2017–18 Pro B season
# 2017–18 Pro B season

The 2017–18 Pro B season was the 31st season of the Pro B, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). Blois won its first league title.

## Teams

### Promotion and relegation

Orléans Loiret and SLUC Nancy entered the league after they relegated from the 2016–17 Pro A season. UJAP Quimper 29 and Caen Basket Calvados were promoted from the 2016–17 NM1 season.

## Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The table leader will promote to the Pro A while the numbers two until nine qualify for the promotion playoffs. The last two placed teams are relegated to the NM1.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ADA Blois 41 (C, P) | 34 | 27 | 7 | Promotion to Pro A |
| 2 | Chorale Roanne | 34 | 26 | 8 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Orléans Loiret | 34 | 25 | 9 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Fos Provence (O, P) | 34 | 24 | 10 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 5 | Lille Métropole | 34 | 23 | 11 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 6 | Saint-Chamond | 34 | 22 | 12 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 7 | SLUC Nancy | 34 | 19 | 15 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 8 | Rouen Métropole | 34 | 17 | 17 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 9 | ALM Évreux | 34 | 16 | 18 | |
| 10 | Denain Voltaire | 34 | 16 | 18 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 11 | AMSB | 34 | 15 | 19 | |
| 12 | JA Vichy-Clermont Métropole | 34 | 14 | 20 | |
| 13 | Hermine Nantes | 34 | 12 | 22 | |
| 14 | Caen Calvados | 34 | 12 | 22 | |
| 15 | UJAP Quimper 29 | 34 | 11 | 23 | |
| 16 | Poitiers 86 | 34 | 11 | 23 | |
| 17 | STB Le Havre | 34 | 10 | 24 | Relegation to NM1 |
| 18 | UJAP Quimper 29 | 34 | 11 | 23 | Relegation to NM1 |

* ↑ Denain Voltaire automatically qualified for the playoffs as winners of the Leaders Cup.

## Promotion playoffs

The seven highest ranked seeds in the regular season, excluding the league champions, qualify for the promotion playoffs. They are joined by the winner of the LNB Pro B Leaders Cup. All rounds of the promotion playoffs are played in a best-of-three format.

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2Chorale Roanne | 2Chorale Roanne | 68 | 74 | | | | |
| LCDenain Voltaire | LCDenain Voltaire | 60 | 54 | | | | |
| LCDenain Voltaire | LCDenain Voltaire | 60 | 54 | 2Chorale Roanne | 83 | 52 | 71 |
| | | | | 5Lille Métropole | 36 | 77 | 55 |
| 5Lille Métropole | 5Lille Métropole | 81 | 80 | 5Lille Métropole | 36 | 77 | 55 |
| 6Saint-Chamond | 6Saint-Chamond | 65 | 56 | | | | | | | | |
| 6Saint-Chamond | 6Saint-Chamond | 65 | 56 | | | | | 2Chorale Roanne | 2Chorale Roanne | 68 | 70 |
| | | | | | | | | 4Fos Provence | 4Fos Provence | 72 | 76 |
| 3Orléans | 112 | 76 | 85 | | | | | 4Fos Provence | 4Fos Provence | 72 | 76 |
| 8Rouen Métropole | 110 | 77 | 86 | | | | | | | | |
| 8Rouen Métropole | 110 | 77 | 86 | 8Rouen Métropole | 8Rouen Métropole | 75 | 70 | | | | |
| | | | | 4Fos Provence | 4Fos Provence | 79 | 92 |
| 4Fos | 4Fos | 77 | 73 | 4Fos Provence | 4Fos Provence | 79 | 92 |
| 7SLUC Nancy | 7SLUC Nancy | 62 | 60 | | | | |

## Pro B Leaders Cup

The winner of the LNB Pro B Leaders Cup automatically qualified for the promotion playoffs as the top seeded team. The quarter- and semi-finals in the Leaders Cup are played in two-legged format. The Final was played on 18 February in Disneyland Paris. Prior to the final eight teams, teams played in six groups of three teams to determine which teams would qualify for the quarter-finals.

| Quarterfinals 24–31 October | Quarterfinals 24–31 October | Quarterfinals 24–31 October | Quarterfinals 24–31 October | Semifinals 14 November–5 December | Semifinals 14 November–5 December | Semifinals 14 November–5 December | Semifinals 14 November–5 December | Final 18 February | Final 18 February | Final 18 February | Final 18 February |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SLUC Nancy | 64 | 64 | 128 | | | | |
| Denain Voltaire | 74 | 66 | 140 | | | | |
| Denain Voltaire | 74 | 66 | 140 | Denain Voltaire | 65 | 59 | 124 |
| | | | | STB Le Havre | 65 | 91 | 156 |
| STB Le Havre | 81 | 64 | 145 | STB Le Havre | 65 | 91 | 156 |
| Fos Provence | 73 | 69 | 142 | | | | | | | | |
| Fos Provence | 73 | 69 | 142 | | | | | Denain Voltaire (ot) | Denain Voltaire (ot) | Denain Voltaire (ot) | 98 |
| | | | | | | | | Orléans Loiret | Orléans Loiret | Orléans Loiret | 87 |
| ALM Évreux | 73 | 93 | 166 | | | | | Orléans Loiret | Orléans Loiret | Orléans Loiret | 87 |
| Orléans Loiret | 82 | 96 | 178 | | | | | | | | |
| Orléans Loiret | 82 | 96 | 178 | Orléans Loiret | 68 | 92 | 160 | | | | |
| | | | | Hermine Nantes | 59 | 78 | 137 |
| ADA Blois 41 | 85 | 71 | 156 | Hermine Nantes | 59 | 78 | 137 |
| Hermine Nantes | 87 | 72 | 159 | | | | |

## Individual awards

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team | PIR |
| - | - | - | - |
| October | Miralem Halilović | Orléans Loiret | 22.5 |
| November | Miralem Halilović (2) | Orléans Loiret | 23.7 |
| December | Jerrold Brooks | ADA Blois | 16.5 |
| January | Tyren Johnson | ADA Blois | 22.0 |
| February | Kammeon Hosley | UJAP Quimper 29 | 21.3 |
| March | Benoit Mbala | Chorale Roanne | 17.0 |
| April | Jonathan Hoyaux | Saint-Chamond | 19.0 |
| May | Rakeem Buckels | Lille Métropole | 21.5 |
