2003–04 British Basketball League season

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The 2003-04 season was the 17th campaign in the history of the British Basketball League.

Contents

Teams

Locations of the BBL 2003-04 teams
Team City/Area Arena Capacity Last season
Birmingham Bullets Birmingham Birmingham Sports Centre 1,000 9th
Brighton Bears Brighton The Brighton Centre &
Burgess Hill Triangle		 3,600
1,800		 2nd
Chester Jets Chester Northgate Arena 1,300 3rd
Leicester Riders Loughborough Loughborough University 1,000 11th
London Towers London Crystal Palace NSC Arena 3,500 7th
Milton Keynes Lions Milton Keynes Bletchley Centre 800 8th
Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Telewest Arena 6,500 5th
Scottish Rocks Glasgow Braehead Arena 4,000 6th
Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Hallam FM Arena &
Ponds Forge		 8,500
1,600		 1st
Thames Valley Tigers Bracknell John Nike Sports Centre 1,000 4th

Notable occurrences

BBL Championship

Final standings

Team Pts Pld W L Percentage
1. Brighton Bears 60 36 30 6 0.833
2. Sheffield Sharks 52 36 26 10 0.722
3. London Towers 46 36 23 13 0.638
4. Scottish Rocks 46 36 23 13 0.638
5. Chester Jets 42 36 21 15 0.583
6. Newcastle Eagles 36 36 18 18 0.500
7. Thames Valley Tigers 36 36 18 18 0.500
8. Milton Keynes Lions 26 36 13 23 0.361
9. Leicester Riders 10 36 5 31 0.138
10. Birmingham Bullets 4 36 2 31 0.055
= League winners
= Qualified for the Play-offs

The Play-offs

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
  1  Brighton Bears 91  
8  Milton Keynes Lions 83  
  1  Brighton Bears 79  
  5  Chester Jets 80  
4  Scottish Rocks 83
  5  Chester Jets 86  
    5  Chester Jets 74
  2  Sheffield Sharks 86
  2  Sheffield Sharks 118  
7  Thames Valley Tigers 110  
  2  Sheffield Sharks 94
  3  London Towers 88  
3  London Towers 96
  6  Newcastle Eagles 94  

Quarter-finals

April 17, 2004 Brighton Bears 91–83 Milton Keynes Lions    The Brighton Centre, Brighton
April 17, 2004 London Towers 94–92 Newcastle Eagles    Crystal Palace NSC Arena, London
April 18, 2004 Scottish Rocks 83–86 Chester Jets    Braehead Arena, Glasgow
April 18, 2004 Sheffield Sharks 118–100 Thames Valley Tigers    Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield

Semi-finals

May 1, 2004 Brighton Bears 79–80 Chester Jets    National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
May 1, 2004 Sheffield Sharks 94–88 London Towers    National Indoor Arena, Birmingham

Final

May 2, 2004
6.00pm GMT		 Report Sheffield Sharks 86–74 Chester Jets    National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Scoring by quarter: 18-19, 26-19, 16-17, 26-19

Haribo Cup

This season saw the first edition of the newly created Haribo Cup. Following the BBL's decision to withdraw from the National Cup due to import player regulations, the League's newest competition saw all 10 teams competing in a knock-out style tournament culminating in the Grand Final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
   Leicester Riders 100  
 London Towers 112  
   London Towers 81  
   Sheffield Sharks 90  
 Milton Keynes Lions 74
   Sheffield Sharks 85  
     Sheffield Sharks 83
   Scottish Rocks 70
   Birmingham Bullets 96  
 Thames Valley Tigers 105  
   Thames Valley Tigers 104
   Scottish Rocks 105 (OT)  
 Scottish Rocks 86 (OT)
   Newcastle Eagles 82  

First Round

October 26, 2003 Sheffield Sharks 83–70 Brighton Bears    Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield
October 26, 2003 Chester Jets 79–95 Newcastle Eagles    Northgate Arena, Chester

Quarter-finals

November 8, 2003 Leicester Riders 100–112 London Towers    Loughborough University, Loughborough
November 8, 2003 Birmingham Bullets 96–105 Thames Valley Tigers    Birmingham Sports Centre, Birmingham
November 9, 2003 Milton Keynes Lions 74–85 Sheffield Sharks    Bletchley Centre, Milton Keynes Lions
November 9, 2003 Scottish Rocks 86–82 Newcastle Eagles OT  Braehead Arena, Glasgow

Semi-finals

November 29, 2003 London Towers 81–90 Sheffield Sharks    Crystal Palace NSC Arena, London
November 29, 2003 Thames Valley Tigers 104–105 Scottish Rocks OT  Crystal Palace NSC Arena, London

Final

January 11, 2004 Report Sheffield Sharks 83–70 Scottish Rocks    National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 22-22, 18-28, 19-6
Pts: H.L. Coleman, 22 Pts: Jerry Williams, 26

BBL Trophy

Due to the lack of teams competing in this season's Championship, the BBL Trophy featured all 10 BBL teams plus two invited teams from the English Basketball League (Plymouth Raiders and Teeside Mohawks). The First Round saw all 12 teams divided into four regionalised groups with the top finishing team advancing to the Semi-finals.

Group Stage

Northern Group 1

Team Pts Pld W L Percent
1.Scottish Rocks 8 4 4 0 1.000
2.Newcastle Eagles 4 4 2 2 0.500
3.Teeside Mohawks 0 4 0 4 0.000

Southern Group 1

Team Pts Pld W L Percent
1.London Towers 6 4 3 1 0.750
2.Milton Keynes Lions 6 4 3 1 0.750
3.Birmingham Bullets 0 4 0 4 0.000

Northern Group 2

Team Pts Pld W L Percent
1.Chester Jets 6 4 3 1 0.750
2.Sheffield Sharks 6 4 3 1 0.750
3.Leicester Riders 0 4 0 4 0.000

Southern Group 2

Team Pts Pld W L Percent
1.Brighton Bears 8 4 4 0 1.000
2.Thames Valley Tigers 4 4 2 2 0.500
3.Plymouth Raiders 0 4 0 4 0.000

Semi-finals

February 7, 2004 Brighton Bears 86–73 London Towers    Ponds Forge, Sheffield
February 7, 2004 Chester Jets 91–85 Scottish Rocks    Ponds Forge, Sheffield

Final

March 13, 2004 Report Brighton Bears 66–68 Chester Jets    Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield
Scoring by quarter: 21-21, 17-17, 17-15, 11-15
Pts: Kendrick Warren, 17 Pts: John McCord, 26

Statistics leaders

Category Player Stat
Points per game Mike Pegues (Leicester Riders) 24.7
Rebounds per game Shawn Jamison (Milton Keynes Lions) 11.6
Assists per game Rob Paternostro (Birmingham Bullets) 7.8

References

  1. ^ "Bullets move home". 2003. http://www.btinternet.com/~jets/bblnews.htm#teams. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 
  2. ^ "Jets create history". BBC. March 13, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/3503034.stm. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 
Preceded by
2002-03 BBL season		 BBL seasons
2003-04		 Succeeded by
2004-05 BBL season