2006 LNBP season

24 teams participate. The teams are divided in two groups of 12 teams each, called Zonas (zones): Zona Norte (North) and Zona Sur (South). The first 8 teams in each group qualify for the playoffs. The group playoffs have quarterfinals (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7). The winner of each group series qualify for the championship series (best-of-7), named Final de Finales (Final of Finals).

Team	City	State	Joined	Season No.
Algodoneros de la Comarca	Torreón	Coahuila	2000	7
Astros de Tecate	Tecate	Baja California	2006	1
Barreteros de Zacatecas	Zacatecas City	Zacatecas	2003	4
Bucaneros de Campeche	Campeche City	Campeche	2006	1
Cimarrones de Ensenada	Ensenada	Baja California	2006	1
Cometas de Querétaro	Querétaro City	Querétaro	2003	4
Correcaminos UAT Matamoros	Matamoros	Tamaulipas	2000	7
Correcaminos UAT Reynosa	Reynosa	Tamaulipas	2000	3[2]
Correcaminos UAT Victoria	Ciudad Victoria	Tamaulipas	2000	7
Fuerza Regia de Monterrey	Monterrey	Nuevo León	2001	6
Galgos de Tijuana	Tijuana	Baja California	2005	2
Gambusinos de Fresnillo	Fresnillo	Zacatecas	2002	5
Guerreros de Morelia	Morelia	Michoacán	2006	1
Halcones UV Veracruz	Veracruz	Veracruz	2005	2
Halcones UV Xalapa	Xalapa	Veracruz	2003	4
Lechugueros de León	León	Guanajuato	2004	3
Lobos de la UAdeC	Saltillo	Coahuila	2001	6
Lobos Grises de la UAD	Durango City	Durango	2005	2
La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal	Mexico City	Distrito Federal	2000	7
Mayas de Yucatán	Mérida	Yucatán	2006	1
Panteras de Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes City	Aguascalientes	2003	4
Pioneros de Quintana Roo	Cancún	Quintana Roo	2006	1
Santos Reales de San Luis	San Luis Potosí City	San Luis Potosí	2003	4
Soles de Mexicali	Mexicali	Baja California	2005	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soles de Mexicali	36	32	4	3361	2944	+417	68	2006 LNBP playoffs
2	Lobos Grises de la UAD	36	28	8	3649	3364	+285	64
3	Correcaminos UAT Reynosa	36	25	11	3607	3394	+213	61
4	Lobos de la UAdeC	36	22	14	3607	3448	+159	58
5	Correcaminos UAT Victoria	36	21	15	3409	3310	+99	57
6	Correcaminos UAT Matamoros	36	20	16	3129	3043	+86	56
7	Fuerza Regia de Monterrey	36	17	19	3259	3305	−46	53
8	Santos Reales de San Luis	36	17	19	3500	3484	+16	53
9	Galgos de Tijuana	36	15	21	3374	3342	+32	51
10	Algodoneros de la Comarca	36	10	26	3448	3606	−158	46
11	Cimarrones de Ensenada	36	10	26	3180	3411	−231	46
12	Astros de Tecate	36	0	36	2755	3735	−980	36

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Halcones UV Xalapa	36	30	6	3722	3252	+470	66	2006 LNBP playoffs
2	Lechugueros de León	36	24	12	3409	3265	+144	60
3	Cometas de Querétaro	36	24	12	3173	2979	+194	60
4	Halcones UV Veracruz	36	23	13	3571	3260	+311	59
5	Panteras de Aguascalientes	36	21	15	3144	3114	+30	57
6	La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal	36	21	15	3057	3042	+15	57
7	Mayas de Yucatán	36	19	17	3290	3353	−63	55
8	Bucaneros de Campeche	36	18	18	3247	3259	−12	54
9	Pioneros de Quintana Roo	36	10	26	3116	3280	−164	46
10	Barreteros de Zacatecas	36	10	26	3142	3390	−248	46
11	Gambusinos de Fresnillo	36	9	27	3417	3536	−119	45
12	Guerreros de Morelia	36	6	30	3298	3748	−450	42

Source^[3]

First round

Zone Semifinals

Zone Finals

Final

N1

Soles

3

N8

Santos Reales

0

N1

Soles

3

N4

Lobos

0

N4

Lobos

3

N5

Correcaminos Vic.

1

N1

Soles

4

N2

Lobos Grises

0

N2

Lobos Grises

3

N7

Fuerza Regia

0

N2

Lobos Grises

3

N3

Correcaminos Rey.

0

N3

Correcaminos Rey.

3

N6

Correcaminos Mat.

0

N1

Soles

4

S1

Halcones Xal.

3

S1

Halcones Xal.

3

S8

Bucaneros

1

S1

Halcones Xal.

3

S5

Panteras

0

S4

Halcones Ver.

2

S5

Panteras

3

S1

Halcones Xal.

4

S2

Lechugueros

1

S2

Lechugueros

3

S7

Mayas

1

S2

Lechugueros

3

S3

Cometas

1

S3

Cometas

3

S6

Ola Roja

2

The third edition of the Copa Independencia took place between July 18 and October 3, 2006.^[3] The LNBP changed the format of the competition: all the 24 teams played, divided in groups of 4 teams each.^[4] The two best teams of each group advanced to the following round.^[4]

The competition was won by Lobos Grises de la UAD, which defeated Halcones UV Xalapa over 2 games: the first saw Lobos Grises win, 114–108; the second game went to overtime and saw Halcones win, 107–102, but the Lobos Grises won the series, having scored more points overall.^[5]

All games played on August 29.^[3]

• Soles de Mexicali 92, Lobos Grises de la UAD 85
• Correcaminos UAT Reynosa 91, Galgos de Tijuana 83
• Halcones UV Xalapa 106, Pioneros de Quintana Roo 102
• Guerreros de Morelia 102, Panteras de Aguascalientes 80

All games played on September 5.^[3]

• Lobos Grises de la UAD 114, Soles de Mexicali 78
• Correcaminos UAT Reynosa 105, Galgos 101
• Halcones UV Xalapa 96, Pioneros de Quintana Roo 87
• Panteras de Aguascalientes 86, Guerreros de Morelia 84

Qualified for the semifinals: Correcaminos UAT Reynosa, Guerreros de Morelia, Halcones UV Xalapa, Lobos Grises de la UAD.

All games played on September 12.^[3]

• Correcaminos UAT Reynosa 113, Lobos Grises de la UAD 106
• Halcones UV Xalapa 124, Guerreros de Morelia 102

All games played on September 19.^[3]

• Lobos Grises de la UAD 118, Correcaminos UAT Reynosa 99
• Halcones UV Xalapa 124, Guerreros de Morelia 87

Qualified for the final game: Halcones UV Xalapa, Lobos Grises de la UAD.

• September 26: Lobos Grises de la UAD 114, Halcones UV Xalapa 108
• October 3: Halcones UV Xalapa 107, Lobos Grises de la UAD 102 (OT)^[3]

Lobos Grises de la UAD wins the 2006 Copa Independencia.