# 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 (LNB). 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

* Caxias do Sul Basquete (2015 Liga Ouro champions, promoted)
* Vitória (2015 Liga Ouro runners-up, promoted)

### Teams that left the league

* Uberlândia
* Palmeiras
* Limeira
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | Head coach | Appearance | Last season |
| Basquete Cearense | Fortaleza | Ginásio da UNIFOR Ginásio Paulo Sarasate | 2,200 8,200 | Alberto Bial | 4th | 14th |
| Bauru | Bauru | Ginásio Panela de Pressão | 2,000 | Demétrius Ferracciú | 8th | 2nd |
| Brasília | Brasília | Ginásio da ASCEB Ginásio Nilson Nelson | 3,050 16,000 | Bruno Savignani | 8th | 6th |
| Caxias do Sul | Caxias do Sul | Ginásio Vasco da Gama | 850 | Rodrigo Barbosa | 1st | 1st (Liga Ouro) |
| Flamengo | Rio de Janeiro | Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima Arena Carioca 2 | 4,500 10,000 | José Alves Neto | 8th | 1st |
| Franca | Franca | Ginásio Pedrocão | 6,000 | Lula Ferreira | 8th | 12th |
| Liga Sorocabana | Sorocaba | Ginásio Gualberto Moreira | 3,000 | Rinaldo Rodrigues | 5th | 16th |
| Macaé Basquete | Macaé | Tênis Clube de Macaé Ginásio Maurício Soares Bittencourt | 3,000 6,000 | Léo Costa | 3rd | 8th |
| Minas Tênis Clube | Belo Horizonte | Arena Vivo | 4,000 | Cristiano Grama | 8th | 9th |
| Mogi das Cruzes | Mogi das Cruzes | Ginásio Municipal Professor Hugo Ramos | 5,000 | Danilo Padovani | 4th | 4th |
| Paulistano | São Paulo | Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior | 1,500 | Gustavo de Conti | 8th | 10th |
| Pinheiros | São Paulo | Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim | 854 | César Guidetti | 8th | 11th |
| Rio Claro Basquete | Rio Claro | Ginásio de Esportes Felipe Karam | 3,000 | Dedé Barbosa | 2nd | 15th |
| São José | São José dos Campos | Ginásio Lineu de Moura | 2,620 | Cristiano Ahmed | 8th | 7th |
| Vitória | Salvador | Ginásio Poliesportivo de Cajazeiras Fazenda | ND | Régis Marrelli | 1st | 2nd (Liga Ouro) |

## Head coach changes
### Pre-season changes

| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Date of appointment |

### Mid-season changes

| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Date of appointment |

## Playoffs

| First Round (Best-of-5) | First Round (Best-of-5) | First Round (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Final (Best-of-5) | Final (Best-of-5) | Final (Best-of-5) |
| | | | (1) Flamengo | (1) Flamengo | 3 | | | | | | |
| (8) Rio Claro | (8) Rio Claro | 3 | (8) Rio Claro | (8) Rio Claro | 0 | | | | | | |
| (9) Franca | (9) Franca | 2 | | | | (1) Flamengo | (1) Flamengo | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | (5) Mogi das Cruzes | (5) Mogi das Cruzes | 2 | | | |
| | | | (4) Basquete Cearense | (4) Basquete Cearense | 1 | | | | | | |
| (5) Mogi das Cruzes | (5) Mogi das Cruzes | 3 | (5) Mogi das Cruzes | (5) Mogi das Cruzes | 3 | | | | | | |
| (12) Vitória | (12) Vitória | 0 | | | | | | | (1) Flamengo | (1) Flamengo | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | (2) Bauru | (2) Bauru | 2 |
| | | | (2) Bauru | (2) Bauru | 3 | | | | | | |
| (7) Pinheiros | (7) Pinheiros | 3 | (7) Pinheiros | (7) Pinheiros | 1 | | | | | | |
| (10) Minas | (10) Minas | 2 | | | | (2) Bauru | (2) Bauru | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | (6) Brasília | (6) Brasília | 0 | | | |
| | | | (3) Paulistano | (3) Paulistano | 1 | | | | | | |
| (6) Brasília | (6) Brasília | 3 | (6) Brasília | (6) Brasília | 3 | | | | | | |
| (11) Caxias do Sul | (11) Caxias do Sul | 1 | | | | | | | | | |