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{{Infobox sports season
| title              = 2016 UBA Pro Basketball League season
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| league             = [[UBA Pro Basketball League]]
| sport              = [[Basketball]]
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| duration           = 18 – 28 February 2016 (Phase-1) <br/> 23 – 26 March 2016 (Phase-2) <br/> 27 March 2016 (Play-offs)  <br /> 28 – 30 March 2016 (Semi-finals) <br /> 1 – 3 April 2016 (Finals)
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| no_of_teams        = [[#Teams|8]]
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| TV                 = [[TEN Action]], [[TEN Sports]], Ten HD
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| prevseason_link  = UBA Pro Basketball League season
| prevseason_year  = 2015
| nextseason_link  = UBA Pro Basketball League season
| nextseason_year  = 2017
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The '''UBA Pro Basketball League season'''  is the 3rd season of the [[UBA Pro Basketball League]]. The Phase-1 of the season began on 28 February 2016 at the [[Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex]], [[Pune]].<ref name="spill">{{cite news|title=A bigger & better ‘UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2’ is here|url=http://ekalavyas.com/2016/02/16/a-bigger-better-uba-pro-basketball-league-season-2-is-here/|accessdate=17 February 2016|work=Ekalavyas.com|date=16 February 2016}}</ref>

UBA has partnered with [[Emmy Award]] winning broadcaster Paul Crane who has covered sports at the highest levels in the United States for over three decades, to present the [[UBA Pro Basketball League|Pro Basketball League]] 2016. Steve Graham, executive producer of the League, has been involved with six past Olympic Games, international triathlons, auto racing and international volleyball games in his career.<ref name="spill" />

Bollywood actor [[Suniel Shetty]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] MP and President of the Maharashtra State Basketball Association [[Poonam Mahajan]] were the chief guests of the opening ceremony that held on 18 February 2016 at the [[Pune]]’s [[Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex|Balewadi Stadium]]. [[Basketball Federation of India]] is extended its support to this event, and former international player, Norman Isaac of [[Basketball Federation of India|BFI]].<ref>{{cite news|title=UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2 tips off in Pune with celebs in attendance; Delhi & Mumbai register opening wins|url=http://ekalavyas.com/2016/02/19/uba-pro-basketball-league-season-2-tips-off-in-pune-with-celebs-in-attendance-delhi-mumbai-register-opening-wins/|accessdate=19 February 2016|work=Ekalavyas.com|date=19 February 2016}}</ref>

[[Delhi Capitals (basketball)|Delhi Capitals]] were crowned champions of Season 2 after beating defending champions [[Chennai Slam]] by 2-1 in the best-of-three final series.<ref>{{cite news|title=UBA Pro Basketball League: Delhi Capitals crowned champions of Season 2 after beating Chennai Slam|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/uba-pro-basketball-league-delhi-capitals-crowned-champions-season-2-beating-chennai-slam|accessdate=3 April 2016|work=[[Sportskeeda]]|date=5 April 2016}}</ref> [[Vinay Kaushik]] was named MVP.

==Format==
The UBA schedule has each of its teams playing an equal number of regular season games with their won-loss records used to qualify for the league’s post-season. Each team will play each of its division opponents four times along with one cross division opponent, which will rotate each season. Each division will stage a one game play-in between its second and third place teams with the winner to face the first place team in a best-of-three semi final followed by a best-of-three final between the division winners to determine the UBA Champion.

==Teams==
There are currently 8 franchise teams competing in the tournament divided into two divisions:<ref name="spill" />
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===North Division===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center";
!style="background-color: #DFC0A1;" width="150px"|Teams
!style="background-color: #DFC0A1;" width="150px"|State/City
|-
|Haryana Gold       || [[Haryana]]
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|Punjab Steelers    || [[Punjab, India]]
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|Delhi Capitals     || [[Delhi]]
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|Mumbai Challengers || [[Mumbai]]
|}
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===South Division===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center";
!style="background-color: #B6D999;" width="150px"|Teams
!style="background-color: #B6D999;" width="150px"|State/City
|-
|Pune Peshwas    || [[Pune]]
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|Bengaluru Beast || [[Bengaluru]]
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|Chennai Slam    || [[Chennai]]
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|Hyderabad Sky   || [[Hyderabad]]
|}
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==Standings==
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===North Division===
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!Teams
!{{Abbr|W|Games won}}
!{{Abbr|L|Games lost}}
!{{Abbr|GB|Games behind}}
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|{{align|left|[[Delhi Capitals (basketball)|Delhi Capitals]]}}     ||6||1||0
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|{{align|left|[[Mumbai Challengers]]}} ||4||3||2
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|{{align|left|[[Punjab Steelers]]}}    ||3||4||3
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|{{align|left|[[Haryana Gold]]}}       ||0||7||6
|}
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===South Division===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Teams
!{{Abbr|W|Games won}}
!{{Abbr|L|Games lost}}
!{{Abbr|GB|Games behind}}
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|{{align|left|[[Pune Peshwas]]}}      ||4||3||0
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|{{align|left|[[Chennai Slam]]}}      ||4||3||0
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|{{align|left|[[Bengaluru Beast]]}}   ||4||3||0
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|{{align|left|[[Hyderabad Sky]]}}     ||3||4||1
|-
|}
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==Brackets==
{{6TeamBracket 
| RD1=[[#Play-offs|Play-offs]]
| RD2=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
| RD3=[[#Championship|Championship]]
| group1=[[#North Division|North Division]]
| group2=[[#South Division|South Division]]

| RD1-seed1=N2
| RD1-team1='''{{smaller|[[Mumbai Challengers]]}}'''
| RD1-score1='''1'''
| RD1-seed2=N3
| RD1-team2=[[Punjab Steelers]]
| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3=S2
| RD1-team3='''[[Pune Peshwas]]'''
| RD1-score3='''1'''
| RD1-seed4=S3
| RD1-team4=[[Bengaluru Beast]]
| RD1-score4=0

| RD2-seed1=N1
| RD2-team1='''[[Delhi Capitals (basketball)|Delhi Capitals]]'''
| RD2-score1='''2'''
| RD2-seed2=N2
| RD2-team2=[[Mumbai Challengers]]
| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=S1
| RD2-team3='''[[Chennai Slam]]'''
| RD2-score3='''2'''
| RD2-seed4=S2
| RD2-team4=[[Pune Peshwas]]
| RD2-score4=1

| RD3-seed1=N1
| RD3-team1='''[[Delhi Capitals (basketball)|Delhi Capitals]]'''
| RD3-score1='''2'''
| RD3-seed2=S1
| RD3-team2=[[Chennai Slam]]
| RD3-score2=1
}}
<small>
'''Note''': <br/>
1: '''Play-offs''' will be [[One-game playoff]].<br/>
2: '''Semi-finals''' and '''Finals''' will be [[Playoff format#Best-of-three playoff|best of three]] games.
</small>

===Play-offs===
[[Mumbai Challengers]]<ref>{{cite news|title=UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2: Mumbai Challengers qualify for semis with thrilling win over Punjab Steelers|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/uba-pro-basketball-league-season-2-mumbai-challengers-qualify-semis-thrilling-win-punjab-steelers|accessdate=6 April 2016|work=[[Sportskeeda]]|date=27 March 2016}}</ref> and [[Pune Peshwas]]<ref>{{cite news|title=UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2: Pune Peshwas through to semis with win over Bengaluru Beast|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/uba-pro-basketball-league-season-2-pune-peshwas-through-semis-win-over-bengaluru-beast|accessdate=6 April 2016|work=[[Sportskeeda]]|date=27 March 2016}}</ref> through to semi-finals.

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|points1=Gagandeep Singh '''23'''
|rebounds1=Gagandeep Singh '''12'''
|assist1=Jagdeep Singh Bains '''4'''
|points2=Gurvinder Gill '''21'''
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|points1=Narender Grewal '''23'''
|rebounds1=Narender Grewal '''11'''
|assist1=Siddhanth Shinde '''5'''
|points2=Kaif Zia '''27'''
|rebounds2=Manpreet '''10'''
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===Semi-finals===
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{{TwoLegResult| '''[[Delhi Capitals (basketball)|Delhi Capitals]]''' || '''2'''–1 | [[Mumbai Challengers]] || 69–'''75''' | '''72'''–61 | '''78'''–69}}
{{TwoLegResult| '''[[Chennai Slam]]''' || '''2'''–1 | [[Pune Peshwas]] || '''88'''–72 | 71–'''73''' | '''97'''–79}}
{{end}}
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===Championship===
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{{TwoLegResult| [[Chennai Slam]] || 1–'''2''' | '''[[Delhi Capitals (basketball)|Delhi Capitals]]''' || '''77'''–62 | 67–'''77''' | 65–'''92'''}}
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|Q1=15-'''16'''|Q2='''25'''-9|Q3=15-'''18'''|Q4='''22'''-19
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==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ubaindia.com Official website]

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