2015–16 KML season

Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga¹
Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga1
Season	2015–16
Duration	7 October 2015 –
Games played	123 (Regular season)
Teams	9
TV partner(s)	TV6, Delfi TV
Regular season
Top seed	Kalev/Cramo
	← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 8 April 2016. 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Alexela.

The 2015–16 Korvpalli Meistriliiga season (also known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 26th season of top-tier basketball in Estonia. Including the competition's previous incarnations, this is the 91st season of the Estonian men's basketball league. The season began on 7 October 2015.^[1]

Teams

Venues and locations

Audentes
Kalev/Cramo
TLÜ/Kalev
TTÜ

Locations of the 2015–16 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga teams

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Audentes/Noortekoondis	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Center	1,030
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Saku Suurhall Arena	7,200
Pärnu Sadam	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	1,820
AVIS Rapla	Rapla	Sadolin Sports Hall	818
Rakvere Tarvas	Rakvere	Rakvere Sports Hall	2,747
TLÜ/Kalev	Tallinn	Kalev Sports Hall	1,440
TTÜ	Tallinn	TTÜ Sports Hall	1,000
TÜ/Rock	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	1,650
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	Valga	Valga Sports Hall	561

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Audentes/Noortekoondis	Indrek Visnapuu		Peak	Ramirent
Kalev/Cramo	Alar Varrak	Gregor Arbet	Nike	Cramo
Pärnu Sadam	Mait Käbin	Silver Leppik	Nike	Port of Pärnu
AVIS Rapla	Aivar Kuusmaa	Indrek Kajupank	Spalding	Avis
Rakvere Tarvas	Andres Sõber	Mario Paiste	Nike	Rakvere
TLÜ/Kalev	Kalle Klandorf	Reimo Tamm	Peak	City of Tallinn
TTÜ	Rait Käbin	Kiur Akenpärg	Erreà	Tallinn University of Technology
TÜ/Rock	Gert Kullamäe	Marek Doronin	Nike	Saku
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	Juris Umbraško		SMV	Maks & Moorits

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
TTÜ	Heino Lill	Signed as assistant coach	10 August 2015	Pre-season	Rait Käbin	10 August 2015^[2]
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	Varis Krūmiņš	Sacked	12 February 2016	8th	Juris Umbraško	12 February 2016^[3]

Regular season

During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:

TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home against teams other than Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).
Kalev/Cramo will play 2 rounds away against teams other than TÜ/Rock (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).

Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	PCT	Qualification
1	Kalev/Cramo	32	32	0	64	1.000	Qualification to Playoffs
2	TÜ/Rock	32	25	7	57	.781
3	TLÜ/Kalev	32	19	13	51	.594
4	AVIS Rapla	32	18	14	50	.563
5	Rakvere Tarvas	32	16	16	48	.500
6	Pärnu Sadam	32	13	19	45	.406
7	TTÜ	32	11	21	43	.344
8	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	31	9	22	40	.290
9	Audentes/Noortekoondis	31	0	31	31	.000

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	KAL	PÄR	RAP	TAR	TLÜ	TTÜ	TÜ	VAL
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	TÜ/Rock Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r
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Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Kalev/Cramo	3

8	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	0
			1	Kalev/Cramo	0

			4	AVIS Rapla	0
4	AVIS Rapla	3

5	Rakvere Tarvas	1



2	TÜ/Rock	3

7	TTÜ	0
			2	TÜ/Rock	0

			3	TLÜ/Kalev	0
3	TLÜ/Kalev	3

6	Pärnu Sadam	1

Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1	Johnny Berhanemeskel	TLÜ/Kalev	33	686	20.79
2	Brandis Raley-Ross	Kalev/Cramo/Rakvere Tarvas	21	415	19.76
3	Dominykas Milka	TLÜ/Kalev	23	433	18.83
4	Evaldas Žabas	TÜ/Rock	24	404	16.83
5	Reinis Strupovičs	Rakvere Tarvas	30	499	16.63

Rebounds

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	Thomas van der Mars	AVIS Rapla	17	185	10.88
2	Jurijs Aleksejevs	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	29	249	8.59
3	Dominykas Milka	TLÜ/Kalev	23	190	8.26
4	David Haughton	Rakvere Tarvas	32	252	7.88
5	Paulius Petrilevičius	Pärnu Sadam	27	210	7.78

Assists

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1	Rait-Riivo Laane	TTÜ	32	200	6.25
2	Tom Droney	TLÜ/Kalev	31	161	5.19
3	Devin Brooks	AVIS Rapla	33	146	4.42
4	Kristo Saage	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	32	135	4.22
5	Sten Sokk	Kalev/Cramo	20	84	4.20

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October^[4]	Evaldas Žabas	TÜ/Rock
November^[5]	Will Artino	AVIS Rapla
December^[6]	Kristjan Kitsing	TTÜ
January^[7]	Dominykas Milka	TLÜ/Kalev
February^[8]	Gert Dorbek	TÜ/Rock
March^[9]	Rait-Riivo Laane	TTÜ

References

^ ^a ^b "Selgus korvpalli meistriliiga uue hooaja formaat" (in Estonian). Delfi. 3 August 2015.
^ "TTÜ korvpallimeeskond sai uue peatreeneri" (in Estonian). Delfi. 20 July 2015.
^ "Valga-Valka vahetas peatreenerit: Kruminš lahkus, asemele Tarva legend" (in Estonian). Delfi. 12 February 2016.
^ "Korvpalli meistriliiga oktoobri parimaks valiti Evaldas Žabas" (in Estonian). Delfi. 5 November 2015.
^ "Taas tiitel võõrmängijale: Alexela KML novembri parim on William Artino" (in Estonian). Delfi. 4 December 2015.
^ "Koduse korvpalliliiga detsembrikuu parimaks valiti Kristjan Kitsing" (in Estonian). Delfi. 7 January 2016.
^ "Korvpalli meistriliiga jaanuari parimaks valiti Dominykas Milka" (in Estonian). Delfi. 4 February 2016.
^ "Hull viskepäev TLÜ/Kalevi vastu tõi Dorbekule kuu parima tiitli" (in Estonian). Delfi. 4 March 2016.
^ "Korvpalli meistriliiga märtsikuu parimaks valiti Rait-Riivo Laane" (in Estonian). Delfi. 8 April 2016.

External links

Official website

[KML-1] "Selgus korvpalli meistriliiga uue hooaja formaat" (in Estonian). Delfi. 3 August 2015.

[2] "TTÜ korvpallimeeskond sai uue peatreeneri" (in Estonian). Delfi. 20 July 2015.

[3] "Valga-Valka vahetas peatreenerit: Kruminš lahkus, asemele Tarva legend" (in Estonian). Delfi. 12 February 2016.

[4] "Korvpalli meistriliiga oktoobri parimaks valiti Evaldas Žabas" (in Estonian). Delfi. 5 November 2015.

[5] "Taas tiitel võõrmängijale: Alexela KML novembri parim on William Artino" (in Estonian). Delfi. 4 December 2015.

[6] "Koduse korvpalliliiga detsembrikuu parimaks valiti Kristjan Kitsing" (in Estonian). Delfi. 7 January 2016.

[7] "Korvpalli meistriliiga jaanuari parimaks valiti Dominykas Milka" (in Estonian). Delfi. 4 February 2016.

[8] "Hull viskepäev TLÜ/Kalevi vastu tõi Dorbekule kuu parima tiitli" (in Estonian). Delfi. 4 March 2016.

[9] "Korvpalli meistriliiga märtsikuu parimaks valiti Rait-Riivo Laane" (in Estonian). Delfi. 8 April 2016.

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v t e PAF Korvpalli Meistriliiga
Teams	BC Kalev/Cramo Keila Coolbet Keila KK Pärnu Sadam TalTech/ALEXELA Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Utilitas Rapla Viimsi
Seasons	1925 1927 1928 ... 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 ~~2019–20~~ 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Awards	MVP Finals MVP Best Defender Best Young Player Coach of the Year All-Star Five