# 2017 Italian Basketball Cup

The 2017 Italian Basketball Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was the 49th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is organised by Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 16 to 19 February 2017 in Rimini.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano went to win his 6th Cup by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari 84–74 in the Finals. Ricky Hickman was named Finals MVP of the competition.

## Qualification

Qualified for the tournament were selected based on their position on the LBA table at the end of the first half of the season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1335 | 1195 | +140 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 2 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1243 | 1205 | +38 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 3 | Sidigas Avellino | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1210 | 1121 | +89 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 4 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1215 | 1217 | −2 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 5 | Betaland Capo d'Orlando | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1167 | 1152 | +15 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1177 | 1118 | +59 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 7 | Germani Basket Brescia | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1228 | 1224 | +4 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 8 | Enel Brindisi | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1278 | 1242 | +36 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals (16-17 February 2017) | Quarter-finals (16-17 February 2017) | Quarter-finals (16-17 February 2017) | Semifinals (18 February 2017) | Semifinals (18 February 2017) | Semifinals (18 February 2017) | Final (19 February 2017) | Final (19 February 2017) | Final (19 February 2017) |
| 1 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 77 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Enel Brindisi | 75 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Enel Brindisi | 75 | 1 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 87 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 84 | | | |
| 4 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 63 | 4 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 84 | | | |
| 5 | Betaland Capo d'Orlando | 61 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Betaland Capo d'Orlando | 61 | | | | 1 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 84 |
| | | | | | | 6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 74 |
| 3 | Sidigas Avellino | 68 | | | | | | | 6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 74 |
| 6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 69 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 69 | 6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 77 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Germani Basket Brescia | 70 | | | |
| 2 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 68 | 7 | Germani Basket Brescia | 70 | | | |
| 7 | Germani Basket Brescia | 76 | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals
### Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia vs. Betaland Capo d'Orlando

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | Derek Needham | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| SG | 8 | Amedeo Della Valle | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 4 | Pietro Aradori | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| PF | 6 | Achille Polonara | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Riccardo Cervi | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 7 | Jalen Reynolds | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| PG | 9 | Andrea De Nicolao | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 12 | Artūrs Strautiņš | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 13 | Rimantas Kaukėnas | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| PF | 19 | Jawad Williams | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Massimiliano Menetti ||||||
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 0 | Betaland Capo d'Orlando |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Nikola Ivanović | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| SG | 16 | Drake Diener | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| SF | 23 | Vojislav Stojanović | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| PF | 13 | Mario Delaš | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| C | 7 | Antonio Ianuzzi | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 0 | Giorgio Galipò | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 4 | Milenko Tepić | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| PG | 8 | Tommaso Laquintana | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 9 | Zoltán Perl | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 10 | Sandro Nicević | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 21 | Dominique Archie | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| PG | 100 | Antonio Zanatta | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Gennaro Di Carlo ||||||

### EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Enel Brindisi

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Mantas Kalnietis | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| SG | 7 | Ricky Hickman | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 21 | Rakim Sanders | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 13 | Milan Mačvan | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| C | 1 | Jamel McLean | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 2 | Simone Fontecchio | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 11 | Miroslav Raduljica | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| SG | 12 | Zoran Dragić | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 14 | Davide Pascolo | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 30 | Bruno Cerella | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Jasmin Repeša ||||||
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Enel Brindisi 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 11 | Nic Moore | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 2 | Durand Scott | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| SF | 9 | Marco Cardillo | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 24 | Amath M'Baye | 15 | 9 | 1 |
| C | 4 | Robert Carter | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 1 | Danny Agbelese | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 5 | Phil Goss | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| PF | 6 | Simone Fiusco | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 7 | Blaž Mesiček | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 15 | Daniel Donzelli | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| PF | 33 | Giorgio Sgobba | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 45 | Marco Spanghero | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||

### Sidigas Avellino vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 1 | Joe Ragland | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| SG | 32 | Retin Obasohan | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 55 | Adonis Thomas | 16 | 11 | 3 |
| PF | 10 | Maarten Leunen | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 44 | Kyrylo Fesenko | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 0 | Andrea Zerini | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 4 | Marques Green | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| PF | 6 | Michele Esposito | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 8 | Lorenzo Esposito | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 19 | Giovanni Severini | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 20 | Levi Randolph | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 57 | Salvatore Parlato | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Stefano Sacripanti ||||||
| Sidigas Avellino 0 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | David Bell | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| SG | 7 | Trevor Lacey | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| SF | 8 | Giacomo Devecchi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 14 | Brian Sacchetti | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| C | 16 | Tautvydas Lydeka | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 10 | Lorenzo D'Ercole | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 20 | Duško Savanović | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | Josh Carter | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| SG | 24 | Rok Stipčević | 15 | 2 | 3 |
| C | 31 | Gani Lawal | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| PG | 32 | Diego Monaldi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 99 | Michele Ebeling | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Federico Pasquini ||||||

### Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Germani Basket Brescia

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | MarQuez Haynes | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| SG | 25 | Tyrus McGee | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 3 | Melvin Ejim | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| PF | 6 | Michael Bramos | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 2 | Jamelle Hagins | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 4 | Hrvoje Perić | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| SG | 9 | Riccardo Visconti | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 12 | Ariel Filloy | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 14 | Tomas Ress | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 16 | Benjamin Ortner | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 18 | Martino Criconia | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 22 | Jeffrey Viggiano | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Walter De Raffaele ||||||
| Umana Reyer Venezia 0 | Germani Basket Brescia |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| SG | 34 | David Moss | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| SF | 8 | Marcus Landry | 19 | 6 | 1 |
| PF | 2 | Lee Moore | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 4 | Jared Berggren | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 10 | Alessio Bolis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Berthol Nyonse | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 23 | Christian Burns | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Michele Vitali | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| SG | 70 | Franko Bushati | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Andrea Diana ||||||

## Semifinals

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan rallied to beat Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 84-87 and reach Italian Cup finals. Rakim Sanders led the way with 22 points and 5 steals, while Davide Pascolo scored 9 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter for Milan. Pietro Aradori was Reggio Emilia’s top scorer with 14 points. Reggio Emilia had 8 different scorers in the first quarter, and finished it with a 14-4 run, capped with an Aradori triple that made it 26-18. Reggio Emilia extended it to 38-28 in the second, but Sanders scored 11 points in the second stanza to help Milan get back and tie the game at 45-45 at halftime. Teams traded leads in the third, and Aradori’s basket got Reggio Emilia in front at the end of the third quarter, 64-59. Davide Pascolo kept Milan in touch in the fourth, before Zoran Dragic, Andrea Cinciarini and Milan Macvan hit back-to-back threes to make it 81-87, and Milan held on for victory. In Sunday’s final, Milan will play Banco di Sardegna Sassari which downed Germani Basket Brescia 77-70. Trevor Lacey had 15 points plus 8 rebounds, and Rok Stipcevic scored 13 points in victory.

### EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Ricky Hickman | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| SG | 12 | Zoran Dragić | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 21 | Rakim Sanders | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| PF | 13 | Milan Mačvan | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 11 | Miroslav Raduljica | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 1 | Jamel McLean | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| SF | 2 | Simone Fontecchio | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 9 | Mantas Kalnietis | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| PF | 14 | Davide Pascolo | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 30 | Bruno Cerella | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Jasmin Repeša ||||||
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 0 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | Derek Needham | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| SG | 8 | Amedeo Della Valle | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| SF | 4 | Pietro Aradori | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| PF | 6 | Achille Polonara | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Riccardo Cervi | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 7 | Jalen Reynolds | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| PG | 9 | Andrea De Nicolao | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 12 | Artūrs Strautiņš | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 13 | Rimantas Kaukėnas | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| PF | 19 | Jawad Williams | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Massimiliano Menetti ||||||

### Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Germani Basket Brescia

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | David Bell | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| SG | 7 | Trevor Lacey | 15 | 8 | 5 |
| SF | 8 | Giacomo Devecchi | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 14 | Brian Sacchetti | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 16 | Tautvydas Lydeka | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 10 | Lorenzo D'Ercole | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 20 | Duško Savanović | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | Josh Carter | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 24 | Rok Stipčević | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 31 | Gani Lawal | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| PG | 32 | Diego Monaldi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 99 | Michele Ebeling | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Federico Pasquini ||||||
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Germani Basket Brescia |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| SG | 34 | David Moss | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 8 | Marcus Landry | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| PF | 2 | Lee Moore | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| C | 4 | Jared Berggren | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 10 | Alessio Bolis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Berthol Nyonse | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 23 | Christian Burns | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Michele Vitali | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| SG | 70 | Franko Bushati | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Andrea Diana ||||||

## Final

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano successfully defended the Italian Cup with an 84-74 come-from-behind win over Banco di Sardegna Sassari in the final on Sunday. Ricky Hickman made 5 of 7 shots from downtown en route to 25 points, Rakim Sanders scored 15 points and Milan Macvan added 11 for the winners. Sassari took charge from the start with a 2-13 run and led 11-19 after 10 minutes. A Josh Carter triple made it 15-25 midway through the second quarter, but Sanders heated up as Milan fought back and Hickman’s triple to end the half drew Milan within 34-36. A three by Sanders to open the second half gave Milan its first lead. Hickman netted another three and Davide Pascolo converted a three-point play to boost the margin to 46-40. Andrea Cinciarini further extended the margin to 9 before strong play by Gani Lawal sparked a Sassari comeback. A David Bell jumper made it 56-54 through three quarters. It was still a 2-point game four minutes into the fourth quarter when Hickman and Macvan combined for all Milan’s points in an 11-2 march to take a 75-64 advantage with 3:38 remaining. Sassari raced back with 8 straight points, but was held to a single basket over the final two minutes as Milan closed out the game from the line. Trevor Lacey paced Sassari with 15 points, Lawal scored 13 and Rok Stipcevic 11.

### EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Ricky Hickman | 25 | 3 | 2 |
| SG | 9 | Mantas Kalnietis | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| SF | 21 | Rakim Sanders | 15 | 6 | 3 |
| PF | 14 | Davide Pascolo | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 11 | Miroslav Raduljica | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 1 | Jamel McLean | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| SF | 2 | Simone Fontecchio | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Zoran Dragić | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| PF | 13 | Milan Mačvan | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 30 | Bruno Cerella | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Jasmin Repeša ||||||
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 0 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | David Bell | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| SG | 7 | Trevor Lacey | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 8 | Giacomo Devecchi | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 14 | Brian Sacchetti | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| C | 16 | Tautvydas Lydeka | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 10 | Lorenzo D'Ercole | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PF | 20 | Duško Savanović | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| SF | 23 | Josh Carter | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| SG | 24 | Rok Stipčević | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 31 | Gani Lawal | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| PG | 32 | Diego Monaldi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 99 | Michele Ebeling | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Federico Pasquini ||||||

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