2009–10 Lega Basket Serie A

Lega Basket Serie A
Competition details
Season	2009–10
Teams	16
Dates	11 October 2009 – 19 June 2010
Final positions
Champions	Montepaschi Siena ; 5th title
Runners-up	Armani Jeans Milano
Semifinalists	NGC Medical Cantù ; Pepsi Caserta
Relegated	B.C. Ferrara ; NSB Napoli
Awards
MVP	Romain Sato
Finals MVP	Terrell McIntyre
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2006–07 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.

The regular season ran from 11 October 2009 to May 2010. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, B.C. Ferrara and the bankrupt club NSB Napoli, were relegated to the Legadue.

Montepaschi Siena won their 5th title by winning the playoff finals series against Armani Jeans Milano.

Rules

Format

The participating 16 teams disputed the regular season based on home-and-away matches. At the end of regular season, the highest ranked 8 teams were admitted into play-off, with the lowest two ranked teams being relegated to LegADue

Squad rules

Every team was allowed to present in its roster up to 6 athletes that haven't been "formed" in Italy (of which at least 3 have to be citizens of European Union[1]), out of total 12 players in squad.

Participating teams

Geographical distribution of Serie A maschile FIP 2009–2010 teams

The newcomers, compared to 2008–09 Serie A, were Cimberio Varese, returning to Serie A after one season in LegADue, and Vanoli Cremona, created by unification of Vanoli Soresina (promoted to Serie A through playoff) with Juvi Basket Cremona (that ceded the title of Serie A Dilettanti to Basket Brescia Leonessa). Another change was reallocation of NSB Napoli to PalaBarbuto in Napoli. On 13 April NSB Napoli was excluded from the league.[2] Results of matches already played against the team were discarded.[3]

Team	Seasons in Serie A (starting from 1949)	Coach	Arena	2008–2009 Season result
Air Avellino	10	Cesare Pancotto	PalaDelMauro in Avellino	11th place in Serie A
Angelico Biella	9	Luca Bechi	Palacoop in Biella	7th place in Serie A
Armani Jeans Milano	61	Piero Bucchi	Mediolanum Forum in Assago (MI)	6th place in Serie A
Bancatercas Teramo	7	Andrea Capobianco	PalaScapriano in Teramo	3rd place in Serie A
Benetton Treviso	29	Francesco Vitucci	PalaVerde in Villorba (TV)	4th place in Serie A
Canadian Solar Bologna	60	Lino Lardo	Futurshow Station in Casalecchio di Reno (BO)	5th place in Serie A
Carife Ferrara	2	Giorgio Valli	PalaSegest in Ferrara	9th place in Serie A
Cimberio Varese	58	Stefano Pillastrini	PalaWhirlpool in Varese	1st place in LegADue
Lottomatica Roma	30	Matteo Boniciolli	PalaLottomatica in Roma	2nd place in Serie A
NSB Martos Napoli[2]	3	Federico Pasquini	PalaBarbuto in Napoli	14th place in Serie A
Montepaschi Siena	36	Simone Pianigiani	Palasport Mens Sana in Siena	1st place in Serie A
NGC Medical Cantù	53	Andrea Trinchieri	PalaPianella in Cucciago (CO)	10th place in Serie A
Pepsi Caserta	13	Stefano Sacripanti	PalaMaggiò in Caserta	13th place in Serie A
Scavolini Spar Pesaro	55	Luca Dalmonte	Adriatic Arena in Pesaro	8th place in Serie A
Sigma Coatings Montegranaro	4	Fabrizio Frates	PalaSavelli in Porto San Giorgio (FM)	12th place in Serie A
Vanoli Cremona	1	Attilio Caja	PalaRadi in Cremona	3rd place in LegADue

Regular season

Classification

	Standings 2009–2010	Pt	GP	W	L	PF	PA
1.	Mens Sana Siena	52	28	26	2	2485	1965
2.	Juvecaserta Basket	36	28	18	10	2247	2161
3.	Olimpia Milano[4]	34	28	17	11	2103	2069
4.	Pall. Cantù[4]	34	28	17	11	2137	2114
5.	Virtus Bologna[5]	30	28	15	13	2074	2057
6.	Sutor Montegranaro[5]	30	28	15	13	2194	2232
7.	Virtus Roma[5]	30	28	15	13	2149	2132
8.	Pall. Treviso[6]	26	28	13	15	2230	2278
9.	Scandone Avellino[6]	26	28	13	15	2125	2186
10.	V.L. Pesaro	22	28	11	17	2244	2294
11.	Teramo[7]	20	28	10	18	2151	2171
12.	Pall. Varese[7][8]	20	28	11	17	2133	2259
13.	Triboldi Cremona[7]	20	28	10	18	2229	2326
14.	Pall. Biella[7]	20	28	10	18	2132	2252
15.	B.C. Ferrara	18	28	9	19	2074	2211
	NSB Napoli[2][9]	-	-	-	-	-	-

Qualified to play-off	Relegated to LegADue

Calendar and results

11 October 2009		31 January 2010
Day 1
87–48	Siena – Napoli	143–49
94–79	Roma – Cremona	79–75
76–68	Bologna – Montegranaro	78–80
68–72	Cantù – Treviso	92–96
90–83	Ferrara – Teramo	69–71
88–77	Avellino – Pesaro	86–94
77–68	Caserta – Biella	84–67
73–66	Varese – Milano	70–74

1 November 2009		28 February 2010
Day 4
79–91	Milano – Siena	65–80
89–82	Biella – Cremona	68–75
66–69	Teramo – Bologna	67–77
60–75	Pesaro – Cantù	93–81
71–88	Ferrara – Roma	73–84
84–82	Avellino – Treviso	64–73
73–85	Montegranaro – Varese	88–74
49–89	Napoli – Caserta	58–181

22 November 2009		21 March 2010
Day 7
83–58	Siena – Roma	85–93
86–94	Treviso – Varese	82–90
81–83	Teramo – Milano	56–78
73–55	Bologna – Avellino	82–79
86–93	Cantù – Biella	86–75
66–59	Ferrara – Napoli	176–50
73–57	Montegranaro – Pesaro	93–89
97–74	Caserta – Cremona	87–85

13 December 2009		11 April 2010
Day 10
70–72	Treviso – Caserta	66–90
61–80	Roma – Teramo	89–79
75–70	Pesaro – Ferrara	85–73
72–63	Cantù – Bologna	80–76
66–73	Avellino – Milano	63–74
88–82	Montegranaro – Biella	73–76
81–84	Napoli – Varese	57–120
72–92	Cremona – Siena	70–83

10 January 2010		2 May 2010
Day 13
100–75	Siena – Caserta	98–57
77–74	Milano – Biella	68–63
138–37	Roma – Napoli	[3]
85–74	Teramo – Cremona	80–91
82–80	Bologna – Pesaro	73–90
102–95	Ferrara – Treviso	73–67
80–69	Avellino – Montegranaro	89–81
81–74	Varese – Cantù	70–83

18 October 2009		7 February 2010
Day 2
71–66	Milano – Ferrara	66–56
92–85	Treviso – Roma	76–100
79–76	Biella – Bologna	66–79
84–58	Teramo – Varese	80–83
67–80	Pesaro – Siena	76–90
86–84	Montegranaro – Caserta	75–65
58–82	Napoli – Avellino	70–172
103–104	Cremona – Cantù	68–89

8 November 2009		7 March 2010
Day 5
89–49	Siena – Ferrara	71–63
95–77	Treviso – Montegranaro	69–79
69–73	Roma – Biella	80–85
83–87	Bologna – Milano	71–73
74–69	Cantù – Teramo	73–72
95–81	Caserta – Pesaro	89–81
74–91	Varese – Avellino	67–76
81–66	Cremona – Napoli	145–48

29 November 2009		28 March 2010
Day 8
89–86	Milano – Pesaro	77–83
81–89	Biella – Teramo	71–78
70–81	Roma – Cantù	61–79
72–84	Bologna – Caserta	74–67
57–86	Avellino – Siena	74–91
64–96	Napoli – Treviso	29–169
81–74	Varese – Ferrara	60–77
90–69	Cremona – Montegranaro	72–91

20 December 2009		18 April 2010
Day 11
97–66	Siena – Montegranaro	92–86
80–72	Milano – Cremona	81–78
73–76	Biella – Pesaro	61–79
86–71	Teramo – Napoli	[3]
78–80	Bologna – Treviso	61–50
72–84	Ferrara – Cantù	76–64
73–66	Avellino – Caserta	79–81
67–84	Varese – Roma	71–64

17 January 2010		8 May 2010
Day 14
74–68	Treviso – Teramo	86–82
83–79	Biella – Avellino	74–77
81–61	Bologna – Roma	59–78
126–64	Pesaro – Napoli	[3]
56–87	Cantù – Siena	59–82
77–72	Montegranaro – Milano	58–81
95–72	Caserta – Ferrara	73–58
78–71	Cremona – Varese	78–98

25 October 2009		14 February 2010
Day 3
94–70	Siena – Teramo	79–75
86–84	Treviso – Pesaro	94–84
74–78	Roma – Avellino	56–74
76–62	Bologna – Napoli	117–46
79–75	Cantù – Montegranaro	71–77
82–91	Ferrara – Cremona	83–82
104–100	Caserta – Milano	94–85
78–87	Varese – Biella	96–88

15 November 2009		14 March 2010
Day 6
73–53	Milano – Cantù	59–65
72–80	Biella – Siena	65–97
92–85	Teramo – Caserta	67–59
73–84	Pesaro – Roma	61–70
88–78	Avellino – Ferrara	63–78
51–78	Napoli – Montegranaro	82–141
68–78	Varese – Bologna	67–80
95–73	Cremona – Treviso	72–70

6 December 2009		3 April 2010
Day 9
87–74	Siena – Varese	96–72
93–64	Milano – Napoli	157–47
89–83	Biella – Treviso	70–72
98–78	Teramo – Avellino	90–102
101–94	Pesaro – Cremona	94–98
73–90	Ferrara – Bologna	63–68
103–97	Montegranaro – Roma	72–75
82–67	Caserta – Cantù	72–81

3 January 2010		25 April 2010
Day 12
80–92	Treviso – Siena	99–96
77–69	Roma – Milano	66–64
82–78	Pesaro – Teramo	61–69
85–61	Cantù – Avellino	85 -76
92–88	Montegranaro – Ferrara	75–77
76–53	Caserta – Varese	88–85
54–124	Napoli – Biella	[3]
69–74	Cremona – Bologna	68–65

24 January 2010		16 May 2010
Day 15
100–70	Siena – Bologna	87–66
80–73	Milano – Treviso	59–91
83–64	Roma – Caserta	69–85
61–63	Teramo – Montegranaro	81–87
89–78	Ferrara – Biella	79–82
71–63	Avellino – Cremona	76–81
38–127	Napoli – Cantù	[3]
89–86	Varese – Pesaro	84–89

Play-offs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


1	Mens Sana Siena	3

8	Pall. Treviso	0
			1	Mens Sana Siena	3

			4	Pall. Cantù	0
4	Pall. Cantù	3

5	Virtus Bologna	2
						1	Mens Sana Siena	4

						2	Olimpia Milano	0
2	Olimpia Milano	3

7	Sutor Montegranaro	0
			2	Olimpia Milano	3

			3	Juvecaserta Basket	2
3	Juvecaserta Basket	3

6	Virtus Roma	0

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals are played in a 2–2–1 format: i.e. the first 2 matches are played at the higher seed's home stadium, the following two at the other team's home, and the fifth match, if necessary, is played again at the higher seed's home stadium.

Siena – Treviso

20 May
20:30

Montepaschi Siena 118, Pall. Treviso 79
Pts: H. Domercant 19 Rebs: R. Sato 7 Asts: N. Zisis 8		Pts: K. Rivers 18 Rebs: B. Dixon 6 Asts: A. Gentile 8

Montepaschi Siena 99, Pall. Treviso 88
Pts: D. Hawkins 26 Rebs: H. Domercant 5 Asts: T. McIntyre 4 K. Lavrinovič 4		Pts: B. Dixon 22 Rebs: D. Motiejūnas 7 Asts: S. Nicević 3

Pall. Treviso 66, Montepaschi Siena 69
Pts: D. Kus 13 Rebs: D. Motiejūnas 7 S. Nicevic 7 Asts: D. Kus 4		Pts: R. Sato 23 Rebs: B. Eze 10 Asts: S. Stonerook 2
Siena wins series 3–0

NGC Medical Cantù 75, Virtus Bologna 64
Pts: M. Leunen 16 Rebs: M. Leunen 7 Asts: J. Green 3 N. Mazzarino 3 V. Micov 3		Pts: A. Jackson 14 D. Moss 14 Rebs: D. Fajardo 8 Asts: A. Jackson 3 D. Moss 3

2009–10 Lega Basket Serie A

Rules

Format

Squad rules

Participating teams

Regular season

Classification

Calendar and results

Play-offs

Quarterfinals

Siena – Treviso

Cantù – Virtus Bologna

Milano – Montegranaro

Caserta – Roma

Semifinals

Siena – Cantú

Caserta – Milano

Finals

Siena – Milano

Coppa Italia

Supercoppa Italiana

Trofees

Notes

External links