2015–16 Kml Season

Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga¹
Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga1
Season	2015–16
Duration	7 October 2015 – 27 May 2016
Number of games	123 (Regular season); 29 (Playoffs)
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	TV6, Delfi TV
Regular season
Top seed	Kalev/Cramo
Finals
Champions	Kalev/Cramo; 8th title
Runners-up	TÜ/Rock
Third place	AVIS Rapla
Fourth place	TLÜ/Kalev
Finals MVP	Rolands Freimanis
Awards
Best Defender	Janar Talts
Best Young Player	Norman Käbin
Coach of the Year	Alar Varrak
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Johnny Berhanemeskel
Rebounds	Thomas van der Mars
Assists	Rait-Riivo Laane
	← 2014–15 2016–17 → 1Sponsored league name, referring to Alexela.

TÜ/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 KML season.

The season began on 7 October 2015 and concluded on 27 May 2016 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 1 in the 2016 KML Finals to win their 8th Estonian Championship.

Teams

Audentes
Kalev/Cramo
TLÜ/Kalev
TTÜ

Locations of the 2015–16 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga teams

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Audentes/Noortekoondis	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre	1,030
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Saku Arena	7,200
Port of Pärnu	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
Port of Pärnu	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	Kristo Saage	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
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	Varis Krūmiņš	Sacked	12 February 2016	8th	Juris Umbraško	12 February 2016

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.

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	Port of Pärnu	32	13	19	45	.406
7	TTÜ	32	11	21	43	.344
8	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	32	10	22	42	.313
9	Audentes/Noortekoondis	32	0	32	32	.000

Source: Korvpalli Meistriliiga

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	KAL	PÄR	RAP	TAR	TLÜ	TTÜ	TÜ	VAL
Audentes/Noortekoondis		46–98	63–77	70–81	71–100	78–96	76–79	58–73	65–97
	56–114	59–90	50–83	68–108	66–83	70–83	68–83	75–103
Kalev/Cramo								83–75
							78–68
Port of Pärnu	76–57	73–78		65–86	81–79	88–93	73–57	71–79	86–62
75–65	64–85		68–69	73–68	87–86	68–79	61–70	89–78
AVIS Rapla	78–74	73–80	83–76		92–86	76–97	60–78	74–63	99–93
94–76	82–85	77–61		74–79	78–71	81–94	83–62	83–65
Rakvere Tarvas	124–57	64–90	89–64	90–70		74–72	70–61	72–78	81–86
109–84	77–90	103–69	105–78		81–103	88–67	75–89	95–87
TLÜ/Kalev	105–85	59–99	91–83	61–80	86–71		83–78	76–82	104–96
107–61	73–86	87–67	90–88	104–103		86–83	84–105	108–97
TTÜ	100–89	84–100	77–86	47–63	59–89	80–69		80–77	73–92
74–63	73–87	70–75	73–86	76–85	94–103		57–92	103–96
TÜ/Rock	94–64	73–81	93–63	74–52	109–104	97–88	77–66		96–63
	71–83
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	105–73	67–95	101–104	68–84	82–104	100–108	76–86	72–86
98–66	62–82	79–71	90–77	90–84	85–106	79–69	76–92

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

The playoffs began on 14 April and ended on 27 May. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 1 in the 2016 KML Finals.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Kalev/Cramo	3

8	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	0
			1	Kalev/Cramo	3

			4	AVIS Rapla	0
4	AVIS Rapla	3

5	Rakvere Tarvas	1
						1	Kalev/Cramo	4

						2	TÜ/Rock	1
2	TÜ/Rock	3

7	TTÜ	0
			2	TÜ/Rock	3	Third place

			3	TLÜ/Kalev	0
3	TLÜ/Kalev	3				3	TLÜ/Kalev	1

6	Port of Pärnu	1				4	AVIS Rapla	3

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	40	821	20.53
2	Brandis Raley-Ross	Kalev/Cramo/Rakvere Tarvas	21	415	19.76
3	Dominykas Milka	TLÜ/Kalev	30	518	17.27
4	Reinis Strupovičs	Rakvere Tarvas	30	499	16.63
5	Kristjan Kitsing	TTÜ	32	531	16.59

Rebounds

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	Thomas van der Mars	AVIS Rapla	24	257	10.71
2	Shawn King	Kalev/Cramo	16	163	10.19
3	Jurijs Aleksejevs	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	29	249	8.59
4	David Haughton	Rakvere Tarvas	32	252	7.88
5	Paulius Petrilevičius	Port of Pärnu	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	36	178	4.94
3	Devin Brooks	AVIS Rapla	40	173	4.33
4	Kristo Saage	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	32	135	4.22
5	Sten Sokk	Kalev/Cramo	25	104	4.16

Awards

All-KML Team

Pos	Player	Team
PG	Sten Sokk	Kalev/Cramo
SG	Gregor Arbet	Kalev/Cramo
SF	Indrek Kajupank	AVIS Rapla
PF	Kristjan Kitsing	TTÜ
C	Shawn King	Kalev/Cramo

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October	Evaldas Žabas	TÜ/Rock
November	William Artino	AVIS Rapla
December	Kristjan Kitsing	TTÜ
January	Dominykas Milka	TLÜ/Kalev
February	Gert Dorbek	TÜ/Rock
March	Rait-Riivo Laane	TTÜ
April	Tom Droney	TLÜ/Kalev

References

External links

Official website

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