2015–16 Basketligaen

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Basketligaen
Champions Horsens IC
6th title
Runners-up Bakken Bears
Third place Team FOG Næstved
Fourth place Hørsholm 79ers
Teams 8
Duration 3 October 2015 – 9 May 2016
Top seed Horsens
Awards
MVP United States Brandon Rozzell
Finals MVP United States Nimrod Hilliard
Statistical leaders
Points United States Brandon Rozzell
25.2
Rebounds United States Evan Yates
9.2
Assists United States David Smedley
5.7

The 2015–16 Basketligaen was the 41st season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark.[1] The season started on October 3, 2015 and ended on May 9, 2016. Horsens IC won the Danish championship for the second year in a row, after it defeated Bakken Bears in the Finals.

Competition format

The participating teams first played a round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice home and twice away for a total of 28 games. The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to Division 1.

Regular Season

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Playoffs

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Finals
                           
  4  Svendborg Rabbits 1    
  5  Hørsholm 79ers 3    
      1  Horsens 3  
            5  Hørsholm 79ers 0    
               
      1  Horsens 4
  2  Bakken Bears 3               2  Bakken Bears 3
  7  Stevnsgade SuperMen 0              
      2  Bakken Bears 3    
        3  Team FOG Næstved 0  
  3  Team FOG Næstved 3    
  6  Randers Cimbria 0  
Third place
     
3 Team FOG Næstved 81
5 Hørsholm 79ers 70

Awards

Nimrod Hilliard of Horsens was named the 2016 Finals MVP.[2] Brandon Rozzell of Svendborg Rabbits was named the 2015–16 Regular Season MVP.[3]

References

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External links

  1. Basketligaen: 2015–2016. Eurobasket.com.
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  3. Brandon Rozzell player profile