THE BRITISH BASKETBALL LEAGUE IS THE SENIOR MEN'S COMPETITION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH 12 TEAMS RANGING FROM SCOTTISH ROCKS IN SCOTLAND TO PLYMOUTH RAIDERS IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND.

BBL ALL TIME LEAGUE WINNERS
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP ALL TIME WINNERS
BBL CUP ALL TIME WINNERS
BBL TROPHY ALL TIME WINNERS

THE EVERTON TIGERS DESTROYED THE PLYMOUTH RAIDERS AT THE NIA BIRMINGHAM TO LIFT THE 2009 THEIR FIRST EVER PIECE OF SILVERWARE, THE BBL CUP. THE VOTE FOR MVP WAS WON BY THE AWESOME ANDRE SMITH WHO WAS JUST AHEAD OF MARCUS BAILEY

FULL REPORT HERE
MIKE SHAFT CUP FINAL BLOG HERE
BBL CUP ALL TIME WINNERS
READ MIKE SHAFT TRIBUTE TO SHEILA HOPKINS

OVER THE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF GAMES THAT HAVE BEEN TRULY BEAUTIFUL. THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE BBL CUP IN 2008/09 AND THE BBL TROPHY IN 2009. WHENEVER ONE OF THESE GAMES OCCUR I LIKE TO DO A BLOG AND REPORT BACK.

TIGERS & JETS DISH UP ANOTHER FEAST
A PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH...NOT
THE ROAD TRIP - 2008
2008 KUKRI INVITATIONAL

THE WOMEN'S GAME IS THE UK IS ALIVE AND WELL WITH THE SHEFFIELD HATTERS CONTINUING TO COMPETE FOR ALL TROPHIES. THEY WON THE NATIONAL CUP DEFEATING THE UWIC ARCHERS IN A PULSATING FINAL. UWIC ARCHERS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LEAGUE.

2008/09 NBL LEAGUE POSITIONS
ALL TIME CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS
NATIONAL CUP ALL TIME WINNERS
FIBA YEAR OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

BRITISH BASKETBALL HAS, OVER THE YAERS, HAD SOME WONDERFUL INDIVIDUALS IN THE COACHING ROLES. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SENSATIONAL COACHES LIKE KEVIN CADLE AND CHRIS FINCH, AND SOME AMAZING PERSONALTIES LIKE BILLY MIMS.

A TRIBUTE TO CHRIS FINCH
ALL TIME WINNERS BBL COACH OF THE YEAR
BBL 2007 / 2008 COACHES
BBL 2008 / 2009 COACHES

BRITISH BASKETBALL IS WITHOUT DOUBT BACK ON THE WAY UP. THIS SEASON HAS BEEN THE MOST COMPETITIVE THAT IT HAS BEEN FOR YEARS WITH 4 TEAMS NOW IN THE MIX FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THESE ARE A FEW OTHER BASKETBALL PAGES.

PEOPLE WHO MAKE BASKETBALL THE JOY THAT IT IS
GB MEN ARE IN EUROBASKET A
TEAMS I REALLY MISS 1
TEAMS I REALLY MISS 2