Sports season
1993–94 BBL season |
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League | British Basketball League |
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Sport | Basketball |
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Roll of Honour |
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BBL champions | Thames Valley Tigers |
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Play Off's champions | Worthing Bears |
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National Cup champions | Worthing Bears |
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BBL Trophy champions | Thames Valley Tigers |
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British Basketball League seasons |
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The 1993–94 BBL season was known as the Budweiser League for sponsorship reasons. The season featured a total of 13 teams, playing 36 games each.
The BBL secured a three year £1 million sponsorship deal with Budweiser and the divisions were re-organised once again.[1] The Budweiser League would be tier one with the National League Division's below. The Budweiser League increased in number with the addition of the Division One champions Doncaster Panthers. The Cheshire Jets became the Chester Jets.
Thames Valley Tigers claimed the League Trophy and stormed to the regular season title, however the Bracknell-based side suffered a shock defeat to Derby Bucks and saw them eliminated in the Quarter-final of the Budweiser Championship Play-offs.[2] Nevertheless, Tigers' Nigel Lloyd and Mick Bett were both awarded accolades as Most Valuable Player and Coach of the Year respectively. Worthing Bears also secured a double success by winning the play-offs and securing the National Cup.
Budweiser League Championship (Tier 1)
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | % | Pts |
1 | Thames Valley Tigers | 36 | 31 | 5 | 0.861 | 62 |
2 | Worthing Bears | 36 | 30 | 6 | 0.833 | 60 |
3 | Manchester Giants | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0.805 | 58 |
4 | Guildford Kings | 36 | 24 | 12 | 0.667 | 48 |
5 | London Towers | 36 | 21 | 15 | 0.583 | 42 |
6 | Birmingham Bullets | 36 | 21 | 15 | 0.583 | 42 |
7 | Leicester City Riders | 36 | 20 | 16 | 0.555 | 40 |
8 | Derby Bucks | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0.473 | 34 |
9 | Doncaster Panthers | 36 | 13 | 23 | 0.362 | 26 |
10 | Sunderland Scorpions | 36 | 13 | 23 | 0.362 | 26 |
11 | Chester Jets | 36 | 11 | 25 | 0.305 | 22 |
12 | Hemel Royals | 36 | 3 | 33 | 0.083 | 6 |
13 | Oldham Celtics | 36 | 1 | 35 | 0.028 | 2 |
| = League winners |
| = Qualified for the play-offs |
Playoffs
Quarter-finals
(1) Thames Valley Tigers vs. (8) Derby Bucks
(2) Worthing Bears vs. (7) Leicester City Riders
(3) Manchester Giants vs. (6) Birmingham Bullets
(4) Guildford Kings vs. (5) London Towers
Semi-finals
Final
Wembley Arena, London Attendance: ? Worthing Coach Alan Cunningham Guildford Coach Kevin Cadle |
National League Division 1 (Tier 2)
Final standings
National League Division 2 (Tier 3)
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | % | Pts |
1 | Nottingham Cobras | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0.900 | 36 |
2 | Chiltern Fastbreak | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0.750 | 30 |
3 | Swindon Sonics | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0.650 | 26 |
4 | Guildford Storm | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0.650 | 26 |
5 | Liverpool Atac | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0.600 | 24 |
6 | Stevenage Phoenix | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0.600 | 24 |
7 | Mid Sussex Magic | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0.550 | 22 |
8 | Northampton 89ers | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0.400 | 16 |
9 | London Elephants | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0.200 | 7* |
10 | Leicester Falcons | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0.150 | 6 |
11 | Lewisham Lightning | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0.050 | 2 |
National Cup
Third round
Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
Derby Bucks | Worthing Bears | 80-94 |
Hemel Hempstead Royals | Thames Valley Tigers | 75-98 |
Sunderland Scorpions | Doncaster Panthers | 83-80 |
Ware Rebels | Leicester City Riders | 56-71 |
Birmingham Bullets | Swindon Sonics | 66-54 |
London Towers | Chester Jets | 61-69 |
Brixton TopCats | Manchester Giants | 86-110 |
Oldham Celtics | Guildford Kings | 73-92 |
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Team 2 | Score |
Sunderland Scorpions | Thames Valley Tigers | 80-89 |
Cheshire Jets | Worthing Bears | 79-102 |
Manchester Giants | Birmingham Bullets | 99-85 |
Leicester City Riders | Guildford Kings | 55-64 |
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Team 2 | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg |
Manchester Eagles | Thames Valley Tigers | 72-93 | 80-98 |
Worthing Bears | Guildford Kings | 71-68 | 93-77 |
Final
Worthing Bears | 92–83 | Thames Valley Tigers |
Pts: Nigel Lloyd 21, Peter Scantlebury 17, Michael Hayles 13, Alan Cunningham 12, Colin Irish 12, Tony Holley | | Pts: Herman Harried 33, Steve Nelson 20, Cleave Lewis 15 |
Sheffield ArenaAttendance: ? Worthing Coach Alan Cunningham Thames Valley Coach Mick Bett |
League Trophy
Group stage
North Group 2 Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | Percent |
1.Manchester Giants | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
2.Sunderland Scorpions | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
3.Oldham Celtics | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
Semi-finals
Manchester Giants vs. Leicester City Riders
Thames Valley Tigers vs. Worthing Bears
Final
Thames Valley Tigers | 79–73 | Manchester Giants |
Pts: Tony Holley 28, Nigel Lloyd, Mike Obaseki | | Pts: Trevor Gordon |
Budweiser All-Star Game
Northern All-Stars | 140–148 | Southern All-Stars |
Pts: Tyrone Thomas, 26 | | |
Seasonal awards
References
- ^ ""Budweiser make deal." Times [London, England] 16 Sept. 1993". The Times.
- ^ BBL Media Guide 2003/04, page 12
- ^ ""Cunningham bows out on winning note." Times [London, England] 2 May 1994". The Times.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1994". The Times.
- ^ ""Tigers retain Trophy." Times [London, England] 17 Jan. 1994". The Times.
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