2016 Queensland Basketball League season

Team	Home stadium	Head coach	Import	Import
Brisbane Capitals	NAB Stadium	Geoff Tarrant	Aaron Anderson
Bundaberg Bulls	WIN Stadium	Larry Daniels	Willie Shackleford	Scheraun King
Cairns Marlins	Early Settler Stadium	Jamie Pearlman
Gladstone Port City Power	Kev Broome Stadium	Blair Smith	Ray Willis	Marvin Williams
Gold Coast Rollers	The Southport School	Pero Cameron	Thalo Green	Lonnie Funderburke
Ipswich Force	Cotton On Foundation Stadium	Mick Conlon	James Legan	Kyle Harvey
Logan Thunder	Cornubia Park Sports Centre	Derek Rucker	Justin Baker
Mackay Meteors	Candlestick Park	Ken Furdek	Gareth Dawson
Rockhampton Rockets	Hegvold Stadium	Neal Tweedy	Jordan Gregory	Ray Turner
South West Metro Pirates	Hibiscus Sports Complex	Nate Tate	Jason Conrad	Tanner McGrew
Sunshine Coast Phoenix Clippers	Maroochydore Basketball Stadium	Warrick Meehl	Eric McAlister	Lester Ferguson
Sunshine Coast Rip	USC Sports Stadium	Nathan Arousi	Lance Hurdle	Isaiah Harrison
Toowoomba Mountaineers	USQ, Clive Berghofer Recreation Centre	Anthony Corcoran	Erron Maxey	Chris Whitehead
Townsville Heat	Townsville Basketball Stadium	Rod Anderson

#	Regular Season Standings
	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Townsville Heat	14	3	82
2	Brisbane Capitals	13	4	76
3	South West Metro Pirates	12	5	71
4	Logan Thunder	12	5	71
5	Cairns Marlins	11	6	65
6	Mackay Meteors	11	6	65
7	Rockhampton Rockets	9	8	53
8	Ipswich Force	8	9	47
9	Sunshine Coast Phoenix Clippers	7	10	41
10	Gladstone Port City Power	7	10	41
11	Sunshine Coast Rip	5	12	29
12	Gold Coast Rollers	5	12	29
13	Toowoomba Mountaineers	3	14	18
14	Bundaberg Bulls	2	15	12

*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^[3][4]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

1

Townsville Heat

79

X

X

5

Cairns Marlins

96

X

X

5

Cairns Marlins

99

X

X

6

Mackay Meteors

82

X

X

Cairns Marlins

93

85

X

Brisbane Capitals

85

71

X

2

Brisbane Capitals

97

X

X

8

Ipswich Force

85

X

X

2

Brisbane Capitals

107

X

X

4

Logan Thunder

84

X

X

3

South West Metro Pirates

69

X

X

4

Logan Thunder

85

X

X

Round	Player	Team	Ref
1	Kurt Thompson	Brisbane Capitals	[5]
2	Mitchell Young	Logan Thunder	[6]
3	Ray Willis	Gladstone Port City Power	[7]
4	Scheraun King	Bundaberg Bulls	[8]
5	N/A[a]
6	Shaun Bruce	Mackay Meteors	[9]
7	James Legan	Ipswich Force	[10]
8	Jaryd Eustace	Ipswich Force	[11]
9	Jordan Gregory	Rockhampton Rockets	[12]
10	James Legan	Ipswich Force	[13]
11	Tanner McGrew	South West Metro Pirates	[14]
12	Michael Cedar	Logan Thunder	[15]
13	Ray Willis	Gladstone Port City Power	[16]
14	Aaron Anderson	Brisbane Capitals	[17]
15	Tanner McGrew	South West Metro Pirates	[18]

Month	Coach	Team	Ref
May	Rod Anderson	Townsville Heat	[19]
June	Rod Anderson	Townsville Heat	[20]
July	Jamie Pearlman	Cairns Marlins	[21]

Stats as of the end of the regular season

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	James Legan	Ipswich Force	30.1
Rebounds per game	Tanner McGrew	South West Metro Pirates	14.9
Assists per game	Mitch Philp	Rockhampton Rockets	7.0
Steals per game	Aaron Anderson	Brisbane Capitals	3.5
Blocks per game	Nelson Kahler	Sunshine Coast Phoenix Clippers	1.9
Field goal percentage	Auryn Macmillan	Rockhampton Rockets	62.6%
3-pt field goal percentage	Zane Meehl	Sunshine Coast Phoenix Clippers	53.7%
Free throw percentage	Alex Loughton	Cairns Marlins	92.5%

• Most Valuable Player: Tanner McGrew (South West Metro Pirates)^[22]
• Coach of the Year: Rod Anderson (Townsville Heat)
• U23 Youth Player of the Year: Mirko Djeric (Townsville Heat)
• All-League Team:
  • G: Shaun Bruce (Mackay Meteors)
  • G: Ray Willis (Gladstone Port City Power)
  • F: Tanner McGrew (South West Metro Pirates)
  • F: Mitchell Young (Logan Thunder)
  • C: Cameron Tragardh (Cairns Marlins)

• Grand Final MVP: Cameron Tragardh (Cairns Marlins)^[23]