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 Team 1Mackay Meteors 15 2 882Brisbane Capitals 14 3 823Rockhampton Rockets 12 5 714Gladstone Port City Power 12 5 715Toowoomba Mountaineers 11 6 656Northside Wizards 11 6 657Cairns Marlins 10 7 598Townsville Heat* 8 8 509Ipswich Force 7 10 4110Suncoast Clippers* 5 11 3211South West Metro Pirates 5 12 2912Logan Thunder 5 12 2913Bundaberg Bulls 2 15 1214Gold 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 Team1Mackay Meteors*3Rockhampton Rockets**4Gladstone Port City Power**7Cairns Marlins8Townsville Heat
# Pool B Team2Brisbane Capitals**6Northside Wizards**10Suncoast Clippers12Logan Thunder13Bundaberg Bulls
# Pool C Team5Toowoomba Mountaineers**9Ipswich Force**11South West Metro Pirates14Gold 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
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 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 Ref 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)
Notes
References
External links 2015 QBL Official Draw