2016 UBA Pro Basketball League season

The UBA Pro Basketball League season is the 3rd season of the UBA Pro Basketball League. The Phase-1 of the season began on 28 February 2016 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune.[1]

2016 UBA Pro Basketball League season
LeagueUBA Pro Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration18 – 28 February 2016 (Phase-1)
23 – 26 March 2016 (Phase-2)
27 March 2016 (Play-offs)
28 – 30 March 2016 (Semi-finals)
1 – 3 April 2016 (Finals)
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)TEN Action, TEN Sports, Ten HD
Season championsDelhi Capitals
Season MVPVinay Kaushik

UBA has partnered with Emmy Award winning broadcaster Paul Crane who has covered sports at the highest levels in the United States for over three decades, to present the Pro Basketball League 2016. Steve Graham, executive producer of the League, has been involved with six past Olympic Games, international triathlons, auto racing and international volleyball games in his career.[1]

Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty and BJP MP and President of the Maharashtra State Basketball Association Poonam Mahajan were the chief guests of the opening ceremony that held on 18 February 2016 at the Pune’s Balewadi Stadium. Basketball Federation of India is extended its support to this event, and former international player, Norman Isaac of BFI.[2]

Delhi Capitals were crowned champions of Season 2 after beating defending champions Chennai Slam by 2-1 in the best-of-three final series.[3] Vinay Kaushik was named MVP.

Format

The UBA schedule has each of its teams playing an equal number of regular season games with their won-loss records used to qualify for the league’s post-season. Each team will play each of its division opponents four times along with one cross division opponent, which will rotate each season. Each division will stage a one game play-in between its second and third place teams with the winner to face the first place team in a best-of-three semi final followed by a best-of-three final between the division winners to determine the UBA Champion.

Teams

There are currently 8 franchise teams competing in the tournament divided into two divisions:[1]

Standings

Brackets
  Play-offs     Semi-finals     Championship
                           
  North Division     N1 Delhi Capitals 2  
  N2 Mumbai Challengers 1     N2 Mumbai Challengers 1    
  N3 Punjab Steelers 0         N1 Delhi Capitals 2
      S1 Chennai Slam 1
  South Division     S1 Chennai Slam 2    
  S2 Pune Peshwas 1     S2 Pune Peshwas 1  
  S3 Bengaluru Beast 0  

Note:
1: Play-offs will be One-game playoff.
2: Semi-finals and Finals will be best of three games.

Play-offs

Mumbai Challengers[4] and Pune Peshwas[5] through to semi-finals.

27 March 2016
16:30 IST
Mumbai Challengers 78–76 Punjab Steelers
Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 21-17, 9-21, 30-21
Pts: Gagandeep Singh 23
Rebs: Gagandeep Singh 12
Asts: Jagdeep Singh Bains 4		 Pts: Gurvinder Gill 21
Rebs: Gurvinder Gill 16
Asts: Akilan Pari 5
27 March 2016
19:00 IST
Pune Peshwas 79–73 Bengaluru Beast
Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 21-23, 16-17, 30-18
Pts: Narender Grewal 23
Rebs: Narender Grewal 11
Asts: Siddhanth Shinde 5		 Pts: Kaif Zia 27
Rebs: Manpreet 10

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Delhi Capitals 2–1 Mumbai Challengers 69–75 72–6178–69
Chennai Slam 2–1 Pune Peshwas 88–72 71–7397–79

Championship
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Chennai Slam 1–2 Delhi Capitals 77–62 67–7765–92
1 April 2016
19:00 IST
Chennai Slam 77–62 Delhi Capitals
Scoring by quarter: 15-16, 25-9, 15-18, 22-19
Pts: Gopal Ram 22 Pts: Ramesh 15
2 April 2016
19:00 IST
Delhi Capitals 77–67 Chennai Slam
Scoring by quarter: 20-10, 21-18, 12-22, 24-17
Pts: Ramesh 17 Pts: Arjun GK 21
3 April 2016
19:00 IST
Delhi Capitals 92–65 Chennai Slam
Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 24-13, 20-14, 27-20
Pts: Ajay Pratap Singh 21 Pts: Cammy Carmel 22

References
  1. "A bigger & better 'UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2' is here". Ekalavyas.com. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. "UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2 tips off in Pune with celebs in attendance; Delhi & Mumbai register opening wins". Ekalavyas.com. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  3. "UBA Pro Basketball League: Delhi Capitals crowned champions of Season 2 after beating Chennai Slam". Sportskeeda. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. "UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2: Mumbai Challengers qualify for semis with thrilling win over Punjab Steelers". Sportskeeda. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. "UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2: Pune Peshwas through to semis with win over Bengaluru Beast". Sportskeeda. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
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