The 2007–08 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th season of the
Lega Basket Serie A
The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) is a professional men's club (sport), club basketball list of basketball leagues, league that has been organised in Italy since 1920. Serie A is organised by Lega Basket, which is regulated by the Italian Basketball ...
, the highest professional
basketball
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league in
Italy
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.
The regular season ran from September 30, 2007 to April 27, 2008, 18 teams played 34 games each. At the end of the regular season, the top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams,
Cimberio Varese and
Legea Scafati, were relegated to the
Legadue.
Montepaschi Siena
Mens Sana Basketball Siena, also known as simply Mens Sana, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Siena. It is a section of the sports club Polisportiva Mens Sana, founded in 1871.
Under the name Montepaschi Siena, derived from spon ...
won their 3rd title by winning the playoff finals series against
Lottomatica Roma
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.
Teams
Regular season
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Legea Scafati was penalized by 7 points for administrative irregularities
Playoffs
Coppa Italia
External links
Serie A official website
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Italy
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