Mansfield Giants

The Mansfield Giants are a basketball club from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The club was originally formed in 1990, and currently enter both Men's and Women's senior teams in English Basketball League Division 2 and Division 2 (North) respectively. Home games are played at the Oak Tree Leisure Centre.^[1]

Both senior teams debuted in the English Basketball League in the 2006/2007 season, with the Men's team entering the newly formed Division 4 (North), starting with a 10-4 record in their first year, which was enough to earn them a quick promotion to Division 3 of the league for the next season. Two years later, the Giants' Men's team repeated their success, taking second place in the Division 3 (North) bracket with a 17-5 win/loss record to earn promotion to Division 2, where they have remained since then, generally in mid-table positions. By comparison, the Women's team entered directly into Division 2 (North) on their debut in 2006/2007, and have maintained a similar stable record since then, with their second place in the 2008/2009 season the highlight so far.^[2]

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