2015–16 Slovenian Basketball League

The 2015–16 Slovenian Basketball League was the 25th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. On March 24, 2016, league got new sponsorship name, Liga Nova KBM.^[1]

2015–16 Liga Nova KBM^1
Season	2015–16
Duration	17 October 2015 – 5 June 2016
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	RTV Slovenija Šport TV
Regular season
Top seed	Krka
Season MVP	Jan Barbarič
Relegated	Elektra Šoštanj
Finals
Champions	Helios Suns (2nd title)
Runners-up	Zlatorog Laško
Semifinalists	Krka Union Olimpija
Finals MVP	Marjan Čakarun
Statistical leaders
Points Jan Barbarič 18.6 Rebounds Smiljan Pavič 8.4 Assists Matic Rebec 5.6
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The defending champions were Tajfun. From 2. SKL were promoted Škofja Loka and additionally Lastovka, because Grosuplje withdrew from the league. Maribor also withdrew from the league due to bankruptcy.

Format

League consisted of 12 teams, but only nine started the first half of the season, because Olimpija, Krka, and Tajfun played in the regional ABA League and joined the competition in the second half. In the first half of the season, nine teams played each other twice, home and away. First three teams advanced to the second round, where they were joined by three teams competing in the regional league.

Teams

 

 

Elektra

 

Helios

 

Hopsi

 

Krka

 

Lastovka

 

LTH Castings

 

Portorož

 

Rogaška

 

Šenčur

 

Tajfun

 

Olimpija

 

Zlatorog

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Location of teams in the 2015–16 Slovenian Basketball League

On July 24, 2015 list of teams for 2015–16 season was announced.^[2]

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Elektra	Šoštanj	ŠD Šoštanj	1,000
Helios Suns	Domžale	Komunalni center Hall	2,500
Hopsi	Polzela	ŠD Polzela	1,800
Krka	Novo Mesto	ŠD Leona Štuklja	2,500
Lastovka	Domžale	OŠ Vencelj Perko Hall	300
LTH Castings	Škofja Loka	ŠD Poden	500
Portorož	Lucija	ŠD Lucija	750
Rogaška	Rogaška Slatina	ŠD Rogaška Slatina	800
Šenčur	Šenčur	ŠD Šenčur	800
Tajfun	Šentjur	Dvorana OŠ Hruševec	700
Union Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice	12,500
Zlatorog	Laško	Tri Lilije Hall	2,500

	Teams that play in the 2015–16 Adriatic League
	Teams that play in the 2015–16 Alpe Adria Cup

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Elektra Šoštanj	Janko Bukovič	Dušan Maličević	Urban Bukovič		Termoelektrarna Šoštanj
Helios Suns	Aleš Klavžar	Gašper Okorn	Željko Zagorac	Spalding	Helios
Hopsi Polzela	Igor Pungartnik	Boštjan Kuhar	Uroš Godler	Macron	–
Krka	Brane Kastelec	Ivan Velić	Matej Rojc	Žolna Šport	Krka
Lastovka	Bojan Čad	Miloš Šporar	Dragan Pušič	Spalding	vzajemci.si
LTH Castings	Janez Gaber	Aleksander Sekulić	Tomo Čajič	Peak	LTH Castings/Aktiva skupina
Portorož	Alojz Jurjec	Konstantin Subotić	Vjekoslav Petrović	Errea	Splošna plovba
Rogaška	Kristijan Novak	Damjan Novaković	Željko Jotić	Errea	–
Šenčur	Janko Sekne	Igor Kešelj	Štefan Kosec	Macron	Gorenjska gradbena družba
Tajfun	Iztok Špan	Dejan Mihevc	Dragiša Drobnjak	Spalding	Tajfun
Union Olimpija	Jani Möderndorfer	Gašper Potočnik	Saša Zagorac	Macron	Pivovarna Union
Zlatorog Laško	Miro Firm	Predrag Milović	Goran Jurak	Spalding	Pivovarna Laško

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Krka	Aleksandar Džikić	End of contract	–	Pre-season	Ivan Velić	21 June 2015^[3]
Union Olimpija	Memi Bečirovič		–		Gašper Potočnik	10 June 2015^[4]
LTH Casting	Gašper Potočnik		–		Aleksander Sekulić	5 August 2015^[5]
Hopsi	Vladimir Rizman		–		Boštjan Kuhar	2 September 2015^[6]
Lastovka	Dejan Gašparin		–		Miloš Šporar	27 July 2015^[7]
Elektra	Boštjan Kuhar		–		Dušan Maličević	1 October 2015^[8]
Helios Suns	Gašper Okorn	Mutual consent	2 December 2015^[9]	4th (3–3)	Jakša Vulić	4 December 2015^[10]
Zlatorog	Predrag Milović	Sacked	3 December 2015^[11]	5th (3–2)	Aleš Pipan	9 December 2015^[12]
Lastovka	Miloš Šporar	Sacked	10 December 2015^[13]	7th (1–5)	Andrej Žakelj	22 December 2015^[14]

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rogaška	16	15	1	1333	1056	+277	31	Qualification to the group for the title
2	Zlatorog Laško	16	12	4	1339	1123	+216	28
3	Helios Suns	16	11	5	1271	1074	+197	27
4	Šenčur	16	10	6	1255	1073	+182	26	Qualification to the relegation group
5	LTH Castings	16	9	7	1204	1186	+18	25
6	Portorož	16	6	10	1188	1269	−81	22
7	Lastovka	16	4	12	1135	1230	−95	20
8	Hopsi Polzela	16	4	12	1175	1274	−99	20
9	Elektra Šoštanj	16	1	15	1012	1627	−615	17

Source: [1]

Second round

Key

	Qualified for the 1. SKL Playoffs
	Qualified for Relegation Playoffs
	Relegated to Second Division

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Krka	10	7	3	785	711	+74	17
2	Zlatorog Laško	10	7	3	772	746	+26	17
3	Union Olimpija	10	5	5	854	799	+55	15
4	Helios Suns	10	5	5	729	779	−50	15
5	Rogaška	10	4	6	734	799	−65	14
6	Tajfun	10	2	8	737	777	−40	12

Group B

Results between teams in the regular season remained in effect for the second round for Group B.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
7	LTH Castings	20	14	6	1670	1504	+166	34
8	Šenčur	20	13	7	1617	1334	+283	33
9	Lastovka	20	12	8	1529	1401	+128	32
10	Portorož	20	10	10	1550	1515	+35	30
11	Hopsi Polzela	20	10	10	1531	1498	+33	30
12	Elektra Šoštanj	20	1	19	1371	2016	−645	21

Playoffs

The Playoffs began on Thursday, May 11, 2016 and concluded at June 5, 2016.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Krka	2
	8	Šenčur	0
						1	Krka	1
						4	Helios Suns	2
	4	Helios Suns	2
	5	Rogaška	1
											2	Zlatorog Laško	1
											4	Helios Suns	3
	3	Union Olimpija	2
	6	Tajfun	1
						2	Zlatorog Laško	2
						3	Union Olimpija	1
	2	Zlatorog Laško	2
	7	LTH Castings	0

Liga Nova KBM 2015–16 Champions
Helios Suns 2nd title

Relegation Playoffs

The two bottom teams of the season played against the two best teams from the Slovenian Second Division. All teams played each other at home and away.

Qualified for 2016–17 Slovenian First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Hopsi Polzela	6	5	1	500	428	+72	11
2	Portorož	6	4	2	500	457	+43	10
3	Branik Maribor	6	3	3	451	504	−53	9
4	Sežana	6	0	6	430	492	−62	6

Awards

Regular Season MVP

•   Smiljan Pavič (Šenčur)

Season MVP

•   Jan Barbarič (Portorož)

Finals MVP

•   Marjan Čakarun (Helios Suns)

Weekly MVP

Regular season Week MVP^[15] Club Efficiency 1   Hugh Robertson Helios Suns 30 2   Miha Vašl Zlatorog 25 3   Matic Rebec Rogaška 44 4   Miha Vašl (2) Zlatorog 30 5   Cory Remekun Rogaška 27 6   Jan Barbarič Portorož 32 7   Jan Barbarič (2) Portorož 32 8   Željko Zagorac Helios Suns 31 9   Smiljan Pavič Šenčur 45 10 ^c   Željko Zagorac (2) Helios Suns 25   Simo Atanacković Helios Suns 25 11   Smiljan Pavič (2) Šenčur 40 12   Jan Barbarič (3) Portorož 32 13 ^c   Željko Zagorac (3) Helios Suns 25   Bojan Radulović LTH Castings 25 14   Cory Remekun (2) Rogaška 32 15   Jan Rizman Hopsi Polzela 32 16   Mladen Primorac Rogaška 28 17 ^c   Milivoje Mijović Rogaška 32   Matej Krušič Zlatorog 32 18   Smiljan Pavič (3) Šenčur 41 Note ^c – Co-MVP's were announced.

Second round Week MVP^[16] Club Efficiency 1   Milivoje Mijović Rogaška 26 2   Sava Lešić Union Olimpija 22 3   Đorđe Lelić Helios Suns 24 4   Sava Lešić (2) Union Olimpija 29 5   Sava Lešić (3) Union Olimpija 24 6   Marjan Čakarun Helios Suns 27 7   Stefan Sinovec Krka 26 8 ^c   Darwin Davis Rogaška 28   Chris Booker Zlatorog 28 9   Marjan Čakarun (2) Helios Suns 31 10   Chris Booker (2) Zlatorog 28 Note ^c – Co-MVP's were announced.

Statistical leaders

Performance Index Rating Pos Player Club PIR 1   Jan Barbarič Portorož 23.20 2   Smiljan Pavič Šenčur 21.82 3   Sava Lešić Union Olimpija 17.94

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1   Jan Barbarič Portorož 18.60 2   Robert Abramović LTH Castings 17.65 3   Bojan Djurica Elektra Šoštanj 16.77

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1   Smiljan Pavič Šenčur 8.39 2   Terell Parks Tajfun 8.31 3   Chris Booker Zlatorog Laško 8.11

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1   Matic Rebec Krka 5.59 2   Daniel Vujasinović Zlatorog Laško 5.20 3   Vjekoslav Petrović Portorož 4.77

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