2007–08 Pro A season explained

2007–08 LNB Pro A season
League:	LNB Pro A
Sport:	Basketball
No Of Teams:	16
No Of Games:	240 (regular season)
Tv:	Sport+
Season:	Regular Season
Top Seed:	Le Mans
Mvp:	Marc Salyers (Roanne) Nando de Colo (Cholet)
Mvp Link:	LNB Pro A MVP
Finals Mvp Link:	LNB Pro A Finals MVP
Top Scorer:	Sean Colson (Hyères-Toulon)
Top Scorer Link:	LNB Pro A Top Scorer
Finals:	2007-08 Finals
Finals Link:	2007–08 LNB Pro A season#Playoffs
Finals Champ:	Nancy
Finals Runner-Up:	Roanne
Seasonslist:	List of LNB Pro A seasons
Seasonslistnames:	LNB Pro A
Prevseason Link:	2006–07 Pro A season
Prevseason Year:	2006–07
Nextseason Link:	2008–09 Pro A season
Nextseason Year:	2008–09

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.

Nancy, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season,^[1] won the French Pro A League by defeating Roanne in playoffs final (84-53).^[2]

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 to 2007 Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.

At the beginning of the 2007–08 seasonTeams promoted from 2006 to 2007 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 to 2008 Pro B

• Rouen
• Besançon

Teams relegated to 2008–09 Pro B

• Paris-Levallois
• Clermont-Ferrand

Team arenas

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône	Chalon-sur-Saône	Le Colisée
Cholet Basket	Cholet	La Meilleraie
JDA Dijon	Dijon	Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy
BCM Gravelines Dunkerque	Gravelines	Sportica
Hyères Toulon Var Basket	Hyères – Toulon	Palais des Sports de Toulon Espace 3000
STB Le Havre	Le Havre	Salle des Docks Océane
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Le Mans	Antarès
ASVEL Basket	Lyon – Villeurbanne	Astroballe
SLUC Nancy Basket	Nancy	Palais des Sports Jean Weille
Orléans Loiret Basket	Orléans	Zénith d'Orléans
Paris-Levallois Basket	Paris-Levallois	Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan
Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez	Pau-Orthez	Palais des Sports de Pau
Chorale Roanne Basket	Roanne	Halle André Vacheresse
SPO Rouen Basket	Rouen	Salle des Cotonniers
Strasbourg IG	Strasbourg	Rhénus Sport
JA Vichy	Vichy	Palais des Sports Pierre Coulon

Team standings

width=10px bgcolor=B0EE90		Clinched playoff berth
width=10px bgcolor=FFCCCC		Relegated

width=20		width=150	Team ^[3]	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA
1	Le Mans	30	23	7	2358	2176
2	Nancy	30	21	9	2466	2209
3	Lyon-Villeurbanne	30	21	9	2574	2348
4	Roanne	30	19	11	2480	2363
5	Le Havre	30	18	12	2537	2456
6	Hyères Toulon	30	17	13	2437	2376
7	Vichy	30	17	13	2048	2027
8	Cholet	30	15	15	2247	2265
9	Chalon-sur-Saône	30	13	17	2247	2268
10	Dijon	30	13	17	2366	2419
11	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	30	13	17	2298	2379
12	Strasbourg	30	12	18	2240	2295
13	Orléans	30	12	18	2155	2235
14	Gravelines-Dunkerque	30	11	19	2323	2442
15	Paris-Levallois	30	10	20	2172	2299
16	Clermont-Ferrand	30	4	26	2050	2441

Awards

Regular Season MVPs

• "Foreign" MVP: Marc Salyers^[4] (Roanne)
• "French" MVP: Nando de Colo^[4] (Cholet)

Best Coach

• Christian Monschau^[4] (Le Havre)

Most Improved Player

• Nando de Colo^[4] (Cholet)

Best Defensive Player

• Dounia Issa^[4] (Vichy)

Rising Star Award

• Nicolas Batum^[4] (Le Mans)

Player of the month

Month	Player	Team
October ^[5]		Roanne
November ^[6]		Vichy
December ^[7]		Nancy
January ^[8]		Nancy
February ^[9]		Pau-Lacq-Orthez
March ^[10]		Le Mans
April ^[11]		Roanne

External links

• LNB website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Classement général, Saison 2007/2008 . LNB. October 26, 2011. fr.
2. Web site: French League Final: June 15, 2008 . June 15, 2008. Euroleague. October 26, 2011.
3. Web site: Classement général, Saison 2008/2009 . . October 25, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121922/http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200004/Classement?from=2008&typclas=0 . April 4, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
4. Web site: les MVP de la saison Pro A . . 11 . October 26, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20110208135442/http://s.lnb.fr/lnb/file/201009/RapportActivite200708.pdf . February 8, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
5. Web site: Marc Salyers élu Joueur du Mois d'octobre . November 5, 2007 . . October 26, 2011. fr.
6. Web site: Ball en novembre . December 3, 2007 . . October 26, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404210746/http://www.ffbb.com/page_m.php?d=actu&id=3672 . 2012-04-04 . dead .
7. Web site: Julian joueur de décembre . December 24, 2007 . . October 26, 2011. fr.
8. Web site: Ricardo Greer élu en Janvier . February 4, 2008 . . October 26, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404211005/http://www.ffbb.com/page_m.php?d=actu&p=actu&id=3878 . 2012-04-04 . dead .
9. Web site: Graves joueur du mois de février . March 3, 2008 . rmcsport.fr . October 26, 2011. fr.
10. Web site: Nicolas Batum, l'élu de Mars . April 7, 2008 . . October 26, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404211242/http://www.ffbb.com/page_m.php?d=actu&id=4058 . 2012-04-04 . dead .
11. Web site: Marc Salyers remporte le Trophée LNB / Sport+ / L'Equipe de Joueur du Mois . May 6, 2008 . . October 26, 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092242/http://aka.lnb.tf1.fr/fr/Accueil/100003/Article/4663/Marc-Salyers-remporte-le-Trophee-LNB-Sport-L-Equipe-de-Joueur-du-Mois . April 25, 2012 . dead .