2023–24 British Basketball League season

2023–24 BBL season
2023–24 BBL season
League	British Basketball League
Season	2023–24
Dates	14 September 2023 – 19 May 2024
Games played	180
Teams	10
TV partner(s)	Great Britain: Sky Sports; Online: YouTube;
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)
BBL seasons
	← 2022–23 2024–25 (SLB) →

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

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	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

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
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

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 v t e	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

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place

2023–24 BBL Championship
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Team ╲ Round
Bristol Flyers	4	4	8	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	6	6	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7
Caledonia Gladiators	3	6	6	6	6	4	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Cheshire Phoenix	1	3	5	3	5	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Leicester Riders	10	7	3	2	2	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
London Lions	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Manchester Giants	8	10	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Newcastle Eagles	5	2	2	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	5	6	4	5	4	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5
Plymouth City Patriots	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Sheffield Sharks	6	5	4	5	4	6	6	6	5	3	3	4	5	6	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4
Surrey Scorchers	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8

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	Semifinals	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	Semifinals	—	—	—	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

Sky Sports

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

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

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

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

Teams

Arenas and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

BBL Championship

Standings

Results

Ladder progression

BBL Trophy

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Final Four

Trophy Final

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

Playoff Final

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

All-Star Game

Awards

2023–24 BBL Team of the Year

2023–24 BBL All-British Team of the Year

2023–24 BBL Defensive Team of the Year

British clubs in European competitions

References

External links