2017–18 Pro B season

The 2017–18 Pro B season was the 31st season of the Pro B, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). Blois won its first league title.

2017–18 Pro B season
Season2017–18
Number of teams18
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Tyren Johnson
PromotedBlois
Fos Provence
RelegatedLe Havre
Étoile Charleville-Mézières
Finals
ChampionsBlois
(1st title)
Statistical leaders
Points United States Amin Stevens 17.9
Rebounds United States Amin Stevens 8.9
Assists Puerto Rico Alex Abreu 6.5
← 2016–17
2018–19 →

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Orléans Loiret and SLUC Nancy entered the league after they relegated from the 2016–17 Pro A season.[1][2] UJAP Quimper 29 and Caen Basket Calvados were promoted from the 2016–17 NM1 season.[3][4]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The table leader will promote to the Pro A while the numbers two until nine qualify for the promotion playoffs. The last two placed teams are relegated to the NM1.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or relegation
1 ADA Blois 41 (C, P) 34 27 7 Promotion to Pro A
2 Chorale Roanne 34 26 8 Qualification for promotion playoffs
3 Orléans Loiret 34 25 9
4 Fos Provence (O, P) 34 24 10
5 Lille Métropole 34 23 11
6 Saint-Chamond 34 22 12
7 SLUC Nancy 34 19 15
8 Rouen Métropole 34 17 17
9 ALM Évreux 34 16 18
10 Denain Voltaire[lower-alpha 1] 34 16 18 Qualification for promotion playoffs
11 AMSB 34 15 19
12 JA Vichy-Clermont Métropole 34 14 20
13 Hermine Nantes 34 12 22
14 Caen Calvados 34 12 22
15 UJAP Quimper 29 34 11 23
16 Poitiers 86 34 11 23
17 STB Le Havre 34 10 24 Relegation to NM1
18 UJAP Quimper 29 34 11 23
Source: LNB (in French), Sportstats
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Denain Voltaire automatically qualified for the playoffs as winners of the Leaders Cup.

Promotion playoffs

The seven highest ranked seeds in the regular season, excluding the league champions, qualify for the promotion playoffs. They are joined by the winner of the LNB Pro B Leaders Cup. All rounds of the promotion playoffs are played in a best-of-three format.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                
 
 
 
 
2
Chorale Roanne		6874
 
 
 
Denain Voltaire6054
 
2
Chorale Roanne		835271
 
 
 
5
Lille Métropole		367755
 
5
Lille Métropole		8180
 
 
 
6
Saint-Chamond		6556
 
2
Chorale Roanne		6870
 
 
 
4
Fos Provence		7276
 
3
Orléans		1127685
 
 
 
8
Rouen Métropole		1107786
 
8
Rouen Métropole 		7570
 
 
 
4
Fos Provence		7992
 
4
Fos		7773
 
 
7
SLUC Nancy		6260
 

Pro B Leaders Cup

The winner of the LNB Pro B Leaders Cup automatically qualified for the promotion playoffs as the top seeded team. The quarter- and semi-finals in the Leaders Cup are played in two-legged format. The Final was played on 18 February in Disneyland Paris. Prior to the final eight teams, teams played in six groups of three teams to determine which teams would qualify for the quarter-finals.

 
Quarterfinals
24–31 October		Semifinals
14 November–5 December		Final
18 February
 
                
 
 
 
 
SLUC Nancy6464128
 
 
 
Denain Voltaire7466 140
 
Denain Voltaire6559124
 
 
 
STB Le Havre6591 156
 
STB Le Havre8164145
 
 
 
Fos Provence7369 142
 
Denain Voltaire (ot)98
 
 
 
Orléans Loiret87
 
ALM Évreux7393166
 
 
 
Orléans Loiret8296 178
 
Orléans Loiret6892160
 
 
 
Hermine Nantes5978 137
 
ADA Blois 418571156
 
 
Hermine Nantes8772 159
 

Individual awards

MVP of the Month
Month Player Team PIR Ref.
OctoberBosnia and Herzegovina Miralem HalilovićOrléans Loiret22.5[5]
NovemberBosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Halilović (2)Orléans Loiret23.7[6]
DecemberUnited States Jerrold BrooksADA Blois16.5[7]
JanuaryUnited States Tyren JohnsonADA Blois22.0[8]
FebruaryUnited States Kammeon HosleyUJAP Quimper 2921.3[9]
MarchCameroon Benoit MbalaChorale Roanne17.0[10]
AprilFrance Jonathan HoyauxSaint-Chamond19.0[11]
MayUnited States Rakeem BuckelsLille Métropole21.5[12]

See also

References
  1. Anthony GUILLE. "Sluc Nancy, le grand chantier de la Pro B". Republicain-lorrain.fr. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  2. "Orléans Loiret Basket en ProB : Laurent Lhomme s'explique". Larep.fr. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  3. "Le Caen basket Calvados officiellement en Pro B !". Francebleu.fr. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  4. "Basket à Quimper. Après la victoire et la montée de l'Ujap, la fête !" (in French). Ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  5. "Miralem Halilovic MVP du mois d'octobre" (in French). bebasket.fr. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. "Le doublé pour Miralem Halilovic MVP du mois de novembre". bebasket.fr. bebasket. 9 December 2017.
  7. "Jerrold Brooks MVP du mois de décembre". bebasket.fr. bebasket. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  8. "Tyren Johnson MVP du mois de janvier". bebasket.fr. bebasket. 4 February 2018.
  9. "Kammeon Holsey (Quimper) MVP du mois de février". bebasket.fr. bebasket. 5 March 2018.
  10. "Benoit Mbala, MVP du mois de mars". bebasket.fr. bebasket. 8 April 2018.
  11. "Jonathan Hoyaux (Saint-Chamond), MVP du mois d'avril". bebasket.fr. bebasket. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  12. "Rakeem Buckels, MVP du mois de mai". bebasket.fr. bebasket. 28 May 2018.
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