2015–16 NBB season
{{More citations needed|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = NBB 2015–16
| league = Novo Basquete Brasil
| sport = Basketball
| logo =
| pixels = 170px
| duration = October 2015–June 2016
| no_of_teams = 15
| TV =
| season = NBB season
| season_champs = Flamengo
| season_champ_name = Champions
| MVP =
| seasonslist =
| seasonslistnames = NBB
| prevseason_link = 2014–15 NBB season
| prevseason_year = 2014–15
| nextseason_link = 2016–17 NBB season
| nextseason_year = 2016–17
}}
The 2015–16 NBB season was the 8th season of the Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league. Once again this tournament was organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB). The NBB also qualified teams for international tournaments such as Liga Sudamericana and FIBA Americas League.
This season fifteen teams were played each other in the regular season. At the end of the home and away matches round the top four teams qualified for the quarterfinals of the playoffs automatically, while the teams finishing in the 5th and 12th place participated in the first round of the playoffs to determine the other four teams in the quarterfinals, in a five-match series. This year NBB returned to a series in the Finals, played in a best of three-match.
For this season, only the last regular season placed was relegated to the Liga Ouro, the NBB second division. The Liga Ouro winner receive the right to contest NBB in the next year.
Participating teams
;New teams in the league:
- Caxias do Sul Basquete (2015 Liga Ouro champions, promoted)
- Vitória (2015 Liga Ouro runners-up, promoted)
;Teams that left the league:
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Team ! Home city ! Stadium ! Capacity ! Head coach ! Appearance ! Last season |
| Basquete Cearense
| Ginásio da UNIFOR | 2,200 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Alberto Bial | style="text-align: center;"| 4th | style="text-align: center;"| 14th |
| Bauru
| Bauru | 2,000 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Demétrius Ferracciú | style="text-align: center;"| 8th | style="text-align: center;"| 2nd |
| Brasília
| Brasília | Ginásio da ASCEB | 3,050 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Savignani | style="text-align: center;"| 8th | style="text-align: center;"| 6th |
| Caxias do Sul
| 850 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Rodrigo Barbosa | style="text-align: center;"| 1st | style="text-align: center;"| 1st (Liga Ouro) |
| Flamengo
| Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima | 4,500 | {{flagicon|BRA}} José Alves Neto | style="text-align: center;"| 8th | style="text-align: center;"| 1st |
| Franca
| Franca | 6,000 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Lula Ferreira | style="text-align: center;"| 8th | style="text-align: center;"| 12th |
| Liga Sorocabana
| Sorocaba | 3,000 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Rinaldo Rodrigues | style="text-align: center;"| 5th | style="text-align: center;"| 16th |
| Macaé Basquete
| Macaé | Tênis Clube de Macaé | 3,000 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Léo Costa | style="text-align: center;"| 3rd | style="text-align: center;"| 8th |
| Minas Tênis Clube
| 4,000 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Cristiano Grama | style="text-align: center;"| 8th | style="text-align: center;"| 9th |
| Mogi das Cruzes
| Ginásio Municipal Professor Hugo Ramos | 5,000 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Danilo Padovani | style="text-align: center;"| 4th | style="text-align: center;"| 4th |
| Paulistano
| Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior | 1,500 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo de Conti | style="text-align: center;"| 8th | style="text-align: center;"| 10th |
| Pinheiros
| Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim | 854 | {{flagicon|BRA}} César Guidetti | style="text-align: center;"| 8th | style="text-align: center;"| 11th |
| Rio Claro Basquete
| Ginásio de Esportes Felipe Karam | 3,000 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Dedé Barbosa | style="text-align: center;"| 2nd | style="text-align: center;"| 15th |
| São José
| 2,620 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Cristiano Ahmed | style="text-align: center;"| 8th | style="text-align: center;"| 7th |
| Vitória
| Salvador | Ginásio Poliesportivo de Cajazeiras Fazenda | ND | {{flagicon|BRA}} Régis Marrelli | style="text-align: center;"| 1st | style="text-align: center;"| 2nd (Liga Ouro) |
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Head coach changes
;Pre-season changes
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||
| Team
! Outgoing coach ! Manner of departure ! Replaced by ! Date of appointment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
;Mid-season changes
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||
| Team
! Outgoing coach ! Manner of departure ! Replaced by ! Date of appointment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular season
=League table=
=Results=
NBB All-Star Weekend
{{main|2016 NBB All-Star Game}}
Playoffs
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
| RD1=First Round
(Best-of-5)
| RD2=Quarterfinals
(Best-of-5)
| RD3=Semifinals
(Best-of-5)
| RD4=Final
(Best-of-5)
| team-width=160
| score-width=20
| RD1-team03=(8) Rio Claro
| RD1-score03=3
| RD1-team04=(9) Franca
| RD1-score04=2
| RD1-team07=(5) Mogi das Cruzes
| RD1-score07=3
| RD1-team08=(12) Vitória
| RD1-score08=0
| RD1-team11=(7) Pinheiros
| RD1-score11=3
| RD1-team12=(10) Minas
| RD1-score12=2
| RD1-team15=(6) Brasília
| RD1-score15=3
| RD1-team16=(11) Caxias do Sul
| RD1-score16=1
| RD2-team01=(1) Flamengo
| RD2-score01=3
| RD2-team02=(8) Rio Claro
| RD2-score02=0
| RD2-team03=(4) Basquete Cearense
| RD2-score03=1
| RD2-team04=(5) Mogi das Cruzes
| RD2-score04=3
| RD2-team05=(2) Bauru
| RD2-score05=3
| RD2-team06=(7) Pinheiros
| RD2-score06=1
| RD2-team07=(3) Paulistano
| RD2-score07=1
| RD2-team08=(6) Brasília
| RD2-score08=3
| RD3-team01=(1) Flamengo
| RD3-score01=3
| RD3-team02=(5) Mogi das Cruzes
| RD3-score02=2
| RD3-team03=(2) Bauru
| RD3-score03=3
| RD3-team04=(6) Brasília
| RD3-score04=0
| RD4-team01=(1) Flamengo
| RD4-score01=3
| RD4-team02=(2) Bauru
| RD4-score02=2
}}
References
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