2008–09 Lega Basket Serie A

2008-09 Serie A TIM: Italy 2007–08 2009–10 Lega Basket Serie A #0079B9 white 2008–09 Montepaschi Siena 4th title Armani Jeans Milano Benetton TrevisoAngelico Biella GMAC Bologna Snaidero Udine 16 October 12, 2008 – June 16, 2009 Montepaschi Siena USA 20px Terrell McIntyre USA 20px Terrell McIntyre The 2008–09 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the top tier professional basketball league division of the Italian basketball league system. The regular season ran from September 30, 2007, to April 27, 2008, 16 teams played each other team in home and away matches. At the end of the regular season, the top 8 teams advanced to the championship play-off whilst the lowest ranked teams, GMAC Bologna and Snaidero Udine, were relegated to the Legadue. The original number of teams was 18, but on September 20, 2008, the Federal Council of the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP) discovered administrative irregularities committed by Basket Napoli and UPEA Capo d'Orlando and decided to deny them professional licenses. The council also chose not to substitute them with any teams from LegADue, and at the same time decided to permanently reduce the number of teams in the top flight to 16. Montepaschi Siena swept virtually all before them domestically, winning the SuperCoppa Italiana before the season and the Coppa Italia at midseason, losing in the league only once (at Fortitudo Bologna), and going unbeaten through the playoffs to claim their third straight title. Teams Team Seasons inSerie A Coach Arena Capacity 2007–08 season Air Avellino 9 Zare Markovski Palasport Del Mauro 5,200 3rd in Serie A Angelico Biella 8 Luca Bechi PalaBiella 5,007 12th in Serie A Armani Jeans Milano 60 Piero Bucchi Mediolanum Forum 11,200 5th in Serie A Bancatercas Teramo 6 Andrea Capobianco PalaScapriano 3,500 11th in Serie A Benetton Treviso 28 Oktay Mahmuti PalaVerde 5,154 10th in Serie A Carife Ferrara 1 Giorgio Valli PalaSegest 3,178 1st in LegADue Eldo Caserta1 Fabrizio Frates PalaMaggiò 6,387 2nd in LegADue GMAC Bologna 36 Cesare Pancotto PalaDozza 5,700 8th in Serie A La Fortezza Bologna 59 Matteo Boniciolli Futurshow Station 8,600 15th in Serie A Lottomatica Roma 29 Ferdinando Gentile PalaLottomatica 10,500 2nd in Serie A Montepaschi Siena 23 Simone Pianigiani Palasport Mens Sana 6,000 1st in Serie A NGC Cantù 52 Luca Dalmonte PalaPianella 3,910 7th in Serie A Premiata Montegranaro 3 Alessandro Finelli PalaSavelli 3,800 4th in Serie A Scavolini-Spar Pesaro 54 Stefano Sacripanti Adriatic Arena 10,323 9th in Serie A Snaidero Udine 9 Romeo Sacchetti PalaCarnera 3,850 16th in Serie A Solsonica Rieti 10 Lino Lardo PalaSojourner 3,550 13th in Serie A Renato Pasquali was sacked by La Fortezza Bologna after 6 matches and replaced by Matteo Boniciolli Attilio Caja was sacked by Snaidero Udine after 7 matches and replaced by Romeo Sacchetti Dragan Šakota was sacked by GMAC Bologna after 9 matches and replaced by Cesare Pancotto Jasmin Repesa was sacked by Lottomatica Roma after 10 matches and replaced by Ferdinando Gentile Supercoppa Italiana The Italian Supercup is played as a single match before the start of the season between the previous year's Serie A champion and Coppa Italia winner (if a club wins both, the match instead pits the top two teams from the previous season's league). This season, the game, played September 30 in Siena, pitted two-time defending league champion Montepaschi Siena against Coppa Italia winner Air Avellino. #eee September 30 9:00 pm Recap Montepaschi Siena 108 72 Air Avellino 25–14 27–20 24–15 32–23 McIntyre 16 Warren 18 Sato 6 Williams 7 Finley 7 Warren 4 Palasport Mens Sana, Siena D'Este, Pozzana, Chiari Terrell McIntyre was named MVP of the game. Standings Key to colors      League champions      Remaining playoff participants      Bottom two teams relegated to LegADue At end of regular season: Pos Team Pts G W L PF PA1. Montepaschi Siena 58 30 29 1 2651 21532. Lottomatica Roma 40 30 20 10 2556 23983. Bancatercas Teramo 38 30 19 11 2491 24354. Benetton Treviso 36 30 18 12 2320 22615. La Fortezza Bologna 34 30 17 13 2350 23366. Armani Jeans Milano 34 30 17 13 2316 22367. Angelico Biella 30 30 15 15 2514 24798. Scavolini-Spar Pesaro 28 30 14 16 2456 24369. NGC Cantù 28 30 14 16 2358 244510. Carife Ferrara 28 30 14 16 2359 239011. Air Avellino 26 30 13 17 2307 229312. Premiata Montegranaro 24 30 12 18 2294 243113. Eldo Caserta 22 30 11 19 2236 238914. Solsonica Rieti 20* 30 11 19 2187 232115. GMAC Bologna 20 30 10 20 2251 238516. Snaidero Udine 12 30 6 24 2329 2587 Rieti penalized by 2 points for administrative irregularities. Following the season, the owner of Fortitudo (GMAC) Bologna failed to make required payments to remain in the Italian professional ranks, and the club were further relegated to the country's third level, the nominally amateur Serie A Dilettanti. An appeal was unsuccessful.http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/italian-basketball-still-ill-the-sad-cases-of-fortitudo-and-rieti/ Italian basketball still ill: The sad cases of Fortitudo and Rieti Francesco Cappelleti BallInEurope.com 2009-07-23 2009-07-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20110104165134/http://www.ballineurope.com/countries/italy/italian-basketball-still-ill-the-sad-cases-of-fortitudo-and-rieti/ 2011-01-04 dead Coppa Italia The top eight teams at the halfway point of the regular season (15 rounds) competed in the Italian Cup, seeded according to their league placement at that time. The cup tournament was held at Futurshow Station in Casalecchio di Reno from February 19 to February 22, 2009, with top seed Montepaschi Siena winning the cup for the first time. February 19, 2009 Bancatercas Teramo 76 Air Avellino 70 February 19, 2009 Lottomatica Roma 76 La Fortezza Bologna 85 February 20, 2009 Montepaschi Siena 77 NGC Cantù 65 February 20, 2009 Benetton Treviso 93 Premiata Montegranaro 90 February 21, 2009 Bancatercas Teramo 90 La Fortezza Bologna 98 February 21, 2009 Montepaschi Siena 85 Benetton Treviso 80 February 22, 2009 La Fortezza Bologna 69 Montepaschi Siena 70 Playoffs The playoffs, which began on May 18, featured the top eight teams from regular-season play, seeded by league position. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were best-of-five, while the final expanded for the first time from its traditional best-of-five format to best-of-seven. Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 1 Montepaschi Siena 3 8 Scavolini-Spar Pesaro 0 4 Benetton Treviso 3 5 La Fortezza Bologna 2 2 Lottomatica Roma 2 7 Angelico Biella 3 3 Bancatercas Teramo 1 6 Armani Jeans Milano 3 1 Montepaschi Siena 3 4 Benetton Treviso 0 7 Angelico Biella 1 6 Armani Jeans Milano 3 1 Montepaschi Siena 4 6 Armani Jeans Milano 0 Notes and references External links Serie A official website it Category:Lega Basket Serie A seasons 1 Italy