The 2013–14 LNB Pro B season was the 27th season of the Pro B, the France second basketball tier, organised by the LNB. SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer won the league championship, after finishing first in the regular season with 32 wins. SOMB promoted to the Pro A along with Playoffs winner JL Bourg-en-Bresse and wild card receivers SPO Rouen Reims Champagne.[1]
| LNB Pro B | |||||||||||||
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| Season | 2013–14 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 13 September 2013 – 3 June 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
| Top seed | SOMB | ||||||||||||
| Promotion playoffs winner | JL Bourg | ||||||||||||
| Promoted | SOMB JL Bourg Champagne Châlons-Reims[a] SPO Rouen[a] | ||||||||||||
| Relegated | Saint-Vallier BD | ||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||||||||||
| Champions | SOMB (1st title) | ||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||
| Domestic MVP |  Michel Morandais | ||||||||||||
| Foreign MVP |  Zachery Peacock | ||||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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← 2012–13 2014–15 → | |||||||||||||
Regular season
editAll teams played each other twice, once at home and once away. After this, all teams played all teams in their geographic poule at home and away.
- Standings
Promotion to Pro A Qualified for Promotion Playoffs Relegated to Nationale I
| Pos. | Club | % | GP | W | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOMB | 73% | 44 | 32 | 12 | 3575 | 3287 |
| 2 | JL Bourg | 71% | 44 | 31 | 13 | 3381 | 3136 |
| 3 | Champagne Châlons-ReimsWC[a] | 69% | 44 | 30 | 14 | 3612 | 3377 |
| 4 | Poitiers 86 | 60% | 44 | 26 | 18 | 3352 | 3280 |
| 5 | Le Portel | 57% | 44 | 25 | 19 | 3541 | 3368 |
| 6 | ALM Évreux | 57% | 44 | 25 | 19 | 3283 | 3156 |
| 7 | Fos Provence | 55% | 44 | 24 | 20 | 3336 | 3311 |
| 8 | AMSB | 55% | 44 | 24 | 20 | 3495 | 3534 |
| 9 | Hyères-Toulon | 50% | 44 | 22 | 22 | 3335 | 3311 |
| 10 | Saint-Quentin | 50% | 44 | 22 | 22 | 3487 | 3539 |
| 11 | Denain Voltaire | 48% | 44 | 21 | 23 | 3503 | 3543 |
| 12 | Boulazac Dordogne | 44% | 44 | 19 | 25 | 3403 | 3376 |
| 13 | Souffelweyersheim | 44% | 44 | 19 | 25 | 3105 | 3209 |
| 14 | RouenWC[a] | 37% | 44 | 16 | 28 | 3216 | 3412 |
| 15 | Hermine Nantes | 37% | 44 | 16 | 28 | 3290 | 3525 |
| 16 | Lille Métropole | 35% | 44 | 15 | 29 | 3387 | 3520 |
| 17 | Orchies | 35% | 44 | 15 | 29 | 3223 | 3456 |
| 18 | Saint-Vallier BD | 30% | 44 | 13 | 31 | 3384 | 3568 |
Promotion playoffs
editThe eight highest placed from the regular season with exception of the champions qualified for the promotion playoffs. In all rounds a best-of-three format was used. JL Bourg promoted to the 2014–15 Pro A season as the winner of the promotion playoffs.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 2 | JL Bourg-en-Bresse | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Hyères-Toulon | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | JL Bourg-en-Bresse | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | ALM Évreux | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Le Portel | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | ALM Évreux | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | JL Bourg-en-Bresse | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Poitiers | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Châlons-Reims | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Aix-Maurienne Savoie | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Châlons-Reims | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Poitiers 86 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Poitiers 86 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Fos-sur-Mer | 0 | ||||||||||||
Individual awards
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Notes
edit- ^ a b c d Due to the expansion of the Pro A from 16 to 18 teams, Reims Champagne Basket and SPO Rounen were offered wildcards.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Châlons-Reims et Rouen invités en PROA pour 2014-15". Retrieved 27 November 2014.