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 |
Games played | 180 |
Teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | Great Britain: Online: |
Regular season | |
League champions | London Lions (3rd title) |
BBL Trophy | Cheshire Phoenix (6th title) |
Season MVP | Matt Morgan (London) |
Playoffs | |
Champions | London Lions (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Cheshire Phoenix |
Finals MVP | Sam Dekker (London) |
The 2023–24 BBL season was the 37th and final 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 | 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
[edit](1) London Lions vs. (8) Surrey Scorchers
[edit]28 April 2024
15:15 |
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 |
3 May 2024
19:30 |
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
[edit]28 April 2024
18:00 |
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 |
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 |
(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 |
3 May 2024
19:30 |
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 |
(4) Sheffield Sharks vs. (5) Leicester Riders
[edit]28 April 2024
16:00 |
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 |
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 |
5 May 2024
15:00 |
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
[edit](1) London Lions vs. (6) Newcastle Eagles
[edit]10 May 2024
19:35 |
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 |
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 |
(2) Cheshire Phoenix vs. (4) Sheffield Sharks
[edit]10 May 2024
19:35 |
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 |
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
[edit](1) London Lions vs. (2) Cheshire Phoenix
[edit]19 May 2024
16:15 |
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 |
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 |
Awards
[edit]- Most Valuable Player: Matt Morgan (London Lions)[6]
- Play-off Final MVP: Sam Dekker (London Lions)
- Coach of the Year: Ben Thomas (Cheshire Phoenix)
- Sixth Player of the Year: Cam Christon (Cheshire Phoenix)
- Most Improved Player: Maceo Jack (Cheshire Phoenix)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Joah Sharma (London Lions)
- Community Champion of the Year: Nate Montgomery (Sheffield Sharks)
2023–24 BBL Team of the Year
[edit]# | Player | Team |
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PG | Matt Morgan | London Lions |
SG | Aaryn Rai | Cheshire Phoenix |
SF | Teddy Allen | Leicester Riders |
PF | Patrick Whelan | Caledonia Gladiators |
C | Gabriel Olaseni | London Lions |
Source: 2023–24 BBL Team of the Year
2023–24 BBL All-British Team of the Year
[edit]# | Player | Team |
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PG | Kimbal Mackenzie | Leicester Riders |
SG | Tarik Phillip | London Lions |
SF | Aaryn Rai | Cheshire Phoenix |
PF | Patrick Whelan | Caledonia Gladiators |
C | Gabriel Olaseni | London Lions |
Source: 2023–24 BBL All-British Team of the Year
2023–24 BBL Defensive Team of the Year
[edit]# | Player | Team |
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PG | Laquincy Rideau | Cheshire Phoenix |
SG | Tarik Phillip | London Lions |
SF | Jamell Anderson | Manchester Giants |
PF | Clifton Moore | Caledonia Gladiators |
C | Josh Sharma | London Lions |
Source: 2023–24 BBL Defensive Team of the Year
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.
- ^ "London Lions guard Matt Morgan named Molten Most Valuable Player for 2023/24 season". bbl.or.uk. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2023.