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.

Teams

Team	City/Area	Arena	Capacity	Last season
Birmingham Bullets	Birmingham	Birmingham Sports Centre	1,000	9th
Brighton Bears	Brighton	Brighton Centre & Burgess Hill Triangle	3,600 1,800	2nd
Chester Jets	Chester	Northgate Arena	1,000	3rd
Leicester Riders	Loughborough	Loughborough University	1,200	11th
London Towers	London	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre	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

• Due to uncertainty rearding the future of Aston Events Centre, the Birmingham Bullets were forced to relocate to a new home venue. Their first games of the campaign were postponed until a suitable venue could be found, with the owner Craig Bown eventually acquiring the use of Birmingham Sports Centre for the duration of the season.^[1]
• With their 68–66 win in the BBL Trophy Final against Brighton Bears, Chester Jets made history as the first team to win the Trophy for four consecutive seasons.^[2]

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

Semi-finals

Final

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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 Teesside 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.Teesside 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

Final

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

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