The 2023–24 LUB season, was the 21st season of the top Uruguayan professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 24 October 2023 with the regular season and ended on 17 June 2024 with the finals.
Hebraica y Macabi was the defending champion which was swept in quarterfinals by Defensor Sporting.
The champion was Aguada, who, repeating much of Biguá's two-time champion team, defeated Peñarol 4–1 in the finals.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 11 sides from the 2022–23 season, one promoted from the 2022 El Metro and two qualified from the OBL. Tabaré, which achieved promotion, declined to participate in the league.
Teams promoted from El Metro Cordón
Teams relegated to El Metro Olimpia Urunday Universitario
Venues and locations TeamHome CityArenaCapacityAguada MontevideoEstadio Propio Aguatero3,738BiguáGimnasio Biguá de Villa BiarritzSince these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Stadium) "club name".1,200CordónGimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella710Defensor SportingEstadio Óscar MagurnoDefensor's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Welcome's court.800GoesEstadio Plaza de las Misiones1,800Hebraica MacabiGimnasio Unión AtléticaHebraica's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Unión Atlética's court.750Larre BorgesEstadio Romeo Schinca900MalvínGimnasio Juan Francisco Canil900NacionalPolideportivo del Gran Parque Central800PeñarolEstadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi4,700Racing MercedesGimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo BelliniRacing's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in Remeros de Mercedes' court.400RemerosGimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini400Trouville MontevideoGimnasio Trouville780Urupan PandoGimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti700
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Aguada Germán Cortizas Juan Santiso Puma Biguá Nicolás Mazzarino Leandro García Morales B31 Cordón Nicolás Díaz Federico Bavosi MGR Defensor Sporting Gonzalo Fernández Federico Soto Kelme Goes Gustavo Reig Álex López 1934 Hebraica y Macabi Leonardo Zylbersztein Luciano Parodi Concreto Larre Borges Mathías Nieto Mauro Zubiaurre MGR Malvín Federico Camiña Kiril Wachsmann Joma Nacional Álvaro Ponce Alejandro Acosta Umbro Peñarol Marcelo Signorelli Jayson Granger Puma Racing Claudio Batista Nicolás Ibarra MGR Remeros Ignacio Borges Fernando Siniestro MGR Trouville Pablo Morales Santiago Fernández Xu Urupan Diego Palacios Mateo Sarni MGR
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Cordón Álvaro Ponce Signed by Nacional 9 December 2022 Pre-season Nicolás Díaz 16 June 2023 Goes Signed by Trotamundos de Carabobo 10 April 2023 Luis Silveira 30 June 2023 Trouville Marcelo Signorelli End of contract 12 April 2023 Pablo Morales 19 April 2023 Goes Luis Silveira Sacked 4 November 2023 12th (0–3) Andrés Borroni 4 November 2023 Peñarol Pablo López 3 December 2023 12th (4–2) Marcelo Signorelli 5 December 2023 Biguá Diego Cal 15 December 2023 4th (6–7) (interim) 15 December 2023 End of interim period 18 December 2023 2nd (7–7) Gregorio Martínez 20 December 2023 Goes Andrés Borroni Sacked 31 January 2024 12th (5–13) Gustavo Reig 1 February 2024 Biguá Gregorio Martínez Resigned 12 March 2024 8th (10–13) Nicolás Mazzarino 12 March 2024
Torneo Clasificatorio
The Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament) was the first stage of the LUB. The metropolitan clubs played each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table played in the Ronda Título, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six played the Reclasificatorio.
League table
Results
Ronda Título
The Ronda Título (Title Round) was a stage played to organize the first six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio, in the play-offs. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage.
League table
Results
Reclasificatorio
The Reclasificatorio (Requalifier) was a stage played by the last six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage. This stage defined the teams qualified for the play-in and the relegated teams.
League table
Results
OBL
The Organización de Básquetbol del Litoral (Litoral Basketball Organization) tournament was played by the champions and runners-up of the regional leagues of Paysandú Department and Soriano. The finalists obtained their classification to the LUB play-in, the champion faced the 4th in the Reclasificatorio and the runner-up, the 3rd.
First stage
In the first stage, the Soriano teams played against the teams from the Paysandú Department, two matches in Mercedes and two in Paysandú. The champions of their regional leagues (Remeros and Pelotaris) began with an additional point. This stage will serve to organize the position of the teams in the Final 4
Table
Results
Final 4
The Final 4 was hosted by Mercedes.
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.
Source: FUBB
Play-in
The winner of this bracket obtained 7th place in play-offs The winner of this bracket obtained 8th place in play-offs Source: FUBB
Play-offs
Source: FUBB
Final standings Team Seed Qualification or relegation Champion 1 Aguada4434102 Runners-up 2 Peñarol4431141 Eliminated at semi-finals 3 Nacional3925143 Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto 4 Defensor Sporting3925144 Eliminated at quarter-finals 5 Hebraica y Macabi3417175 6 Cordón3513226 7 Malvín3821177 8 Trouville4017239 Eliminated at play-in second round 9 Biguá4016198 Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas 10 Urupan40142210 Eliminated at play-in first round 11 Remeros2021 OBL 12 Racing3122 OBL Relegated 13 Goes30102011 Relegation to Liga de Ascenso 14 Larre Borges2732412
Statistical leaders
Points
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Blocks
Source: FUBB
Awards All official awards of the 2023–24 LUB season.
Season MVP Player Team PG Donald Sims Aguada
National regular season MVP Player Team PG Jayson Granger Peñarol Source:
Foreign season MVP Player Team PG Donald Sims Aguada Source:
Finals MVP Player Team PG Donald Sims Aguada
Defensive Player of the regular season Award Player Team SG Patricio Prieto Nacional Source:
Rookie Player of the regular season Award Player Team PG Santiago Calimares Hebraica y Macabi Source:
LUB clubs in international competitions + Basketball Champions League Americas Team Progress Result Hebraica y Macabi Third place game Loss vs. Halcones de Xalapa 4–7 Semi-finals Loss vs. Quimsa Quarter-finals 2–1 vs. Franca Group C 2nd of 3 teams (2–4) Nacional Quarter-finals 1–2 vs. Halcones de Xalapa 4–5 Group B 2nd of 3 teams (3–3)
+ Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Team Progress Result Peñarol Final 6 third round Loss vs. Instituto 2–3 Final 6 first round Loss vs. Caribbean Storm Group B 1st of 4 teams (2–1) Biguá Group C 3rd of 4 teams (1–2) 1–2 Malvín Group A 4th of 4 teams (0–3) 0–3
Notes
References
External links Official website