2015–16 British Basketball League season

The 2015–16 BBL season was the 29th campaign of the British Basketball League since the league's establishment in 1987. The season featured 12 teams from across England and Scotland.

2015–16 BBL season
LeagueBritish Basketball League
SportBasketball
Season MVPRahmon Fletcher
BBL Cup championsNewcastle Eagles
  BBL Cup runners-upLeicester Riders
BBL seasons

Teams

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Team City Arena Capacity Last season
Bristol Flyers Bristol SGS WISE Arena 750 8th
Cheshire Phoenix Chester Northgate Arena 1,000 4th
Glasgow Rocks Glasgow Emirates Arena 6,500 5th
Leeds Force Leeds Carnegie Sports Centre 500 11th
Leicester Riders Leicester Sir David Wallace Centre
Leicester Arena
1,000
2,400
2nd
London Lions London Copper Box 7,000 6th
Manchester Giants Manchester Trafford Powerleague Arena 1,100 9th
Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Sport Central 3,000 1st
Plymouth Raiders Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions 1,500 10th
Sheffield Sharks Sheffield English Institute of Sport 1,000 7th
Surrey Scorchers Guildford Surrey Sports Park 1,000 13th
Worcester Wolves Worcester Worcester Arena 2,000 3rd

Championship

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Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Leicester Riders 33 29 4 2690 2239 +451 58 Qualification to playoffs
2 Newcastle Eagles 33 28 5 3025 2584 +441 56
3 Sheffield Sharks 33 20 13 2709 2473 +236 40
4 Worcester Wolves 33 19 14 2722 2690 +32 38
5 Glasgow Rocks 33 19 14 2605 2550 +55 38
6 London Lions 33 16 17 2671 2537 +134 32
7 Cheshire Phoenix 33 16 17 2769 2792 −23 32
8 Leeds Force 33 14 19 2372 2610 −238 28
9 Plymouth Raiders 33 13 20 2698 2784 −86 26
10 Bristol Flyers 33 9 24 2323 2582 −259 18
11 Manchester Giants 33 8 25 2558 2882 −324 16
12 Surrey Scorchers 33 7 26 2493 2912 −419 14
Source: BBL

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
1 Leicester Riders 83 75 158
8 Leeds Force 78 55 133
1 Leicester Riders 99 84 183
7 Cheshire Phoenix 55 92 147
2 Newcastle Eagles 91 96 187
7 Cheshire Phoenix 104 87 191
1 Leicester Riders 77
3 Sheffield Sharks 84
3 Sheffield Sharks 94 75 169
6 London Lions 70 78 158
5 Glasgow Rocks 80 73 153
3 Sheffield Sharks 91 68 159
4 Worcester Wolves 53 88 141
5 Glasgow Rocks 90 83 173

Quarter-finals

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(1) Leicester Riders vs. (8) Leeds Force

23 April 2016
Leicester Riders 75–55 Leeds Force
Leicester win 158–133 on aggregate.

(2) Newcastle Eagles vs. (7) Cheshire Phoenix

24 April 2016
Cheshire Phoenix 87–96 Newcastle Eagles
Cheshire win 191–187 on aggregate.

(3) Sheffield Sharks vs. (6) London Lions

24 April 2016
London Lions 78–75 Sheffield Sharks
Sheffield win 169–148 on aggregate.
Copper Box, London

(4) Worcester Wolves vs. (5) Glasgow Rocks

24 April 2015
Worcester Wolves 88–83 Glasgow Rocks
Glasgow win 173–141 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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(1) Leicester Riders vs. (7) Cheshire Phoenix

1 May 2016
Leicester Riders 84–92 Cheshire Phoenix
Leicester win 183–147 on aggregate.

(3) Sheffield Sharks vs. (5) Glasgow Rocks

1 May 2016
Sheffield Sharks 68–73 Glasgow Rocks
Sheffield win 159–153 on aggregate.

Final

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8 May 2016
15:30 GMT
Leicester Riders 77–84 Sheffield Sharks
Scoring by quarter: 22-18, 21-26, 23-15, 11-25
Pts: Neil Watson (19)
Rebs: TrayVonn Wright, Tyler Bernardini (6)
Asts: Neil Watson (4)
Pts: Mike Tuck (20)
Rebs: Mike Tuck (13)
Asts: Brandon Hogg (6)

BBL Cup

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1st Round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Leicester Riders 75–65 London Lions
Leicester win 152-130
Newcastle Eagles 100–96 Cheshire Phoenix
Newcastle win 213-181

Final

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BBL Trophy

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1st Round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Worcester Wolves 88–94 Newcastle Eagles
Newcastle win 167-154
Sheffield Sharks 70–74 Leicester Riders
Leicester win 153-149

Final

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27 Feb 2016
15:30 GMT
Newcastle Eagles 77–85 Leicester Riders
Scoring by quarter: 17-20, 13-22, 20-16, 27-27
Pts: Rahmon Fletcher (18)
Rebs: Charles Smith (9)
Asts: Scott Martin (5)
Pts: Andrew Sullivan (22)
Rebs: TrayVonn Wright, Tyler Bernardini (9)
Asts: Conner Washington (4)

References

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Preceded by BBL seasons
2015–16
Succeeded by