2014–15 British Basketball League season

2014–15 BBL season British Basketball League Basketball 26 September 2014 – 19 April 2015(Regular season)22 April 2015 – 10 May 2015(Playoffs) 36 13 Regular Season Newcastle Eagles Charles SmithNewcastle Eagles BBL Most Valuable Player Award Demond WattCheshire Phoenix(666 points) BBL Tournaments BBL Playoffs 2014–15 British Basketball League season Newcastle Eagles London Lions BBL Cup 2014–15 British Basketball League season#Final Newcastle Eagles Glasgow Rocks BBL Trophy 2014–15 British Basketball League season#Final 2 Newcastle Eagles Leicester Riders List of BBL seasons BBL 2013–14 British Basketball League season 2013–14 2015–16 (BBL) 2015–16 (EBL) The 2014–15 BBL season was the 28th campaign of the British Basketball League since the league's establishment in 1987. The season featured 13 teams from across England and Scotland, including new entrants, Bristol Flyers and Leeds Force. The season started on 26 September 2014 and ended on 10 May 2015 with the Play-off Final at The O2 Arena. As they did in 2005–06 and 2011–12, Newcastle Eagles completed a clean sweep of honours available during the season.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/32656268 BBL Play-Off final: Newcastle Eagles v London Lions 10 May 2015 10 May 2015 BBC Sport After a 31–5 regular season campaign – which ensured the Championship and top seeding for the play-offshttp://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/12941770.Newcastle_Eagles_complete_trophy_clean_sweep/ Newcastle Eagles complete trophy clean sweep Scott Wilson 10 May 2015 10 May 2015 The Northern Echo – the Eagles then defeated Bristol Flyers and Sheffield Sharks to make the final, which they then won 96–84 over London Lions. The Eagles also won the BBL Cup in January against Glasgow Rocks,http://www1.skysports.com/basketball/news/12040/9641688/bbl-newcastle-eagles-claim-third-bbl-cup-success-with-13-point-win-over-glasgow-rocks Newcastle Eagles claim third BBL Cup success with 13-point win over Glasgow Rocks 11 January 2015 10 May 2015 Sky Sports and the BBL Trophy in March against Leicester Riders.http://www1.skysports.com/basketball/news/12040/9772401/newcastle-eagles-beat-leicester-riders-to-win-bbl-trophy-in-glasgow Newcastle Eagles beat Leicester Riders to win BBL Trophy in Glasgow 22 March 2015 10 May 2015 Sky Sports Teams United Kingdom right 400 Locations of the 2014–15 BBL teams United Kingdom 51.517 -2.548 Flyers right United Kingdom 53.196 -2.890 Phoenix left United Kingdom 54.62 -1.58 Wildcats left United Kingdom 55.868494 -4.294044 Rocks bottom United Kingdom 53.8229 -1.5916 Force right United Kingdom 52.62973 -1.13897 Riders right United Kingdom 51.419083 -0.068806 Lions right United Kingdom 53.466667 -2.233333 Giants left United Kingdom 54.963889 -1.623333 Eagles right United Kingdom 50.368889 -4.15 Raiders right United Kingdom 53.398333 -1.424444 Sharks right United Kingdom 51.24844 -0.56288 United bottom United Kingdom 52.19123 -2.222231 Wolves left TeamCityArena Capacity Last season Bristol Flyers Bristol SGS WISE Arena 750 New Cheshire Phoenix Chester Northgate Arena 1,000 5th Durham Wildcats Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre 1,200 8th Glasgow Rocks Glasgow Emirates Arena 6,500 10th Leeds Force Leeds Carnegie Sports Arena 500 New Leicester Riders Leicester Sir David Wallace Centre 1,000 4th 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 1,480 9th Sheffield Sharks Sheffield English Institute of Sport 1,000 2nd Surrey United Guildford Surrey Sports Park 1,000 11th Worcester Wolves Worcester Worcester Arena 2,000 3rd BBL Championship (Tier 1) Regular season Standings <onlyinclude>main WL 5 complete BBL points points 0 PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO NEW 31 5 3494 2960 LEI 30 6 3147 2731 WOR 28 8 2959 2735 CHE 26 10 3146 2839 GLA 21 15 2948 2879 LON 21 15 2835 2673 SHE 19 17 2868 2755 BRI 13 23 2589 2811 MAN 12 24 2944 3120 PLY 11 25 3044 3278 LEE 9 27 2314 2693 DUR 8 28 2591 2878 SUR 5 31 2652 3179 Q green1 Qualification to playoffs Newcastle Eagles Worcester Wolves Leicester Riders Cheshire Phoenix London Lions Glasgow Rocks Sheffield Sharks Bristol Flyers Manchester Giants Durham Wildcats Plymouth Raiders Leeds Force Surrey United Results main FBR grey 2 y BRI CHE DUR GLA LEE LEI LON MAN NEW PLY SHE SUR WOR 73–86 61–72 91–97 71–47 59–82 63–85 72–67 93–105 65–56 73–72 74–91 68–69 92–72 83–79 80–61 66–48 59–65 84–75 93–75 81–88 104–98 85–91 97–63 97–86 77–72 76–99 81–83 80–46 67–101 80–73 84–92 73–99 67–75 63–65 101–57 58–66 62–79 86–89 79–68 67–59 80–71 89–86 90–85 69–88 99–104 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Raiders Sheffield Sharks Surrey United Worcester Wolves complete Playoffs Bracket Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final 2 / 2 / 1 y high 1 Newcastle Eagles 84 92 176 8 Bristol Flyers 64 80 144 2 Leicester Riders 68 91 159 7 Sheffield Sharks 79 85 164 3 Worcester Wolves 75 67 142 6 London Lions 80 106 186 4 Cheshire Phoenix 91 86 177 5 Glasgow Rocks 78 87 165 1 Newcastle Eagles 91 118 209 7 Sheffield Sharks 90 78 168 6 London Lions 81 77 158 4 Cheshire Phoenix 68 85 153 1 Newcastle Eagles 96 6 London Lions 84 Quarter-finals (1) Newcastle Eagles vs. (8) Bristol Flyers #eee 23 April 2015 19:30 Report Bristol Flyers 64 84 6–17 17–15 19–31 22–21 Newcastle Eagles Greg Streete, Doug McLaughlin-Williams (14) Bryquis Perine (8) Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, Roy Owen (3) Andre Jones, Charles Smith, Andrew Thomson (17) Andre Jones, Andrew Thomson, Scott Martin (9) Charles Smith (5) WISE Arena, Stoke Gifford 24 April 2015 19:30 Report Newcastle Eagles 92 80 24–23 18–16 25–22 25–19 Bristol Flyers Scott Martin (22) Andrew Lasker (13) Rahmon Fletcher (9) Mathias Seilund (17) Greg Streete (10) Bryquis Perine (11) Sport Central, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle win 176–144 on aggregate. (2) Leicester Riders vs. (7) Sheffield Sharks #eee 22 April 2015 19:30 Report Sheffield Sharks 79 68 19–18 19–19 22–16 19–25 Leicester Riders Mike Cook (25) Michael Tuck (9) B. J. Holmes (4) TrayVonn Wright (20) TrayVonn Wright (14) Neil Watson (5) English Institute of Sport, Sheffield 24 April 2015 20:00 Report Leicester Riders 91 85 22–16 17–24 12–8 27–19 13–18 Sheffield Sharks Tyler Bernardini (25) TrayVonn Wright (9) Neil Watson (8) B. J. Holmes (23) Nick Lewis (10) B. J. Holmes (3) Sir David Wallace Centre, Loughborough Sheffield win 164–159 on aggregate. (3) Worcester Wolves vs. (6) London Lions #eee 24 April 2015 19:30 Report Worcester Wolves 75 80 21–19 18–18 19–23 17–20 London Lions Alex Owumi (21) Robert Thurman (12) Chavis Holmes, Jamal Williams (5) Andrew Sullivan (17) Olumide Oyedeji (10) Zaire Taylor (6) University of Worcester Arena, Worcester 26 April 2015 16:00 Report London Lions 106 67 24–16 25–22 30–10 27–19 Worcester Wolves Zaire Taylor (41) Olumide Oyedeji (9) Andrew Sullivan (5) Alex Owumi (18) Alex Owumi (10) Chavis Holmes (5) Copper Box, London London win 186–142 on aggregate. (4) Cheshire Phoenix vs. (5) Glasgow Rocks #eee 24 April 2015 19:30 Report Glasgow Rocks 78 91 19–23 19–20 24–19 16–29 Cheshire Phoenix Omotayo Ogedengbe (22) Kieron Achara (9) Reggie Middleton (6) Demond Watt (28) Demond Watt (11) Dustin Salisbery (8) Emirates Arena, Glasgow 26 April 2015 17:30 Report Cheshire Phoenix 86 87 21–17 19–22 19–21 27–27 Glasgow Rocks Taylor King (26) Demond Watt (13) Dustin Salisbery (8) Danny Huffor, Tommy Freeman (18) Paul Egwuonwu, Danny Huffor (9) Reggie Middleton (6) Northgate Arena, Chester Cheshire win 177–165 on aggregate. Semi-finals (1) Newcastle Eagles vs. (7) Sheffield Sharks #eee 1 May 2015 19:30 Report Sheffield Sharks 90 91 22–17 24–28 23–28 21–18 Newcastle Eagles Mike Cook, B. J. Holmes (18) John Barber (12) Mike Cook (6) Scott Martin (24) Andrew Thomson (10) Scott Martin, Rahmon Fletcher (7) English Institute of Sport, Sheffield 3 May 2015 17:00 Report Newcastle Eagles 118 78 26–26 26–18 33–16 33–18 Sheffield Sharks Rahmon Fletcher (28) Andrew Thomson (16) Andrew Lasker (7) Michael Tuck (21) Michael Tuck (14) B. J. Holmes (4) Sport Central, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle win 209–168 on aggregate. (4) Cheshire Phoenix vs. (6) London Lions #eee 1 May 2015 19:30 Report London Lions 81 68 19–17 21–19 25–10 16–22 Cheshire Phoenix Zaire Taylor (26) Andrew Sullivan (9) Andrew Sullivan (4) Dustin Salisbery, Demond Watt (17) Demond Watt (10) Dustin Salisbery (4) Copper Box, London 3 May 2015 17:30 Report Cheshire Phoenix 85 77 23–23 17–19 12–16 33–19 London Lions Dustin Salisbery (24) Demond Watt (11) Dustin Salisbery, Taylor King (2) Zaire Taylor (32) Olumide Oyedeji (11) Olumide Oyedeji (3) Northgate Arena, Chester London win 158–153 on aggregate. Final (1) Newcastle Eagles vs. (6) London Lions #eee 10 May 2015 16:00 Report Newcastle Eagles 96 84 24–24 25–15 25–16 22–29 London Lions Charles Smith (24) Andrew Lasker (11) Rahmon Fletcher (9) Andrew Sullivan (27) Olumide Oyedeji (10) Zaire Taylor (6) The O2 Arena, London 14,700 BBC Red Button EBL National League Division 1 (Tier 2) Final standings main WL Q 2 0 y none ESS Essex Leopards MAN Manchester Magic DER Derby Trailblazers KEN Kent Crusaders REA Reading Rockets NOR Team Northumbria WOR Worthing Thunder BRA Bradford Dragons LEI Leicester Warriors HEM Hemel Storm TEE Tees Valley Mohawks WES Westminster Warriors NEW Newham Neptunes 18 6 17 7 17 7 16 8 15 9 15 9 11 13 10 14 9 15 9 15 9 15 6 18 4 20 #ffffcc League winners C #ccffcc Qualified for the Play-offs Q Q Q Q Q Q Q complete EBL National League Division 2 (Tier 3) Final standings main WL Q 2 0 0 y NR none y LIT London Lituanica LAN Lancashire Spinners IPS Ipswich LOU Loughborough Student Riders GRP London Greenhouse Pioneers DER Derbyshire Arrows BRI Brixton TopCats WES London Westside EEL Eastside Eagles London BIR Birmingham Mets WOR Worcester Wolves B UTD London United 21 1 0 19 3 0 15 7 0 14 7 1 12 9 1 12 10 0 10 12 0 8 14 0 6 16 0 6 16 0 5 17 0 3 19 0 #ffffcc League winners C #ccffcc Qualified for the Play-offs Q Q Q Q Q Q Q complete BBL Cup The winners of the five 1st Round matches will be joined by Newcastle Eagles, Worcester Wolves and Sheffield Sharks in the Quarter-finals, who received byes for finishing in the top three BBL Championship positions last season. BBL Cup http://www.bbl.org.uk/index.php?id=45 2014 2014-05-25 BBL.org.uk 2012-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20120926113600/http://www.bbl.org.uk/index.php?id=45 dead The Final will be played on 11 January 2015 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. 1st round #eee 10 October 2014 Leeds Force 80 69 Manchester Giants Carnegie Sports Centre, Leeds 11 October 2014 Leicester Riders 98 80 Surrey United Sir David Wallace Centre, Loughborough #eee 11 October 2014 Bristol Flyers 93 92 Plymouth Raiders WISE Arena, Bristol 12 October 2014 Glasgow Rocks 62 56 London Lions Emirates Arena, Glasgow #eee 12 October 2014 Cheshire Phoenix 88 65 Durham Wildcats Northgate Arena, Cheshire Quarter-finals #eee 31 October 2014 Newcastle Eagles 83 66 Leeds Force Sport Central, Newcastle upon Tyne 31 October 2014 Sheffield Sharks 91 84 Cheshire Phoenix English Institute of Sport, Sheffield #eee 31 October 2014 Worcester Wolves 82 90 Bristol Flyers Worcester Arena, Worcester 23 November 2014 Leicester Riders 84 85 Glasgow Rocks Sir David Wallace Centre, Loughborough Semi-finals Sheffield Sharks vs. Newcastle Eagles #eee 28 November 2014 Sheffield Sharks 75 77 Newcastle Eagles English Institute of Sport, Sheffield 12 December 2014 Newcastle Eagles 85 76 Sheffield Sharks Sport Central, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle win 162–151 on aggregate. Bristol Flyers vs. Glasgow Rocks #eee 12 December 2014 Bristol Flyers 75 77 Glasgow Rocks WISE Arena, Bristol 14 December 2014 Glasgow Rocks 84 57 Bristol Flyers Emirates Arena, Glasgow Glasgow win 161–132 on aggregate. Final #eee 11 January 2015 15:30 GMT Report Newcastle Eagles 84 71 15–15 25–14 20–22 24–20 Glasgow Rocks Charles Smith (21) Andrew Thomson, Scott Martin, Fabulous Flournoy (7) Andre Jones, Rahmon Fletcher (4) JaJuan Smith (17) Kieron Achara (11) JaJuan Smith (3) Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham BBL Trophy The 13 BBL clubs were joined by Essex Leopards and Reading Rockets of the English Basketball League and Falkirk Fury of the Scottish Basketball League to form a straight knock-out competition. The first two rounds featured one-off games whilst the Semi-finals took place over two legs. The Final was held at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow on 8 March 2015, and this was the third consecutive year that the venue has hosted the event. 1st round #eee 14 January 2015 19:30 London Lions 85 73 Bristol Flyers Copper Box, London 16 January 2015 20:00 Essex Leopards 64 69 Surrey United Brentwood Centre, Brentwood #eee 17 January 2015 19:30 Leicester Riders 81 51 Leeds Force Sir David Wallace Centre, Loughborough 18 January 2015 16:00 Durham Wildcats 84 86 Worcester Wolves Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre, Newton Aycliffe #eee 18 January 2015 16:00 Plymouth Raiders 109 100 Cheshire Phoenix Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth 18 January 2015 16:00 Reading Rockets 90 112 Newcastle Eagles Rivermead Leisure Complex, Reading #eee 18 January 2015 17:00 Falkirk Fury 46 112 Glasgow Rocks Grangemouth Sports Complex, Grangemouth 18 January 2015 18:00 Manchester Giants 76 79 Sheffield Sharks Trafford Powerleague Arena, Manchester Quarter-finals #eee 31 January 2015 19:30 Leicester Riders 80 71 Worcester Wolves Sir David Wallace Centre, Loughborough 7 February 2015 19:30 Plymouth Raiders 86 77 Surrey United Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth #eee 8 February 2015 17:00 Glasgow Rocks 70 88 Newcastle Eagles Emirates Arena, Glasgow 13 February 2015 19:30 London Lions 86 80 Sheffield Sharks Copper Box, London Semi-finals Newcastle Eagles vs. Plymouth Raiders #eee 27 February 2015 19:30 Newcastle Eagles 126 79 Plymouth Raiders Sport Central, Newcastle upon Tyne 1 March 2015 16:00 Plymouth Raiders 99 104 Newcastle Eagles Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth Newcastle win 230–178 on aggregate. Leicester Riders vs. London Lions #eee 1 March 2015 18:00 Leicester Riders 80 63 London Lions Sir David Wallace Centre, Loughborough 8 March 2015 16:00 London Lions 81 91 Leicester Riders Copper Box, London Leicester win 171–144 on aggregate. Final #eee 22 March 2015 15:30 GMT Report Newcastle Eagles 96 90 28–24 17–21 26–28 25–17 Leicester Riders Scott Martin (20) Charles Smith (7) Rahmon Fletcher (8) Jamell Anderson (20) TrayVonn Wright (10) Neil Watson (13) Emirates Arena, Glasgow Monthly awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthOctober Andreas Kapoulas Bristol Flyers Demond Watt Cheshire PhoenixNovember Fabulous Flournoy Newcastle Eagles Kieron Achara Glasgow RocksDecember John Coffino Cheshire Phoenix Demond Watt Cheshire PhoenixJanuary Fabulous Flournoy Newcastle Eagles Jordan Clarke Plymouth RaidersFebruary Fabulous Flournoy Newcastle Eagles Demond Watt Cheshire PhoenixMarch Fabulous Flournoy Newcastle Eagles Demond Watt Cheshire PhoenixApril Atiba Lyons Sheffield Sharks Charles Smith Newcastle Eagles Season Andreas Kapoulas Bristol Flyers Charles Smith Newcastle Eagles References 30em 2013–14 season 2015–16 season BBL seasons 2014–15 Category:British Basketball League seasons 1 British