2011–12 Dutch Basketball League

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

Den Bosch

Leeuwarden

Zwolle

Rotterdam

Groningen

Nijmegen

Leiden

Weert

Location of teams in the 2011-12 season

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

Most Valuable Player

• Seamus Boxley (ZZ Leiden)

All-Star Team

• Thomas Jackson (ZZ Leiden)
• Alex Wesby (GasTerra Flames)
• Markel Humphrey (Magixx)
• Seamus Boxley (ZZ Leiden)
• Tai Wesley (EiffelTowers)

Statistical Player of the Year

• Tai Wesley (EiffelTowers)

MVP Under 23

• Thomas Koenis (GasTerra Flames)

Rookie of the Year

• Valentijn Lietmeijer (Lasaulec Aris)

Most Improved Player

• Leon Williams (Rotterdam Basketbal)

Coach of the Year

• Toon van Helfteren (ZZ Leiden)

External links

• Dutch Basketball League