# 2015–16 KML season

The 2015–16 Korvpalli Meistriliiga season (also known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st season of top-tier basketball in Estonia. TÜ/Rock came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 KML season.
The season began on 7 October 2015 and concluded on 27 May 2016 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 1 in the 2016 KML Finals to win their 8th Estonian Championship.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Audentes/Noortekoondis | Tallinn | Audentes Sports Centre | 1,030 |
| Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Saku Arena | 7,200 |
| Port of Pärnu | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 1,820 |
| AVIS Rapla | Rapla | Sadolin Sports Hall | 818 |
| Rakvere Tarvas | Rakvere | Rakvere Sports Hall | 2,747 |
| TLÜ/Kalev | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 1,440 |
| TTÜ | Tallinn | TTÜ Sports Hall | 1,000 |
| TÜ/Rock | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 1,650 |
| Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | Valga | Valga Sports Hall | 561 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Audentes/Noortekoondis | Indrek Visnapuu | | Peak | Ramirent |
| Kalev/Cramo | Alar Varrak | Gregor Arbet | Nike | Cramo |
| Port of Pärnu | Mait Käbin | Silver Leppik | Nike | Port of Pärnu |
| AVIS Rapla | Aivar Kuusmaa | Indrek Kajupank | Spalding | Avis |
| Rakvere Tarvas | Andres Sõber | Mario Paiste | Nike | Rakvere |
| TLÜ/Kalev | Kalle Klandorf | Reimo Tamm | Peak | City of Tallinn |
| TTÜ | Rait Käbin | Kiur Akenpärg | Erreà | Tallinn University of Technology |
| TÜ/Rock | Gert Kullamäe | Marek Doronin | Nike | Saku |
| Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | Juris Umbraško | Kristo Saage | SMV | Maks & Moorits |

### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| TTÜ | Heino Lill | Signed as assistant coach | 10 August 2015 | Pre-season | Rait Käbin | 10 August 2015 |
| Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | Varis Krūmiņš | Sacked | 12 February 2016 | 8th | Juris Umbraško | 12 February 2016 |

## Regular season

During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:
* TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home against teams other than Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).
* Kalev/Cramo will play 2 rounds away against teams other than TÜ/Rock (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).
Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Kalev/Cramo | 32 | 32 | 0 | 64 | 1.000 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | TÜ/Rock | 32 | 25 | 7 | 57 | .781 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | TLÜ/Kalev | 32 | 19 | 13 | 51 | .594 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | AVIS Rapla | 32 | 18 | 14 | 50 | .563 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Rakvere Tarvas | 32 | 16 | 16 | 48 | .500 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | Port of Pärnu | 32 | 13 | 19 | 45 | .406 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | TTÜ | 32 | 11 | 21 | 43 | .344 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 8 | Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | 32 | 10 | 22 | 42 | .313 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 9 | Audentes/Noortekoondis | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32 | .000 | |
Source: Korvpalli Meistriliiga

### Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | KAL | PÄR | RAP | TAR | TLÜ | TTÜ | TÜ | VAL |
| Audentes/Noortekoondis | | 46–98 | 63–77 | 70–81 | 71–100 | 78–96 | 76–79 | 58–73 | 65–97 |
| | 56–114 | 59–90 | 50–83 | 68–108 | 66–83 | 70–83 | 68–83 | 75–103 |
| Kalev/Cramo | | | | | | | | 83–75 | |
| | | | | | | | 78–68 | |
| Port of Pärnu | 76–57 | 73–78 | | 65–86 | 81–79 | 88–93 | 73–57 | 71–79 | 86–62 |
| 75–65 | 64–85 | | 68–69 | 73–68 | 87–86 | 68–79 | 61–70 | 89–78 |
| AVIS Rapla | 78–74 | 73–80 | 83–76 | | 92–86 | 76–97 | 60–78 | 74–63 | 99–93 |
| 94–76 | 82–85 | 77–61 | | 74–79 | 78–71 | 81–94 | 83–62 | 83–65 |
| Rakvere Tarvas | 124–57 | 64–90 | 89–64 | 90–70 | | 74–72 | 70–61 | 72–78 | 81–86 |
| 109–84 | 77–90 | 103–69 | 105–78 | | 81–103 | 88–67 | 75–89 | 95–87 |
| TLÜ/Kalev | 105–85 | 59–99 | 91–83 | 61–80 | 86–71 | | 83–78 | 76–82 | 104–96 |
| 107–61 | 73–86 | 87–67 | 90–88 | 104–103 | | 86–83 | 84–105 | 108–97 |
| TTÜ | 100–89 | 84–100 | 77–86 | 47–63 | 59–89 | 80–69 | | 80–77 | 73–92 |
| 74–63 | 73–87 | 70–75 | 73–86 | 76–85 | 94–103 | | 57–92 | 103–96 |
| TÜ/Rock | 94–64 | 73–81 | 93–63 | 74–52 | 109–104 | 97–88 | 77–66 | | 96–63 |
| | 71–83 | | | | | | | |
| Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | 105–73 | 67–95 | 101–104 | 68–84 | 82–104 | 100–108 | 76–86 | 72–86 | |
| 98–66 | 62–82 | 79–71 | 90–77 | 90–84 | 85–106 | 79–69 | 76–92 | |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

The playoffs began on 14 April and ended on 27 May. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 1 in the 2016 KML Finals.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | 0 | 1 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | AVIS Rapla | 0 | | | |
| 4 | AVIS Rapla | 3 | 4 | AVIS Rapla | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Rakvere Tarvas | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rakvere Tarvas | 1 | | | | 1 | Kalev/Cramo | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | TÜ/Rock | 1 |
| 2 | TÜ/Rock | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | TÜ/Rock | 1 |
| 7 | TTÜ | 0 | | | |
| 7 | TTÜ | 0 | 2 | TÜ/Rock | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | TLÜ/Kalev | 0 |
| 3 | TLÜ/Kalev | 3 | 3 | TLÜ/Kalev | 0 | 3 | TLÜ/Kalev | 1 |
| 6 | Port of Pärnu | 1 | | | | 4 | AVIS Rapla | 3 |

## Individual statistics

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

### Points

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1 | Johnny Berhanemeskel | TLÜ/Kalev | 40 | 821 | 20.53 |
| 2 | Brandis Raley-Ross | Kalev/Cramo/Rakvere Tarvas | 21 | 415 | 19.76 |
| 3 | Dominykas Milka | TLÜ/Kalev | 30 | 518 | 17.27 |
| 4 | Reinis Strupovičs | Rakvere Tarvas | 30 | 499 | 16.63 |
| 5 | Kristjan Kitsing | TTÜ | 32 | 531 | 16.59 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1 | Thomas van der Mars | AVIS Rapla | 24 | 257 | 10.71 |
| 2 | Shawn King | Kalev/Cramo | 16 | 163 | 10.19 |
| 3 | Jurijs Aleksejevs | Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | 29 | 249 | 8.59 |
| 4 | David Haughton | Rakvere Tarvas | 32 | 252 | 7.88 |
| 5 | Paulius Petrilevičius | Port of Pärnu | 27 | 210 | 7.78 |

### Assists

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1 | Rait-Riivo Laane | TTÜ | 32 | 200 | 6.25 |
| 2 | Tom Droney | TLÜ/Kalev | 36 | 178 | 4.94 |
| 3 | Devin Brooks | AVIS Rapla | 40 | 173 | 4.33 |
| 4 | Kristo Saage | Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits | 32 | 135 | 4.22 |
| 5 | Sten Sokk | Kalev/Cramo | 25 | 104 | 4.16 |

## Awards
### Finals MVP

* Rolands Freimanis (Kalev/Cramo)

### Best Defender

* Janar Talts (TÜ/Rock)

### Best Young Player

* Norman Käbin (Port of Pärnu)

### Coach of the Year

* Alar Varrak (Kalev/Cramo)

### All-KML Team

| Pos | Player | Team |
| PG | Sten Sokk | Kalev/Cramo |
| SG | Gregor Arbet | Kalev/Cramo |
| SF | Indrek Kajupank | AVIS Rapla |
| PF | Kristjan Kitsing | TTÜ |
| C | Shawn King | Kalev/Cramo |

### Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| October | Evaldas Žabas | TÜ/Rock |
| November | William Artino | AVIS Rapla |
| December | Kristjan Kitsing | TTÜ |
| January | Dominykas Milka | TLÜ/Kalev |
| February | Gert Dorbek | TÜ/Rock |
| March | Rait-Riivo Laane | TTÜ |
| April | Tom Droney | TLÜ/Kalev |