2011–12 Dutch Basketball League
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| Dutch Basketball League 2011-12 | |
|---|---|
| League | Dutch Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | October 8, 2011 April 15, 2012 |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden |
| Season MVP |  Seamus Boxley(Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden) |
| Top scorer | Tyrone Sally (18.5) (Rotterdam Basketbal College) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | EiffelTowers Den Bosch |
| Runners-up | Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden |
The 2011-2012 Dutch Basketball League season was the 52nd season of the highest Dutch professional basketball league, the Dutch Basketball League. The regular season started on October 2011. EiffelTowers Den Bosch got its 15th national championship, after beating Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden 4 to 1 in the Finals. Seamus Boxley received the Most Valuable Player award this season.
It was the first season played with new rules about foreign players; all teams weren't allowed to have more than 4 foreign players on their roster.
Participants
The league started with 8 teams in the 2011-12 season. WCAA Giants and ABC Amsterdam, quarterfinalist last year, didn't return because the clubs went bankrupt.
- EiffelTowers Den Bosch from 's-Hertogenbosch
- GasTerra Flames from Groningen
- Lasaulec Aris from Leeuwarden
- Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden from Leiden
- Magixx Playing for KidsRights from Nijmegen
- Rotterdam Basketbal College from Rotterdam
- Stepco BSW from Weert
- Landstede Basketbal from Zwolle
Regular season
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2100 | 1838 | +262 | Qualification for the second stage |
| 2 | GasTerra Flames | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2094 | 1923 | +171 | |
| 3 | EiffelTowers Den Bosch | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2333 | 2015 | +318 | |
| 4 | Magixx Playing for KidsRights | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2237 | 2201 | +36 | |
| 5 | Landstede Basketbal | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2039 | 2001 | +38 | |
| 6 | Lasaulec Aris | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2176 | 2235 | -59 | |
| 7 | Stepco BSW | 28 | 5 | 23 | 1969 | 2236 | -267 | - |
| 8 | Rotterdam Basketbal College | 28 | 4 | 24 | 1810 | 2309 | -499 |
Second stage
| Group A | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden | 4 | 3 | 1 | 312 | 293 | +19 | Qualification for the final stage |
| 2 | EiffelTowers Den Bosch | 4 | 2 | 2 | 319 | 305 | +14 | |
| 3 | Lasaulec Aris | 4 | 1 | 3 | 289 | 322 | -33 | - |
| Group B | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GasTerra Flames | 4 | 3 | 1 | 324 | 292 | +32 | Qualification for the final stage |
| 2 | Landstede Basketbal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 324 | 336 | -12 | |
| 3 | Magixx Playing for KidsRights | 4 | 1 | 3 | 323 | 343 | -20 | - |
Final stage
| Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden | 76 | 76 | 63 | 62 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Landstede Basketbal Zwolle | 63 | 72 | 69 | 43 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden | 79 | 70 | 74 | 70 | 61 | ||||||||||
| 3 | EiffelTowers Den Bosch | 81 | 85 | 77 | 65 | 65 | ||||||||||
| 2 | GasTerra Flames Groningen | 67 | 54 | 72 | 74 | 73 | ||||||||||
| 3 | EiffelTowers Den Bosch | 54 | 80 | 49 | 81 | 74 | ||||||||||
- Home advantage was decided by the regulars season seeds of the teams. The home team in each series alternated each game.
Awards
- Thomas Jackson (ZZ Leiden)
- Alex Wesby (GasTerra Flames)
- Markel Humphrey (Magixx)
- Seamus Boxley (ZZ Leiden)
- Tai Wesley (EiffelTowers)
Statistical Player of the Year
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