2010–11 Baltic Basketball League


The MasterCard Baltic Basketball League 2010–11 was the 7th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the second under the title sponsorship of MasterCard. It was the fourth season of BBL as a two division league.
The format featured 14 teams in the Elite Division and 10 teams in the Challenge Cup. Elite Division regular season started on September 29, 2010 and ended with the Final Four held in the Kaunas Sports Hall. It was won by BC Žalgiris who defeated BK VEF Rīga in the championship game on April 10, 2011.
Challenge Cup regular season started on October 12, 2010 and ended with two-legged finals between BC Juventus and KK Kaunas. The champions were BC Juventus who won both games.

Teams

Elite Division
† As winner of the 2009–10 Challenge Cup
‡ As runner-up of the 2009–10 Challenge Cup
^ Qualified directly to playoffs
Challenge Cup

Elite Division

Regular season

The Regular season began on October 29, 2010 with BK Ventspils hosting BC Rūdupis.
TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiffQualification
1 BK VEF Rīga392217517771571+206Qualified for the Playoffs
2 BK Ventspils392217517511561+190Qualified for the Playoffs
3 Tartu Ülikool/Rock362214817111617+94Qualified for the Playoffs
4 BC Rūdupis362214818131636+177Qualified for the Playoffs
5 BC Šiauliai352213917821761+21Qualified for the Playoffs
6 BC Nevėžis352213916541628+26Qualified for the Playoffs
7 BC Kalev/Cramo3422121017411661+80-
8 Norrköping Dolphins312291317951911-116-
9 BC Perlas312291315931608-15-
10 BK Liepājas Lauvas292271516531815-162-
11 TTÜ/Kalev282261615891808-219Qualified for the Relegation Playoffs
12 SK Valmiera232212114521734-282Qualified for the Relegation Playoffs

Playoffs

2009-10 Elite Division finalists BC Žalgiris and BC Lietuvos Rytas qualified directly to quarterfinals where they were joined by the six top teams of the regular season.
2010/2011 Baltic Basketball League Champions

BC Žalgiris
Fourth Title

Quarterfinals

BC Žalgiris vs. BC Nevėžis
BK Ventspils vs. Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Lietuvos Rytas vs. Šiauliai
BK VEF Rīga vs. BC Rūdupis

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Challenge Cup

Regular season

Round 1

Group A
TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiffQualification
1 BK Zemgale14862670633+37Qualified for Round 2
2 BC Neptūnas14862721612+109Qualified for Round 2
3 BC Alytus12844648670-22Qualified for Round 2
4 BC Barsy Atyrau10826634696-62-
5 BC Naglis10826598660-62-

Group B
TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiffQualification
1 BC Juventus14862620591+29Qualified for Round 2
2 KK Kaunas13853642606+36Qualified for Round 2
3 BC Techasas12844633642-9Qualified for Round 2
4 BC Sakalai11835611641-30-
5 BC Rakvere Tarvas10826632658-26-

Round 2

Play-offs

2010/2011 BBL Challenge Cup Champions

BC Juventus
First Title

Semifinals

BC Neptūnas vs. BC Juventus
BC Techasas vs. KK Kaunas

Third place games

BC Neptūnas vs. BC Techasas

Finals

BC Juventus vs. KK Kaunas

Relegation Playoffs

and SK Valmiera from the Elite Division and the Challenge Cup finalists BC Juventus and KK Kaunas participate in a two-legged playoffs for two spots in the BBL Elite Division for 2011–12 season.

Qualification - Pair A

Qualification - Pair B

Note: Excluded are all players who have played less than 10 games during all stages of the season in their respective division.

Elite Division

Points
RankNameTeamGamesPts.PPG
1. Bambale Osby TTÜ/Kalev2241018.64
2. Adas Juškevičius BC Rūdupis2335615.48
3. Artsiom Parakhouski BK VEF Rīga2538115.24
4. Egidijus Dimša BC Nevėžis2435914.96
5. Joakim Kjellbom Norrköping Dolphins2029614.80

Rebounds
RankNameTeamGamesRbs.RPG
1. Bambale Osby TTÜ/Kalev2226311.95
2. Callistus Eziukwu Tartu Ülikool/Rock242148.92
3. Michael Dunigan BC Kalev/Cramo181448.00
4. Vytautas Šarakauskas BC Šiauliai241737.21
5. Saulius Kuzminskas BK Ventspils211436.81

Assists
RankNameTeamGamesAst.APG
1. Evaldas Dainys BC Rūdupis16845.25
2. Rashaun Broadus BC Šiauliai12615.08
3. Valmo Kriisa TTÜ/Kalev221084.91
4. Rolandas Alijevas BC Nevėžis20954.75
5. Aidas Viskontas BC Perlas22964.36

Challenge Cup

Points
RankNameTeamGamesPts.PPG
1. Ilmars Bergmanis BK Zemgale1426619.00
2. Valdas Vasylius KK Neptūnas1831117.28
3. Gintaras Leonavičius BC Techasas1220216.83
4. Šarūnas Vasiliauskas KK Kaunas1624015.00
5. Edgars Krūmiņš BK Zemgale1420714.79

Rebounds
RankNameTeamGamesRbs.RPG
1. Aurimas Kieža BC Juventus161599.94
2. Saulius Dumbliauskas BC Alytus141117.93
3. Pavelas Čukinas KK Kaunas181367.56
4. Jekabs Rozitis BK Zemgale141057.50
5. Valdas Vasylius KK Neptūnas181216.72

Assists
RankNameTeamGamesAst.APG
1. Ernestas Ežerskis BC Techasas17794.65
2. Šarūnas Vasiliauskas KK Kaunas16744.63
3. Tomas Rinkevičius BC Techasas15684.53
4. Gediminas Maceina BC Juventus18794.39
5. Vytenis Jasikevičius KK Kaunas17704.12

Awards

Elite Division season MVP

Elite Division

Challenge Cup