2011–2012 NBB season was the fourth season of Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league. This tournament is organized entirely by the participating clubs. The NBB serves as a qualifying competition for international tournaments such as Liga Sudamericana and Torneo InterLigas. For this season the qualify for the FIBA Americas League came to be through the Liga Sudamericana.
The season started on November 19 and was disputed with 16 participating teams playing each other in round and second round in the regular season. At the end of two rounds the top four teams qualify for the quarterfinals of the playoffs automatically, while the teams finishing in the 5th and 12th place participated in the first round of the playoffs to determine the other four teams in the quarterfinals, best of five matches, advances to the next phase who win three games.
Participating teams
Franca Paulistano Araraquara Bauru São José Pinheiros Winner Limeira Liga Sorocabana Flamengo Tijuca Brasília Minas Uberlândia CETAF Vila Velha Joinville Vitória Basquete gave to dispute the season 2011/2012.
Regular season Times%PtsGWDPMPAPA 1 São José 82,14 51 28 23 5 2424 2174 1,12 2 Pinheiros 75,00 49 28 21 7 2428 2173 1,12 3 Brasília 75,00 49 28 21 7 2432 2248 1,08 4 Flamengo 75,00 49 28 21 7 2469 2173 1,14 5 Uberlândia 64,29 46 28 18 10 2391 2257 1,06 6 Bauru 60,71 45 28 17 11 2307 2172 1,06 7 Paulistano 60,71 45 28 17 11 2286 2240 1,02 8 Joinville 50,00 42 28 14 14 2217 2232 0,99 9 Limeira 46,43 41 28 13 15 2278 2207 1,03 10 Franca 46,43 41 28 13 15 2339 2339 1,00 11 Liga Sorocabana 39,29 39 28 11 17 2128 2300 0,93 12 Tijuca 32,14 37 28 9 19 2200 2384 0,92 13 Minas 32,14 37 28 9 19 2179 2303 0,95 14 Araraquara 7,14 30 28 2 26 2077 2488 0,84 15 Vila Velha 3,57 29 28 1 27 1859 2324 0,80
% - percentage; Pts - points; G – games disputed; W - wins; D - defeats; PM - points made; PA - points against; PA - points average.
Classification Qualified for the quarterfinals and for Liga Sudamericana.Qualified for the first round of the playoffs. .
Playoffs- first round
Uberlândia (5) vs. (12) Tijuca
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Bauru (6) vs. (11) Liga Sorocabana
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Paulistano (7) vs. (10) Franca
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Joinville (8) vs. (9) Limeira
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
São José (1) vs. (10) Franca
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Pinheiros (2) vs. (8) Joinville
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Brasíla (3) vs. (6) Bauru
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Flamengo (4) vs. (5) Uberlândia
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Semifinals
São José (1) vs. (4) Flamengo
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Pinheiros (2) vs. (3) Brasília
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Final
São José (1) vs. (3) Brasília
Awards MVP - Murilo Becker (São José) Finals MVP - Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasília) Sixth Player - Paulinho Boracini (Pinheiros) Best Defender - Alex Garcia (Brasília) Revelation - Gui Deodato (Bauru) Most Improved Player - Gui Deodato (Bauru) Coach - Régis Marrelli (São José)
All-Team Position Player Team PG Fúlvio de Assis São José SG Alex Garcia Brasília SF Marquinhos Pinheiros PF Guilherme Giovannoni Brasília C Murilo Becker São José
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