2016–17 Lega Basket Serie A
| Season | 2016–17 |
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| Teams | 16 |
| Games played | 240 (Regular season) 24–41 (Playoffs) |
| Dates | 2 October 2016 – June 2017 |
| TV | RAI, Sky Italia |
| Records | |
| Biggest home win |
Capo d'Orlando 96–53 Cantù (30 October 2016) |
| Biggest away win |
Vanoli Cremona 59–78 Trento (29 January 2017) |
| Highest scoring |
Brindisi 106–108 Reyer Venezia (7 January 2017) |
| Winning streak | 10 games EA7 Emporio Armani Milano |
| Losing streak | 8 games Vanoli Cremona |
| Highest attendance | 11,146 EA7 Milano 93–79 Brescia (12 February 2017) |
| Average attendance | 3,791 |
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← 2015–16
2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 20 March 2017.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to PosteMobile.
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| Leader of the Regular Season | |
| Qualification to Playoffs | |
| Relegation to Serie A2 |
The 2016–17 Lega Basket Serie A, will be the 95th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile, which is highest-tier level professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season will start on 2 October 2016 and will finish on 7 May 2017, with the playoffs starting on 12 May (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2017 Euroleague Final Four or for the 2017 Champions League Playoffs) to finish between 16 and 22 June depending on results.
As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano are the defending champions.
A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2015–16 season and one promoted from the 2015–16 Serie A2.
Germani Basket Brescia is the promoted club from the Serie A2 Citroën after beating Fortitudo Bologna at game 5 of league's playoffs, and returns in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 28 years of absence from Serie A.
Brescia replaced Virtus Bologna who was relegated during the previous season.
From the end of the 2015–16 season, Lega Basket Serie A has a new sponsor. The Turkish brand Beko left Serie A after four years of sponsorship. Beko decided to focus just on their sponsorship of the Spanish football team Barcelona.
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