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2007–08 LNB Pro A season

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League
  
LNB Pro A

Champions
  
Nancy

Number of teams
  
16

Finals champion
  
SLUC Nancy Basket

Number of games
  
240 (regular season)

Champion
  
SLUC Nancy Basket

Top seed
  
Le Mans Sarthe Basket

TV partner
  
Sport+

2007–08 LNB Pro A season

Top scorer
  
Sean Colson (Hyères-Toulon Var Basket)

Season MVPs
  
Marc Salyers (Chorale Roanne Basket), Nando de Colo (Cholet Basket)

The 2007–08 LNB Pro A season was the 86th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 21st season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB). The regular season started on September 29, 2007 and ended on May 14, 2008. The play-offs were held from May 20, 2008 till June 15, 2008.

Contents

Nancy, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season, won the French Pro A League by defeating Roanne in playoffs final (84-53).

Promotion and relegation

Due to the change of the Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the 2006–07 and 2007-08 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006-07 Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.

At the beginning of the 2007-08 season

Teams promoted from 2006–07 Pro B

  • Vichy
  • Teams relegated to 2007–08 Pro B

  • Besançon
  • Bourg-en-Bresse
  • Reims
  • At the end of the 2007-08 season
  • 2007-08 Pro A Champion: Nancy
  • Teams promoted from 2007–08 Pro B

  • Rouen
  • Besançon
  • Teams relegated to 2008–09 Pro B

  • Paris-Levallois
  • Clermont-Ferrand
  • Regular Season MVPs

  • "Foreign" MVP: Marc Salyers (Roanne)
  • "French" MVP: Nando de Colo (Cholet)
  • Best Coach

  • Christian Monschau (Le Havre)
  • Most Improved Player

  • Nando de Colo (Cholet)
  • Best Defensive Player

  • Dounia Issa (Vichy)
  • Rising Star Award

  • Nicolas Batum (Le Mans)
  • References

    2007–08 LNB Pro A season Wikipedia


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