2023–24 LUB season

The 2023–24 LUB season, was the 21st season of the top Uruguayan professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 24 October 2023 with the regular season and ended on 17 June 2024 with the finals.

Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol
Season	2023–24
Games played	221
Teams	14
Regular season
Top seed	Peñarol
Season MVP	Jayson Granger
Relegated	Goes Larre Borges
Finals
Champions	Aguada 4th LUB title 11th Uruguayan title
Runners-up	Peñarol
Semifinalists	Nacional Defensor Sporting
Finals MVP	Donald Sims
Statistical leaders
Points Donald Sims 23.8 Rebounds Miguel Simón 13.1 Assists Santiago Vidal 7.2
Records
Biggest home win	Nacional 111–61 Goes (12 January 2024)
Biggest away win	Hebraica y Macabi 52–93 Nacional (17 April 2024)
Highest scoring	Aguada 105–111 Nacional (18 January 2024) Aguada 115–101 Nacional (14 May 2024)
Winning streak	14 games Peñarol
Losing streak	11 games Larre Borges
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Hebraica y Macabi was the defending champion which was swept in quarterfinals by Defensor Sporting.

The champion was Aguada, who, repeating much of Biguá's two-time champion team, defeated Peñarol 4–1 in the finals.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 11 sides from the 2022–23 season, one promoted from the 2022 El Metro and two qualified from the OBL. Tabaré, which achieved promotion, declined to participate in the league.^[1]

Teams promoted from El Metro

• Cordón^[2]

Teams relegated to El Metro

• Olimpia^[3]
• Urunday Universitario^[4]

Venues and locations

Montevideo

Remeros

Racing

Urupan

Location of teams in 2023–24 LUB

Aguada

Biguá

Cordón

Defensor Sporting

Hebraica y Macabi

Goes

Larre Borges

Malvín

Nacional

Peñarol

Trouville

Location of teams from the Montevideo in 2023–24 LUB

Team	Home City	Arena	Capacity
Aguada	Montevideo	Estadio Propio Aguatero	3,738
Biguá		Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz[5]	1,200
Cordón		Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella	710
Defensor Sporting		Estadio Óscar Magurno[6]	800
Goes		Estadio Plaza de las Misiones	1,800
Hebraica Macabi		Gimnasio Unión Atlética[5][7]	750
Larre Borges		Estadio Romeo Schinca	900
Malvín		Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil	900
Nacional		Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central	800
Peñarol		Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi	4,700
Racing	Mercedes	Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini[8]	400
Remeros de Mercedes	Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini	400
Trouville	Montevideo	Gimnasio Trouville[5]	780
Urupan	Pando	Gimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti	700

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Aguada	Germán Cortizas	Juan Santiso	Puma
Biguá	Nicolás Mazzarino	Leandro García Morales	B31
Cordón	Nicolás Díaz	Federico Bavosi	MGR
Defensor Sporting	Gonzalo Fernández	Federico Soto	Kelme
Goes	Gustavo Reig	Álex López	1934
Hebraica y Macabi	Leonardo Zylbersztein	Luciano Parodi	Concreto
Larre Borges	Mathías Nieto	Mauro Zubiaurre	MGR
Malvín	Federico Camiña	Kiril Wachsmann	Joma
Nacional	Álvaro Ponce	Alejandro Acosta	Umbro
Peñarol	Marcelo Signorelli	Jayson Granger	Puma
Racing	Claudio Batista	Nicolás Ibarra	MGR
Remeros	Ignacio Borges	Fernando Siniestro	MGR
Trouville	Pablo Morales	Santiago Fernández	Xu
Urupan	Diego Palacios	Mateo Sarni	MGR

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Cordón	Álvaro Ponce	Signed by Nacional	9 December 2022[9]	Pre-season	Nicolás Díaz	16 June 2023
Goes	Guillermo Narvarte	Signed by Trotamundos de Carabobo	10 April 2023[10]		Luis Silveira	30 June 2023[11]
Trouville	Marcelo Signorelli	End of contract	12 April 2023		Pablo Morales	19 April 2023
Goes	Luis Silveira	Sacked	4 November 2023[12]	12th (0–3)	Andrés Borroni	4 November 2023[13]
Peñarol	Pablo López		3 December 2023[14]	12th (4–2)	Marcelo Signorelli	5 December 2023[15]
Biguá	Diego Cal		15 December 2023[16]	4th (6–7)	Nicolás Mazzarino (interim)	15 December 2023[16]
	Nicolás Mazzarino	End of interim period	18 December 2023[16]	2nd (7–7)	Gregorio Martínez	20 December 2023[16]
Goes	Andrés Borroni	Sacked	31 January 2024[17]	12th (5–13)	Gustavo Reig	1 February 2024[17]
Biguá	Gregorio Martínez	Resigned	12 March 2024[18]	8th (10–13)	Nicolás Mazzarino	12 March 2024[18]

Torneo Clasificatorio

The Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament) was the first stage of the LUB. The metropolitan clubs played each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table played in the Ronda Título, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six played the Reclasificatorio.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	22	18	4	1802	1543	+259	40	Qualification to Ronda Título
2	Aguada	22	17	5	1967	1774	+193	39
3	Nacional	22	16	6	1945	1779	+166	38
4	Defensor Sporting	22	15	7	1786	1719	+67	37
5	Hebraica y Macabi	22	14	8	1845	1770	+75	36
6	Cordón	22	10	12	1595	1643	−48	32[lower-alpha 1]
7	Biguá	22	10	12	1858	1858	0	32[lower-alpha 1]	Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio
8	Malvín	22	9	13	1790	1779	+11	31
9	Urupan	22	7	15	1710	1856	−146	29[lower-alpha 2]
10	Trouville	22	7	15	1761	1897	−136	29[lower-alpha 2]
11	Goes	22	6	16	1730	1878	−148	25[lower-alpha 3]
12	Larre Borges	22	3	19	1684	1977	−293	25[lower-alpha 4]

Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:

1. Cordón 143–143 Biguá^{[note 1]}
2. Urupan 2–0 Trouville
3. Goes were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's play-in, against Larre Borges^[20]
4. Goes 2–0 Larre Borges

Results

Home \ Away	AGU	BIG	COR	DSC	GOE	HYM	LBO	MAL	NAC	PEÑ	TRO	UPA
Aguada	—	82–62	78–75	92–77	105–91	96–86	94–86	87–85	105–111	77–76	81–69	91–58
Biguá	81–94	—	71–66	87–82	94–91	67–80	94–61	89–75	101–94	81–87	97–82	79–84
Cordón	70–89	77–72	—	74–76	80–71	70–87	81–66	75–69	65–98	67–75	83–97	64–57
Defensor Sporting	85–70	96–86	75–67	—	84–80	78–84	92–77	85–82	91–99	72–79	88–84	78–67
Goes	74–75	91–86	75–84	73–87	—	76–75	80–64	76–78	92–98	77–62	85–93	74–80
Hebraica y Macabi	84–79	93–59	55–66	70–64	85–79	—	94–78	105–99	99–107	73–90	102–85	93–90
Larre Borges	83–104	80–106	83–79	75–85	80–83	88–83	—	89–96	82–94	52–57	84–90	100–88
Malvín	77–87	73–84	78–62	73–75	92–76	84–90	103–70	—	83–84	83–82	92–70	80–73
Nacional	77–68	71–67	86–61	65–72	111–61	79–83	95–67	84–79	—	77–97	83–81	91–78
Peñarol	88–87	92–90	65–75	81–64	90–65	73–52	89–62	82–58	79–68	—	88–52	90–64
Trouville	82–90	92–83	57–72	77–92	90–83	93–74	93–75	75–82	79–99	83–91	—	53–85
Urupan	74–111	90–99	63–82	77–88	85–87	80–98	97–82	79–61	89–74	64–89	88–84	—

Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Ronda Título

The Ronda Título (Title Round) was a stage played to organize the first six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio, in the play-offs. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol	32	24	8	2630	2307	+323	56[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to Play-offs
2	Aguada	32	24	8	2867	2599	+268	56[lower-alpha 1]
3	Nacional	31	21	10	2668	2468	+200	52
4	Defensor Sporting	31	20	11	2507	2451	+56	51
5	Hebraica y Macabi	31	17	14	2584	2608	−24	48
6	Cordón	31	12	19	2280	2391	−111	43

Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:

1. Peñarol 327–323 Aguada

Results

Home \ Away	AGU	COR	DSC	HYM	NAC	PEÑ
Aguada	—	82–88	82–77	92–74	103–89	77–82
Cordón	74–97	—	79–89	[note 2]	86–67	68–84
Defensor Sporting	91–85	79–60	—	92–76	58–95	67–83
Hebraica y Macabi	86–113	91–88	103–96	—	52–93	82–99
Nacional	83–87	69–61	[note 3]	66–101	—	94–78
Peñarol	81–82	90–81	69–72	99–74	63–67	—

Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Reclasificatorio

The Reclasificatorio (Requalifier) was a stage played by the last six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage. This stage defined the teams qualified for the play-in and the relegated teams.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malvín	32	19	13	2549	2415	+134	51	Qualification to Play-in second stage
2	Biguá	32	15	17	2643	2634	+9	47
3	Trouville	31	13	18	2368	2443	−75	44	Qualficiation to Play-in first stage
4	Urupan	31	11	20	2380	2534	−154	42
5	Goes	30	10	20	2346	2493	−147	37[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Liga de Ascenso
6	Larre Borges	27	3	24	2073	2552	−479	30

Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:

1. Goes were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's play-in, against Larre Borges^[20]

Results

Home \ Away	BIG	GOE	LBO	MAL	TRO	UPA
Biguá	—	91–85	20–0[note 4]	81–82	76–87	83–73
Goes	77–87	—	20–0[note 4]	87–92	0–20[note 5]	73–79
Larre Borges	109–111	81–102	—	0–20[note 4]	0–20[note 4]	72–84
Malvín	103–91	20–0[note 5]	86–62	—	81–71	92–84
Trouville	73–67	67–80	92–65	82–90	—	[note 2]
Urupan	87–78	78–92	20–0[note 4]	78–93	87–95	—

Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

OBL

The Organización de Básquetbol del Litoral (Litoral Basketball Organization) tournament was played by the champions and runners-up of the regional leagues of Paysandú Department and Soriano. The finalists obtained their classification to the LUB play-in, the champion faced the 4th in the Reclasificatorio and the runner-up, the 3rd.

First stage

In the first stage, the Soriano teams played against the teams from the Paysandú Department, two matches in Mercedes and two in Paysandú. The champions of their regional leagues (Remeros and Pelotaris) began with an additional point. This stage will serve to organize the position of the teams in the Final 4

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Racing	2	2	0	173	155	+18	4
2	Remeros	2	1	1	161	145	+16	4
3	Pelotaris	2	1	1	162	164	−2	4
4	Paysandú Wanderers	2	0	2	138	170	−32	2

Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference

Results

Home \ Away	RAC	REM	PEL	WAN
Racing	—	—	—	88–77
Remeros	—	—	—	82–61
Pelotaris	78–85	84–79	—	—
Paysandú Wanderers	—	—	—	—

Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Final 4

The Final 4 was hosted by Mercedes.

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Racing	97
	4	Paysandú Wanderers	86
						1	Racing	72
						2	Remeros	80
	2	Remeros	84
	3	Pelotaris	60

Source: FUBB

Play-in

The winner of this bracket obtained 7th place in play-offs

	First stage								Second stage
									1R	Malvín	88	74	77	2
	1O	Remeros	81	74		0			4R	Urupan	86	99	68	1
	4R	Urupan	90	81		2

The winner of this bracket obtained 8th place in play-offs

	First stage								Second stage
									2R	Biguá	76	81	79	1
	2O	Racing	81	85	83	1			3R	Trouville	79	70	81	2
	3R	Trouville	90	70	85	2

Source: FUBB

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals										Semi-finals										Finals
	1	Peñarol	92	92	87			3
	8	Trouville	87	64	77			0
											1	Peñarol	89	68	76	80	103	3
											4	Defensor Sporting	74	87	80	61	66	2
	4	Defensor Sporting	89	88	97			3
	5	Hebraica y Macabi	84	73	73			0
																					1	Peñarol	65	90	95	74	71			1
																					2	Aguada	66	97	78	88	88			4
	2	Aguada	91	83	100			3
	7	Malvín	67	81	95			0
											2	Aguada	115	89	92	97		3
											3	Nacional	101	98	87	82		1
	3	Nacional	60	72	81	78		3
	6	Cordón	73	66	68	66		1

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Seed	Qualification or relegation
Champion
1	Aguada	44	34	10	2	Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas
Runners-up
2	Peñarol	44	31	14	1	Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas
Eliminated at semi-finals
3	Nacional	39	25	14	3	Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
4	Defensor Sporting	39	25	14	4
Eliminated at quarter-finals
5	Hebraica y Macabi	34	17	17	5
6	Cordón	35	13	22	6
7	Malvín	38	21	17	7
8	Trouville	40	17	23	9
Eliminated at play-in second round
9	Biguá	40	16	19	8
10	Urupan	40	14	22	10
Eliminated at play-in first round
11	Remeros	2	0	2	1 OBL
12	Racing	3	1	2	2 OBL
Relegated
13	Goes	30	10	20	11	Relegation to Liga de Ascenso
14	Larre Borges	27	3	24	12

Statistical leaders

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Donald Sims Aguada 23.8 2 Malik Curry Defensor Sporting 21.5 3 Justin Moss Larre Borges 21.4 4 Miguel Simón Urupan 20.1 5 Michael Smith Nacional 19.9

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Miguel Simón Urupan 13.1 2 Chaz Crawford Cordón 12.7 3 Gary McGhee Goes 10.9 4 Frank Hassell Hebraica y Macabi 10.0 5 Luis Santos Aguada 10.0

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Santiago Vidal Aguada 7.2 2 Mateo Sarni Urupan 7.0 3 Jayson Granger Peñarol 6.5 4 Daniel Hamilton Malvín 5.8 5 Manuel Romero Hebraica y Macabi 5.4

Blocks Pos Player Club 1 Malik Dime Peñarol 2.4 2 Prince Ibeh Peñarol 2.3 3 Rakeem Christmas Biguá 1.8 4 LaRon Smith Larre Borges 1.8 5 Eric Anderson Nacional 1.6

Source: FUBB

Awards

All official awards of the 2023–24 LUB season.

Season MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Donald Sims	Aguada

National regular season MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Jayson Granger	Peñarol

Source: ^[23]

Foreign season MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Donald Sims	Aguada

Source: ^[23]

Finals MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Donald Sims	Aguada

Defensive Player of the regular season Award

Pos.	Player	Team
SG	Patricio Prieto	Nacional

Source: ^[23]

Rookie Player of the regular season Award

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Santiago Calimares	Hebraica y Macabi

Source: ^[23]

LUB clubs in international competitions

Basketball Champions League Americas

Team	Progress	Result	W–L
Hebraica y Macabi	Third place game	Loss vs. Halcones de Xalapa	4–7
	Semi-finals	Loss vs. Quimsa
	Quarter-finals	2–1 vs. Franca
	Group C	2nd of 3 teams (2–4)
Nacional	Quarter-finals	1–2 vs. Halcones de Xalapa	4–5
	Group B	2nd of 3 teams (3–3)

Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto

Team	Progress	Result	W–L
Peñarol	Final 6 third round	Loss vs. Instituto	2–3
	Final 6 first round	Loss vs. Caribbean Storm
	Group B	1st of 4 teams (2–1)
Biguá	Group C	3rd of 4 teams (1–2)	1–2
Malvín	Group A	4th of 4 teams (0–3)	0–3

Notes

1. Although Biguá obtained qualification for the Title Round, after Cordón's claim, the FUBB's Courts of Disputes and Appeals decided Cordón's qualification, having been the team that obtained the highest score in the matches between them (Cordón 77, Biguá 72)^[19]
2. As the positions were already defined, the match was canceled
3. The match was suspended due to incidents at the end of the second quarter, when Nacional led 33–29.^[21] By mutual agreement, the teams decided not to finish the match, leaving the game without result.
4. Larre Borges left the tournament after the first five matchdays^[22]
5. Goes left the tournament after his relegation was confirmed

References

1. "Básquet: Tabaré anunció que no jugará la Liga Uruguaya 2023 pese a haber ascendido". www.montevideo.com.uy (in Spanish). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
2. "Básquet: Cordón logró el ascenso a la Liga Uruguaya tras vencer a Capitol". www.montevideo.com.uy (in Spanish). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
3. "Básquet: Olimpia descendió tras 30 años en primera; Peñarol ganó y da pelea por quedarse". www.montevideo.com.uy (in Spanish). 18 February 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
4. "Trouville logró la permanencia en la Liga y mandó al descenso a Urunday Universitario". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
5. Since these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Stadium) "club name".
6. Defensor's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Welcome's court.
7. Hebraica's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Unión Atlética's court.
8. Racing's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in Remeros de Mercedes' court.
9. "Álvaro Ponce es el nuevo director técnico de Nacional Básquetbol". www.urubasket.com (in Spanish). 9 December 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
10. "Guillermo Narvarte vuelve al banquillo de Trotamundos de Carabobo". www.canchalatina.com (in Spanish). 10 April 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
11. "Luis Silveira nuevo entrenador de Goes". www.urubasket.com (in Spanish). 30 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
12. "Goes cortó entrenador". www.urubasket.com (in Spanish). 4 November 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
13. "Derrota, cambio y preocupación". www.basquetcaliente.com (in Spanish). 4 November 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
14. "Pablo López fue cesado como entrenador de Peñarol en básquetbol". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 3 December 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
15. "Marcelo Signorelli nuevo entrenador de Peñarol en básquetbol: llegó convencido, no pautó premios y pidió dirigir ya". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 5 December 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
16. "Gregorio Martínez cruzará el río para dirigir a Biguá de Uruguay". www.basquetplus.com. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
17. "Goes cambia entrenador". www.urubasket.com. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
18. "Gregorio Martínez renunció como entrenador de Biguá". www.basquetplus.com (in Spanish). 12 March 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
19. "El Tribunal de Apelaciones ratificó la clasificación de Cordón a la Liguilla y Biguá jugará el Reclasificatorio". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
20. "Básquet: Nueva sanción para Goes que empezará la temporada 2023–24 en números rojos". www.montevideo.com (in Spanish). 6 April 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
21. "Básquet: suspendido Nacional-Defensor Sporting por una serie de incidentes en la cancha". www.montevideo.com (in Spanish). 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
22. "Larre Borges se retira oficialmente de la LUB y ya piensa en El Metro 2024: los motivos". www.elpais.com.uy (in Spanish). 2 April 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
23. "La FUBB eligió a los mejores jugadores de la fase regular de la Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 2 May 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

External links

• Official website