayreuth Oberfrankenhalle 04,000
Alba Berlin Berlin O2 World Berlin 14,500
Telekom Baskets Bonn Bonn Telekom Dome 06,000
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle 06,600
Eisbären Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Stadthalle 04,050
Crailsheim Merlins Crailsheim Arena Hohenlohe 03,000
Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt Fraport Arena 05,002
BG Göttingen Göttingen Sparkassen Arena 03,447
Phoenix Hagen Hagen Enervie Arena 03,402
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg MHP-Arena 05,300
Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome 06,700
EWE Baskets Oldenburg Oldenburg Große EWE Arena 06,069
Artland Dragons Quakenbrück Artland-Arena 03,000
TBB Trier Trier Arena Trier 05,900
Walter Tigers Tübingen Tübingen Paul Horn-Arena 03,132
ratiopharm ulm Ulm Ratiopharm Arena 06,000
Mitteldeutscher BC Weißenfels Stadthalle Weißenfels 03,000

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brose Baskets 34 29 5 2872 2389 +483 58 Qualification to playoffs
2 Alba Berlin 34 28 6 2875 2496 +379 56
3 Bayern Munich 34 26 8 3043 2555 +488 52
4 Telekom Baskets Bonn 34 23 11 2856 2738 +118 46
5 ratiopharm Ulm 34 21 13 2839 2846 −7 42
6 Skyliners Frankfurt 34 20 14 2635 2565 +70 40
7 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 34 19 15 2748 2681 +67 38
8 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 34 17 17 2727 2676 +51 34
9 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 34 17 17 2619 2653 −34 34
10 BG Göttingen 34 16 18 2745 2832 −87 32
11 Artland Dragons[lower-alpha 2] 34 15 19 2744 2763 −19 30 Withdrew from Bundesliga
12 Mitteldeutscher BC 34 14 20 2558 2686 −128 28
13 Phoenix Hagen 34 11 23 2701 2857 −156 22
14 Tigers Tübingen 34 11 23 2729 2927 −198 22
15 Eisbären Bremerhaven 34 10 24 2622 2810 −188 20
16 Medi Bayreuth 34 10 24 2532 2734 −202 20
17 TBB Trier[lower-alpha 3] 34 11 23 2445 2703 −258 16 Relegation to Pro A
18 Crailsheim Merlins 34 8 26 2568 2947 −379 16
Source: Beko BBL
Notes:
  1. Artland Dragons resigned its position in the BBL. Due to Artland's withdrawal, Crailsheim Merlins, which finished in a relegation spot, remained in the Bundesliga.
  2. Artland Dragons was supposed to be dissolved after the 2014–15 season, and thusfar left the league.[3] Eventually, the team moved to the third division ProB.
  3. TBB Trier were revoked six points (three wins) because of an insolvency.[4]

Results
Home \ Away BAM BAY BER BON BRA BRE CRA FRA GÖT HAG LUD MUN OLD QUA TRI TÜB ULM WEI
Bamberg 99–64 98–69 89–68 77–57 83–82 90–61 81–62 94–75 97–75 65–59 80–63 89–82 89–77 84–44 100–59 101–74 80–62
Bayreuth 50–69 58–68 101–96 61–71 64–56 80–71 67–58 69–71 73–76 89–69 64–83 74–87 79–85 96–82 85–70 94–82 88–85
Berlin 72–78 91–60 90–78 80–63 87–74 92–71 85–79 110–74 78–74 93–76 83–80 83–91 97–58 86–83 OT 84–78 88–68 82–56
Bonn 85–80 77–59 74–83 92–71 97–81 79–76 76–70 66–65 80–92 87–80 88–84 70–59 99–77 88–71 89–80 87–93 96–66
Braunschweig 77–66 OT 88–80 64–71 72–75 92–61 89–76 86–76 79–81 87–66 82–78 70–88 80–71 89–79 80–74 86–72 78–86 83–97 OT
Bremerhaven 63–75 91–66 75–95 71–78 74–76 76–68 71–62 93–74 92–85 70–64 68–101 64–70 69–88 86–66 69–99 86–88 61–59
Crailsheim 83–103 88–84 65–93 87–90 80–82 76–91 59–66 80–84 84–91 89–81 66–103 62–85 85–103 100–84 72–85 80–88 73–71
Frankfurt 69–85 90–89 87–80 OT 84–71 84–72 88–79 88–71 74–70 104–105 OT 79–68 76–73 93–74 87–90 2OT 65–57 79–63 70–77 93–76
Göttingen 86–93 88–85 81–86 71–87 77–67 93–84 89–93 OT 74–62 73–83 81–85 63–59 79–91 70–83 73–87 115–112 92–80 66–89
Hagen 57–70 78–79 90–98 99–101 OT 82–91 84–85 40–0 70–79 88–93 79–95 74–97 83–122 79–91 70–77 90–81 96–98 65–70
Ludwigsburg 83–73 93–67 67–55 88–81 92–81 94–79 91–80 88–75 98–72 85–87 78–93 93–99 69–82 74–69 70–72 79–87 70–53
Munich 96–90 102–75 70–68 112–107 OT 76–80 90–84 110–76 80–73 81–95 124–79 102–76 80–65 91–75 92–51 107–81 100–93 86–63
Oldenburg 78–73 73–67 86–93 89–76 84–70 98–84 112–81 81–83 69–88 74–56 76–98 57–70 77–74 60–80 98–89 74–66 79–72
Quakenbrück 56–76 87–74 73–78 71–79 75–78 103–94 OT 99–100 83–74 73–84 81–85 71–72 63–77 92–85 82–69 97–64 77–82 71–86
Trier 61–74 78–75 54–91 74–80 79–65 85–84 67–82 58–75 68–94 75–62 60–75 79–74 71–65 69–77 79–76 78–83 89–81
Tübingen 81–92 75–71 68–90 77–83 93–76 84–80 91–78 77–82 72–82 69–92 83–76 80–117 94–82 86–90 85–76 83–92 75–54
Ulm 88–95 84–80 66–80 82–77 81–70 89–79 86–71 67–76 101–85 74–90 99–85 OT 76–87 78–83 88–86 93–77 103–96 63–84
Weißenfels 71–84 73–65 81–96 96–99 OT 72–67 89–66 84–87 62–73 91–86 80–79 66–78 59–95 78–76 83–76 77–74 90–79 82–86
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Main article: 2015 BBL Playoffs

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
1 Brose Baskets 3
8 MHP Ludwigsburg 0
1 Brose Baskets 3
5 ratiopharm Ulm 0
4 Telekom Baskets Bonn 2
5 ratiopharm Ulm 3
1 Brose Baskets 3
3 Bayern Munich 2
3 Bayern Munich 3
6 Skyliners Frankfurt 1
3 Bayern Munich 3
2 Alba Berlin 2
2 Alba Berlin 3
7 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 0

Statistical leaders

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 D.J. Kennedy MHP RIESEN 17.8
2 David Bell Phoenix Hagen 17.7
3 Raymar Morgan BG Göttingen 16.2

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Jon Brockman MHP RIESEN 9.8
2 Devin Searcy Eisbären Bremerhaven 8.2
3 John Bryant Bayern Munich 7.5

Assists
Pos Player Club APG
1 Branislav Ratkovica Walter Tigers Tübingen 7.2
2 Dru Joyce Löwen Braunschweig 6.0
3 Lorenzo Williams Eisbären Bremerhaven 5.9

Awards

Most Valuable Player[5]

Finals MVP[6]

Coach of the Year[5]

Most Improved Player[5]

Best German Young Player[5]

Best Offensive Player[5]

Best Defensive Player[5]

All-Star Game
10 January 2015
20:30
Team National 101, Team International 110
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 20–36, 29–23, 30–30
Pts: Tim Ohlbrecht 17
Rebs: Daniel Theis 12
Asts: Heiko Schaffartzik 8		 Pts: Javon McCrea 19
Rebs: John Bryant 17
Asts: Kerron Johnson 6
Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Ulm
Attendance: 6,000

Broadcasting

On 17 June 2014 it was announced that, starting from this season, all BBL-games will be broadcast, as the league has signed a contract until 2018 with Telekom.[8]

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Meister und Pokalsieger starten mit Heimspielen in die Saison 2014/2015" (in German). beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
    2. "Teams". Archived from the original on November 20, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
    3. "Basketball-Klub Artland Dragons verlässt die BBL". Faz.net. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
    4. "Entscheidung des Lizenzligaausschusses: Punktabzüge für TBB Trier". beko-bbl.de. 20 March 2015.
    5. BEKO BBL
    6. Sport1.de (2015-06-21). "Brad Wanamaker von Brose Baskets Bamberg als Finals-MVP ausgezeichnet". Sport1.de. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
    7. "Beko BBL - ALLSTAR-Teams stehen fest". Beko-bbl.de. 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
    8. Manuel Nunez Sanchez (17 June 2014). "Telekom sichert sich Beko BBL bis 2018". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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