2015–16 NBB season
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Head coach Appearance Last season
Basquete Cearense Fortaleza Ginásio da UNIFOR Ginásio Paulo Sarasate 2,200 8,200 Alberto Bial 4th 14th
Bauru Bauru Ginásio Panela de Pressão 2,000 Demétrius Ferracciú 8th 2nd
Brasília Brasília Ginásio da ASCEB Ginásio Nilson Nelson 3,050 16,000 Bruno Savignani 8th 6th
Caxias do Sul Caxias do Sul Ginásio Vasco da Gama 850 Rodrigo Barbosa 1st 1st ( Liga Ouro )
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima Arena Carioca 2 4,500 10,000 José Alves Neto 8th 1st
Franca Franca Ginásio Pedrocão 6,000 Lula Ferreira 8th 12th
Liga Sorocabana Sorocaba Ginásio Gualberto Moreira 3,000 Rinaldo Rodrigues 5th 16th
Macaé Basquete Macaé Tênis Clube de Macaé Ginásio Maurício Soares Bittencourt 3,000 6,000 Léo Costa 3rd 8th
Minas Tênis Clube Belo Horizonte Arena Vivo 4,000 Cristiano Grama 8th 9th
Mogi das Cruzes Mogi das Cruzes Ginásio Municipal Professor Hugo Ramos 5,000 Danilo Padovani 4th 4th
Paulistano São Paulo Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior 1,500 Gustavo de Conti 8th 10th
Pinheiros São Paulo Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim 854 César Guidetti 8th 11th
Rio Claro Basquete Rio Claro Ginásio de Esportes Felipe Karam 3,000 Dedé Barbosa 2nd 15th
São José São José dos Campos Ginásio Lineu de Moura 2,620 Cristiano Ahmed 8th 7th
Vitória Salvador Ginásio Poliesportivo de Cajazeiras Fazenda ND Régis Marrelli 1st 2nd ( Liga Ouro )
Participating teams
New teams in the league Caxias do Sul Basquete ( 2015 Liga Ouro champions , promoted ) Vitória ( 2015 Liga Ouro runners-up , promoted ) Teams that left the league Uberlândia Palmeiras Limeira
The 2015-16 NBB season was the 8th season of the Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league. Once again this tournament was organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB). The NBB also qualified teams for international tournaments such as Liga Sudamericana and FIBA Americas League. This season fifteen teams were played each other in the regular season. At the end of the home and away matches round the top four teams qualified 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, in a five-match series. This year NBB returned to a series in the Finals, played in a best of three-match. For this season, only the last regular season placed was relegated to the Liga Ouro, the NBB second division. The Liga Ouro winner receive the right to contest NBB in the next year.