2017 Italian Basketball Cup

The 2017 Italian Basketball Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 49th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is organised by Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 16 to 19 February 2017^[2] in Rimini.^[3]

2017 Italian Basketball Cup

Tournament details
Arena	Padiglioni Fiera Rimini Rimini, Italy
Dates	16–19 February 2017
Final positions
Champions	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Runners-up	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Awards and statistics
MVP	Ricky Hickman
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.^[4]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano went to win his 6th Cup by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari 84–74 in the Finals.^[5] Ricky Hickman was named Finals MVP of the competition.^[6]

Qualification

Qualified for the tournament were selected based on their position on the LBA table at the end of the first half of the season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	15	13	2	1335	1195	+140	Qualified as seeded teams
2	Umana Reyer Venezia	15	11	4	1243	1205	+38
3	Sidigas Avellino	15	11	4	1210	1121	+89
4	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	15	9	6	1215	1217	−2
5	Betaland Capo d'Orlando	15	8	7	1167	1152	+15	Qualified as non-seeded teams
6	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	15	8	7	1177	1118	+59
7	Germani Basket Brescia	15	7	8	1228	1224	+4
8	Enel Brindisi	15	7	8	1278	1242	+36

Source: LBA

Bracket

	Quarter-finals (16-17 February 2017)					Semifinals (18 February 2017)					Final (19 February 2017)
	1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	77
	8	Enel Brindisi	75
						1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	87
						4	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	84
	4	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	63
	5	Betaland Capo d'Orlando	61
											1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	84
											6	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	74
	3	Sidigas Avellino	68
	6	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	69
						6	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	77
						7	Germani Basket Brescia	70
	2	Umana Reyer Venezia	68
	7	Germani Basket Brescia	76

Quarterfinals

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia vs. Betaland Capo d'Orlando

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia v Betaland Capo d'Orlando

16 February 2017 Quarterfinal A	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	63–61	Betaland Capo d'Orlando	Rimini
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 21–17, 15–18, 13–10
RAI	Pts: Aradori 11 Rebs: Reynolds 8 Asts: Aradori, Needham 3 PIR: Kaukėnas 11	Boxscore	Pts: Archie 14 Rebs: Delaš 8 Asts: Stojanović 4 PIR: Archie 23	Arena: Padiglioni Fiera Rimini Referees: Roberto Begnis, Alessandro Martolini, Luca Weidmann

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Derek Needham 6 5 3 SG 8 Amedeo Della Valle 9 4 1 SF 4 Pietro Aradori 11 1 3 PF 6 Achille Polonara 3 7 1 C 14 Riccardo Cervi 10 3 1 Reserves: C 7 Jalen Reynolds 7 8 0 PG 9 Andrea De Nicolao 6 0 1 SF 12 Artūrs Strautiņš 0 0 0 SG 13 Rimantas Kaukėnas 8 5 1 PF 19 Jawad Williams 3 2 0 Head coach: Massimiliano Menetti

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 0 Betaland Capo d'Orlando

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Nikola Ivanović 6 4 1 SG 16 Drake Diener 8 4 0 SF 23 Vojislav Stojanović 2 1 4 PF 13 Mario Delaš 10 8 2 C 7 Antonio Ianuzzi 9 5 0 Reserves: PG 0 Giorgio Galipò DNP SF 4 Milenko Tepić 2 4 1 PG 8 Tommaso Laquintana 3 1 0 SG 9 Zoltán Perl 7 0 1 C 10 Sandro Nicević DNP PF 21 Dominique Archie 14 5 2 PG 100 Antonio Zanatta DNP Head coach: Gennaro Di Carlo

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Enel Brindisi

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Enel Brindisi

16 February 2017 Quarterfinal B	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	77–75	Enel Brindisi	Rimini
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 17–26, 16–17, 16–14
RAI	Pts: McLean 14 Rebs: Mačvan, McLean 7 Asts: Kalnietis 7 PIR: Kalnietis 18	Boxscore	Pts: three players 15 Rebs: M'Baye 9 Asts: Moore 4 PIR: M'Baye 22	Arena: Padiglioni Fiera Rimini Referees: Tolga Sahin, Dino Seghetti, Alessandro Vicino

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 9 Mantas Kalnietis 8 6 7 SG 7 Ricky Hickman 4 1 1 SF 21 Rakim Sanders 12 4 1 PF 13 Milan Mačvan 11 7 0 C 1 Jamel McLean 14 7 1 Reserves: SF 2 Simone Fontecchio 2 2 1 C 11 Miroslav Raduljica 10 4 0 SG 12 Zoran Dragić 8 1 1 PF 14 Davide Pascolo 6 4 2 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 2 2 1 SF 23 Awudu Abass DNP SG 30 Bruno Cerella DNP Head coach: Jasmin Repeša

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Enel Brindisi 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 11 Nic Moore 10 3 4 SG 2 Durand Scott 15 4 2 SF 9 Marco Cardillo 0 4 1 PF 24 Amath M'Baye 15 9 1 C 4 Robert Carter 15 5 2 Reserves: C 1 Danny Agbelese 6 0 0 PG 5 Phil Goss 9 3 0 PF 6 Simone Fiusco DNP PG 7 Blaž Mesiček 0 0 0 SG 15 Daniel Donzelli 5 7 1 PF 33 Giorgio Sgobba DNP PG 45 Marco Spanghero DNP Head coach: Romeo Sacchetti

Sidigas Avellino vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari

Sidigas Avellino v Banco di Sardegna Sassari

17 February 2017 Quarterfinal C	Sidigas Avellino	68–69	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Rimini
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 16–26, 16–17, 14–13
RAI	Pts: Ragland, Thomas 16 Rebs: Fesenko, Thomas 11 Asts: Green 5 PIR: Fesenko 26	Boxscore	Pts: Stipčević 15 Rebs: Lacey 7 Asts: Stipčević, Lacey 3 PIR: Lacey 19	Arena: Padiglioni Fiera Rimini Referees: Dino Seghetti, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Lorenzo Baldini

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Joe Ragland 16 0 2 SG 32 Retin Obasohan 0 2 1 SF 55 Adonis Thomas 16 11 3 PF 10 Maarten Leunen 5 3 2 C 44 Kyrylo Fesenko 12 11 1 Reserves: PF 0 Andrea Zerini 0 3 0 PG 4 Marques Green 5 3 5 PF 6 Michele Esposito DNP SG 8 Lorenzo Esposito DNP SG 19 Giovanni Severini 0 0 0 SG 20 Levi Randolph 14 2 1 SF 57 Salvatore Parlato 0 0 0 Head coach: Stefano Sacripanti

Sidigas Avellino 0 Banco di Sardegna Sassari

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 David Bell 8 1 1 SG 7 Trevor Lacey 14 7 3 SF 8 Giacomo Devecchi 0 0 0 PF 14 Brian Sacchetti 7 2 2 C 16 Tautvydas Lydeka 2 1 0 Reserves: PG 10 Lorenzo D'Ercole 0 1 0 PF 20 Duško Savanović 6 6 1 SF 23 Josh Carter 7 4 2 SG 24 Rok Stipčević 15 2 3 C 31 Gani Lawal 10 5 1 PG 32 Diego Monaldi DNP PF 99 Michele Ebeling DNP Head coach: Federico Pasquini

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Germani Basket Brescia

Umana Reyer Venezia v Germani Basket Brescia

17 February 2017 Quarterfinal D	Umana Reyer Venezia	68–76	Germani Basket Brescia	Rimini
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 22–17, 18–14, 13–20
RAI	Pts: Bramos 22 Rebs: Perić 6 Asts: Haynes 5 PIR: Bramos 24	Boxscore	Pts: Landry 19 Rebs: Moss 8 Asts: Vitali 8 PIR: Landry 21	Arena: Padiglioni Fiera Rimini

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 MarQuez Haynes 8 3 5 SG 25 Tyrus McGee 8 4 1 SF 3 Melvin Ejim 9 5 3 PF 6 Michael Bramos 22 1 1 C 2 Jamelle Hagins 4 4 2 Reserves: SF 4 Hrvoje Perić 8 6 1 SG 9 Riccardo Visconti 0 0 0 PG 12 Ariel Filloy DNP PF 14 Tomas Ress 2 1 0 C 16 Benjamin Ortner 4 1 0 SG 18 Martino Criconia DNP SF 22 Jeffrey Viggiano 3 1 2 Head coach: Walter De Raffaele

Umana Reyer Venezia 0 Germani Basket Brescia

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Luca Vitali 11 6 8 SG 34 David Moss 10 8 2 SF 8 Marcus Landry 19 6 1 PF 2 Lee Moore 2 4 1 C 4 Jared Berggren 14 3 0 Reserves: PG 10 Alessio Bolis DNP SG 12 Berthol Nyonse DNP PF 23 Christian Burns 15 7 0 SG 31 Michele Vitali 0 3 2 SG 70 Franko Bushati 5 3 0 Head coach: Andrea Diana

Semifinals

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan rallied to beat Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 84-87 and reach Italian Cup finals. Rakim Sanders led the way with 22 points and 5 steals, while Davide Pascolo scored 9 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter for Milan. Pietro Aradori was Reggio Emilia’s top scorer with 14 points. Reggio Emilia had 8 different scorers in the first quarter, and finished it with a 14-4 run, capped with an Aradori triple that made it 26-18. Reggio Emilia extended it to 38-28 in the second, but Sanders scored 11 points in the second stanza to help Milan get back and tie the game at 45-45 at halftime. Teams traded leads in the third, and Aradori’s basket got Reggio Emilia in front at the end of the third quarter, 64-59. Davide Pascolo kept Milan in touch in the fourth, before Zoran Dragic, Andrea Cinciarini and Milan Macvan hit back-to-back threes to make it 81-87, and Milan held on for victory. In Sunday’s final, Milan will play Banco di Sardegna Sassari which downed Germani Basket Brescia 77-70. Trevor Lacey had 15 points plus 8 rebounds, and Rok Stipcevic scored 13 points in victory.^[7]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia

18 February 2017 Semifinal A	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	87–84	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Rimini
17:30 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 27–19, 14–19, 28–20
RAI	Pts: Sanders 22 Rebs: McLean 7 Asts: three players 5 PIR: Sanders 27	Boxscore	Pts: Aradori 14 Rebs: Polonara 6 Asts: Della Valle, Kaukėnas 4 PIR: three players 15	Arena: Padiglioni Fiera Rimini Referees: Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Manuel Mazzoni, Michele Rossi

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Ricky Hickman 6 3 1 SG 12 Zoran Dragić 9 1 0 SF 21 Rakim Sanders 22 4 5 PF 13 Milan Mačvan 7 5 1 C 11 Miroslav Raduljica 9 1 3 Reserves: C 1 Jamel McLean 7 7 3 SF 2 Simone Fontecchio DNP PG 9 Mantas Kalnietis 8 0 5 PF 14 Davide Pascolo 14 4 0 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 5 4 5 SF 23 Awudu Abass 0 0 0 SG 30 Bruno Cerella DNP Head coach: Jasmin Repeša

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 0 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Derek Needham 11 4 2 SG 8 Amedeo Della Valle 12 2 4 SF 4 Pietro Aradori 14 2 2 PF 6 Achille Polonara 4 6 1 C 14 Riccardo Cervi 3 2 0 Reserves: C 7 Jalen Reynolds 12 4 0 PG 9 Andrea De Nicolao 13 1 1 SF 12 Artūrs Strautiņš 0 0 0 SG 13 Rimantas Kaukėnas 6 3 4 PF 19 Jawad Williams 9 1 0 Head coach: Massimiliano Menetti

Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Germani Basket Brescia

Banco di Sardegna Sassari v Germani Basket Brescia

18 February 2017 Semifinal B	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	77–70	Germani Basket Brescia	Rimini
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 11–24, 27–16, 17–15
RAI	Pts: Lacey 15 Rebs: Lacey 8 Asts: Lacey 5 PIR: Lacey 26	Boxscore	Pts: Landry 20 Rebs: Lee Moore 8 Asts: Vitali 8 PIR: Landry 18	Arena: Padiglioni Fiera Rimini Referees: Tolga Sahin, Saverio Lanzarini, Gianluca Sardella

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 David Bell 10 4 2 SG 7 Trevor Lacey 15 8 5 SF 8 Giacomo Devecchi 8 2 0 PF 14 Brian Sacchetti 3 3 0 C 16 Tautvydas Lydeka 6 4 1 Reserves: PG 10 Lorenzo D'Ercole 0 0 0 PF 20 Duško Savanović 12 6 1 SF 23 Josh Carter 0 1 0 SG 24 Rok Stipčević 13 2 0 C 31 Gani Lawal 10 7 0 PG 32 Diego Monaldi DNP PF 99 Michele Ebeling DNP Head coach: Federico Pasquini

Banco di Sardegna Sassari Germani Basket Brescia

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Luca Vitali 7 4 8 SG 34 David Moss 8 3 0 SF 8 Marcus Landry 20 3 0 PF 2 Lee Moore 16 8 1 C 4 Jared Berggren 4 4 0 Reserves: PG 10 Alessio Bolis DNP SG 12 Berthol Nyonse DNP PF 23 Christian Burns 2 6 0 SG 31 Michele Vitali 8 5 1 SG 70 Franko Bushati 5 1 0 Head coach: Andrea Diana

Final

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano successfully defended the Italian Cup with an 84-74 come-from-behind win over Banco di Sardegna Sassari in the final on Sunday. Ricky Hickman made 5 of 7 shots from downtown en route to 25 points, Rakim Sanders scored 15 points and Milan Macvan added 11 for the winners. Sassari took charge from the start with a 2-13 run and led 11-19 after 10 minutes. A Josh Carter triple made it 15-25 midway through the second quarter, but Sanders heated up as Milan fought back and Hickman’s triple to end the half drew Milan within 34-36. A three by Sanders to open the second half gave Milan its first lead. Hickman netted another three and Davide Pascolo converted a three-point play to boost the margin to 46-40. Andrea Cinciarini further extended the margin to 9 before strong play by Gani Lawal sparked a Sassari comeback. A David Bell jumper made it 56-54 through three quarters. It was still a 2-point game four minutes into the fourth quarter when Hickman and Macvan combined for all Milan’s points in an 11-2 march to take a 75-64 advantage with 3:38 remaining. Sassari raced back with 8 straight points, but was held to a single basket over the final two minutes as Milan closed out the game from the line. Trevor Lacey paced Sassari with 15 points, Lawal scored 13 and Rok Stipcevic 11.^[8]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Banco di Sardegna Sassari

19 February 2017 Final	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	84–74	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Rimini
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 23–17, 22–18, 28–20
RAI	Pts: Hickman 25 Rebs: Mačvan 7 Asts: Cinciarini 4 PIR: Hickman 26	Boxscore	Pts: Lacey 15 Rebs: Lydeka 9 Asts: Sacchetti 4 PIR: Lawal 17	Arena: Padiglioni Fiera Rimini Referees: Roberto Begnis, Dino Seghetti, Massimiliano Filippini

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Ricky Hickman 25 3 2 SG 9 Mantas Kalnietis 9 3 2 SF 21 Rakim Sanders 15 6 3 PF 14 Davide Pascolo 5 1 1 C 11 Miroslav Raduljica 0 2 0 Reserves: C 1 Jamel McLean 6 4 2 SF 2 Simone Fontecchio DNP SG 12 Zoran Dragić 7 4 0 PF 13 Milan Mačvan 11 7 1 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 6 6 4 SF 23 Awudu Abass DNP SG 30 Bruno Cerella 0 0 0 Head coach: Jasmin Repeša

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 0 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italian Cup MVP Ricky Hickman Game rules Game played under FIBA rules. 2017 Italian Cup Winners EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 6th title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 David Bell 5 1 1 SG 7 Trevor Lacey 15 2 1 SF 8 Giacomo Devecchi 3 2 1 PF 14 Brian Sacchetti 3 3 4 C 16 Tautvydas Lydeka 9 9 2 Reserves: PG 10 Lorenzo D'Ercole 0 0 1 PF 20 Duško Savanović 7 6 0 SF 23 Josh Carter 8 3 2 SG 24 Rok Stipčević 11 1 2 C 31 Gani Lawal 13 7 0 PG 32 Diego Monaldi DNP PF 99 Michele Ebeling DNP Head coach: Federico Pasquini

Sponsors

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Radio Italia (media partner) La Gazzetta dello Sport (media partner) Rai Sport (media partner) Acqua Lete (official water) Dr. Gibaud Anthea Fiat

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