# 2023–24 LUB season

The 2023–24 LUB season, was the 21st season of the top Uruguayan professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 24 October 2023 with the regular season and ended on 17 June 2024 with the finals.
Hebraica y Macabi was the defending champion which was swept in quarterfinals by Defensor Sporting.
The champion was Aguada, who, repeating much of Biguá's two-time champion team, defeated Peñarol 4–1 in the finals.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 11 sides from the 2022–23 season, one promoted from the 2022 El Metro and two qualified from the OBL. Tabaré, which achieved promotion, declined to participate in the league.

#### Teams promoted from El Metro

* Cordón

#### Teams relegated to El Metro

* Olimpia
* Urunday Universitario

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home City | Arena | Capacity |
| Aguada | Montevideo | Estadio Propio Aguatero | 3,738 |
| Biguá | Montevideo | Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz | 1,200 |
| Cordón | Montevideo | Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella | 710 |
| Defensor Sporting | Montevideo | Estadio Óscar Magurno | 800 |
| Goes | Montevideo | Estadio Plaza de las Misiones | 1,800 |
| Hebraica Macabi | Montevideo | Gimnasio Unión Atlética | 750 |
| Larre Borges | Montevideo | Estadio Romeo Schinca | 900 |
| Malvín | Montevideo | Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil | 900 |
| Nacional | Montevideo | Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central | 800 |
| Peñarol | Montevideo | Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi | 4,700 |
| Racing | Mercedes | Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini | 400 |
| Remeros de Mercedes | Mercedes | Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini | 400 |
| Trouville | Montevideo | Gimnasio Trouville | 780 |
| Urupan | Pando | Gimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti | 700 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| Aguada | Germán Cortizas | Juan Santiso | Puma |
| Biguá | Nicolás Mazzarino | Leandro García Morales | B31 |
| Cordón | Nicolás Díaz | Federico Bavosi | MGR |
| Defensor Sporting | Gonzalo Fernández | Federico Soto | Kelme |
| Goes | Gustavo Reig | Álex López | 1934 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | Leonardo Zylbersztein | Luciano Parodi | Concreto |
| Larre Borges | Mathías Nieto | Mauro Zubiaurre | MGR |
| Malvín | Federico Camiña | Kiril Wachsmann | Joma |
| Nacional | Álvaro Ponce | Alejandro Acosta | Umbro |
| Peñarol | Marcelo Signorelli | Jayson Granger | Puma |
| Racing | Claudio Batista | Nicolás Ibarra | MGR |
| Remeros | Ignacio Borges | Fernando Siniestro | MGR |
| Trouville | Pablo Morales | Santiago Fernández | Xu |
| Urupan | Diego Palacios | Mateo Sarni | MGR |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Cordón | Álvaro Ponce | Signed by Nacional | 9 December 2022 | Pre-season | Nicolás Díaz | 16 June 2023 |
| Goes | Guillermo Narvarte | Signed by Trotamundos de Carabobo | 10 April 2023 | Pre-season | Luis Silveira | 30 June 2023 |
| Trouville | Marcelo Signorelli | End of contract | 12 April 2023 | Pre-season | Pablo Morales | 19 April 2023 |
| Goes | Luis Silveira | Sacked | 4 November 2023 | 12th (0–3) | Andrés Borroni | 4 November 2023 |
| Peñarol | Pablo López | Sacked | 3 December 2023 | 12th (4–2) | Marcelo Signorelli | 5 December 2023 |
| Biguá | Diego Cal | Sacked | 15 December 2023 | 4th (6–7) | Nicolás Mazzarino (interim) | 15 December 2023 |
| Biguá | Nicolás Mazzarino | End of interim period | 18 December 2023 | 2nd (7–7) | Gregorio Martínez | 20 December 2023 |
| Goes | Andrés Borroni | Sacked | 31 January 2024 | 12th (5–13) | Gustavo Reig | 1 February 2024 |
| Biguá | Gregorio Martínez | Resigned | 12 March 2024 | 8th (10–13) | Nicolás Mazzarino | 12 March 2024 |

## Torneo Clasificatorio

The Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament) was the first stage of the LUB. The metropolitan clubs played each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table played in the Ronda Título, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six played the Reclasificatorio.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Peñarol | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1802 | 1543 | +259 | 40 | Qualification to Ronda Título |
| 2 | Aguada | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1967 | 1774 | +193 | 39 | Qualification to Ronda Título |
| 3 | Nacional | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1945 | 1779 | +166 | 38 | Qualification to Ronda Título |
| 4 | Defensor Sporting | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1786 | 1719 | +67 | 37 | Qualification to Ronda Título |
| 5 | Hebraica y Macabi | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1845 | 1770 | +75 | 36 | Qualification to Ronda Título |
| 6 | Cordón | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1595 | 1643 | −48 | 32 | Qualification to Ronda Título |
| 7 | Biguá | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1858 | 1858 | 0 | 32 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 8 | Malvín | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1790 | 1779 | +11 | 31 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 9 | Urupan | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1710 | 1856 | −146 | 29 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 10 | Trouville | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1761 | 1897 | −136 | 29 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 11 | Goes | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1730 | 1878 | −148 | 25 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 12 | Larre Borges | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1684 | 1977 | −293 | 25 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
* 1 2 Cordón 143–143 Biguá
* 1 2 Urupan 2–0 Trouville
* ↑ Goes were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's play-in, against Larre Borges
* ↑ Goes 2–0 Larre Borges

### Results

| Home \ Away | AGU | BIG | COR | DSC | GOE | HYM | LBO | MAL | NAC | PEÑ | TRO | UPA |
| Aguada | — | 82–62 | 78–75 | 92–77 | 105–91 | 96–86 | 94–86 | 87–85 | 105–111 | 77–76 | 81–69 | 91–58 |
| Biguá | 81–94 | — | 71–66 | 87–82 | 94–91 | 67–80 | 94–61 | 89–75 | 101–94 | 81–87 | 97–82 | 79–84 |
| Cordón | 70–89 | 77–72 | — | 74–76 | 80–71 | 70–87 | 81–66 | 75–69 | 65–98 | 67–75 | 83–97 | 64–57 |
| Defensor Sporting | 85–70 | 96–86 | 75–67 | — | 84–80 | 78–84 | 92–77 | 85–82 | 91–99 | 72–79 | 88–84 | 78–67 |
| Goes | 74–75 | 91–86 | 75–84 | 73–87 | — | 76–75 | 80–64 | 76–78 | 92–98 | 77–62 | 85–93 | 74–80 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | 84–79 | 93–59 | 55–66 | 70–64 | 85–79 | — | 94–78 | 105–99 | 99–107 | 73–90 | 102–85 | 93–90 |
| Larre Borges | 83–104 | 80–106 | 83–79 | 75–85 | 80–83 | 88–83 | — | 89–96 | 82–94 | 52–57 | 84–90 | 100–88 |
| Malvín | 77–87 | 73–84 | 78–62 | 73–75 | 92–76 | 84–90 | 103–70 | — | 83–84 | 83–82 | 92–70 | 80–73 |
| Nacional | 77–68 | 71–67 | 86–61 | 65–72 | 111–61 | 79–83 | 95–67 | 84–79 | — | 77–97 | 83–81 | 91–78 |
| Peñarol | 88–87 | 92–90 | 65–75 | 81–64 | 90–65 | 73–52 | 89–62 | 82–58 | 79–68 | — | 88–52 | 90–64 |
| Trouville | 82–90 | 92–83 | 57–72 | 77–92 | 90–83 | 93–74 | 93–75 | 75–82 | 79–99 | 83–91 | — | 53–85 |
| Urupan | 74–111 | 90–99 | 63–82 | 77–88 | 85–87 | 80–98 | 97–82 | 79–61 | 89–74 | 64–89 | 88–84 | — |

## Ronda Título

The Ronda Título (Title Round) was a stage played to organize the first six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio, in the play-offs. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Peñarol | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2630 | 2307 | +323 | 56 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 2 | Aguada | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2867 | 2599 | +268 | 56 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 3 | Nacional | 31 | 21 | 10 | 2668 | 2468 | +200 | 52 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 4 | Defensor Sporting | 31 | 20 | 11 | 2507 | 2451 | +56 | 51 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 5 | Hebraica y Macabi | 31 | 17 | 14 | 2584 | 2608 | −24 | 48 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 6 | Cordón | 31 | 12 | 19 | 2280 | 2391 | −111 | 43 | Qualification to Play-offs |
* 1 2 Peñarol 327–323 Aguada

### Results

| Home \ Away | AGU | COR | DSC | HYM | NAC | PEÑ |
| Aguada | — | 82–88 | 82–77 | 92–74 | 103–89 | 77–82 |
| Cordón | 74–97 | — | 79–89 | | 86–67 | 68–84 |
| Defensor Sporting | 91–85 | 79–60 | — | 92–76 | 58–95 | 67–83 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | 86–113 | 91–88 | 103–96 | — | 52–93 | 82–99 |
| Nacional | 83–87 | 69–61 | | 66–101 | — | 94–78 |
| Peñarol | 81–82 | 90–81 | 69–72 | 99–74 | 63–67 | — |

## Reclasificatorio

The Reclasificatorio (Requalifier) was a stage played by the last six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage. This stage defined the teams qualified for the play-in and the relegated teams.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Malvín | 32 | 19 | 13 | 2549 | 2415 | +134 | 51 | Qualification to Play-in second stage |
| 2 | Biguá | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2643 | 2634 | +9 | 47 | Qualification to Play-in second stage |
| 3 | Trouville | 31 | 13 | 18 | 2368 | 2443 | −75 | 44 | Qualficiation to Play-in first stage |
| 4 | Urupan | 31 | 11 | 20 | 2380 | 2534 | −154 | 42 | Qualficiation to Play-in first stage |
| 5 | Goes | 30 | 10 | 20 | 2346 | 2493 | −147 | 37 | Relegation to Liga de Ascenso |
| 6 | Larre Borges | 27 | 3 | 24 | 2073 | 2552 | −479 | 30 | Relegation to Liga de Ascenso |
* ↑ Goes were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's play-in, against Larre Borges

### Results

| Home \ Away | BIG | GOE | LBO | MAL | TRO | UPA |
| Biguá | — | 91–85 | 20–0 | 81–82 | 76–87 | 83–73 |
| Goes | 77–87 | — | 20–0 | 87–92 | 0–20 | 73–79 |
| Larre Borges | 109–111 | 81–102 | — | 0–20 | 0–20 | 72–84 |
| Malvín | 103–91 | 20–0 | 86–62 | — | 81–71 | 92–84 |
| Trouville | 73–67 | 67–80 | 92–65 | 82–90 | — | |
| Urupan | 87–78 | 78–92 | 20–0 | 78–93 | 87–95 | — |

## OBL

The Organización de Básquetbol del Litoral (Litoral Basketball Organization) tournament was played by the champions and runners-up of the regional leagues of Paysandú Department and Soriano. The finalists obtained their classification to the LUB play-in, the champion faced the 4th in the Reclasificatorio and the runner-up, the 3rd.

### First stage

In the first stage, the Soriano teams played against the teams from the Paysandú Department, two matches in Mercedes and two in Paysandú. The champions of their regional leagues (Remeros and Pelotaris) began with an additional point. This stage will serve to organize the position of the teams in the Final 4

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Racing | 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 155 | +18 | 4 |
| 2 | Remeros | 2 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 145 | +16 | 4 |
| 3 | Pelotaris | 2 | 1 | 1 | 162 | 164 | −2 | 4 |
| 4 | Paysandú Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 170 | −32 | 2 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | RAC | REM | PEL | WAN |
| Racing | — | — | — | 88–77 |
| Remeros | — | — | — | 82–61 |
| Pelotaris | 78–85 | 84–79 | — | — |
| Paysandú Wanderers | — | — | — | — |

### Final 4

The Final 4 was hosted by Mercedes.
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Racing | 97 | | | |
| 4 | Paysandú Wanderers | 86 | | | |
| 4 | Paysandú Wanderers | 86 | 1 | Racing | 72 |
| | | | 2 | Remeros | 80 |
| 2 | Remeros | 84 | 2 | Remeros | 80 |
| 3 | Pelotaris | 60 | | | |
Source: FUBB

## Play-in

The winner of this bracket obtained 7th place in play-offs
| First stage | First stage | First stage | First stage | First stage | Second stage | Second stage | Second stage | Second stage | Second stage | Second stage |
| | | | | | 1R | Malvín | 88 | 74 | 77 | 2 |
| 1O | Remeros | 81 | 74 | 0 | 4R | Urupan | 86 | 99 | 68 | 1 |
| 4R | Urupan | 90 | 81 | 2 | | | | | | |
The winner of this bracket obtained 8th place in play-offs
| First stage | First stage | First stage | First stage | First stage | First stage | Second stage | Second stage | Second stage | Second stage | Second stage | Second stage |
| | | | | | | 2R | Biguá | 76 | 81 | 79 | 1 |
| 2O | Racing | 81 | 85 | 83 | 1 | 3R | Trouville | 79 | 70 | 81 | 2 |
| 3R | Trouville | 90 | 70 | 85 | 2 | | | | | | |
Source: FUBB

## Play-offs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | |
| 1 | Peñarol | 92 | 92 | 87 | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Trouville | 87 | 64 | 77 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Trouville | 87 | 64 | 77 | | 0 | 1 | Peñarol | 89 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 103 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Defensor Sporting | 74 | 87 | 80 | 61 | 66 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Defensor Sporting | 89 | 88 | 97 | | 3 | 4 | Defensor Sporting | 74 | 87 | 80 | 61 | 66 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Hebraica y Macabi | 84 | 73 | 73 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Hebraica y Macabi | 84 | 73 | 73 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Peñarol | 65 | 90 | 95 | 74 | 71 | 1 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Aguada | 66 | 97 | 78 | 88 | 88 | 4 | |
| 2 | Aguada | 91 | 83 | 100 | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Aguada | 66 | 97 | 78 | 88 | 88 | 4 |
| 7 | Malvín | 67 | 81 | 95 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Malvín | 67 | 81 | 95 | | 0 | 2 | Aguada | 115 | 89 | 92 | 97 | | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Nacional | 101 | 98 | 87 | 82 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Nacional | 60 | 72 | 81 | 78 | 3 | 3 | Nacional | 101 | 98 | 87 | 82 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Cordón | 73 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Source: FUBB

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Seed | Qualification or relegation |
| Champion |||||||
| 1 | Aguada | 44 | 34 | 10 | 2 | |
| Runners-up |||||||
| 2 | Peñarol | 44 | 31 | 14 | 1 | |
| Eliminated at semi-finals |||||||
| 3 | Nacional | 39 | 25 | 14 | 3 | Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto |
| 4 | Defensor Sporting | 39 | 25 | 14 | 4 | Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto |
| Eliminated at quarter-finals |||||||
| 5 | Hebraica y Macabi | 34 | 17 | 17 | 5 | |
| 6 | Cordón | 35 | 13 | 22 | 6 | |
| 7 | Malvín | 38 | 21 | 17 | 7 | |
| 8 | Trouville | 40 | 17 | 23 | 9 | |
| Eliminated at play-in second round |||||||
| 9 | Biguá | 40 | 16 | 19 | 8 | Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas |
| 10 | Urupan | 40 | 14 | 22 | 10 | |
| Eliminated at play-in first round |||||||
| 11 | Remeros | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 OBL | |
| 12 | Racing | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 OBL | |
| Relegated |||||||
| 13 | Goes | 30 | 10 | 20 | 11 | Relegation to Liga de Ascenso |
| 14 | Larre Borges | 27 | 3 | 24 | 12 | Relegation to Liga de Ascenso |

## Statistical leaders

| Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Donald Sims Aguada 23.8 2 Malik Curry Defensor Sporting 21.5 3 Justin Moss Larre Borges 21.4 4 Miguel Simón Urupan 20.1 5 Michael Smith Nacional 19.9 | Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Miguel Simón Urupan 13.1 2 Chaz Crawford Cordón 12.7 3 Gary McGhee Goes 10.9 4 Frank Hassell Hebraica y Macabi 10.0 5 Luis Santos Aguada 10.0 |
| Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Santiago Vidal Aguada 7.2 2 Mateo Sarni Urupan 7.0 3 Jayson Granger Peñarol 6.5 4 Daniel Hamilton Malvín 5.8 5 Manuel Romero Hebraica y Macabi 5.4 | Blocks Pos Player Club 1 Malik Dime Peñarol 2.4 2 Prince Ibeh Peñarol 2.3 3 Rakeem Christmas Biguá 1.8 4 LaRon Smith Larre Borges 1.8 5 Eric Anderson Nacional 1.6 |
Source: FUBB

## Awards

All official awards of the 2023–24 LUB season.

### Season MVP

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Donald Sims | Aguada |

### National regular season MVP

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Jayson Granger | Peñarol |
Source:

### Foreign season MVP

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Donald Sims | Aguada |
Source:

### Finals MVP

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Donald Sims | Aguada |

### Defensive Player of the regular season Award

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| SG | Patricio Prieto | Nacional |
Source:

### Rookie Player of the regular season Award

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Santiago Calimares | Hebraica y Macabi |
Source:

## LUB clubs in international competitions

Basketball Champions League Americas :
| Team | Progress | Result | W–L |
| Hebraica y Macabi | Third place game | Loss vs. Halcones de Xalapa | 4–7 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | Semi-finals | Loss vs. Quimsa | 4–7 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | Quarter-finals | 2–1 vs. Franca | 4–7 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | Group C | 2nd of 3 teams (2–4) | 4–7 |
| Nacional | Quarter-finals | 1–2 vs. Halcones de Xalapa | 4–5 |
| Nacional | Group B | 2nd of 3 teams (3–3) | 4–5 |
Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto :
| Team | Progress | Result | W–L |
| Peñarol | Final 6 third round | Loss vs. Instituto | 2–3 |
| Peñarol | Final 6 first round | Loss vs. Caribbean Storm | 2–3 |
| Peñarol | Group B | 1st of 4 teams (2–1) | 2–3 |
| Biguá | Group C | 3rd of 4 teams (1–2) | 1–2 |
| Malvín | Group A | 4th of 4 teams (0–3) | 0–3 |