# 2017–18 Basketbol Süper Ligi

The 2017–18 Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL), for sponsorship reasons named Tahincioğlu Basketbol Süper Ligi, was the 52nd season of the top-tier professional basketball league in Turkey. Fenerbahçe won their 9th Basketbol Süper Ligi title and their 12th Turkish title overall by defeating Tofaş 4–1 in the finals.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation

Best Balıkesir and TED Ankara Kolejliler were relegated after finishing in the 15th and 16th places last season. Eskişehir Basket was promoted as the runner-up, and Sakarya BB was promoted as the champions of the 2016–17 TBL season.

### Locations and stadia

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Anadolu Efes | Istanbul | Sinan Erdem Dome | 16,000 |
| Banvit | Bandırma | Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall | 3,000 |
| Beşiktaş Sompo Japan | Istanbul | BJK Akatlar Arena | 3,200 |
| Darüşşafaka | Istanbul | Volkswagen Arena Istanbul | 5,000 |
| Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece | Istanbul | Gazanfer Bilge Spor Salonu | 3,000 |
| Eskişehir Basket | Eskişehir | Anadolu Üniversitesi Sport Hall | 5,000 |
| Fenerbahçe Doğuş | Istanbul | Ülker Sports Arena | 13,800 |
| Galatasaray Odeabank | Istanbul | Sinan Erdem Dome | 16,000 |
| Gaziantep Basketbol | Gaziantep | Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall | 6,400 |
| İstanbul BB | Istanbul | Cebeci Sport Hall | 1,250 |
| Muratbey Uşak Sportif | Uşak | Uşak Üniversitesi Sport Hall | 2,000 |
| Pınar Karşıyaka | İzmir | Karşıyaka Arena | 5,000 |
| Sakarya BB | Sakarya | Sakarya Sports Hall | 5,000 |
| Tofaş | Bursa | Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall | 7,500 |
| Trabzonspor Medical Park | Trabzon | Hayri Gür Arena | 7,500 |
| Yeşilgiresun Belediye | Giresun | 19 Eylül Sports Hall | 3,000 |

## Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other four times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The last two teams in the table are relegated to the second tier TBL. The regular season started on 7 October 2017.

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe Doğuş | 30 | 27 | 3 | 2618 | 2179 | +439 | 57 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Tofaş | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2538 | 2328 | +210 | 54 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Anadolu Efes | 30 | 22 | 8 | 2501 | 2397 | +104 | 51 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Beşiktaş Sompo Japan | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2288 | 2170 | +118 | 50 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Banvit | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2371 | 2278 | +93 | 48 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | Darüşşafaka | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2399 | 2219 | +180 | 48 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Eskişehir | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2401 | 2414 | −13 | 46 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Sakarya BB | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2305 | 2348 | −43 | 44 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Galatasaray Odeabank | 30 | 13 | 17 | 2430 | 2407 | +23 | 43 | |
| 10 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2334 | 2494 | −160 | 42 | |
| 11 | İstanbul BB | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2347 | 2472 | −125 | 41 | |
| 12 | Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece | 30 | 10 | 20 | 2374 | 2461 | −87 | 40 | |
| 13 | Trabzonspor Medical Park | 30 | 10 | 20 | 2568 | 2755 | −187 | 40 | |
| 14 | Gaziantep | 30 | 10 | 20 | 2354 | 2506 | −152 | 40 | |
| 15 | Yeşilgiresun Belediye (R) | 30 | 9 | 21 | 2391 | 2607 | −216 | 39 | Relegation to TBL |
| 16 | Muratbey Uşak Sportif (R) | 30 | 6 | 24 | 2280 | 2464 | −184 | 36 | Relegation to TBL |
* ↑ Anadolu Efes was conducted one point after the team left the court unauthorized during the semi-finals of the playoffs in the 2016–17 season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | EFE | BAN | BES | DAR | BÜY | ESK | FEN | GAL | GAZ | IBB | USA | KAR | SAK | TOF | TRA | YES |
| Anadolu Efes | — | 77–99 | 78–69 | 73–69 | 94–75 | 89–77 | 84–80 | 76–68 | 94–87 | 86–67 | 97–84 | 89–77 | 83–68 | 87–79 | 98–91 | 97–93 |
| Banvit | 82–90 | — | 83–87 | 68–64 | 84–89 | 55–58 | 63–61 | 80–90 | 86–76 | 69–72 | 71–58 | 84–65 | 75–66 | 64–70 | 75–72 | 104–80 |
| Beşiktaş Sompo Japan | 67–64 | 79–64 | — | 88–84 | 78–65 | 87–69 | 71–76 | 80–78 | 87–80 | 94–83 | 77–70 | 77–63 | 58–71 | 59–60 | 78–74 | 91–94 |
| Darüşşafaka | 79–67 | 85–88 | 74–67 | — | 75–57 | 90–83 | 84–78 | 69–67 | 77–83 | 79–77 | 89–76 | 78–63 | 76–61 | 54–58 | 88–73 | 80–73 |
| Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece | 63–77 | 82–84 | 59–72 | 77–75 | — | 72–79 | 80–88 | 77–86 | 98–78 | 107–78 | 78–84 | 77–70 | 71–64 | 76–93 | 81–76 | 101–58 |
| Eskişehir | 84–86 | 80–81 | 78–87 | 89–82 | 76–72 | — | 66–85 | 70–64 | 84–85 | 80–76 | 85–84 | 66–72 | 102–96 | 76–75 | 90–72 | 86–75 |
| Fenerbahçe Doğuş | 100–74 | 80–63 | 83–60 | 76–69 | 82–59 | 79–69 | — | 80–60 | 96–71 | 96–73 | 89–72 | 97–71 | 89–75 | 98–78 | 112–83 | 85–72 |
| Galatasaray Odeabank | 85–91 | 72–91 | 77–73 | 77–89 | 98–71 | 84–78 | 62–83 | — | 82–58 | 99–77 | 87–81 | 98–82 | 75–77 | 83–90 | 84–78 | 106–84 |
| Gaziantep Basketbol | 66–74 | 82–63 | 62–69 | 65–98 | 87–67 | 118–119 | 90–95 | 66–77 | — | 85–72 | 68–65 | 74–73 | 79–67 | 69–87 | 84–95 | 79–78 |
| İstanbul BB | 84–58 | 65–72 | 56–69 | 75–72 | 82–70 | 85–71 | 70–83 | 74–67 | 92–86 | — | 77–73 | 77–81 | 58–69 | 73–80 | 92–100 | 99–87 |
| Muratbey Uşak Sportif | 78–81 | 71–89 | 65–75 | 84–80 | 71–104 | 68–81 | 81–90 | 85–78 | 67–75 | 79–83 | — | 86–92 | 69–81 | 73–86 | 100–71 | 85–82 |
| Pınar Karşıyaka | 92–85 | 69–89 | 79–71 | 71–93 | 103–98 | 70–74 | 69–74 | 75–91 | 74–67 | 84–76 | 78–74 | — | 88–80 | 80–84 | 79–78 | 77–71 |
| Sakarya BB | 74–100 | 81–76 | 69–75 | 55–66 | 77–67 | 100–89 | 79–83 | 75–73 | 79–57 | 86–95 | 83–73 | 90–78 | — | 74–86 | 87–82 | 77–66 |
| Tofaş | 80–69 | 93–104 | 83–79 | 97–81 | 92–88 | 73–69 | 71–88 | 97–90 | 109–107 | 89–85 | 97–72 | 94–75 | 84–79 | — | 103–63 | 92–52 |
| Trabzonspor Medical Park | 89–96 | 88–84 | 71–82 | 82–104 | 105–113 | 73–86 | 90–119 | 103–82 | 91–86 | 111–93 | 76–91 | 108–105 | 96–79 | 91–83 | — | 100–95 |
| Yeşilgiresun Belediye | 91–87 | 76–81 | 58–82 | 71–96 | 95–80 | 79–87 | 70–93 | 97–90 | 91–84 | 90–81 | 64–61 | 94–79 | 79–86 | 70–75 | 106–86 | — |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe Doğuş | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Sakarya BB | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Sakarya BB | 0 | 1 | Fenerbahçe Doğuş | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Banvit | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Beşiktaş Sompo Japan | 0 | 5 | Banvit | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Banvit | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Banvit | 2 | | | | 1 | Fenerbahçe Doğuş | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Tofaş | 1 |
| 2 | Tofaş | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Tofaş | 1 |
| 7 | Eskişehir | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Eskişehir | 0 | 2 | Tofaş | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Anadolu Efes | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Anadolu Efes | 2 | 3 | Anadolu Efes | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Darüşşafaka | 0 | | | | | | |

## Awards and statistics
### Statistical leaders

| Category | Player | Club | Average |
| Points | Erving Walker | Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece | 18.52 |
| Rebounds | Vladimir Štimac | Anadolu Efes | 8.55 |
| Assists | Šarūnas Vasiliauskas | Trabzonspor | 6.27 |
| Blocks | Chris Obekpa | Trabzonspor | 2.46 |
| Three-point field goals | Erving Walker | Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece | 3.10 |

## Turkish clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Fenerbahçe | EuroLeague | Runners-up |
| Anadolu Efes | EuroLeague | Regular season |
| Darüşşafaka | EuroCup | Champions |
| Galatasaray | EuroCup | Top 16 |
| Tofaş | EuroCup | Regular season |
| Beşiktaş Sompo Japan | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| Banvit | Champions League | Quarter-finals |
| Royal Halı Gaziantep | Champions League | Regular season |
| Pınar Karşıyaka | Champions League | Quarter-finals |
| İstanbul BB | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |
| Trabzonspor Medical Park | FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round |
| Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |