2015–16 Aris Thessaloniki B.C. season
# 2015–16 Aris Thessaloniki B.C. season

In the 2015–16 Aris Thessaloniki B.C. season, Aris Thessaloniki finished in the 3rd place of regular season of the Greek Basket League, and then lost to Panathinaikos during the playoff semifinals, with a 3–2 series score. Then the club faced AEK Athens for the playoff's 3rd place, where they lost the series 3–1, and finally finished in fourth place.

Aris Thessaloniki was eliminated by Panathinaikos with in Semifinals of the Greek Basketball Cup.

In the EuroCup, Aris was eliminated in the Last 32. The club was unbeaten in every home game at Nick Galis Hall.

## First-team squad

| # | Position | Player | Height | Born |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | PG | Vassilis Xanthopoulos | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | April 29, 1984 |
| 5 | SG/SF | Tasos Dimas | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | April 10, 1988 |
| 7 | SF | Michalis Pelekanos | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | May 25, 1981 |
| 8 | PF | Slaven Čupković | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | June 23, 1988 |
| 9 | PG/SG | Dimitris Flionis | 1.90 m (6 ft 2.75 in) | April 8, 1997 |
| 10 | PF | Okaro White | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | August 13, 1992 |
| 11 | PG | Dominic Waters | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | September 28, 1986 |
| 12 | PG/SG | Nikos Diplaros | 1.90 m (6 ft 2.75 in) | June 28, 1997 |
| 13 | SG/SF | Theodoros Zaras | 1.97 m (6 ft 5.75 in) | August 12, 1987 |
| 14 | C/PF | Jamelle Hagins | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | October 19, 1990 |
| 15 | PF/C | Jake Cohen | 2.10 m (6 ft 10.75 in) | September 25, 1990 |
| 16 | SG/SF | Spyros Mourtos | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | December 5, 1990 |
| 17 | PF/C | Vassilis Symtsak | 2.07 m (6 ft 9.5 in) | March 3, 1981 |
| 22 | PG/SG | Jerel McNeal | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | June 1, 1987 |

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greek Basket League (Regular Season) | Matchday 1 | — | 3rd | 11 October 2015 | 9 April 2016 |
| Greek Basket League (Playoffs) | Quarter-finals | — | 4th | 16 April 2016 | 28 May 2016 |
| Greek Basketball Cup | Quarterfinals | — | Semifinals | 7 October 2015 | 28 December 2015 |
| EuroCup | First qualifying round | — | Last 32 | 14 October 2015 | 10 February 2016 |

Updated to match played 28 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Greek Basket League (Regular Season) | 26 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2,010 | 1,761 | +249 | 076.92 |
| Greek Basket League (Playoffs) | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 832 | 848 | −16 | 045.45 |
| Greek Basketball Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 151 | −18 | 050.00 |
| EuroCup | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1,160 | 1,139 | +21 | 062.50 |
| Total | 55 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 4,135 | 3,899 | +236 | 065.45 |

Last updated: 28 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Greek Basket League

**Regular season**

**Standings**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2235 | 1688 | +547 | 51 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2135 | 1770 | +365 | 51 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | Aris Thessaliniki | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2010 | 1761 | +249 | 46 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2010 | 1834 | +176 | 44 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | PAOK | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1956 | 1924 | +32 | 39 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | Nea Kifissia | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1964 | 1998 | −34 | 38 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | Kolossos H Hotels | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1918 | 1990 | −72 | 37 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 8 | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1953 | 2098 | −145 | 36 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 9 | Trikala Aries | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1938 | 2061 | −123 | 35 | |
| 10 | Apollon Patras Carna | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1797 | 1952 | −155 | 35 | |
| 11 | Lavrio DHI | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1895 | 2027 | −132 | 35 | |
| 12 | Koroivos | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1809 | 1991 | −182 | 34 | |
| 13 | Arkadikos | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1785 | 2032 | −247 | 34 | Relegation to Greek A2 League |
| 14 | Union Kavala | 26 | 5 | 21 | 1830 | 2109 | −279 | 31 | Relegation to Greek A2 League |

**Regular season**

**Results overview**

| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Double |
| - | - | - | - |
| AEK Athens | 77-76 | 83-74 | 160-150 |
| Apollon Patras Carna | 82-50 | 73-65 | 155-115 |
| Arkadikos | 86-52 | 90-50 | 176-102 |
| Kolossos H Hotels | 83-68 | 70-76 | 153-144 |
| Koroivos | 99-56 | 65-67 | 164-123 |
| Lavrio DHI | 82-68 | 76-68 | 158-136 |
| Nea Kifissia | 81-68 | 67-65 | 148-133 |
| Olympiacos | 70-74 | 64-76 | 134-150 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 70-76 | 56-80 | 126-156 |
| PAOK | 84-72 | 77-69 | 161-141 |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | 72-60 | 88-83 | 160-143 |
| Trikala Aries | 84-79 | 83-68 | 167-147 |
| Union Kavala | 68-50 | 77-71 | 145-121 |

### EuroCup

**Regular season**

**Group table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aris | 10 | 7 | 3 | 731 | 701 | +30 | Advance to Last 32 |
| 2 | UNICS | 10 | 7 | 3 | 800 | 722 | +78 | Advance to Last 32 |
| 3 | Trabzonspor Medical Park | 10 | 5 | 5 | 754 | 759 | −5 | Advance to Last 32 |
| 4 | Banvit | 10 | 5 | 5 | 770 | 757 | +13 | Advance to Last 32 |
| 5 | Budućnost VOLI | 10 | 4 | 6 | 747 | 725 | +22 | |
| 6 | Steaua CSM EximBank București | 10 | 2 | 8 | 676 | 814 | −138 | |

**Last 32**

**Group table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 474 | 442 | +32 | Advance to Eighthfinals |
| 2 | Alba Berlin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 447 | 433 | +14 | Advance to Eighthfinals |
| 3 | Aris | 6 | 3 | 3 | 429 | 438 | −9 | |
| 4 | Neptūnas | 6 | 2 | 4 | 409 | 446 | −37 | |
