2009–10 Lega Basket Serie A


The 2006–07 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.
The regular season ran from 11 October 2009 to May 2010. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, B.C. Ferrara and the bankrupt club NSB Napoli, were relegated to the Legadue.
Montepaschi Siena won their 5th title by winning the playoff finals series against Armani Jeans Milano.

Rules

Format

The participating 16 teams disputed the regular season based on home-and-away matches. At the end of regular season, the highest ranked 8 teams were admitted into play-off, with the lowest two ranked teams being relegated to LegADue

Squad rules

Every team was allowed to present in its roster up to 6 athletes that haven't been "formed" in Italy, out of total 12 players in squad.

Participating teams

The newcomers, compared to 2008–09 Serie A, were Cimberio Varese, returning to Serie A after one season in LegADue, and Vanoli Cremona, created by unification of Vanoli Soresina with Juvi Basket Cremona. Another change was reallocation of NSB Napoli to PalaBarbuto in Napoli. On 13 April NSB Napoli was excluded from the league. Results of matches already played against the team were discarded.
TeamSeasons in Serie A
CoachArena2008–2009 Season result
Air Avellino10Cesare PancottoPalaDelMauro in Avellino11th place in Serie A
Angelico Biella9Luca BechiPalacoop in Biella7th place in Serie A
Armani Jeans Milano61Piero BucchiMediolanum Forum in Assago 6th place in Serie A
Bancatercas Teramo7Andrea CapobiancoPalaScapriano in Teramo3rd place in Serie A
Benetton Treviso29Francesco VitucciPalaVerde in Villorba 4th place in Serie A
Canadian Solar Bologna60Lino LardoFuturshow Station in Casalecchio di Reno 5th place in Serie A
Carife Ferrara2Giorgio ValliPalaSegest in Ferrara9th place in Serie A
Cimberio Varese58Stefano PillastriniPalaWhirlpool in Varese1st place in LegADue
Lottomatica Roma30Matteo BoniciolliPalaLottomatica in Roma2nd place in Serie A
NSB Martos Napoli3Federico PasquiniPalaBarbuto in Napoli14th place in Serie A
Montepaschi Siena36Simone PianigianiPalasport Mens Sana in Siena1st place in Serie A
NGC Medical Cantù53Andrea TrinchieriPalaPianella in Cucciago 10th place in Serie A
Pepsi Caserta13Stefano SacripantiPalaMaggiò in Caserta13th place in Serie A
Scavolini Spar Pesaro55Luca DalmonteAdriatic Arena in Pesaro8th place in Serie A
Sigma Coatings Montegranaro4Fabrizio FratesPalaSavelli in Porto San Giorgio 12th place in Serie A
Vanoli Cremona1Attilio CajaPalaRadi in Cremona3rd place in LegADue

Regular season

Classification


Qualified to play-offRelegated to LegADue

Calendar and results

Play-offs


Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals are played in a 2–2–1 format: i.e. the first 2 matches are played at the higher seed's home stadium, the following two at the other team's home, and the fifth match, if necessary, is played again at the higher seed's home stadium.

Siena – Treviso

Cantù – Virtus Bologna

Milano – Montegranaro

Caserta – Roma

Semifinals

Semifinals were disputed in 2–2–1 format: the first 2 matches are played at the better placed team home stadium, the following two at the other team home, and the fifth match, if required, was played again at the better-placed team.

Siena – Cantú

Caserta – Milano

Finals

The final was disputed in 2–2–1–1–1 format: the first 2 matches were played at the better placed team home stadium, the following two at the other team home, the fifth match, if required, was played again at the better-placed team. The sisth match played again at the lower-placed team and if necessary a seventh game at the better-placed team.

Siena – Milano

Coppa Italia

The top eight teams at the halfway point of the regular season competed in the Italian Cup, seeded according to their league placement at that time. The cup was won by top seed Montepaschi Siena, for second year in a row.

Supercoppa Italiana

The Italian Supercup was played as a single match before the start of the season between the previous year's Serie A champion and Coppa Italia winner. This season, the game, played 30 September in Siena, pitted three-time defending league champion Montepaschi Siena against Coppa Italia runner-up Virtus Bologna.