2016–17 ProA

{{Infobox basketball league season

| title = ProA

| image =

| caption =

| season =2016–17

| t_bg = #D6733C

| t_color = white

| champions = Mitteldeutscher
3rd title

| runners_up = Oettinger Rockets

| promoted =

| dates=22 September 2016 – 7 May 2017

| top_seed = Mitteldeutscher

| relegated =ETB Wohnbau Baskets
Dresden Titans

| teams = 16

|MVP=Leon Kratzer |MVP_n=GER|MVP_link=ProA Player of the Year

| PIR_leader = {{Flagicon|GER|size=20px}} Leon Kratzer | pir=21.6

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|USA|size=20px}} Jonathon Williams | ppg = 18.8

| rebounds_leader = {{flagicon|GER|size=20px}} Leon Kratzer | rpg = 12.6

| assists_leader = {{flagicon|USA|size=20px}} Carrington Love | apg = 7.1

| prevseason = 2015–16

| nextseason = 2017–18

| average_attendance= 1,524

}}

{{For|the French first tier basketball league|2016–17 Pro A season}}

The 2016–17 ProA was the 10th season of the ProA, the second level of basketball in Germany.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160610095423/http://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/basketball-League-ProA_2015-2016.asp ProA at Eurobasket.com] The champions the runners-up of the play-offs are promoted to the 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga. The season started on September 22, 2016 and ended on May 7, 2017. Mitteldeutscher won the championship and promoted along with runners-up Oettinger Rockets.[http://www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de/vor-orangener-wand-mbc-kroent-sich-zum-proa-champion/ Vor orangener Wand: MBC krönt sich zum ProA Champion]

Table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|source=[http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=basketball&page=season&id=1124 Scoresway], [http://www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de/ 2. Basketball Bundesliga]

|update=complete

|for_against_style=points |winpoints=2|losspoints=0

|team1=MIT|team2=CRA|team3=CHE|team4=KIR|team5=HEI|team6=TRI|team7=GOT|team8=KOL|team9=HAM|team10=FIN|team11=HAN|team12=NUR|team13=BAU|team14=EHI|team15=ETB|team16=DRE

|win_MIT=27|loss_MIT=3|gf_MIT=2574|ga_MIT=2164

|win_CRA=25|loss_CRA=5|gf_CRA=2631|ga_CRA=2236

|win_KIR=20|loss_KIR=10|gf_KIR=2369|ga_KIR=2331

|win_CHE=21|loss_CHE=9|gf_CHE=2289|ga_CHE=2124

|win_HEI=18|loss_HEI=12|gf_HEI=2209|ga_HEI=2090

|win_HAN=13|loss_HAN=17|gf_HAN=2159|ga_HAN=2214

|win_GOT=16|loss_GOT=14|gf_GOT=2344|ga_GOT=2248

|win_TRI=17|loss_TRI=13|gf_TRI=2221|ga_TRI=2183

|win_KOL=15|loss_KOL=15|gf_KOL=2232|ga_KOL=2187

|win_HAM=14|loss_HAM=16|gf_HAM=2256|ga_HAM=2260

|win_NUR=11|loss_NUR=19|gf_NUR=2204|ga_NUR=2346

|win_FIN=14|loss_FIN=16|gf_FIN=2322|ga_FIN=2342

|win_EHI=9|loss_EHI=21|gf_EHI=2236|ga_EHI=2432

|win_BAU=10|loss_BAU=20|gf_BAU=2172|ga_BAU=2432

|win_ETB=8|loss_ETB=22|gf_ETB=2221|ga_ETB=2421

|win_DRE=2|loss_DRE=28|gf_DRE=2205|ga_DRE=2682

|name_HEI=MLP Academics Heidelberg

|name_TRI=Gladiators Trier

|name_GOT=Oettinger Rockets

|name_CHE=Niners Chemnitz

|name_MIT=Mitteldeutscher

|name_KIR=Kirchheim Knights

|name_CRA=Crailsheim Merlins

|name_HAN=White Wings Hanau

|name_NUR=Nürnberg Falcons

|name_FIN=Uni Baskets Paderborn

|name_HAM=Hamburg Towers

|name_KOL=RheinStars Köln

|name_EHI=Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule

|name_BAU=Baunach Young Pikes

|name_DRE=Dresden Titans|status_DRE=R

|name_ETB=ETB Wohnbau Baskets|status_ETB=R

|res_col_header=PQR

|result1=q |result2=q |result3=q |result4=q |result5=q |result6=q |result7=q |result8=q |result15=R |result16=R

|col_q=green1 |text_q=Advance to play-offs

|col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegation to ProB

}}

Play-offs

The quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a best-of-five play-off format. The Finals are played in a two-legged series in which the team with the most aggregate points wins.

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1 =

| RD2 =

| RD3 =

| seed-width =

| team-width = 170

| score-width =

| RD1-seed1 =1

| RD1-team1 =Mitteldeutscher

| RD1-score1 =3

| RD1-seed2 =8

| RD1-team2 =RheinStars Köln

| RD1-score2 =0

| RD1-seed3 =4

| RD1-team3 =Kirchheim Knights

| RD1-score3 =3

| RD1-seed4 =5

| RD1-team4 =MLP Academics Heidelberg

| RD1-score4 =2

| RD1-seed5 =2

| RD1-team5 =Crailsheim Merlins

| RD1-score5 =1

| RD1-seed6 =7

| RD1-team6 =Oettinger Rockets

| RD1-score6 =3

| RD1-seed7 =3

| RD1-team7 =Niners Chemnitz

| RD1-score7 =3

| RD1-seed8 =6

| RD1-team8 =Gladiators Trier

| RD1-score8 =2

| RD2-seed1 =1

| RD2-team1 =Mitteldeutscher

| RD2-score1 = 3

| RD2-seed2 =4

| RD2-team2 = Kirchheim Knights

| RD2-score2 =0

| RD2-seed3 =7

| RD2-team3 =Oettinger Rockets

| RD2-score3 = 3

| RD2-seed4 =3

| RD2-team4 =Niners Chemnitz

| RD2-score4 = 2

| RD3-seed1 = 1

| RD3-team1 ={{increase}} Mitteldeutscher

| RD3-score1 = 171

| RD3-seed2 = 7

| RD3-team2 ={{increase}} Oettinger Rockets

| RD3-score2 =142

}}

:{{increase}} The two teams that reached the Finals were promoted to the 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga.

Awards

=Monthly Awards=

class="wikitable"
rowspan=2 | Month

! colspan=2 | Player of the Month

! colspan=2 | Youngster of the Month

width=200 | Player

! width=200 | Club

! width=200 | Player

! width=200 | Club

style="text-align:center;"| October{{flagicon|GER}} Leon KratzerBaunach Young Pikes{{flagicon|GER}} Chrisopher WolfErdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule
style="text-align:center;"| November{{flagicon|USA}} Kruize PinkinsWhite Wings Hanau{{flagicon|GER}} Jonas RichterNiners Chemnitz
style="text-align:center;"| December{{flagicon|USA}} Marcus HattenMitteldeutscher{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel MixichNiners Chemnitz
style="text-align:center;"| January{{flagicon|GER}} Tobias JahnErdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule{{flagicon|SLO}} Aleksej NikolićBaunach Young Pikes
style="text-align:center;"| February{{flagicon|USA}} Joseph Lawson III Niners Chemnitz{{flagicon|LTU}} Arnoldas KulbokaBaunach Young Pikes
style="text-align:center;"| March{{flagicon|USA}} Christopher CarterNiners Chemnitz{{flagicon|GER}} Leon KratzerBaunach Young Pikes

See also

References

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