2013–14 LNB Pro B season

LNB Pro B
Champions	SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer 1st title
Runners-up	JL Bourg-en-Bresse
Promoted	JL Bourg-en-Bresse (Playoffs) Reims Champagne (Wildcard)^{[lower-alpha 1]} SPO Rouen (Wildcard)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Relegated	Saint-Vallier BD ~~Orchies~~
Teams	18
Duration	13 September 2013 – 3 June 2014
Top seed	SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer (32–12)
Awards
MVP	Michel Morandais (Domestic) Angelo Tsagarakis (Domestic runner up) Zachery Peacock (Foreign)
Most Improved	Olivier Romain
Best Coach	Germain Castano
Best Young Player	Anthony Racine
Statistical leaders
PIR	Allen Durham 25.2
Points	Zachery Peacock 19.8
Rebounds	Allen Durham 11.1
Assists	Austen Rowland 6.2

The 2013–14 LNB Pro B season was the 27th season of the Pro B, the France second basketball tier, organised by the LNB. SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer won the league championship, after finishing first in the regular season with 32 wins. SOMB promoted to the Pro A along with Playoffs winner JL Bourg-en-Bresse and wild card receivers SPO Rouen Reims Champagne.^[1]

Regular season

All teams played each other twice, once at home and once away. After this, all teams played all teams in their geographic poule at home and away.

Geographic poules
Poule 1	Poule 2	Poule 3
Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket	SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer	LMBC Lille
JL Bourg-en-Bresse	ESSM Le Portel Côte d'Opale	ASC Denain Voltaire
Saint-Vallier BD	ALM Évreux Basket	Orchésien BC
Hyères Toulon Var Basket	SPO Rouen Basket	Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball
Fos Ouest Basket Provence	Hermine de Nantes Atlantique	Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket
Boulazac BD	Poitiers Basket 86	Souffelweyersheim BC

Standings

Promotion to Pro A Qualified for Promotion Playoffs Relegated to Nationale I

Pos.	Club	%	GP	W	L	PF	PA
1	SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer	73%	44	32	12	3575	3287
2	JL Bourg-en-Bresse	71%	44	31	13	3381	3136
3	Châlons-Reims^{WC^{[lower-alpha 1]}}	69%	44	30	14	3612	3377
4	Poitiers 86	60%	44	26	18	3352	3280
5	Le Portel	57%	44	25	19	3541	3368
6	ALM Évreux	57%	44	25	19	3283	3156
7	Fos-sur-Mer	55%	44	24	20	3336	3311
8	Aix-Maurienne Savoie	55%	44	24	20	3495	3534
9	Hyères-Toulon	50%	44	22	22	3335	3311
10	Saint-Quentin	50%	44	22	22	3487	3539
11	Denain	48%	44	21	23	3503	3543
12	Boulazac	44%	44	19	25	3403	3376
13	Souffelweyersheim	44%	44	19	25	3105	3209
14	Rouen^{WC^{[lower-alpha 1]}}	37%	44	16	28	3216	3412
15	Nantes	37%	44	16	28	3290	3525
16	Lille	35%	44	15	29	3387	3520
17	Orchies	35%	44	15	29	3223	3456
18	Saint-Vallier BD	30%	44	13	31	3384	3568

Promotion Playoffs

The winner of the Playoffs (JL Bourg-en-Bresse) promoted to the 2014–15 Pro A season.

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Finals


2	JL Bourg-en-Bresse	2

9	Hyères-Toulon	0
			2	JL Bourg-en-Bresse	2

			6	ALM Évreux	1
5	Le Portel	1

6	ALM Évreux	2
						1	JL Bourg-en-Bresse	2

						2	Poitiers	0
3	Châlons-Reims	2

8	Aix-Maurienne Savoie	1
			3	Châlons-Reims	0

			3	Poitiers 86	2
4	Poitiers 86	2

7	Fos-sur-Mer	0

Individual awards

Domestic MVP:

Michel Morandais (Châlons-Reims)

Domestic MVP runner up:

Angelo Tsagarakis (SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Foreign MVP:

Zachery Peacock (SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Most Improved Player:

Olivier Romain (Saint-Quentin)

Coach of the Year:

Germain Castano (SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Best Young Player:

Anthony Racine (Saint-Quentin)

Notes

1 2 3 4 Due to the expansion of the Pro A from 16 to 18 teams, Reims Champagne Basket and SPO Rounen were offered wildcards.^[1]

References

1 2 "Châlons-Reims et Rouen invités en PROA pour 2014-15". Retrieved 27 November 2014.

LNB Pro B seasons

2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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