2023–24 LUB season explained

Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol
Season:	2023–24
Champions:	Aguada 4th LUB title 11th Uruguayan title
Runners Up:	Peñarol
Top Seed:	Peñarol
Relegated:	Goes Larre Borges
Teams:	14
Games:	221
Mvp N:	URU
Finals Mvp N:	USA
Ppg:	23.8
Ppg N:	USA
Rpg:	13.1
Rpg N:	DOM
Apg:	7.2
Apg N:	URU
Highest Scoring:	Aguada 105–111 Nacional (18 January 2024) Aguada 115–101 Nacional (14 May 2024)
Winning Streak:	14 games Peñarol
Losing Streak:	11 games Larre Borges
Biggest Home Win:	Nacional 111–61 Goes (12 January 2024)
Biggest Away Win:	Hebraica y Macabi 52–93 Nacional (17 April 2024)
Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 LUB season, was the 21st season of the top Uruguayan professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 24 October 2023 with the regular season and ended on 17 June 2024 with the finals.

Hebraica y Macabi was the defending champion which was swept in quarterfinals by Defensor Sporting.

The champion was Aguada, who, repeating much of Biguá's two-time champion team, defeated Peñarol 4–1 in the finals.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 11 sides from the 2022–23 season, one promoted from the 2022 El Metro and two qualified from the OBL. Tabaré, which achieved promotion, declined to participate in the league.^[1]

Teams promoted from El Metro

• Cordón^[2]

Teams relegated to El Metro

• Olimpia^[3]
• Urunday Universitario^[4]

Venues and locations

Team	Home City	Arena	Capacity
Aguada	Montevideo	Estadio Propio Aguatero	3,738
Biguá		Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz^[5]	1,200
Cordón		Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella	710
Defensor Sporting		Estadio Óscar Magurno^[6] | align="center" |800|- align=left |Goes|Estadio Plaza de las Misiones	1,800
Hebraica Macabi		Gimnasio Unión Atlética^[7]	750
Larre Borges		Estadio Romeo Schinca	900
Malvín		Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil| align="center" |900|- align=left |Nacional|Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central| align="center" |800|- align=left |Peñarol|Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi| align="center" |4,700|- align=left |Racing|rowspan=2| Mercedes|Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini^[8] | align="center" |400|- align=left |- align=left |Remeros de Mercedes|Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini| align="center" |400|- align=left |Trouville| Montevideo|Gimnasio Trouville| align="center" |780|- align=left |Urupan| Pando|Gimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti| align="center" |700|} Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Puma B31 MGR Kelme 1934 Concreto MGR Joma Umbro Puma MGR MGR Xu MGR Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment 9 December 2022^[9] Pre-season 16 June 2023 10 April 2023^[10] 30 June 2023^[11] End of contract 12 April 2023 19 April 2023 Sacked 4 November 2023^[12] 12th (0–3) 4 November 2023^[13] 3 December 2023^[14] 12th (4–2) 5 December 2023^[15] 15 December 2023^[16] 4th (6–7) (interim) 15 December 2023 End of interim period 18 December 2023 2nd (7–7) 20 December 2023 Sacked 31 January 2024^[17] 12th (5–13) 1 February 2024 Resigned 12 March 2024^[18] 8th (10–13) 12 March 2024 Torneo Clasificatorio The Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament) was the first stage of the LUB. The metropolitan clubs played each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table played in the Ronda Título, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six played the Reclasificatorio. Results Ronda Título The Ronda Título (Title Round) was a stage played to organize the first six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio, in the play-offs. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage. Results Reclasificatorio The Reclasificatorio (Requalifier) was a stage played by the last six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage. This stage defined the teams qualified for the play-in and the relegated teams. Results OBL The Organización de Básquetbol del Litoral (Litoral Basketball Organization) tournament was played by the champions and runners-up of the regional leagues of Paysandú Department and Soriano. The finalists obtained their classification to the LUB play-in, the champion faced the 4th in the Reclasificatorio and the runner-up, the 3rd. First stage In the first stage, the Soriano teams played against the teams from the Paysandú Department, two matches in Mercedes and two in Paysandú. The champions of their regional leagues (Remeros and Pelotaris) began with an additional point. This stage will serve to organize the position of the teams in the Final 4 Results Final 4 The Final 4 was hosted by Mercedes. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Source: FUBB Play-in The winner of this bracket obtained 7th place in play-offs The winner of this bracket obtained 8th place in play-offs Source: FUBB Final standings width:45% Team Seed Qualification or relegation Champion 1 Aguada 44 34 10 2 Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas Runners-up 2 Peñarol 44 31 14 1 Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas Eliminated at semi-finals 3 Nacional 39 25 14 3 Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto 4 Defensor Sporting 39 25 14 4 Eliminated at quarter-finals 5 Hebraica y Macabi 34 17 17 5 6 Cordón 35 13 22 6 7 Malvín 38 21 17 7 8 Trouville 40 17 23 9 Eliminated at play-in second round 9 Biguá 40 16 19 8 10 Urupan 40 14 22 10 Eliminated at play-in first round 11 Remeros 2 0 2 1 OBL 12 Racing 3 1 2 2 OBL Relegated 13 Goes 30 10 20 11 Relegation to Liga de Ascenso 14 Larre Borges 27 3 24 12 Statistical leaders width=50% valign=top Points | width=50% valign=top | Rebounds |}|} width=50% valign=top Assists | width=50% valign=top | Blocks |}|}Source: FUBB Awards All official awards of the 2023–24 LUB season. National regular season MVP Source: ^[19] Foreign season MVP Source: Defensive Player of the regular season Award Source: Rookie Player of the regular season Award Source: LUB clubs in international competitions Basketball Champions League Americas Team Progress Result 4–7 Loss vs. Quimsa 2–1 vs. Franca 2nd of 3 teams (2–4) 4–5 2nd of 3 teams (3–3) Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Team Progress Result 2–3 Loss vs. Caribbean Storm 1st of 4 teams (2–1) 3rd of 4 teams (1–2) 1–2 4th of 4 teams (0–3) 0–3 External links Official website ]

Notes and References

1. News: Básquet: Tabaré anunció que no jugará la Liga Uruguaya 2023 pese a haber ascendido . 4 July 2024 . www.montevideo.com.uy . 5 December 2022 . es.
2. News: Básquet: Cordón logró el ascenso a la Liga Uruguaya tras vencer a Capitol . 4 July 2024 . www.montevideo.com.uy . 25 September 2022 . es.
3. News: Básquet: Olimpia descendió tras 30 años en primera; Peñarol ganó y da pelea por quedarse . 19 June 2024 . www.montevideo.com.uy . 18 February 2022 . es.
4. News: Trouville logró la permanencia en la Liga y mandó al descenso a Urunday Universitario . 19 June 2024 . www.elobservador.com.uy . 8 May 2022 . es.
5. Since these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Stadium) "club name".
6. Defensor's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Welcome's court.
7. Hebraica's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Unión Atlética's court.
8. Racing's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in Remeros de Mercedes' court.
9. News: Álvaro Ponce es el nuevo director técnico de Nacional Básquetbol . 20 June 2024 . www.urubasket.com . 9 December 2023 . es.
10. News: Guillermo Narvarte vuelve al banquillo de Trotamundos de Carabobo . 20 June 2024 . www.canchalatina.com . 10 April 2023 . es.
11. News: Luis Silveira nuevo entrenador de Goes . 20 June 2024 . www.urubasket.com . 30 June 2023 . es.
12. News: Goes cortó entrenador . 19 June 2024 . www.urubasket.com . 4 November 2023 . es.
13. News: Derrota, cambio y preocupación . 19 June 2024 . www.basquetcaliente.com . 4 November 2024 . es.
14. News: Pablo López fue cesado como entrenador de Peñarol en básquetbol . 20 June 2024 . www.elobservador.com.uy . 3 December 2023 . es.
15. News: Marcelo Signorelli nuevo entrenador de Peñarol en básquetbol: llegó convencido, no pautó premios y pidió dirigir ya . 19 June 2024 . www.elobservador.com.uy . 5 December 2024 . es.
16. News: Gregorio Martínez cruzará el río para dirigir a Biguá de Uruguay . 19 June 2024 . www.basquetplus.com . 20 December 2023.
17. News: Goes cambia entrenador . 19 June 2024 . www.urubasket.com . 1 February 2024.
18. News: Gregorio Martínez renunció como entrenador de Biguá . 20 June 2024 . www.basquetplus.com . 12 March 2024 . es.
19. News: La FUBB eligió a los mejores jugadores de la fase regular de la Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol. 21 June 2024 . www.elobservador.com.uy . 2 May 2024 . es.