2023–24 LBA season

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LBA
League Lega Basket Serie A
Season2023–24
Dates30 September 2023 – June 2024
Teams 16
Regular season
Season MVP Flag of Italy.svg Marco Belinelli
Finals
Champions AX Armani Exchange Milano (31th title)
  Runners-up Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Finals MVP Flag of Spain.svg Nikola Mirotic
Statistical leaders
Points Flag of Italy.svg Nico Mannion 20.3
Rebounds Flag of Croatia.svg Miro Bilan 8.3
Assists Flag of the United States.svg 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.

Contents

Teams

Promotion and relegation

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

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

Venues and locations

TeamHome cityArenaCapacity 2022–23 result
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000 [1] 4th
Bertram Derthona Basket Tortona Tortona PalaFerraris3,510 [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

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] .

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 3022826682305+36344 [lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Playoffs
2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 3022824122235+17744 [lower-alpha 1]
3 Germani Brescia 3021926182353+26542
4 Umana Reyer Venezia 30191124882356+13238
5 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 30161424032406332
6 Estra Pistoia 301515243225148230 [lower-alpha 2]
7 Dolomiti Energia Trento 301515249825575930 [lower-alpha 2]
8 Bertram Derthona Tortona 30141624112378+3328 [lower-alpha 3]
9 Generazione Vincente Napoli Basket 301416258726132628 [lower-alpha 3]
10 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 301416239424828828 [lower-alpha 3]
11 Vanoli Basket Cremona 30121824062389+1724 [lower-alpha 4]
12 Givova Scafati 3012182481262614524 [lower-alpha 4]
13 NutriBullet Treviso 3012182434254511124 [lower-alpha 4]
14 Openjobmetis Varese 301218261827028424 [lower-alpha 4]
15 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 3010202417262620920 [lower-alpha 5] Relegation to Serie A2
16 Happy Casa Brindisi 3010202275245518020 [lower-alpha 5]
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. Source: LBA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Virtus Bologna 164-157 Milano
  2. 1 2 Pistoia 178-158 Trento
  3. 1 2 3 Derthona 3-1, Napoli 3-1, Sassari 0-4, Derthona 173-153 Napoli
  4. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 Pesaro 159-154 Brindisi

Playoffs

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

PosTeamPldWLQualification or relegation
1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (C)413110Already qualified to EuroLeague
2 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 432914
3 Germani Brescia 362412
4 Umana Reyer Venezia 392316Qualification to EuroCup
5 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 351817Qualification to Champions League regular season
6 Estra Pistoia 331518
7 Dolomiti Energia Trento 341618Qualification to EuroCup
8 Bertram Derthona Tortona 351619Qualification to Champions League regular season
9 Generazione Vincente Napoli Basket 301416
10 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 301416Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
11 Vanoli Basket Cremona 301218
12 Givova Scafati 301218
13 NutriBullet Treviso 301218
14 Openjobmetis Varese 301218
15 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro (R)301020Relegation to Serie A2
16 Happy Casa Brindisi (R)301020
Source: LBA
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Awards

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

Italian clubs in European competitions

TeamCompetitionProgress
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

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