2015 Queensland Basketball League season
# 2015 Queensland Basketball League season

The 2015 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 30th running of the competition. The Mackay Meteors won the championship in 2015 to claim their third league title.

The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Logan Thunder, Mackay Meteors, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Suncoast Clippers, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat.

## Team information

| Team | Home Stadium | Head Coach | Import | Import |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Brisbane Capitals | NAB Stadium | Geoff Tarrant | Aaron Anderson | |
| Bundaberg Bulls | WIN Stadium | Larry Daniels | Willie Shackleford | Ricky James |
| Cairns Marlins | Bendigo Bank Stadium | Jamie Pearlman | | |
| Gladstone Port City Power | Kev Broome Stadium | Derek Rucker | Ray Willis | Justin Baker |
| Gold Coast Rollers | The Southport School | Doug Garvie | Devon Sullivan | |
| Ipswich Force | Cotton On Foundation Stadium | Mick Conlon | James Legan | Kyle Harvey |
| Logan Thunder | Cornubia Park Sports Centre | Ben Johnson | | |
| Mackay Meteors | Candlestick Park | Joel Khalu | Braydon Hobbs | |
| Northside Wizards | South Pine Sports Complex | Andrew Latimer | Evan Coulter | Darren Moore |
| Rockhampton Rockets | Hegvold Stadium | Neal Tweedy | Chehales Tapscott | Dominic Cheek |
| South West Metro Pirates | Hibiscus Sports Complex | Luke Petersen | Ishmael Hollis | |
| Suncoast Clippers | Maroochydore Basketball Stadium | Bradley Melton | Michael Stone | Eren Moses |
| Toowoomba Mountaineers | USQ, Clive Berghofer Recreation Centre | Anthony Corcoran | Erron Maxey | Jeremy Kendle |
| Townsville Heat | Townsville Basketball Stadium | Rod Anderson | | |

## Standings

| # | Regular Season Standings | Regular Season Standings | Regular Season Standings | Regular Season Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT |
| 1 | Mackay Meteors | 15 | 2 | 88 |
| 2 | Brisbane Capitals | 14 | 3 | 82 |
| 3 | Rockhampton Rockets | 12 | 5 | 71 |
| 4 | Gladstone Port City Power | 12 | 5 | 71 |
| 5 | Toowoomba Mountaineers | 11 | 6 | 65 |
| 6 | Northside Wizards | 11 | 6 | 65 |
| 7 | Cairns Marlins | 10 | 7 | 59 |
| 8 | Townsville Heat* | 8 | 8 | 50 |
| 9 | Ipswich Force | 7 | 10 | 41 |
| 10 | Suncoast Clippers* | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 11 | South West Metro Pirates | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 12 | Logan Thunder | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 13 | Bundaberg Bulls | 2 | 15 | 12 |
| 14 | Gold Coast Rollers | 1 | 16 | 6 |

*Every team competed in 17 regular season games over 15 rounds except for the Townsville Heat and Suncoast Clippers. The Round 1 match-up between the two sides was abandoned after the referees couldn't make it to the game due to poor weather in the Maroochydore area.

### Finals

| # | Pool A |
| - | - |
| # | Team |
| 1 | Mackay Meteors* |
| 3 | Rockhampton Rockets** |
| 4 | Gladstone Port City Power** |
| 7 | Cairns Marlins |
| 8 | Townsville Heat |
| # | Pool B |
| # | Team |
| 2 | Brisbane Capitals** |
| 6 | Northside Wizards** |
| 10 | Suncoast Clippers |
| 12 | Logan Thunder |
| 13 | Bundaberg Bulls |
| # | Pool C |
| # | Team |
| 5 | Toowoomba Mountaineers** |
| 9 | Ipswich Force** |
| 11 | South West Metro Pirates |
| 14 | Gold Coast Rollers |

*The team that finishes 1st overall goes straight through to the semi-finals.

**The top two teams from each pool face-off in the quarter-finals.

* QF 1: 1st in Pool A vs. 2nd in Pool A
* QF 2: 1st in Pool B vs. 2nd in Pool C
* QF 3: 1st in Pool C vs. 2nd in Pool B

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | Mackay Meteors | 104 | X | X | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Toowoomba M'taineers | 92 | X | X | | | | |
| 5 | Toowoomba M'taineers | 108 | X | X | 5 | Toowoomba M'taineers | 92 | X | X | | | | |
| 6 | Northside Wizards | 96 | X | X | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Northside Wizards | 96 | X | X | | | | | | Mackay Meteors | 82 | 73 | 88 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Brisbane Capitals | 76 | 85 | 86 |
| 2 | Brisbane Capitals | 90 | X | X | | | | | | | | | | Brisbane Capitals | 76 | 85 | 86 |
| 9 | Ipswich Force | 85 | X | X | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ipswich Force | 85 | X | X | 2 | Brisbane Capitals | 78 | X | X | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Gladstone PC Power | 77 | X | X | | | | |
| 3 | Rockhampton Rockets | 86 | X | X | 4 | Gladstone PC Power | 77 | X | X | | | | |
| 4 | Gladstone PC Power | 94 | X | X | | | | | | | | | |

## Awards

### Player of the Week

| Round | Player | Team | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | James Legan | Ipswich Force | |
| 2 | Chehales Tapscott | Rockhampton Rockets | |
| 3 | Chehales Tapscott | Rockhampton Rockets | |
| 4 | Drew Phillips | Brisbane Capitals | |
| 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 6 | Ishmael Hollis | South West Metro Pirates | |
| 7 | Matthew Adekponya | Mackay Meteors | |
| 8 | Ray Willis | Gladstone Port City Power | |
| 9 | Nicholas Kay | Northside Wizards | |
| 10 | Jeremy Kendle | Toowoomba Mountaineers | |
| 11 | Chehales Tapscott | Rockhampton Rockets | |
| 12 | Ray Willis | Gladstone Port City Power | |
| 13 | Ricky James | Bundaberg Bulls | |
| 14 | Ryan Jeffries | Brisbane Capitals | |
| 15 | Kyle Harvey | Ipswich Force | |

### Coach of the Month

| Month | Coach | Team |
| - | - | - |
| May | Joel Khalu | Mackay Meteors |
| June | Joel Khalu | Mackay Meteors |
| July | Geoff Tarrant | Brisbane Capitals |

### Statistics leaders

| Category | Player | Team | Stat |
| - | - | - | - |
| Points per game | Jeremy Kendle | Toowoomba Mountaineers | 30.5 |
| Rebounds per game | Willie Shackleford | Bundaberg Bulls | 17.2 |
| Assists per game | Mitch Philp | Rockhampton Rockets | 7.1 |
| Steals per game | Aaron Anderson | Brisbane Capitals | 2 |
| Blocks per game | Nelson Kahler | Suncoast Clippers | 2.3 |
| Field goal percentage | Matthew Andronicos | Cairns Marlins | 60.6% |
| 3-pt field goal percentage | Kyle Keirnan | Logan Thunder | 45.4% |
| Free throw percentage | James Legan | Ipswich Force | 88.8% |

### Regular season

* Most Valuable Player: Jeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers)
* Coach of the Year: Joel Khalu (Mackay Meteors)
* U23 Youth Player of the Year: Mitch Norton (Townsville Heat)
* All-League Team:
   * G: Jeremy Kendle (Toowoomba Mountaineers)
   * G: Braydon Hobbs (Mackay Meteors)
   * F: Chehales Tapscott (Rockhampton Rockets)
   * F: Erron Maxey (Toowoomba Mountaineers)
   * C: Dusty Rychart (Brisbane Capitals)

### Finals

* Grand Final MVP: Braydon Hobbs (Mackay Meteors)
