2018–19 Serie A2 Basket

Serie A2 Basket
Season2018–19
Duration5 October 2018 – 17 June 2019
Games played480 (Regular season)
49 (Playoffs/Playout)
Teams32
TV partner(s)Sportitalia
Regular season
Top seedLavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna (East)
Virtus Roma (West)
PromotedDe' Longhi Treviso
Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna
Virtus Roma
RelegatedTermoforgia Jesi
Mens Sana Siena
BPC Virtus Cassino
Baltur Cento
Bakery Piacenza
Finals
ChampionsLavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna
  Runners-upBenfapp Capo d'Orlando
SemifinalistsBergamo
Remer Blu Basket Treviglio
Finals MVPUnited States Henry Sims (A2 Finals)[1]
Poland David Logan (Playoff Finals)[2]
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jordan Parks 23.0
Rebounds United States Jeremy Simmons 10.6
Assists United States Brandon Triche 9.0
Index Rating United States Brandon Triche 30.3

The 2018–19 Serie A2 season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A2 Old Wild West, was the 45th season of the Italian basketball second league Serie A2 Basket. The season started on October 5, 2018, and ended on June 17, 2019, with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals.[3]

Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna won their 1st title by beating Virtus Roma in the game 2 of the A2 Finals.[4]

Rules

The season was composed of 32 teams with a regional subdivision in two equal groups of sixteen, East and West. Each team played twice each team in its subgroup, the second ranked team of each group then plays the 9th ranked team of the other group (e.g. East No. 2 against West No. 9), then the third best against the 8th, and so on, to form a promotion playoffs (for one place) of sixteen teams. Two more teams (1st ranked of each group) were promoted directly without going through the playoffs[5]

Regular season

East Group league table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna (P) 30 25 5 2596 2312 +284 50 Promotion to LBA
2 De' Longhi Treviso 30 24 6 2442 2053 +389 48 Qualification to Playoffs
3 XL Extralight Montegranaro 30 23 7 2387 2207 +180 46
4 Tezenis Verona 30 19 11 2386 2320 +66 38
5 G.S.A. Udine 30 18 12 2356 2231 +125 36
6 Unieuro Forlì 30 16 14 2427 2428 −1 32
7 Pompea Mantova 30 15 15 2291 2321 −30 30
8 Cimorosi Roseto 30 15 15 2451 2378 +73 30
9 OraSì Ravenna 30 13 17 2318 2437 −119 26
10 Le Naturelle Imola Basket 30 12 18 2512 2580 −68 24
11 Bondi Ferrara 30 11 19 2390 2487 −97 22
12 Assigeco Piacenza 30 11 19 2364 2360 +4 22
13 Hertz Cagliari 30 11 19 2390 2610 −220 22
14 Bakery Piacenza 30 9 21 2331 2511 −180 18 Qualification to Relegation playout
15 Baltur Cento 30 9 21 2230 2402 −172 18
16 Termoforgia Jesi (E) 30 9 21 2435 2671 −236 18 Relegation to Serie B
Source: Lega Pallacanestro
(E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted

West Group league table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Virtus Roma (P) 28 20 8 2317 2188 +129 40 Promotion to LBA
2 Benfapp Capo d'Orlando 28 20 8 2464 2284 +180 40 Qualification to Playoffs
3 Remer Blu Basket Treviglio 28 18 10 2314 2225 +89 36
4 Bergamo 28 17 11 2313 2190 +123 34
5 Zeus Energy Group Rieti 28 17 11 2058 2040 +18 34
6 Edinol Pallacanestro Biella 28 16 12 2161 2071 +90 32
7 Novipiù Casale Monferrato 28 16 12 2324 2235 +89 32
8 Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina 28 15 13 2496 2440 +56 30
9 2B Control Trapani 28 14 14 2393 2365 +28 28
10 M Rinnovabili Agrigento 28 14 14 2174 2228 −54 28
11 Givova Scafati 28 14 14 2328 2375 −47 28
12 Leonis Roma 28 11 17 2206 2335 −129 22
13 Bertram Tortona 28 10 18 2149 2179 −30 20
14 Axpo Legnano 28 6 22 2168 2386 −218 12 Qualification to Relegation playout
15 BPC Virtus Cassino 28 2 26 2100 2424 −324 4
16 Soundreef Siena[a] (E) 0 – – – – — 0 Relegation to Serie B
Source: Lega Pallacanestro
(E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ 3 points deducted to Siena for irregularities of the surety required entry to the league.[6] Siena was later excluded from the championship.[7]

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
1 March 2019 		Semifinals
2 March 2019 		Final
3 March 2019
         
1E Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna 75
4W Edinol Pallacanestro Biella 50
1E Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna 89
2W Virtus Roma 80
2W Virtus Roma 77
3E Tezenis Verona 60
1E Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna 75
2E De' Longhi Treviso 84
1W Bergamo 83
4E XL Extralight Montegranaro 75
1W Bergamo 79
2E De' Longhi Treviso 82
2E De' Longhi Treviso 100
3W Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina 78

Source: Serie A2

Playout

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

Semifinals Finals
      
14E Bakery Piacenza 3
15W BPC Virtus Cassino 0
14E Bakery Piacenza 2
14W Axpo Legnano 3
14W Axpo Legnano 3
15E Baltur Cento 2

Source: Serie A2

Playoffs

The league's playoffs were played between the second and the 9th of each group in four rounds: eightfinals, quarterfinals, semifinals and final. All series were played in a best-of-five format: the first, the second and the eventual fifth match were played at home of the best-placed team, the second, the third and the fourth, at the end of the regular season.

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
2E De' Longhi Treviso 3
9W 2B Control Trapani 2
2E De' Longhi Treviso 3
5W Zeus Energy Group Rieti 0
5W Zeus Energy Group Rieti 3
6E Unieuro Forlì 2
2E De' Longhi Treviso 3
3W Remer Blu Basket Treviglio 1
4E Tezenis Verona 3
7W Novipiù Casale Monferrato 1
4E Tezenis Verona 2
3W Remer Blu Basket Treviglio 3
3W Remer Blu Basket Treviglio 3
8E Cimorosi Roseto 2
2E De' Longhi Treviso 3
2W Benfapp Capo d'Orlando 0
2W Benfapp Capo d'Orlando 3
9E OraSì Ravenna 0
2W Benfapp Capo d'Orlando 3
6W Edinol Pallacanestro Biella 0
5E G.S.A. Udine 1
6W Edinol Pallacanestro Biella 3
2W Benfapp Capo d'Orlando 3
4W Bergamo 0
4W Bergamo 3
7E Pompea Mantova 2
4W Bergamo 3
3E XL Extralight Montegranaro 1
3E XL Extralight Montegranaro 3
8W Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina 2

Source: Serie A2

Serie A2 Finals

Since this season the Playoffs winner was the third promoted team to LBA. The two other promoted clubs, which were also the top seeded on the League Table at the end of the Regular Season, faced a final of two matches to decide the winner of the Serie A2.[8]

Virtus Roma vs. Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna

28 April 2019 Virtus Roma 77–77 Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna Rome
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 26–25, 16–18, 18–21
Sportitalia Pts: Sims 20
Rebs: Sims 12
Asts: Sims 6
PIR: Sims 37 		Boxscore Pts: Delfino 16
Rebs: Leunen 8
Asts: Rosselli 6
PIR: Leunen 24 		Arena: PalaLottomatica
1 May 2019 Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna 103–100(OT) Virtus Roma Bologna
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 27–11, 14–27, 25–21, 16–23, Overtime: 21–18
Sportitalia Pts: Hasbrouck 35
Rebs: Mancinelli 10
Asts: Rosselli 7
PIR: Hasbrouck 33 		Boxscore Pts: Sims 31
Rebs: Sims 10
Asts: Santiangeli 6
PIR: Sims 38 		Arena: Land Rover Arena

Source: Serie A2

References

  1. ^ "FINALE SERIE A2 - LA LAVOROPIÙ FORTITUDO BOLOGNA È CAMPIONE D'ITALIA SERIE A2 FIP 2019" [Serie A2 Finals - Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna is the champion of the Italian Serie A2 FIP 2019]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ^ "FINALE PLAYOFF SERIE A2 OLD WILD WEST - LA DE' LONGHI TREVISO È PROMOSSA IN SERIE A" [Serie A2 Old Wild West Playoff Finals - De' Longhi Treviso is promoted to Serie A]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Calendario 2018-19" [2018-19 calendar]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Alla Fortitudo lo scudetto della serie A2. Battuta la Virtus Roma 103-100" [Fortitudo wins the Serie A2 by beating Virtus Roma 103-100]. legapallacanestro.com (in Italian). 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Squadre di Serie A2" [Serie A2 Teams]. LegaPallacanestro.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  6. ^ "punti penalizzazione Mens Sana Siena" [points of penalization for Mens Sana Siena]. fip.it (in Italian). 30 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Serie A2. Gare del 16-17 marzo 2019. On Sharing Siena esclusa dal Campionato" [Serie A2. 16–17 March 2019 games. On Sharing Siena has been excluded from the championship]. fip.it (in Italian). 19 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Fortitudo - Virtus sarà la finale per il campione d'Italia Serie A2" [Fortitudo - Virtus will be the Final for the champion of the Italian Serie A2]. sportando.basketball (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2019.