2023–24 British Basketball League season

37th season of the British Basketball League
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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

2023–24 British Basketball League season is located in the United Kingdom
Flyers
Flyers
Phoenix
Phoenix
Gladiators
Gladiators
Riders
Riders
Lions
Lions
Giants
Giants
Eagles
Eagles
Patriots
Patriots
Sharks
Sharks
Scorchers
Scorchers
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Locations of the 2023–24 BBL teams

Arenas and locations

Team Location Arena Capacity
Bristol Flyers Bristol SGS College Arena
750
Caledonia Gladiators East Kilbride Playsport Arena
1,800
Cheshire Phoenix Ellesmere Port Cheshire Oaks Arena
1,400
Leicester Riders Leicester Mattioli Arena
2,400
London Lions London Copper Box Arena
6,000
Manchester Giants Manchester National Basketball Centre
2,000
Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Vertu Motors Arena
2,800
Plymouth City Patriots Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions
1,500
Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Canon Medical Arena
2,500
Surrey Scorchers Guildford Surrey Sports Park
1,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain
Bristol Flyers Greece Andreas Kapoulas England Raphell Thomas-Edwards
Caledonia Gladiators Scotland Gareth Murray Bosnia and Herzegovina Fahro Alihodžić
Cheshire Phoenix England Ben Thomas United States Maceo Jack
Leicester Riders United States Rob Paternostro Canada Kimbal Mackenzie
London Lions Serbia Petar Božić United States Sam Dekker
Manchester Giants United States Brian Semonian England Callum Jones
Newcastle Eagles England Marc Steutel England Darius Defoe
Plymouth City Patriots England Paul James Albania Elvisi Dusha
Sheffield Sharks United States Atiba Lyons United States Bennett Koch
Surrey Scorchers England Lloyd Gardner England Tayo Ogedengbe

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Manchester Giants England Vince Macaulay End of contract 26 May 2023[1] Pre season United States Brian Semonian 26 July 2023[2]
London Lions United States Ryan Schmidt Signed by Atlanta Hawks 18 July 2023[3] Pre season Serbia Petar Božić 17 August 2023

BBL Championship

The BBL Championship maintained the four-game series format, reintroduced for the 2022–23 season, for a 36-game regular season.[4]

Standings

Pos Team
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 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions


Results

Home \ Away BRI CAL CHE LEI LON MAN NEW PLY SHE SUR
Bristol Flyers — 94–77 74–70 74–92 93–101 68–74 74–81 82–65 67–65 81–94
— 75–80 76–78 108–71 71–86 87–67 97–83 83–89 78–76 74–80
Caledonia Gladiators 85–82 — 83–92 84–83 79–87 86–80 73–82 99–83 87–83 86–79
78–72 — 116–110 93–97 76–82 101–68 98–80 96–81 73–64 84–75
Cheshire Phoenix 96–73 82–92 — 102–96 82–92 83–67 91–113 89–77 70–75 100–80
75–89 100–93 — 87–83 92–105 88–92 96–85 95–73 93–78 86–81
Leicester Riders 81–87 96–90 86–110 — 95–102 94–79 111–88 88–81 103–75 91–74
77–89 90–115 101–93 — 79–89 89–94 91–96 102–81 108–94 94–86
London Lions 98–84 93–65 99–80 100–62 — 94–89 109–104 91–84 83–64 82–70
95–67 94–100 102–95 105–89 — 99–91 80–102 105–84 84–73 97–85
Manchester Giants 87–91 79–97 88–116 94–80 76–115 — 85–106 91–90 64–87 87–85
103–80 87–106 93–103 73–86 84–92 — 91–89 79–93 68–99 78–86
Newcastle Eagles 71–89 105–93 73–80 85–92 86–99 97–85 — 98–82 79–72 88–93
86–90 84–90 104–89 95–90 87–105 109–77 — 95–82 77–87 125–84
Plymouth City Patriots 63–92 72–82 79–102 109–93 94–70 73–77 68–95 — 92–87 105–110
68–92 87–84 80–112 111–121 57–93 77–68 80–92 — 55–67 63–65
Sheffield Sharks 88–78 96–78 85–104 91–84 76–92 92–73 86–56 97–60 — 81–78
76–66 69–62 92–99 85–88 79–89 86–75 91–83 98–92 — 71–62
Surrey Scorchers 80–75 72–80 101–103 84–104 61–83 98–72 87–100 71–65 67–70 —
82–73 89–95 73–91 88–94 80–85 89–85 90–77 94–92 82–75 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: BBL.org.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Ladder progression

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: BBL.org.uk

BBL Trophy

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHE CAL SUR SHE PLY
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 — —
Source: BBL

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LON LEI NEW BRI MAN
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 —
Source: BBL

Final Four

27 January 2024
15:30
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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
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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

28 January 2024
15:30
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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

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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Playoff Final
             
1 London Lions 80 105 —
8 Surrey Scorchers 65 96 —
1 London Lions 106 94 —
6 Newcastle Eagles 75 81 —
3 Caledonia Gladiators 78 71 —
6 Newcastle Eagles 97 94 —
1 London Lions 88
2 Cheshire Phoenix 85
2 Cheshire Phoenix 91 91 —
7 Bristol Flyers 90 77 —
2 Cheshire Phoenix 89 92 —
4 Sheffield Sharks 83 73 —
4 Sheffield Sharks 81 77 86
5 Leicester Riders 84 74 69

*Note: Pairings are reseeded after quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

(1) London Lions vs. (8) Surrey Scorchers

28 April 2024
15:15
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London Lions 80–65 Surrey Scorchers
Scoring by quarter: 27–11, 28–19, 18–14, 7–21
Pts: Olaseni 16
Rebs: Olaseni 7
Asts: M.Morgan 7		 Pts: Lawrence 17
Rebs: Jamison 14
Asts: Jamison, Lawrence 3
London leads series, 1–0
Copper Box Arena, London
Attendance: n/a
3 May 2024
19:30
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Surrey Scorchers 96–105 London Lions
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 39–30, 16–25, 26–24
Pts: Gooden 35
Rebs: Jamison 7
Asts: Lawrence 8		 Pts: M.Morgan 22
Rebs: Olaseni 8
Asts: Taylor 7
London wins series, 2–0

(2) Cheshire Phoenix vs. (7) Bristol Flyers

28 April 2024
18:00
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Cheshire Phoenix 91–90 Bristol Flyers
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 33–24, 13–15, 18–29
Pts: Rideau 22
Rebs: Jack 12
Asts: Rideau 11		 Pts: Johnson, Olison 25
Rebs: Greene 9
Asts: Johnson 5
Cheshire leads series, 1–0
3 May 2024
19:45
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Bristol Flyers 77–91 Cheshire Phoenix
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 14–21, 21–24, 21–26
Pts: Lucas 16
Rebs: Smith, Thomas-Edwards 8
Asts: Olison 5		 Pts: Rai 34
Rebs: Rai 12
Asts: Rideau 8
Cheshire wins series, 2–0
SGS College Arena, Bristol
Attendance: n/a

(3) Caledonia Gladiators vs. (6) Newcastle Eagles

26 April 2024
19:45
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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
3 May 2024
19:30
boxscore
Newcastle Eagles 94–71 Caledonia Gladiators
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 25–18, 18–20, 25–15
Pts: McGill 22
Rebs: Green 10
Asts: Austin, Johnson 6		 Pts: Whelan 18
Rebs: Moore 9
Asts: Jimenez, Whelan 3
Newcastle wins series, 2–0
Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle
Attendance: 2,800

(4) Sheffield Sharks vs. (5) Leicester Riders

28 April 2024
16:00
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Sheffield Sharks 81–84 Leicester Riders
Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 21–10, 20–22, 14–24
Pts: Nixon 25
Rebs: Green 12
Asts: Pipkins 5		 Pts: Thomas 24
Rebs: Idowu, Thomas 8
Asts: Allen 4
Leicester leads series, 1–0
4 May 2024
18:45
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Leicester Riders 74–77 Sheffield Sharks
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 25–23, 9–19, 18–17
Pts: Allen 23
Rebs: Idowu 9
Asts: Thomas 4		 Pts: Green 22
Rebs: Green 11
Asts: Nixon 7
Series tied, 1–1
Leicester Arena, Leicester
Attendance: n/a
5 May 2024
15:00
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Sheffield Sharks 86–69 Leicester Riders
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 22–16, 23–15, 17–17
Pts: Nixon 17
Rebs: Delpeche 9
Asts: Nichols 6		 Pts: Idowu 16
Rebs: Idowu 12
Asts: Holmes 7
Sheffield wins series, 2–1

Semifinals

(1) London Lions vs. (6) Newcastle Eagles

10 May 2024
19:35
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Newcastle Eagles 75–106 London Lions
Scoring by quarter: 29–26, 20–30, 16–28, 10–22
Pts: McGill 20
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: McGill 6		 Pts: Nwaba 19
Rebs: Olaseni 10
Asts: Phillip 8
London leads series, 1–0
12 May 2024
13:35
boxscore
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London Lions 94–81 Newcastle Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 22–21, 23–20, 30–20
Pts: M.Morgan, Nwaba 18
Rebs: Grantham 11
Asts: M.Morgan Phillip 5		 Pts: McGill 23
Rebs: Austin 6
Asts: McGill 7
London wins series, 2–0
Copper Box Arena, London
Attendance: 1,740

(2) Cheshire Phoenix vs. (4) Sheffield Sharks

10 May 2024
19:35
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Cheshire Phoenix 89–83 Sheffield Sharks
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 26–16, 14–19, 27–26
Pts: Rai 22
Rebs: Rai 9
Asts: Rai, Rideau 6		 Pts: Nixon 20
Rebs: Delpeche 10
Asts: seven players 1
Cheshire leads series, 1–0
12 May 2024
16:35
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Sheffield Sharks 73–92 Cheshire Phoenix
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 12–31, 24–20, 20–22
Pts: Green 17
Rebs: Green 14
Asts: Ramsey 5		 Pts: Jack 20
Rebs: four players 6
Asts: Rai 8
Cheshire wins series, 2–0

Playoff Final

(1) London Lions vs. (2) Cheshire Phoenix

19 May 2024
16:15
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London Lions 88–85 Cheshire Phoenix
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 28–27, 22–30, 14–14
Playoff MVP: Sam Dekker
Pts: Dekker 17
Rebs: Dekker 10
Asts: Phillip 7		 Pts: Rai 21
Rebs: Rideau 12
Asts: Rideau 8
The O2 Arena, London
Attendance: n/a

All-Star Game

17 March 2024
15:30
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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
Copper Box Arena, London
Attendance: 3,398

British clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
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

  1. ^ "Vince Macaulay & Nigel Lloyd Depart The Club". manchestergiants.com. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Giants Confirm Brian Semonian As New Head Coach". manchestergiants.com. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Ryan Schmidt Departs London Lions". thelondonlions.com. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ^ "British Basketball League announces exciting new formats for 2023/24 season". British Basketball League | BBL. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ^ "British Basketball League announces exciting new formats for 2023/24 season". British Basketball League | BBL. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

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