2015–16 NBB season


The 2015–16 NBB season was the 8th season of the Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league. Once again this tournament was organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete. The NBB also qualified teams for international tournaments such as Liga Sudamericana and FIBA Americas League.
This season fifteen teams were played each other in the regular season. At the end of the home and away matches round the top four teams qualified for the quarterfinals of the playoffs automatically, while the teams finishing in the 5th and 12th place participated in the first round of the playoffs to determine the other four teams in the quarterfinals, in a five-match series. This year NBB returned to a series in the Finals, played in a best of three-match.
For this season, only the last regular season placed was relegated to the Liga Ouro, the NBB second division. The Liga Ouro winner receive the right to contest NBB in the next year.

Participating teams

;New teams in the league:
;Teams that left the league:

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacityHead coachAppearanceLast season
Basquete CearenseFortalezaGinásio da UNIFOR
Ginásio Paulo Sarasate
2,200
8,200
Alberto Bial4th14th
BauruBauruGinásio Panela de Pressão2,000 Demétrius Ferracciú8th2nd
BrasíliaBrasíliaGinásio da ASCEB
Ginásio Nilson Nelson
3,050
16,000
Bruno Savignani8th6th
Caxias do SulCaxias do SulGinásio Vasco da Gama850 Rodrigo Barbosa1st1st
FlamengoRio de JaneiroGinásio Álvaro Vieira Lima
Arena Carioca 2
4,500
10,000
José Alves Neto8th1st
FrancaFrancaGinásio Pedrocão6,000 Lula Ferreira8th12th
Liga SorocabanaSorocabaGinásio Gualberto Moreira3,000 Rinaldo Rodrigues5th16th
Macaé BasqueteMacaéTênis Clube de Macaé
Ginásio Maurício Soares Bittencourt
3,000
6,000
Léo Costa3rd8th
Minas Tênis ClubeBelo HorizonteArena Vivo4,000 Cristiano Grama8th9th
Mogi das CruzesMogi das CruzesGinásio Municipal Professor Hugo Ramos5,000 Danilo Padovani4th4th
PaulistanoSão PauloGinásio Antônio Prado Junior1,500 Gustavo de Conti8th10th
PinheirosSão PauloPoliesportivo Henrique Villaboim854 César Guidetti8th11th
Rio Claro BasqueteRio ClaroGinásio de Esportes Felipe Karam3,000 Dedé Barbosa2nd15th
São JoséSão José dos CamposGinásio Lineu de Moura2,620 Cristiano Ahmed8th7th
VitóriaSalvadorGinásio Poliesportivo de Cajazeiras Fazenda ND Régis Marrelli1st2nd

Head coach changes

;Pre-season changes
TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureReplaced byDate of appointment

;Mid-season changes
TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureReplaced byDate of appointment

Regular season

League table

Results

NBB All-Star Weekend

Playoffs