2024 Baloncesto Superior Nacional season explained

Baloncesto Superior Nacional
Season:2024
Champions:Criollos de Caguas 2nd
Runners Up:Osos de Manatí
Teams:12
Games:34
Duration:April 3 – August 30
Tv:Telemundo Puerto Rico
Mvp Link:BSN Most Valuable Player Award
Finals Mvp:Travis Trice (Criollos)
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 Baloncesto Superior Nacional season is the 95th season of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).[1] The Gigantes de Carolina comes into the season as the defending champions, winning the 2023 BSN Finals.[2] The regular season began on April 3, and ended on July 1. The tie-breaker and play-in game was held on July 10–12, 2024. The 2024 BSN playoffs then began on July 13.

League news

On August 17, 2023, the league approved the transfer of ownership of the Grises de Humacao to a group that relocated them to Caguas and rebranded the team as Criollos de Caguas, a club that participated in the BSN from 1976 to 2009.[3]

Teams

Venues and locations

TeamLocationArenaCapacity
Atléticos de San GermánSan GermánArquelio Torres Ramírez Coliseum
Cangrejeros de SanturceSanturceRoberto Clemente Coliseum
Capitanes de AreciboAreciboManuel Iguina Coliseum
Criollos de CaguasCaguasColiseo Roger Mendoza
Gigantes de CarolinaCarolinaGuillermo Angulo Coliseum
Indios de MayagüezMayagüezPalacio de Recreación y Deportes
Leones de PoncePonce
Mets de GuaynaboGuaynaboMario Morales Coliseum
Osos de ManatíManatíJuan Cruz Abreu Coliseum
Piratas de QuebradillasQuebradillasRaymond Dalmau Coliseum
Santeros de AguadaAguadaIsmael Delgado Coliseum
Vaqueros de BayamónBayamónRuben Rodriguez Coliseum

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerJersey sponsor
Atléticos de San Germán Tjader Fernandez
Cangrejeros de Santurce Angel Matias
Capitanes de Arecibo Juan Cardona AC Sports Brava Lubricants
Criollos de Caguas Wilhelmus Caanen Alexander Kappos Optime Sports Calesa Toyota
Gigantes de Carolina Carlos Gonzalez
Indios de Mayagüez Jorge Pacheco
Leones de Ponce AC Sports
Mets de Guaynabo Monarch
Osos de Manatí Iván Ríos
Piratas de Quebradillas Rafael Cruz William Cruz Rodriguez AC Sports Sixt
Santeros de Aguada Omar González Coop Rincón, SpeedyNet
Vaqueros de Bayamón Optime Sports Goya Foods

Regular season

Standings

Group A
Group B

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game 21.5
Rebounds per game Cangrejeros de Santurce 15.1
Assists per game 7.7
Steals per game 1.6
Blocks per game1.9
FG% Christian M. Negron 69.0%
3FG% Alonzo Ortiz Traylor 50.0%
FT% Ivan Gandia 93.0%

Team statistic leaders

Category Team Statistic
Points per game 96.3
Rebounds per game 39.6
Assists per game 21.9
Steals per game 7.4
Blocks per game Mets de Guaynabo 4.2
FG% Capitanes de Arecibo 51.0%
3FG% Capitanes de Arecibo 40.0%

Awards

Season Awards

On July 11, 2024, the league announced the end of season award winners; with Travis Trice being named the league's Most Valuable Player. This year's BSN Awards event was held in the theater of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law.[4]

Travis Trice -- Criollos de Caguas (20.7 PPG, 7.2 APG, 3.5 RPG)

Jhivvan Jackson -- Osos de Manatí (12.0 PPG, 2.9 APG, 2.7 RPG)

Finals Awards

Tie-Breakers and Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

All rounds are a best-of-seven series; a series ended when one team won four games, and that team advanced to the next round.

La Final

The 2024 Final (also known as the 2024 La Final Brava for sponsorship reasons) is the championship series of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN)'s 2024 season and conclusion to the season's playoffs. The final's series was a best-of-seven alternating venues after every game between the final two teams: Criollos de Caguas and Osos de Manatí.

Series summary

Game Date Road team Result Home team
Game 1 August 17 Osos de Manatí 105 – 99 (1–0) Criollos de Caguas
Game 2 August 19 Criollos de Caguas 109 – 104 OT (1–1) Osos de Manatí
Game 3 August 21 Osos de Manatí 89 – 85 (2–1) Criollos de Caguas
Game 4 August 23 Criollos de Caguas 91 – 86 (2–2) Osos de Manatí
Game 5 August 25 Osos de Manatí 98 – 89 (3–2) Criollos de Caguas
Game 6 August 27 Criollos de Caguas 122 – 121 2OT (3–3) Osos de Manatí
Game 7 August 30 Osos de Manatí 81 – 96 (3–4) Criollos de Caguas

Game summaries

Note: Times are EDT (UTC−4) as listed by the BSN.

Game 7

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anunciado el calendario oficial de la temporada 2024. bsnpr.com. Spanish. February 20, 2024. March 22, 2024.
  2. Web site: ¡El BSN es del “calentón”! Los Gigantes de Carolina se coronan campeones. elnuevodia.com. Spanish. July 26, 2023. March 22, 2024.
  3. Web site: Los Criollos oficializan el regreso al BSN al Valle del Turabo. primerahora.com. Spanish. August 23, 2023. March 22, 2024.
  4. https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/puerto-rico/esta-noche-bsn-awards-por-punto-2/2624974/