# 2017–18 Pro A season

The 2017–18 Pro A season is the 96th season of the Pro A, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue nationale de basket (LNB).
On 2 March 2018, Jeep became the new main sponsor of the league and the league was re-named the Jeep Élite.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation

Orléans Loiret Basket and SLUC Nancy Basket were relegated after the 2016–17 season after the teams ended in the last two places. JL Bourg promoted as the regular season champion of the Pro B season. Boulazac Basket Dordogne was promoted as the winner of the Pro B promotion play-offs.

### Locations and arenas

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Antibes Sharks | Antibes | Azur Arena Antibes | 5,249 |
| Boulazac Dordogne | Boulazac | Le Palio | 5,200 |
| Monaco | Fontvieille, Monaco | Salle Gaston Médecin | 3,700 |
| ASVEL | Lyon–Villeurbanne | Astroballe | 5,556 |
| BCM Gravelines Dunkerque | Gravelines | Sportica | 3,500 |
| Champagne Châlons Reims | Reims | Complexe René-Tys | 3,000 |
| Cholet Basket | Cholet | La Meilleraie | 5,191 |
| Élan Béarnais | Pau | Palais des Sports de Pau | 7,707 |
| Élan Chalon ● | Chalon-sur-Saône | Le Colisée | 5,000 |
| ESSM Le Portel | Le Portel | Le Chaudron | 3,500 |
| Hyères-Toulon Var | Hyères–Toulon | Palais des Sports de Toulon | 4,700 |
| JDA Dijon | Dijon | Palais des Sports de Dijon | 5,000 |
| JL Bourg | Bourg-en-Bresse | Ekinox | 3,548 |
| Nanterre 92 | Nanterre | Palais des Sports de Nanterre | 3,000 |
| Le Mans Sarthe | Le Mans | Antarès | 6,003 |
| Limoges CSP | Limoges | Beaublanc | 6,000 |
| Levallois Metropolitans | Levallois | Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan | 4,000 |
| SIG Strasbourg | Strasbourg | Rhénus Sport | 6,200 |

   #### Notes

    ◆ Team makes its debut in the Pro A.
    ● The defending champions, winners of the 2016–17 Pro A season.

## Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, while the last two qualified teams will be relegated to the Pro B.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Monaco | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2925 | 2647 | +278 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | SIG Strasbourg | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2849 | 2605 | +244 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | Le Mans Sarthe | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2733 | 2541 | +192 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Limoges CSP | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2657 | 2630 | +27 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | JDA Dijon | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2788 | 2679 | +109 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 6 | ASVEL | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2745 | 2677 | +68 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 7 | Nanterre 92 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2763 | 2748 | +15 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 8 | ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2733 | 2710 | +23 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 9 | JL Bourg | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2793 | 2739 | +54 | |
| 10 | Levallois Metropolitans | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2694 | 2745 | −51 | |
| 11 | ESSM Le Portel | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2527 | 2553 | −26 | |
| 12 | Élan Chalon | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2795 | 2793 | +2 | |
| 13 | BCM Gravelines | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2595 | 2611 | −16 | |
| 14 | Champagne Châlons Reims | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2754 | 2850 | −96 | |
| 15 | Cholet | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2447 | 2572 | −125 | |
| 16 | Antibes Sharks | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2653 | 2782 | −129 | |
| 17 | Boulazac Dordogne (R) | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2639 | 2887 | −248 | Relegation to Pro B |
| 18 | Hyères-Toulon Var (R) | 34 | 6 | 28 | 2523 | 2844 | −321 | Relegation to Pro B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | BOU | MON | ASV | BCM | REI | CHO | PAU | CHA | ESSM | HTV | JDA | JLB | N92 | MSB | LIM | LEV | SIG |
| Antibes Sharks | — | 75–70 | | 91–73 | | 82–92 | | 86–85 | | 70–63 | 83–79 | 77–74 | | | 69–72 | | 73–82 | 79–57 |
| Boulazac Dordogne | | — | | 67–76 | 75–71 | 70–73 | 67–91 | 70–81 | | 88–87 | | 95–99 | | | 68–82 | 66–75 | | 109–102 |
| Monaco | 84–76 | 91–64 | — | 83–68 | 94–101 | | 86–62 | | 87–57 | 84–66 | | | | | 66–67 | 105–90 | 78–77 | 83–90 |
| ASVEL | | | | — | | 93–80 | 77–59 | 82–88 | | 83–69 | 102–85 | 86–69 | 83–87 | 81–65 | 79–71 | 71–68 | | |
| BCM Gravelines | 79–66 | 113–111 | 55–61 | 73–67 | — | | | 65–57 | | 55–63 | | 70–80 | 78–70 | | | | 81–65 | |
| Champagne Châlons Reims | 86–78 | 82–89 | 86–96 | | 83–72 | — | | | 103–97 | | 70–64 | | 63–95 | 76–85 | | 89–79 | 90–93 | |
| Cholet | 90–78 | | | 69–72 | 77–74 | 83–68 | — | | 70–64 | | 73–79 | 75–73 | | 77–80 | | 86–89 | | 63–73 |
| Élan Béarnais | 72–78 | | 68–90 | 94–82 | | 69–77 | 70–78 | — | 105–93 | | 84–56 | 65–85 | | 89–75 | | | 93–79 | |
| Élan Chalon | 95–81 | 87–89 | | 84–52 | 74–75 | | | 62–82 | — | | 82–67 | 81–77 | 93–99 | 85–55 | | | 77–79 | |
| ESSM Le Portel | | | | | | 96–69 | 73–62 | 77–69 | 87–83 | — | 75–62 | 74–58 | | 87–73 | | 73–51 | 77–82 | 75–80 |
| Hyères-Toulon Var | 68–88 | 70–63 | 99–103 | | 74–88 | | | | | | — | 75–72 | | 90–86 | 88–62 | 85–70 | 78–72 | 70–73 |
| JDA Dijon | | 101–81 | 71–99 | | | 86–61 | 78–62 | | 88–86 | | | — | 74–87 | | 82–72 | 79–70 | 93–85 | 65–77 |
| JL Bourg | 94–81 | 89–91 | 89–83 | 73–96 | 77–75 | | 76–77 | 91–82 | | 91–53 | 99–88 | | — | | | | 82–85 | 87–85 |
| Nanterre 92 | 93–77 | 98–68 | 99–69 | | 67–89 | | | | 93–82 | 85–54 | | 84–72 | 92–86 | — | 77–80 | 73–75 | | 102–100 |
| Le Mans Sarthe | | | 94–85 | | 103–63 | 90–84 | 65–47 | 73–58 | 63–66 | 77–63 | | | 91–70 | 83–87 | — | 89–65 | | |
| Limoges CSP | 98–80 | | | | 80–72 | | | 71–82 | 90–65 | 88–79 | 110–93 | | 88–75 | | 74–70 | — | | 80–74 |
| Levallois Metropolitans | | 81–71 | 71–77 | 72–65 | | 94–84 | 55–67 | | | | | | 65–74 | 96–91 | 76–87 | 81–87 | — | 81–83 |
| SIG Strasbourg | | | | 82–76 | 73–50 | 93–72 | 88–54 | 89–88 | 91–78 | 85–62 | 90–60 | | | | 76–78 | | | — |

## Playoffs

The quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three format, while the semi-finals and finals were played in a best-of-five format. The higher seeded team played game one, three and five (if needed) at home. The play-offs began on 22 May 2018.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Monaco | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 0 | 1 | Monaco | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Limoges CSP | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Limoges CSP | 2 | 4 | Limoges CSP | 1 | | | |
| 5 | JDA Dijon | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | JDA Dijon | 0 | | | | 1 | Monaco | 2 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Le Mans | 3 |
| 2 | SIG Strasbourg | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | Le Mans | 3 |
| 7 | Nanterre 92 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Nanterre 92 | 0 | 2 | SIG Strasbourg | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Le Mans | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Le Mans | 2 | 3 | Le Mans | 3 | | | |
| 6 | ASVEL | 1 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Monaco | 2–0 | ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 99–97 | 98–73 | |
| Limoges CSP | 2–0 | JDA Dijon | 79–75 | 81–64 | |
| SIG Strasbourg | 2–0 | Nanterre 92 | 83–77 | 77–70 | |
| Le Mans | 2–1 | ASVEL | 68–81 | 72–67 | 79–68 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Monaco | 3–1 | Limoges CSP | 88–71 | 78–71 | 71-76 | 94-83 |
| SIG Strasbourg | 2–3 | Le Mans | 76–66 | 71–80 | 60-80 | 89-82 | 79–85 OT |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Monaco | 2–3 | Le Mans | 78–71 | 77–87 | 72–84 | 78–69 | 74–76 |

## Individual honours
### Season awards

| Award | Player | Club |
| Most Valuable Player | Zach Peacock | JL Bourg |
| Final MVP | Romeo Travis | Le Mans |
| Best Young Player | Adam Mokoka | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque |
| Best Sixth Man | D. J. Stephens | Le Mans |
| Best Coach | Zvezdan Mitrović | Monaco |

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Club |
| October | Zachery Peacock | JL Bourg |
| November | Trae Golden | ESSM Le Portel |
| December | Quincy Diggs | Boulazac Dordogne |
| January | Frank Hassell | ESSM Le Portel |
| February | Chris Johnson | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque |
| March | Jacques Alingue | JDA Dijon |
| April | Valentin Bigote | JDA Dijon |
| May | Kevin Jones | Nanterre 92 |

## French clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Levallois Metropolitans | EuroCup | Group Stage |
| ASVEL Basket | EuroCup | Top 16 |
| Limoges | EuroCup | Top 16 |
| Élan Chalon | Champions League | Group Stage |
| SIG Strasbourg | Champions League | Quarterfinal |
| AS Monaco Basket | Champions League | Final |
| Nanterre 92 | Champions League | Top 16 |
| ESSM Le Portel | FIBA Europe Cup | Quarterfinal |