Wikipedia

2015 Queensland Basketball League season

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.

2015 Queensland Basketball League season
LeagueQueensland Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration1 May – 30 August
Number of games17
Number of teams14
Regular season
  Minor premiersMackay Meteors
Season MVPJeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers)
Top scorerJeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers)
Finals
ChampionsMackay Meteors
  Runners-upBrisbane Capitals
Grand Final MVPBraydon Hobbs
QBL seasons

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

Finals edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Due to the Basketball Queensland Annual Conference and Awards events being held that weekend, Round 5 was a short round.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Round 1 Game Previews: Men". QABL.basketball.net.au. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. ^ "@ClippersQBL men shared points with T'ville..." Twitter. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ^ "QBL Quarter-Finals". QABL.basketball.net.au. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Round 5 Previews". QABL.basketball.net.au. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "Coaches of the Month Awards". QABL.basketball.net.au. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  20. ^ "Coaches of the Month". QABL.basketball.net.au. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  21. ^ "QBL Coaches of the Month". QABL.basketball.net.au. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  22. ^ "2015 QBL Season Awards". QABL.basketball.net.au. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  23. ^ "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.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Queensland_Basketball_League_season&oldid=1164059292"