2015 Queensland Basketball League season
| 2015 Queensland Basketball League season | |
|---|---|
| League | Queensland Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 1 May – 30 August |
| Number of games | 17 |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Regular season | |
| Minor premiers | Mackay Meteors |
| Season MVP | Jeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers) |
| Top scorer | Jeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Mackay Meteors |
| Runners-up | Brisbane Capitals |
| Grand Final MVP | Braydon Hobbs |
The 2015 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 30th running of the competition. The Mackay Meteors won the championship in 2015 to claim their third league title.
The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Logan Thunder, Mackay Meteors, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Suncoast Clippers, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat.[1]
Team information
[edit]| Team | Home Stadium | Head Coach | Import | Import |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane Capitals | NAB Stadium | Geoff Tarrant |  Aaron Anderson | |
| Bundaberg Bulls | WIN Stadium | Larry Daniels | Willie Shackleford | Ricky James |
| Cairns Marlins | Bendigo Bank Stadium | Jamie Pearlman | ||
| Gladstone Port City Power | Kev Broome Stadium | Derek Rucker | Ray Willis | Justin Baker |
| Gold Coast Rollers | The Southport School | Doug Garvie | Devon Sullivan | |
| Ipswich Force | Cotton On Foundation Stadium | Mick Conlon | James Legan | Kyle Harvey |
| Logan Thunder | Cornubia Park Sports Centre | Ben Johnson | ||
| Mackay Meteors | Candlestick Park | Joel Khalu | Braydon Hobbs | |
| Northside Wizards | South Pine Sports Complex | Andrew Latimer | Evan Coulter | Darren Moore |
| Rockhampton Rockets | Hegvold Stadium | Neal Tweedy | Chehales Tapscott | Dominic Cheek |
| South West Metro Pirates | Hibiscus Sports Complex | Luke Petersen | Ishmael Hollis | |
| Suncoast Clippers | Maroochydore Basketball Stadium | Bradley Melton | Michael Stone | Eren Moses |
| Toowoomba Mountaineers | USQ, Clive Berghofer Recreation Centre | Anthony Corcoran | Erron Maxey | Jeremy Kendle |
| Townsville Heat | Townsville Basketball Stadium | Rod Anderson |
Standings
[edit]| # | Regular Season Standings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | ||
| 1 | Mackay Meteors | 15 | 2 | 88 | |
| 2 | Brisbane Capitals | 14 | 3 | 82 | |
| 3 | Rockhampton Rockets | 12 | 5 | 71 | |
| 4 | Gladstone Port City Power | 12 | 5 | 71 | |
| 5 | Toowoomba Mountaineers | 11 | 6 | 65 | |
| 6 | Northside Wizards | 11 | 6 | 65 | |
| 7 | Cairns Marlins | 10 | 7 | 59 | |
| 8 | Townsville Heat* | 8 | 8 | 50 | |
| 9 | Ipswich Force | 7 | 10 | 41 | |
| 10 | Suncoast Clippers* | 5 | 11 | 32 | |
| 11 | South West Metro Pirates | 5 | 12 | 29 | |
| 12 | Logan Thunder | 5 | 12 | 29 | |
| 13 | Bundaberg Bulls | 2 | 15 | 12 | |
| 14 | Gold Coast Rollers | 1 | 16 | 6 | |
*Every team competed in 17 regular season games over 15 rounds except for the Townsville Heat and Suncoast Clippers. The Round 1 match-up between the two sides was abandoned after the referees couldn't make it to the game due to poor weather in the Maroochydore area.[2]
Finals
[edit]
|
|
|
*The team that finishes 1st overall goes straight through to the semi-finals.
**The top two teams from each pool face-off in the quarter-finals.
- QF 1: 1st in Pool A vs. 2nd in Pool A
- QF 2: 1st in Pool B vs. 2nd in Pool C
- QF 3: 1st in Pool C vs. 2nd in Pool B[3]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mackay Meteors | 104 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Toowoomba M'taineers | 92 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Toowoomba M'taineers | 108 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Northside Wizards | 96 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
 | Mackay Meteors | 82 | 73 | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brisbane Capitals | 76 | 85 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brisbane Capitals | 90 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ipswich Force | 85 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brisbane Capitals | 78 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Gladstone PC Power | 77 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rockhampton Rockets | 86 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Gladstone PC Power | 94 | X | X | ||||||||||||||||
Awards
[edit]Player of the Week
[edit]| Round | Player | Team | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Legan | Ipswich Force | [4] |
| 2 | Chehales Tapscott | Rockhampton Rockets | [5] |
| 3 | Chehales Tapscott | Rockhampton Rockets | [6] |
| 4 | Drew Phillips | Brisbane Capitals | [7] |
| 5 | N/A[a] | ||
| 6 | Ishmael Hollis | South West Metro Pirates | [9] |
| 7 | Matthew Adekponya | Mackay Meteors | [10] |
| 8 | Ray Willis | Gladstone Port City Power | [11] |
| 9 | Nicholas Kay | Northside Wizards | [12] |
| 10 | Jeremy Kendle | Toowoomba Mountaineers | [13] |
| 11 | Chehales Tapscott | Rockhampton Rockets | [14] |
| 12 | Ray Willis | Gladstone Port City Power | [15] |
| 13 | Ricky James | Bundaberg Bulls | [16] |
| 14 | Ryan Jeffries | Brisbane Capitals | [17] |
| 15 | Kyle Harvey | Ipswich Force | [18] |
Coach of the Month
[edit]| Month | Coach | Team | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| May | Joel Khalu | Mackay Meteors | [19] |
| June | Joel Khalu | Mackay Meteors | [20] |
| July | Geoff Tarrant | Brisbane Capitals | [21] |
Statistics leaders
[edit]| Category | Player | Team | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Jeremy Kendle | Toowoomba Mountaineers | 30.5 |
| Rebounds per game | Willie Shackleford | Bundaberg Bulls | 17.2 |
| Assists per game | Mitch Philp | Rockhampton Rockets | 7.1 |
| Steals per game | Aaron Anderson | Brisbane Capitals | 2 |
| Blocks per game | Nelson Kahler | Suncoast Clippers | 2.3 |
| Field goal percentage | Matthew Andronicos | Cairns Marlins | 60.6% |
| 3-pt field goal percentage | Kyle Keirnan | Logan Thunder | 45.4% |
| Free throw percentage | James Legan | Ipswich Force | 88.8% |
Regular season
[edit]- Most Valuable Player: Jeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers)[22]
- Coach of the Year: Joel Khalu (Mackay Meteors)
- U23 Youth Player of the Year: Mitch Norton (Townsville Heat)
- All-League Team:
- G: Jeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers)
- G: Braydon Hobbs (Mackay Meteors)
- F: Chehales Tapscott (Rockhampton Rockets)
- F: Erron Maxey (Toowoomba Mountaineers)
- C: Dusty Rychart (Brisbane Capitals)
Finals
[edit]- Grand Final MVP: Braydon Hobbs (Mackay Meteors)[23]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Round 1 Game Previews: Men". QABL.basketball.net.au. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "@ClippersQBL men shared points with T'ville..." Twitter. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "QBL Quarter-Finals". QABL.basketball.net.au. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "Players of the Week: Round 1". QABL.basketball.net.au. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Players of the Week: Round 2". QABL.basketball.net.au. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Round 3 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 4". QABL.basketball.net.au. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Round 5 Previews". QABL.basketball.net.au. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 6". QABL.basketball.net.au. 11 June 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 7". QABL.basketball.net.au. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 8". QABL.basketball.net.au. 22 June 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "QBL Players of the Week: Round 9". QABL.basketball.net.au. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Round 10 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Players of the Week; Round 11". QABL.basketball.net.au. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Round 12 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ "Round 13 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 27 July 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Round 14 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 3 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Round 15 Players of the Week". QABL.basketball.net.au. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Coaches of the Month Awards". QABL.basketball.net.au. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Coaches of the Month". QABL.basketball.net.au. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "QBL Coaches of the Month". QABL.basketball.net.au. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "2015 QBL Season Awards". QABL.basketball.net.au. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Mackay Meteors Secure 2015 Men's QBL Championship". QABL.basketball.net.au. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.