2011–12 Dutch Basketball League

The 2011–12 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 52nd season of the highest Dutch professional basketball league. The regular season started on 8 October 2011. EiffelTowers Den Bosch won its 15th national championship, after beating ZZ Leiden 4–1 in the Finals.^[1] Seamus Boxley received the Most Valuable Player award this season.^[2]

Dutch Basketball League
Season	2011–12
Dates	8 October 2011–15 April 2012
Teams	8
Regular season
Season MVP	Seamus Boxley
Finals
Champions	EiffelTowers Den Bosch (15th title)
Runners-up	ZZ Leiden
Statistical leaders
Points Tyrone Sally 18.5
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Rules

This was the first season played with new rules about foreign players; all teams were allowed to have no more than four foreign players on their roster.

Foreign players

Aris Leeuwarden	Lance Jeter	Manny Adako	Gerad Punch	Brandon Rozzell	Mark Sanchez	Clavin Chitwood
GasTerra Flames	Sergio de Randamie	Alex Wesby	Jason Dourisseau	David Bell	Avis Wyatt
ZZ Leiden	Seamus Boxley	Thomas Jackson	Jevohn Shepherd	Gabe Kennedy
EiffelTowers Den Bosch	Frank Turner	Tai Wesley	David Gonzalvez
Maxxcom BSW	DeMario Anderson	Robbie Harman	Yamene Coleman	Rahmon Fletscher	Donte Minter
Rotterdam Basketbal	Tyrone Sally
Magixx	Maurice Acker	Markel Humphrey	Kelvin Martin	Lucas Hargrove
Landstede Basketbal	Damon Huffman	Amu Saaka	Cameron Wells	Kareem Maddox	Ram Elias-Pour

Source: Eurobasket

Teams

Den Bosch

Leeuwarden

Zwolle

Rotterdam

Groningen

Nijmegen

Leiden

Weert

Location of teams in the 2011–12 Dutch Basketball League

The league started with 8 teams in the 2011-12 season. WCAA Giants and ABC Amsterdam, quarterfinalist last year, didn't return because the clubs went bankrupt.

• EiffelTowers Den Bosch from 's-Hertogenbosch
• GasTerra Flames from Groningen
• Lasaulec Aris from Leeuwarden
• Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden from Leiden
• Magixx Playing for KidsRights from Nijmegen
• Rotterdam Basketbal College from Rotterdam
• Stepco BSW from Weert
• Landstede Basketbal from Zwolle

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ZZ Leiden	28	22	6	2100	1838	+262	44	Qualification for second stage
2	GasTerra Flames	28	21	7	2094	1923	+171	42
3	EiffelTowers Den Bosch	28	21	7	2333	2015	+318	42
4	Magixx Playing for KidsRights	28	17	11	2237	2201	+36	34
5	Landstede	28	12	16	2039	2001	+38	24
6	Lasaulec Aris	28	10	18	2176	2235	−59	20
7	Stepco BSW	28	5	23	1969	2236	−267	10
8	Rotterdam Basketbal College	28	4	24	1810	2309	−499	8

Source: DBL

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ZZL	DBO	ARI
1	ZZ Leiden	4	3	1	312	293	+19	6	Advance to semifinals		—	78–77	82–72
2	EiffelTowers Den Bosch	4	2	2	319	305	+14	4			89–65	—	92–71
3	Lasaulec Aris	4	1	3	289	322	−33	2			55–87	91–61	—

Source: DBL

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GTF	LAN	MAG
1	GasTerra Flames	4	3	1	324	292	+32	6	Advance to semifinals		—	84–80	85–63
2	Landstede	4	2	2	324	336	−12	4			63–78	—	95–94
3	Magixx Playing for KidsRights	4	1	3	323	343	−20	2			86–77	80–86	—

Source: DBL

Playoffs

The two group winners from the second stage advanced to the playoffs. The semifinals were played in a best-of-five format, while the finals were played in a best-of-seven format. Home advantage was decided by the regulars season seeds of the teams. The home team in each series alternated each game.

	Semi-finals										Final
	1 ZZ Leiden				76	76	63	62
	5 Landstede				63	72	69	43
											1 ZZ Leiden			79	70	74	70	61
											3 EiffelTowers Den Bosch			81	85	77	65	65
	2 GasTerra Flames			67	54	72	74	73
	3 EiffelTowers Den Bosch			54	80	49	81	74

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Seamus Boxley (ZZ Leiden)

All-Star Team

• Thomas Jackson (ZZ Leiden)
• Alex Wesby (GasTerra Flames)
• Markel Humphrey (Magixx)
• Seamus Boxley (ZZ Leiden)
• Tai Wesley (EiffelTowers)

Statistical Player of the Year

• Tai Wesley (EiffelTowers)

MVP Under 23

• Thomas Koenis (GasTerra Flames)

Rookie of the Year

• Valentijn Lietmeijer (Lasaulec Aris)

Most Improved Player

• Leon Williams (Rotterdam Basketbal)

Coach of the Year

• Toon van Helfteren (ZZ Leiden)

In European competitions

Club	Competition	Result	W–L	Ref
GasTerra Flames	Eurocup	Regular season	0–6
ZZ Leiden	EuroChallenge	Last 16	5–7	[3]
Overall			5–13