2006–07 British Basketball League season

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The 2006–07 season, the 20th since its establishment of the British Basketball League, started on 29 September 2006 when reigning champions Newcastle Eagles began with an 85–83 loss away to Sheffield Sharks.

There are 10 teams are taking to the field this season, including two new franchises to the BBL, London United and the Worcester Wolves, who both moved up from the English Basketball League during the summer of 2006.[1] The new additions were brought in after three teams withdrew from the League before the start of the season. Brighton Bears and London Towers both took the decision to "park" their respective franchises and take a one-year break[2][3][4] whilst Birmingham Bullets also decided to sit out due to a lack of suitable home venues available[5] and have since gone into liquidation.[6]

Teams

Locations of the 2006–07 BBL teams
Team City/Area Arena Capacity Last season
Chester Jets Chester Northgate Arena 1,000 7th
Guildford Heat Guildford Guildford Spectrum 1,100 5th
Leicester Riders Leicester John Sanford Centre 800 6th
London United London SPACe 600 New
Milton Keynes Lions Milton Keynes Bletchley Centre 800 10th
Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Metro Radio Arena 6,500 1st
Plymouth Raiders Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions 1,480 9th
Scottish Rocks Glasgow Braehead Arena 4,000 2nd
Sheffield Sharks Sheffield English Institute of Sport 1,200 3rd
Worcester Wolves Worcester University of Worcester 600 New

Notable occurrences

BBL championship

Final standings

TeamPtsPldWLPercentage
1. Guildford Heat 58362970.806
2. Sheffield Sharks 56362880.778
3. Newcastle Eagles 503625110.694
4. Scottish Rocks 443622140.611
5. Plymouth Raiders 403620160.556
6. Milton Keynes Lions 363618180.500
7. Leicester Riders 263613230.361
8. London United 223611250.306
9. Chester Jets 203610160.278
10. Worcester Wolves 8364320.111
= League winners
= Qualified for the Play-offs

The Play-offs

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
1 Guildford Heat 71
8 London United 68
1 Guildford Heat 71
4 Scottish Rocks 78
4 Scottish Rocks 83
5 Plymouth Raiders 77
4 Scottish Rocks 82
3 Newcastle Eagles 95
2 Sheffield Sharks 89
7 Leicester Riders 71
2 Sheffield Sharks 73
3 Newcastle Eagles 83
3 Newcastle Eagles 110
6 Milton Keynes Lions 84

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third-place game

Final

29 April 2007
Newcastle Eagles 9582 Scottish Rocks
Scoring by quarter: 30–23, 17–21, 23–17, 25–21
Pts: Olu Babalola, 23 Pts: Robert Yanders, 26

BBL Cup

This seasons edition of the BBL Cup saw the two lowest seeds from the previous seasons League rankings face-off with the BBL's two newest additions – London United and Worcester Wolves – in the First round. As expected, the experience of Milton Keynes and Plymouth paid off and both teams advanced to the Quarter-finals to join the rest of their league rivals in the last eight. In the clash of the round, eventual winners Guildford Heat saw off the Plymouth Raiders in a thrilling tie dominated by the shooting of Chad McKnight, who posted 39 points for the Heat.

The Semi-finals saw the leagues four strongest teams drawn against each other, but while Guildford easily dispatched the visiting Sheffield Sharks, the Cup holders Newcastle Eagles, were easily crushed by the mighty Scottish Rocks, where Rocks' Robert Yanders netted a game-high 23 points.

In only their second season since establishment, Guildford's success story continued when the scooped their first piece of silverware with an 82–79 victory in the Cup Final against the Rocks. Heat's star guard Brian Dux was named as MVP scoring 21 points on the way to victory.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

7 January 2007
Guildford Heat 8279 Scottish Rocks
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 26–9, 15–7, 25–36
Pts: Brian Dux, 21 Pts: Sterling Davis, 21

BBL Trophy

Due to the lack of teams competing in this season's Championship, the BBL Trophy featured all 10 BBL teams plus six invited teams, four from the English Basketball League (Coventry Crusaders, London Leopards, Reading Rockets and Worthing Thunder) and two from the Scottish Basketball League (Edinburgh Kings and Troon Tornadoes). The First round saw all 16 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.Newcastle Eagles 63301.000
2.Scottish Rocks 43210.666
3.Edinburgh Kings 23120.333
4.Troon Tornadoes 03030.000

Southern Group 1

Team Pts Pld W L Percent
1.Leicester Riders 43210.666
2.London United 43210.666
3.Milton Keynes Lions 43210.666
4.London Leopards 03030.000

Northern Group 2

Team Pts Pld W L Percent
1.Sheffield Sharks 63301.000
2.Chester Jets 23120.333
3.Coventry Crusaders 23120.333
4.Worcester Wolves 23120.333

Southern Group 2

Team Pts Pld W L Percent
1.Plymouth Raiders 63301.000
2.Guildford Heat 43210.666
3.Worthing Thunder 23120.333
4.Reading Rockets 03030.000

Semi-finals

Final

4 March 2007
Newcastle Eagles 6574 Plymouth Raiders
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 17–19, 10–18, 20–16
Pts: Tony Dorsey, 20 Pts: Carlton Aaron, 25

Statistics leaders

CategoryPlayerStat
Points per gameUnited States Jazwyn Cowan (Chester Jets) 23.07
Rebounds per game United States Carlton Aaron (Plymouth Raiders) 12.43
Assists per game United States TJ Walker (Newcastle Eagles) 5.86
Steals per game United States Maurice Hampton (Scottish Rocks) 2.86
Blocks per game Barbados Andrew Alleyne (Leicester Riders) 1.36
Field goal percentage United Kingdom Darius Defoe (Newcastle Eagles) 60.00%
Free throw percentage United Kingdom Dan Wardrope (Guildford Heat) 86.19%
Three-point field goal percentage Nigeria Belgium Hugo Sterk (Scottish Rocks) 44.00%

Monthly awards

MonthCoachPlayer
OctoberUnited States Tom Hancock (Milton Keynes Lions) United States United Kingdom Tony Windless (Milton Keynes Lions)
November United Kingdom Peter Scantlebury MBE (Sheffield Sharks) United States Carlton Aaron (Plymouth Raiders)
December United Kingdom Paul James (Guildford Heat) United States Jazwyn Cowan (Chester Jets)
January United States United Kingdom Fabulous Flournoy (Newcastle Eagles) United States Jeff Bonds (Sheffield Sharks)
February United Kingdom Peter Scantlebury MBE (Sheffield Sharks) United Kingdom Tarick Johnson (London United)
March Germany Thorsten Leibenath (Scottish Rocks) United States Daniel Gilbert (Guildford Heat)

Seasonal awards

References

  1. Andrew Shields (2006). "Towards 2012". Time Out. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  2. Rob Dugdale (31 July 2006). "Towers owner to suspend franchise for new season". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 24 March 2007.
  3. Andrew Shields (2006). "Towards 2012". Time Out. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  4. http://www.brightonbears.com/
  5. BBC Sport (26 July 2006). "Birmingham will miss BBL season". BBC. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  6. BBC Stoke and Staffordshire (7 January 2010). "Team Birmingham Bullets basketball club move to Fenton". BBC. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  7. Rob Dugdale (31 July 2006). "Towers owner to suspend franchise for new season". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 24 March 2007.
  8. Andrew Shields (2006). "Towards 2012". Time Out. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  9. BBC (21 September 2006). "BBL signs up with new broadcaster". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  10. Richard Taylor (24 March 2007). "BBL kept in the dark on positive drug test". The Independent (London). Retrieved 24 March 2007.
  11. Richard Taylor (7 April 2007). "Jets' future in doubt after Burton quits". The Independent (London). Retrieved 7 April 2007.
Preceded by
2005–06 season
BBL seasons
2006–07
Succeeded by
2007–08 season
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