2017–18 KML season

The 2017–18 Korvpalli Meistriliiga season (also known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 93rd season of top-tier basketball in Estonia.

The season began on 5 October 2017 and concluded on 24 May 2017 with Kalev/Cramo defeating University of Tartu 4 games to 0 in the finals to win their 10th Estonian Championship.^[1]

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Teams

G4S
Kalev/Cramo
Kalev/TLÜ
TTÜ

Locations of the 2017–18 Korvpalli Meistriliiga teams

Venues and locations

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
G4S Noorteliiga	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Centre	1,030^[2]
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Kalev Sports Hall	1,870^[3]
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Saku Suurhall	7,200^[4]
Port of Pärnu	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	1,820^[5]
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	Rapla	Sadolin Sports Hall	818^[6]
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ	Tallinn	Kalev Sports Hall	1,870^[3]
TTÜ	Tallinn	TTÜ Sports Hall	1,000^[7]
University of Tartu	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	1,650^[8]
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	Valga	Valga Sports Hall	561^[9]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
G4S Noorteliiga	Indrek Visnapuu	Ron Arnar Pehka	Peak	G4S
Kalev/Cramo	Donaldas Kairys	Cedric Simmons	Nike	Cramo
Port of Pärnu	Heiko Rannula	Rannar Raap	Nike	Port of Pärnu
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	Aivar Kuusmaa	Indrek Kajupank	Spalding	AVIS
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ	Gert Kullamäe	Reimo Tamm	Adidas	City of Tallinn
TTÜ	Rait Käbin	Rain Koort	Nike	Tallinn University of Technology
University of Tartu	Priit Vene	Tanel Sokk	Nike	University of Tartu
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	Kristaps Zeids	Robert Peterson	Teamshield	Maks & Moorits

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
University of Tartu	Gert Kullamäe	Mutual consent	23 May 2017^[10]	Pre-season	Priit Vene	13 June 2017^[11]
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ	Raido Roos	Sacked	30 October 2017^[12]	4th	Kalle Klandorf	30 October 2017
Kalev/Cramo	Alar Varrak	Sacked	22 November 2017^[13]	1st	Donaldas Kairys	24 November 2017^[14]
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ	Kalle Klandorf	Mutual consent	6 January 2018^[15]	6th	Gert Kullamäe	6 January 2018

Regular season

During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 28 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exception:

G4S Noorteliiga will play 2 rounds (1 round at home and 1 round away in total).

Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.^[16]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Kalev/Cramo	26	25	1	2367	1754	+613	.962	Advance to Semifinals
2	University of Tartu	26	19	7	2170	1939	+231	.731	Advance to Semifinals
3	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	26	15	11	2039	1986	+53	.577	Advance to Quarterfinals
4	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	26	12	14	2111	2149	−38	.462
5	Port of Pärnu	26	11	15	2019	1989	+30	.423
6	Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ	26	10	16	1931	2077	−146	.385
7	TTÜ	26	6	20	1988	2118	−130	.231
8	G4S Noorteliiga	14	0	14	835	1448	−613	.000

Source: Turniiritabel

Results

Home \ Away	G4S	KAL	PÄR	RAP	TLÜ	TTÜ	UT	VAL	KAL	PÄR	RAP	TLÜ	TTÜ	UT	VAL
G4S Noorteliiga		44–112	67–110	80–103	63–94	48–89	71–100	84–108
Kalev/Cramo	126–51		88–72	78–76	98–53	90–63	86–70	97–73		89–68	84–70	97–64	85–62	73–75	92–66
Port of Pärnu	107–56	78–87		73–78	72–78	85–80	70–82	83–66	86–93		70–75	68–72	74–64	64–83	79–95
AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	92–60	53–90	74–71		65–64	88–80	84–78	79–90	65–100	73–80		94–64	92–76	73–89	91–75
TLÜ/Kalev	108–66	59–84	76–80	56–78		85–91	85–77	87–73	72–86	68–75	76–70		63–76	64–95	87–68
TTÜ	101–46	71–86	53–80	72–73	75–82		79–83	89–85	92–105	67–76	75–97	77–79		74–88	81–88
University of Tartu	88–59	68–73	78–62	75–64	90–80	79–71		82–70	82–90	84–67	77–65	87–78	79–84		98–86
Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	110–40	67–91	93–87	77–67	99–77	97–74	91–87		54–87	70–82	76–100	73–60	85–72	76–96

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Tulemused
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The playoffs began on 17 April and ended on 24 May 2018. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating University of Tartu 4 games to 0 in the finals.

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

			1	Kalev/Cramo	3
4	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	1	5	Port of Pärnu	0
5	Port of Pärnu	3				1	Kalev/Cramo	4
						2	University of Tartu	0
			2	University of Tartu	3
3	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	3	3	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	0
6	Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ	2				Third place

						3	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	3
						5	Port of Pärnu	1

Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1	Dominique Hawkins	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	23	390	16.96
2	Vytenis Čižauskas	University of Tartu	27	444	16.44
3	Nolan Cressler	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	34	551	16.21
4	Isaiah Briscoe	Kalev/Cramo	24	383	15.96
5	Levi Giese	TTÜ	20	316	15.80

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	Levi Giese	TTÜ	20	184	9.20
2	Bamba Fall	Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ	31	272	8.77
3	Carl Engström	University of Tartu	30	229	7.63
4	Rain Raadik	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits	30	225	7.50
5	Julius Kazakauskas	University of Tartu	21	151	7.19

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1	Tanel Sokk	University of Tartu	29	146	5.03
2	Vytenis Čižauskas	University of Tartu	27	134	4.96
3	Dominique Hawkins	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla	23	103	4.48
4	Isaiah Briscoe	Kalev/Cramo	24	104	4.33
5	Norman Käbin	TTÜ	26	109	4.19

All-Star Game

The 2018 All-Star Game was played on 16 February 2018 in Tallinn at the Saku Suurhall. Team Olybet LBL won the game 127–126 in overtime. The MVP of the game was Isaiah Briscoe, who scored 39 points.

**Team Alexela KML**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Isaiah Briscoe	Kalev/Cramo
G	Saimon Sutt	Port of Pärnu
F	Janar Talts	University of Tartu
F	Kristjan Kangur (C)	Kalev/Cramo
C	Cedric Simmons	Kalev/Cramo
Reserves
G	Dominique Hawkins	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
G	Sten Olmre	TTÜ
G	Kristo Saage	Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
G	Egert Haller	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits
F	Indrek Kajupank	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
F	Mihkel Kirves	Port of Pärnu
F	Devonte Upson	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
C	Bamba Fall	Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
Head coach: Donaldas Kairys (Kalev/Cramo)

**Team Olybet LBL**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Aigars Šķēle	Ventspils
G	Edgars Jeromanovs (C)	Jūrmala
F	Roberts Freimanis	Ventspils
F	Kristaps Miglinieks	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits
C	Jurijs Aleksejevs	Jēkabpils
Reserves
G	Jānis Kaufmanis	Valmiera/ORDO
G	Mārcis Vītols	Ogre
G	Alex Pérez	VEF Rīga
G	Haralds Kārlis	Valmiera/ORDO
G	Toms Leimanis	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits
F	Linards Jaunzems	Latvijas Universitāte
F	Mareks Mejeris	VEF Rīga
C	Viktors Iļjins	Valmiera/ORDO
Head coach: Roberts Štelmahers (Ventspils)

16 February 2018	Team Alexela KML	126–1270OT	Team Olybet LBL	Tallinn
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 33–41, 24–32, 31–29, 33–19, Overtime: 5–6
	Pts: Briscoe 39 Rebs: Kangur, Sutt 6 Asts: five players 3 PIR: Briscoe 33	Boxscore	Pts: Freimanis 19 Rebs: Freimanis, Mejeris 6 Asts: Pérez 7 PIR: Leimanis, Pérez 22	Arena: Saku Suurhall Referees: Madis Allik, Aleksei Mohov, Ivar Kitsing

Awards

All-KML Team

Pos	Player	Team
PG	Tanel Sokk	University of Tartu
SG	Isaiah Briscoe	Kalev/Cramo
SF	Dominique Hawkins	AVIS UTILITAS Rapla
PF	Bojan Subotić	Kalev/Cramo
C	Janar Talts	University of Tartu

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October^[18]	Egert Haller	Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits
November^[19]	Bamba Fall	Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
December^[20]	Janari Jõesaar	Kalev/Cramo
January^[21]	Branko Mirković	Kalev/Cramo
February^[22]	Janar Talts	University of Tartu
March^[23]	Kristjan Kitsing	University of Tartu

References

^ "Tehtud! Kalev/Cramo viskas Tartu korvi taas palle täis ning tuli kolmandat aastat järjest Eesti meistriks" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 24 May 2018.
^ "Audentese Spordikeskuse spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
^ ^a ^b "Kalevi Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Saku Suurhall". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Pärnu Spordihall". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Sadolin Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Valga Spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
^ "Gert Kullamäe lahkub Tartu Ülikooli korvpallimeeskonnast" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 23 May 2017.
^ "Tartu Ülikooli korvpallimeeskonna uueks peatreeneriks saab Priit Vene" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 13 June 2017.
^ "Hooaega kahvatult alustanud Kalev vallandas peatreeneri" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 30 October 2017.
^ "VALLANDATUD! BC Kalev/Cramo asendab Alar Varraku leedulasega" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 21 November 2017.
^ "Kalev/Cramol treeneriga kokkulepe olemas, leping allkirjastatakse homme" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 23 November 2017.
^ "Kullamäest sai peatreener, Müürsepast tema abiline" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 6 January 2018.
^ "Korvpalli Meistriliiga võistlusjuhend hooajaks 2017/2018" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Neli-null! BC Kalev/Cramo krooniti Tartus Alexela meistriliiga võitjaks! (Finaali MVP on Kristjan Kangur)" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 24 May 2018.
^ "Alexela KML-i oktoobrikuu parimaks mängijaks valiti Egert Haller" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 3 November 2017.
^ "Korvpalli meistriliiga novembri parimaks mängijaks valiti Bamba Fall" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 1 December 2017.
^ "Korvpalli meistriliiga kuu mängijaks valiti Janari Jõesaar" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 12 January 2018.
^ "Alexela KMLi jaanuarikuu parimaks mängijaks valiti Branko Mirković" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 2 February 2018.
^ "Alexela KML veebruari parim on Janar Talts" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 9 March 2018.
^ "Kristjan Kitsing valiti Alexela meistriliiga märtsikuu parimaks" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 6 April 2018.

External links

Official website (in Estonian)

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