# 2008–09 KML season

The 2008–09 SEB Korvpalli Meistriliiga is the 18th season of the Estonian basketball league and the fifth under the title sponsorship of SEB. Including the competition's previous incarnations, this is the 84th season of the Estonian men's basketball league. TÜ/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2007–08 KML season.
The season started on 15 October 2008 and concluded on 1 June 2009 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 2 in the 2009 KML Finals to win their 3rd Estonian League title.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Saku Suurhall | 7,200 |
| Kuremaa | Tallinn | Torma Sports Hall | |
| Pärnu/Catwees | Pärnu | Pärnu kesklinna koolide võimla | |
| Rakvere Tarvas | Rakvere | Rakvere Sports Hall | 2,747 |
| Tallinna Kalev | Tallinn | Pirita Gymnasium of Economics | |
| TTÜ | Tallinn | TTÜ Sports Hall | 1,000 |
| TÜ/Rock | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 1,650 |
| Valga | Valga | Valga Sports Hall | 561 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | TÜ/Rock | 28 | 26 | 2 | 54 | .929 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 28 | 23 | 5 | 51 | .821 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | TTÜ | 28 | 17 | 11 | 45 | .607 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | Valga | 28 | 14 | 14 | 42 | .500 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Tallinna Kalev | 28 | 11 | 17 | 39 | .393 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | Rakvere Tarvas | 28 | 10 | 18 | 38 | .357 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | Pärnu/Catwees | 28 | 8 | 20 | 36 | .286 | |
| 8 | Kuremaa | 28 | 3 | 25 | 13 | .107 | |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2009. Source: KML (2008/2009)

## Playoffs

The playoffs began on 23 April 2009 and ended on 1 June 2009. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 2 in the 2009 KML Finals.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | TÜ/Rock | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Valga | 3 | 4 | Valga | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Tallinna Kalev | 2 | | | | 1 | TÜ/Rock | 2 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 |
| 3 | TTÜ | 3 | 3 | TTÜ | 0 |
| 6 | Rakvere Tarvas | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | 3 | TTÜ | 2 |
| | | | | | | 4 | Valga | 0 |

## Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

### Points

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1 | Kristo Saage | Rakvere Tarvas | 29 | 471 | 16.24 |
| 2 | Evgeny Belousov | Tallinna Kalev | 21 | 336 | 16.00 |
| 3 | Heigo Erm | Pärnu/Catwees | 21 | 310 | 14.76 |
| 4 | Viktor Sanikidze | TÜ/Rock | 29 | 422 | 14.55 |
| 5 | Veljo Vares | Tallinna Kalev | 30 | 435 | 14.50 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1 | Raido Ringmets | Pärnu/Catwees | 26 | 287 | 11.04 |
| 2 | Richard Anderson | Valga | 35 | 300 | 8.57 |
| 3 | Viktor Sanikidze | TÜ/Rock | 29 | 222 | 7.66 |
| 4 | Joosep Toome | TTÜ | 33 | 241 | 7.30 |
| 5 | Nate Fox | Kalev/Cramo | 23 | 164 | 7.13 |

### Assists

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1 | Giorgi Tsintsadze | TÜ/Rock | 30 | 126 | 4.20 |
| 2 | John Linehan | Kalev/Cramo | 26 | 94 | 3.62 |
| 3 | Heiko Rannula | Valga | 36 | 120 | 3.33 |
| 4 | Sven Pugonen | Rakvere Tarvas | 27 | 82 | 3.04 |
| 5 | Raido Roos | Valga | 31 | 91 | 2.94 |

## Awards
### Finals MVP

* Kristjan Kangur (Kalev/Cramo)