2013–14 LNB Pro B season

{{Infobox basketball league season

| updated =

| prevseason = 2012–13

| nextseason = 2014–15

| title = LNB Pro B

| image =

| t_bg = #CE332F

| t_color = #FFFFFF

| caption =

| season = 2013–14

| champions = SOMB (1st title)

| continentalcup1 = Promotion
playoffs winner

| continentalcup1 qualifiers= JL Bourg

| promoted = SOMB
JL Bourg
Champagne Châlons-Reims{{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=wildcards|Due to the expansion of the Pro A from 16 to 18 teams, Reims Champagne Basket and SPO Rounen were offered wildcards.{{cite web|url=http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Accueil/100003/Article/22297/Chalons-Reims-et-Rouen-invites-en-PROA-pour-2014-15|title=Châlons-Reims et Rouen invités en PROA pour 2014-15|publisher=|accessdate=27 November 2014}}}}
SPO Rouen{{refn|group=lower-alpha|name=wildcards}}

| relegated = Saint-Vallier BD
~~Orchies~~

| TV =

| teams = 18

| games =

| duration = 13 September 2013 – 3 June 2014

| top_seed = SOMB

| award4 = Domestic MVP | award4_winner = {{flagicon|FRA|size=20px}} Michel Morandais

| award5 = Foreign MVP | award5_winner = {{flagicon|USA|size=20px}} Zachery Peacock

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|USA|size=20px}} Zachery Peacock | ppg = 19.8

| rebounds_leader = {{flagicon|USA|size=20px}} Allen Durham | rpg = 11.1

| assists_leader = {{flagicon|FRA|size=20px}} Austen Rowland | apg = 6.2

| PIR_leader = {{flagicon|USA|size=20px}} Allen Durham | pir = 25.2

| highest_scoring =

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The 2013–14 LNB Pro B season was the 27th season of the Pro B, the France second basketball tier, organised by the LNB. SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer won the league championship, after finishing first in the regular season with 32 wins. SOMB promoted to the Pro A along with Playoffs winner JL Bourg-en-Bresse and wild card receivers SPO Rouen Reims Champagne.

Regular season

All teams played each other twice, once at home and once away. After this, all teams played all teams in their geographic poule at home and away.

scope="col" \| Poule 1 ! scope="col" \| Poule 2 ! scope="col" \| Poule 3
class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; font-size:90%;" \|+ Geographic poules
Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket	SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer	LMBC Lille
JL Bourg-en-Bresse	ESSM Le Portel Côte d'Opale	ASC Denain Voltaire
Saint-Vallier BD	ALM Évreux Basket	Orchésien BC
Hyères Toulon Var Basket	SPO Rouen Basket	Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball
Fos Ouest Basket Provence	Hermine de Nantes Atlantique	Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket
Boulazac BD	Poitiers Basket 86	Souffelweyersheim BC

;Standings

width=30 \| {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Position}} ! Club ! width=30 \| {{Tooltip\|%\|Winning percentage}} ! width=30 \|{{tooltip\|GP\|Games played}} ! width=30 \|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} ! width=30 \|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} ! width=30 \|{{Tooltip\|PF\|Points for}} ! width=30 \|{{Tooltip\|PA\|Points against}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
style="background:#81F79F;" \| 1	align=left\| SOMB	73%	44	32	12	3575	3287
style="background:#cfc;" \| 2	align=left\|JL Bourg	71%	44	31	13	3381	3136
style="background:#cfc;" \| 3	align=left\|Champagne Châlons-Reims^{WC{{refn\|group=lower-alpha\|name=wildcards}}}	69%	44	30	14	3612	3377
style="background:#cfc;" \| 4	align=left\|Poitiers 86	60%	44	26	18	3352	3280
style="background:#cfc;" \| 5	align=left\|Le Portel	57%	44	25	19	3541	3368
style="background:#cfc;" \| 6	align=left\|ALM Évreux	57%	44	25	19	3283	3156
style="background:#cfc;" \| 7	align=left\|Fos Provence	55%	44	24	20	3336	3311
style="background:#cfc;" \| 8	align=left\|AMSB	55%	44	24	20	3495	3534
style="background:#cfc;" \| 9	align=left\|Hyères-Toulon	50%	44	22	22	3335	3311
10	align=left\| Saint-Quentin	50%	44	22	22	3487	3539
11	align=left\|Denain Voltaire	48%	44	21	23	3503	3543
12	align=left\| Boulazac Dordogne	44%	44	19	25	3403	3376
13	align=left\| Souffelweyersheim	44%	44	19	25	3105	3209
14	align=left\| Rouen^{WC{{refn\|group=lower-alpha\|name=wildcards}}}	37%	44	16	28	3216	3412
15	align=left\| Hermine Nantes	37%	44	16	28	3290	3525
16	align=left\| Lille Métropole	35%	44	15	29	3387	3520
style="background:#fcc;" \| 17	align=left\| Orchies	35%	44	15	29	3223	3456
style="background:#fcc;" \| 18	align=left\| Saint-Vallier BD	30%	44	13	31	3384	3568

Promotion playoffs

The eight highest placed from the regular season with exception of the champions qualified for the promotion playoffs. In all rounds a best-of-three format was used. JL Bourg promoted to the 2014–15 Pro A season as the winner of the promotion playoffs.

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1 = Quarter-finals

| RD2 = Semi-finals

| RD3 = Finals

| seed-width = 25

| team-width = 175

| score-width = 25

| RD1-seed1 = 2

| RD1-team1 = JL Bourg-en-Bresse

| RD1-score1 = 2

| RD1-seed2 = 9

| RD1-team2 = Hyères-Toulon

| RD1-score2 =0

| RD1-seed3 = 5

| RD1-team3 = Le Portel

| RD1-score3 = 1

| RD1-seed4 = 6

| RD1-team4 = ALM Évreux

| RD1-score4 = 2

| RD1-seed5 = 3

| RD1-team5 = Châlons-Reims

| RD1-score5 = 2

| RD1-seed6 = 8

| RD1-team6 = Aix-Maurienne Savoie

| RD1-score6 = 1

| RD1-seed7 = 4

| RD1-team7 = Poitiers 86

| RD1-score7 = 2

| RD1-seed8 = 7

| RD1-team8 = Fos-sur-Mer

| RD1-score8 = 0

| RD2-seed1 = 2

| RD2-team1 = JL Bourg-en-Bresse

| RD2-score1 = 2

| RD2-seed2 =6

| RD2-team2 = ALM Évreux

| RD2-score2 = 1

| RD2-seed3 = 3

| RD2-team3 = Châlons-Reims

| RD2-score3 = 0

| RD2-seed4 = 3

| RD2-team4 = Poitiers 86

| RD2-score4 = 2

| RD3-seed1 = 1

| RD3-team1 = JL Bourg-en-Bresse

| RD3-score1 = 2

| RD3-seed2 = 2

| RD3-team2 = Poitiers

| RD3-score2 = 0

}}

Individual awards

*Domestic MVP:

:{{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Morandais (Châlons-Reims)

Domestic MVP runner up:

:{{flagicon|FRA}} Angelo Tsagarakis (SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Foreign MVP:

:{{flagicon|USA}} Zachery Peacock (SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Most Improved Player:

:{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Romain (Saint-Quentin)

Coach of the Year:

:{{flagicon|FRA}} Germain Castano (SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Best Young Player:

:{{flagicon|FRA}} Anthony Racine (Saint-Quentin)

Notes

References

Category:2013–14 in European second tier basketball leagues

LNB Pro B

2013-14