2017–18 Serie A2 Basket

Serie A2 Basket
Serie A2 Basket
Season	2017–18
Teams	32
Games played	480 (Regular season); 45–75 (Playoffs)
Dates	29 September 2017 – June 2018
TV	Sportitalia
Final positions
Top seed	Alma Pallacanestro Trieste (East); Novipiù Casale Monferrato (West)
Champions	Alma Trieste (1st title)
Runners-up	Novipiù Casale Monferrato
Semifinalists	Consultinvest Bologna; De' Longhi Treviso
Promoted	Alma Pallacanestro Trieste
Relegated	Agribertocchi Orzinuovi; Cuore Basket Napoli; Metextra Reggio Calabria
Awards
Finals MVP	Daniele Cavaliero
Statistical leaders
Index Rating
Index Rating
Points	Devin Ebanks
Rebounds	Mike Hall
Assists
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 17 June 2018.

The 2017–18 Serie A2 season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A2 Old Wild West, is the 44th season of the Italian basketball second league Serie A2 Basket. The season started on September 29, 2017, and will end in June 2018 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals.^[1]

Rules[]

The season is composed of 32 teams with a regional subdivision in two equal groups of sixteen, East and West. Each team plays twice each team in its subgroup, the first ranked team of each group then plays the eighth ranked team of the other group (e.g. East No. 1 against West No. 8), then the second best against the seventh, and so on, to form a promotion playoffs (for one place) of sixteen teams.^[2]

Teams[]

By region[]

Number of teams	Region	Team(s)
6	Emilia-Romagna	Andrea Costa Imola Basket Assigeco Piacenza Bondi Ferrara Consultinvest Bologna OraSì Ravenna Unieuro Forlì
5	Lombardy	Agribertocchi Orzinuovi Bergamo Basket Dinamica Generale Mantova FCL Contract Legnano Remer Treviglio
4	Lazio	Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina Leonis Roma NPC Rieti Virtus Roma
3	Piedmont	Bertram Tortona Eurotrend Biella Novipiù Casale Monferrato
2	Campania	Cuore Napoli Basket Givova Scafati
	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Alma Pallacanestro Trieste G.S.A. Udine
	Marche	Termoforgia Jesi XL Extralight Montegranaro
	Sicily	Lighthouse Trapani Moncada Agrigento
	Veneto	De' Longhi Treviso Tezenis Verona
1	Abruzzo	Roseto Sharks
	Calabria	Metextra Reggio Calabria
	Sardinia	Pasta Cellino Cagliari
	Tuscany	Soundreef Siena

Venues[]

East[]

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Agribertocchi Orzinuovi	Orzinuovi	Centro San Filippo	2,400
Alma Trieste	Trieste	PalaTrieste	6,943
Andrea Costa Imola	Imola	PalaRuggi	2,000
Assigeco Piacenza	Piacenza	PalaBanca	4,500
Bergamo Basket	Bergamo	PalaNorda	2,250
Bondi Ferrara	Ferrara	Pala Hilton Pharma	3,504
Consultinvest Bologna	Bologna	Land Rover Arena	5,721
De' Longhi Treviso	Treviso	PalaVerde	5,134
Dinamica Mantova	Mantova	PalaBam	5,000
G.S.A. Udine	Udine	PalaCarnera	3,850
OraSì Ravenna	Ravenna	PalaDeAndré	3,500
Roseto Sharks	Roseto	PalaMaggetti	5,000
Termoforgia Jesi	Jesi	UBI BPA Sport Center	3,500
Tezenis Verona	Verona	PalaOlimpia	5,350
Unieuro Forlì	Forlì	Unieuro Arena	6,511
XL Montegranaro	Montegranaro	PalaSavelli	3,800

West[]

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
	Latina	PalaBianchini	2,500
Bertram Tortona	Tortona	PalaOltrepò	1,500
Cuore Basket Napoli	Naples	PalaBarbuto	5,500
Eurotrend Biella	Biella	BiellaForum	5,707
FCL Contract Legnano	Legnano	Knights Palace	1,650
Givova Scafati	Scafati	PalaMagnano	3,700
Leonis Roma	Rome	Palazzetto dello Sport	3,500
Lighthouse Trapani	Trapani	Palaillio	4,575
Metextra Reggio Calabria	Reggio Calabria	PalaCalafiore	8,500
Moncada Agrigento	Agrigento	PalaMoncada	3,200
Novipiù Casale M.	Casale M.	PalaFerraris	3,508
NPC Rieti	Rieti	PalaSojourner	3,550
Pasta Cellino Cagliari	Cagliari	PalaPirastu	2,266
Remer Treviglio	Treviglio	PalaFacchetti	2,880
Soundreef Siena	Siena	Palasport Mens Sana	7,050
Virtus Roma	Rome	Palazzetto dello Sport	3,500

Regular season[]

East Group league table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	30	22	8	2479	2230	+249	44	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Consultinvest Bologna	30	21	9	2260	2228	+32	42
3	De' Longhi Treviso	30	20	10	2454	2187	+267	40
4	G.S.A. Udine	30	18	12	2254	2183	+71	36
5	XL Extralight Montegranaro	30	18	12	2412	2332	+80	36
6	Tezenis Verona	30	18	12	2345	2302	+43	36
7	Bondi Ferrara	30	17	13	2396	2342	+54	34
8	Termoforgia Jesi	30	17	13	2385	2364	+21	34
9	OraSì Ravenna	30	16	14	2308	2253	+55	32
10	Andrea Costa Imola Basket	30	15	15	2284	2261	+23	30
11	Dinamica Generale Mantova	30	14	16	2276	2347	−71	28
12	Unieuro Forlì	30	12	18	2340	2353	−13	24
13	Bergamo Basket	30	11	19	2298	2446	−148	22
14	Assigeco Piacenza	30	11	19	2167	2301	−134	22	Qualification to Relegation playout
15	Roseto Sharks	30	6	24	2336	2576	−240	12	Qualification to Relegation playout
16	Agribertocchi Orzinuovi (E)	30	4	26	2322	2611	−289	8	Relegation to Serie B

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2018. Source: Lega Pallacanestro
(E) Eliminated

West Group league table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Novipiù Casale Monferrato	30	22	8	2307	2147	+160	44	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Givova Scafati	30	20	10	2375	2247	+128	40
3	FCL Contract Legnano	30	18	12	2352	2230	+122	36
4	Eurotrend Biella	30	18	12	2425	2292	+133	36
5	Orsi Tortona	30	17	13	2410	2393	+17	34
6	Lighthouse Trapani	30	15	15	2354	2355	−1	30
7	Moncada Agrigento	30	15	15	2381	2411	−30	30
8	Remer Treviglio	30	15	15	2438	2490	−52	30
9	Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina	30	14	16	2448	2429	+19	28
10	NPC Rieti	30	14	16	2314	2315	−1	28
11	Soundreef Siena	30	14	16	2406	2375	+31	28
12	Pasta Cellino Cagliari	30	14	16	2427	2546	−119	28
13	Leonis Roma	30	12	18	2241	2253	−12	24
14	Virtus Roma	30	11	19	2343	2435	−92	22	Qualification to Relegation playout
15	Cuore Basket Napoli	30	3	27	2210	2582	−372	6	Qualification to Relegation playout
16	Metextra Reggio Calabria^[a] (E)	30	18	12	2356	2287	+69	2	Relegation to Serie B

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2018. Source: Lega Pallacanestro
(E) Eliminated
Notes:

^ 34 points deducted to Reggio Calabria for irregularities of the surety required entry to the league.^[3]

Coppa Italia[]

At the half of the league, the four first teams of each group in the table played the LNP Cup.

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals
2 March

Semifinals
3 March

Final
4 March

1E

Alma Pallacanestro Trieste

66

4W

Bertram Tortona

91

4W

Bertram Tortona

95

2W

Eurotrend Biella

79

2W

Eurotrend Biella

82

3E

GSA Udine

75

4W

Bertram Tortona

89

4E

OraSì Ravenna

57

1W

Novipiù Casale Monferrato

67

4E

OraSì Ravenna

75

4E

OraSì Ravenna

78

2E

Consultinvest Bologna

62

2E

Consultinvest Bologna

81

3W

Lighthouse Trapani

71

Source: ^[4]

Playout[]

The league play-out are played between the 14th and 15th placed teams of each group in two elimination rounds. The series will be played in a best-of-three format: the first, the second and the eventual fifth game will be played at home of the team that got the better ranking at the end of the regular season, the third and the eventual fourth will be played at home the lower ranked team.

Semifinals			Finals

14E	Assigeco Piacenza	2

15W	Cuore Basket Napoli	0
			15W	Cuore Basket Napoli	0

			15E	Roseto Sharks	2
14W	Virtus Roma	2

15E	Roseto Sharks	1

Playoffs[]

The league's playoffs are played between the first and the eighth of each group in four rounds: eightfinals, quarterfinals, semifinals and final. All series are played in a best-of-five format: the first, the second and the eventual fifth match will be played at home of the best-placed team, the second, the third and the fourth, at the end of the regular season.

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Finals

1E

Alma Pallacanestro Trieste

3

8W

Remer Treviglio

0

1E

Alma Pallacanestro Trieste

3

5E

XL Extralight Montegranaro

1

4W

Eurotrend Biella

1

5E

XL Extralight Montegranaro

3

1E

Alma Pallacanestro Trieste

3

3E

De' Longhi Treviso

0

3E

De' Longhi Treviso

3

6W

Lighthouse Trapani

1

3E

De' Longhi Treviso

3

7E

Bondi Ferrara

0

2W

Givova Scafati

2

7E

Bondi Ferrara

3

1E

Alma Pallacanestro Trieste

3

1W

Novipiù Casale Monferrato

0

1W

Novipiù Casale Monferrato

3

8E

Termoforgia Jesi

0

1W

Novipiù Casale Monferrato

3

4E

G.S.A. Udine

1

4E

G.S.A. Udine

3

5W

Orsi Tortona

1

1W

Novipiù Casale Monferrato

3

2E

Consultinvest Bologna

1

3W

FCL Contract Legnano

0

6E

Tezenis Verona

3

6E

Tezenis Verona

1

2E

Consultinvest Bologna

3

2E

Consultinvest Bologna

3

7W

Moncada Agrigento

0

References[]

^ "Calendario 2018-19" [2018-19 calendar]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ "Squadre di Serie A2" [Serie A2 Teams]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Tribunale Federale, il verdetto: 34 punti di penalizzazione in classifica per Reggio Calabria" [Federal Court, the verdict: 34 points of penalization on the League Table for Reggio Calabria]. sportando.basketball (in Italian). 9 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "LNP Coppa Italia Old Wild West 2018 - Serie A2". 7 February 2018.

External links[]

Official website (in Italian)

[table_note_REG0.033696185347483-4] 34 points deducted to Reggio Calabria for irregularities of the surety required entry to the league.^[3]

[1] "Calendario 2018-19" [2018-19 calendar]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[2] "Squadre di Serie A2" [Serie A2 Teams]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[3] "Tribunale Federale, il verdetto: 34 punti di penalizzazione in classifica per Reggio Calabria" [Federal Court, the verdict: 34 points of penalization on the League Table for Reggio Calabria]. sportando.basketball (in Italian). 9 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "LNP Coppa Italia Old Wild West 2018 - Serie A2". 7 February 2018.

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