2016–17 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

2016–17 SBC season
League	Scottish Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	18
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The 2016–17 season was the 48th campaign of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the national basketball league of Scotland. 18 teams were split into Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 8 teams. Falkirk Fury won their 5th league title.

Teams

The line-up for the 2016-17 season features the following teams:^[1]

Division 1

• Boroughmuir Blaze
• City of Edinburgh Kings
• Dunfermline Reign
• Edinburgh University
• Sony Centre Fury
• Glasgow Storm
• Glasgow University
• Stirling Knights
• St Mirren West College Scotland
• Tayside Musketeers

Division 2

• Ayrshire Tornadoes
• Boroughmuir Blaze B
• City of Edinburgh Kings B
• Edinburgh Lions
• Glasgow University B
• Heriot Watt University
• Pleasance
• West Lothian Wolves

Format

In Division 1, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 18 games.

In Division 2, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 14 games.

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sony Centre Falkirk Fury (C)	18	16	2	1287	1032	+255	34	Qualification to playoffs
2	St Mirren WCS	18	15	3	1346	1151	+195	33
3	Boroughmuir Blaze	18	14	4	1398	1203	+195	32
4	City of Edinburgh Kings	18	13	5	1177	1081	+96	31
5	Glasgow Storm	18	9	9	1113	1125	−12	27
6	Stirling Knights	18	7	11	963	1210	−247	25
7	Edinburgh University	18	6	12	1013	1142	−129	24
8	Dunfermline Reign	18	6	12	1283	1282	+1	24
9	Glasgow University	18	4	14	933	1067	−134	22
10	Tayside Musketeers*	18	0	18	471	691	−220	11	Withdrawn from League

• Tayside Musketeers, sitting with a 2-9 record, withdrew from the league thereby conceding their final seven games of the season. Their two wins, against Stirling Knights (79-71), and Edinburgh University (75-73) were expunged and replaced with 20-0 defeats.

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Division 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Pleasance (C, P)	14	12	2	957	705	+252	26	Qualification to playoffs
2	Heriot Watt University	14	11	3	885	761	+124	25
3	Edinburgh Lions	14	9	5	880	806	+74	23
4	West Lothian Wolves	14	7	7	851	829	+22	21
5	Boroughmuir Blaze B	14	7	7	846	919	−73	21
6	Ayrshire Tornadoes	14	5	9	867	909	−42	19
7	City of Edinburgh Kings B	14	4	10	768	922	−154	18
8	Glasgow University B	14	1	13	683	886	−203	15

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Final

Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup (basketball)

Preliminary round

1st Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Chairman's Cup

The Chairman's Cup is a national knockout competition for teams who play outwith the National League system.

Preliminary round

1st Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

Preceded by 2015–16 season

SBC seasons 2016–17

Succeeded by 2017–18 season