2023–24 British Basketball League season
2023–24 BBL season | |
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League | British Basketball League |
Season | 2023–24 |
Dates | 14 September 2023 – 19 May 2024 |
Number of games | 180 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | Great Britain: Online: |
Regular season | |
League champions | London Lions (3rd title) |
BBL Trophy | Cheshire Phoenix (6th title) |
The 2023–24 BBL season is the 37th season of the British Basketball League, the top British professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1987. The season features 10 teams from across England and Scotland.
Teams[edit]
Arenas and locations[edit]
Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
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Bristol Flyers | Bristol | SGS College Arena | 750
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Caledonia Gladiators | East Kilbride | Playsport Arena | 1,800
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Cheshire Phoenix | Ellesmere Port | Cheshire Oaks Arena | 1,400
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Leicester Riders | Leicester | Mattioli Arena | 2,400
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London Lions | London | Copper Box Arena | 6,000
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Manchester Giants | Manchester | National Basketball Centre | 2,000
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Newcastle Eagles | Newcastle upon Tyne | Vertu Motors Arena | 2,800
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Plymouth City Patriots | Plymouth | Plymouth Pavilions | 1,500
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Sheffield Sharks | Sheffield | Canon Medical Arena | 2,500
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Surrey Scorchers | Guildford | Surrey Sports Park | 1,000
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Personnel and sponsorship[edit]
Team | Head coach | Captain |
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Bristol Flyers | Andreas Kapoulas | Raphell Thomas-Edwards |
Caledonia Gladiators | Gareth Murray | Fahro Alihodžić |
Cheshire Phoenix | Ben Thomas | Maceo Jack |
Leicester Riders | Rob Paternostro | Kimbal Mackenzie |
London Lions | Petar Božić | Sam Dekker |
Manchester Giants | Brian Semonian | Callum Jones |
Newcastle Eagles | Marc Steutel | Darius Defoe |
Plymouth City Patriots | Paul James | Elvisi Dusha |
Sheffield Sharks | Atiba Lyons | Bennett Koch |
Surrey Scorchers | Lloyd Gardner | Tayo Ogedengbe |
Coaching changes[edit]
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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Manchester Giants | Vince Macaulay | End of contract | 26 May 2023[1] | Pre season | Brian Semonian | 26 July 2023[2] |
London Lions | Ryan Schmidt | Signed by Atlanta Hawks | 18 July 2023[3] | Pre season | Petar Božić | 17 August 2023 |
BBL Championship[edit]
The BBL Championship maintained the four-game series format, reintroduced for the 2022–23 season, for a 36-game regular season.[4]
Standings[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | London Lions (C) | 36 | 33 | 3 | 3376 | 2935 | +441 | 66 | Playoffs |
2 | Cheshire Phoenix | 36 | 23 | 13 | 3334 | 3148 | +186 | 46 | |
3 | Caledonia Gladiators | 36 | 23 | 13 | 3152 | 3044 | +108 | 46 | |
4 | Sheffield Sharks | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2930 | 2849 | +81 | 38 | |
5 | Leicester Riders | 36 | 18 | 18 | 3281 | 3291 | −10 | 36 | |
6 | Newcastle Eagles | 36 | 18 | 18 | 3256 | 3177 | +79 | 36 | |
7 | Bristol Flyers | 36 | 16 | 20 | 2925 | 2918 | +7 | 32 | |
8 | Surrey Scorchers | 36 | 14 | 22 | 2955 | 3092 | −137 | 28 | |
9 | Manchester Giants | 36 | 9 | 27 | 2920 | 3311 | −391 | 18 | |
10 | Plymouth City Patriots | 36 | 7 | 29 | 2887 | 3251 | −364 | 14 |
Results[edit]
Ladder progression[edit]
Leader and qualification to playoffs | |
Qualification to playoffs | |
Last place |
BBL Trophy[edit]
The 37th BBL Trophy takes a new format for the 2023–24 season. Wholly played within the month of January and during a break in Championship matches, two five team groups were randomly drawn from the 10 member clubs. Each club will play the other once, home or away. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Final Four weekend at Arena Birmingham, to be played on 28 and 29 January 2023.[5]
Group stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | CAL | SUR | SHE | PLY | |
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1 | Cheshire Phoenix | 4 | 4 | 0 | 385 | 304 | +81 | 8 | Semifinals | — | — | — | 78–70 | 102–74 | |
2 | Caledonia Gladiators | 4 | 2 | 2 | 357 | 334 | +23 | 4 | 97–100 | — | 99–74 | — | — | ||
3 | Surrey Scorchers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 293 | 338 | −45 | 4 | 63–105 | — | — | 91–71 | — | ||
4 | Sheffield Sharks | 4 | 1 | 3 | 290 | 322 | −32 | 2 | — | 72–80 | — | — | 77–73 | ||
5 | Plymouth City Patriots | 4 | 1 | 3 | 298 | 325 | −27 | 2 | — | 88–81 | 63–65 | — | — |
Group B[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | LON | LEI | NEW | BRI | MAN | |
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1 | London Lions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 360 | 336 | +24 | 6 | Semifinals | — | 89–74 | 99–77 | — | — | |
2 | Leicester Riders | 4 | 3 | 1 | 374 | 336 | +38 | 6 | — | — | — | 95–74 | 104–88 | ||
3 | Newcastle Eagles | 4 | 2 | 2 | 338 | 360 | −22 | 4 | — | 85–101 | — | — | 92–78 | ||
4 | Bristol Flyers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 355 | 331 | +24 | 4 | 94–72 | — | 82–84 | — | — | ||
5 | Manchester Giants | 4 | 0 | 4 | 337 | 401 | −64 | 0 | 91–100 | — | — | 80–105 | — |
Final Four[edit]
27 January 2024
15:30 |
London Lions | 85–75 | Caledonia Gladiators |
Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 25–24, 17–9, 24–14 | ||
Pts: Sharma 19 Rebs: Olaseni 15 Asts: M.Morgan 4 |
Pts: Bothwell 17 Rebs: Bothwell, Whelan 6 Asts: Whelan 6 |
27 January 2024
18:00 |
Cheshire Phoenix | 92–91 | Leicester Riders |
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 28–12, 23–23, 23–34 | ||
Pts: Rai 27 Rebs: Rai 11 Asts: Rideau 13 |
Pts: Allen 20 Rebs: Thomas 12 Asts: Mackenzie, Shelton 4 |
Trophy Final[edit]
28 January 2024
15:30 |
London Lions | 82–98 | Cheshire Phoenix |
Scoring by quarter: 27–30, 22–15, 12–22, 21–31 | ||
Trophy MVP: Laquincy Rideau | ||
Pts: Nwaba 18 Rebs: Grantham 9 Asts: Grantham 3 |
Pts: Rideau 25 Rebs: Rai 11 Asts: Rai 4 |
Playoffs[edit]
The 2024 BBL Playoffs will be played in April and May 2024, consisting of four best-of-three quarterfinals series, two best-of-three semifinal series and the Playoff Final game. In the quarterfinals, semifinals, the higher seed hosts the first and third games. The Playoff Final will be played at The O2 Arena, London.
Playoff bracket[edit]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Playoff Final | ||||||||||||||||
1 | London Lions | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Surrey Scorchers | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | Sheffield Sharks | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Leicester Riders | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | Caledonia Gladiators | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Newcastle Eagles | 97 | ||||||||||||||||
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2 | Cheshire Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Bristol Flyers |
Quarterfinals[edit]
(1) London Lions vs. (8) Surrey Scorchers[edit]
(2) Cheshire Phoenix vs. (7) Bristol Flyers[edit]
(3) Caledonia Gladiators vs. (6) Newcastle Eagles[edit]
26 April 2024
19:45 |
Caledonia Gladiators | 78–97 | Newcastle Eagles |
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 24–21, 16–20, 19–32 | ||
Pts: Whelan 20 Rebs: Moore 6 Asts: Green 5 |
Pts: Johnson 31 Rebs: Austin 5 Asts: Johnson 7 | |
Newcastle leads series, 1–0 |
(4) Sheffield Sharks vs. (5) Leicester Riders[edit]
All-Star Game[edit]
17 March 2024
15:30 |
North All-Stars | 116–149 | South All-Stars |
Scoring by quarter: 23–33, 33–33, 33–41, 27–45 | ||
All-Star MVP: Teddy Allen | ||
Pts: Rideau 22 Rebs: Rideau 12 Asts: Austin Jr. 9 |
Pts: Allen 31 Rebs: Atwood 15 Asts: Mackenzie 11 |
British clubs in European competitions[edit]
Team | Competition | Progress |
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London Lions | EuroCup | Semifinals |
Caledonia Gladiators | Champions League | Pre-qualifying round |
FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season | |
Bristol Flyers | ENBL | Quarterfinals |
Newcastle Eagles | ENBL | Quarterfinals |
References[edit]
- ^ "Vince Macaulay & Nigel Lloyd Depart The Club". manchestergiants.com. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Giants Confirm Brian Semonian As New Head Coach". manchestergiants.com. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Ryan Schmidt Departs London Lions". thelondonlions.com. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "British Basketball League announces exciting new formats for 2023/24 season". British Basketball League | BBL. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "British Basketball League announces exciting new formats for 2023/24 season". British Basketball League | BBL. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.