1979–80 National Basketball League season

1979–80 National Basketball League season National Basketball League Basketball 10 Roll of Honour National League Crystal Palace Chevrons Doncaster Ziebart Panthers Play-offs Crystal Palace Chevrons Coventry Team Fiat National Cup Crystal Palace Chevrons Doncaster Ziebart Panthers List of English National Basketball League seasons National Basketball League 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 Rotary Watches National Basketball League season was the eighth season of the National Basketball League.Matthews & Morrison Peter & Ian The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results 1987 Guinness Superlatives Ltd 0-85112-492-5 registration https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt The league was sponsored by Rotary Watches for the second consecutive year and Crystal Palace won an unprecedented treble of League, Playoffs and National Cup. Crystal Palace were helped by Alton Byrd, who would become the best known name in British basketball and pick up the season MVP award.https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/national-league-archive/senior-men-league Men's Senior League Winners Basketball EnglandAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Team changes Malcolm Chamberlain, the owner of the London Metros uprooted the team, relocating from London to Kingston upon Thames and the Tolworth Recreation Centre, rebranding as Kingston. With their added sponsorship they would be known as Kelly Girls International Kingston. Guildford Pirates, the NBL Division 2 champions, joined the league and following a sponsorship deal would be Team Talbot, Guildford. Runners-up Hemel Hempstead also joined the league and would be known as Hemel Hempstead Ovaltine playing at Bletchley Leisure Centre. The Blackpool Pacemakers completed the newcomers to the league. The Milton Keynes All-Stars, Loughborough All-Stars, Exeter St Lukes TSB and Bracknell Bullets all dropped out. National League standings Division One Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 Crystal Palace Chevrons 18 18 0 1936 1498 362 Doncaster Ziebart Panthers 18 14 4 1751 1673 283 Coventry Team Fiat 18 14 4 1788 1644 284 Hemel Hempstead Ovaltine 18 12 6 1686 1634 245 Kelly Girls International Kingston 18 10 8 1836 1702 206 Sunderland Sunblest 18 9 9 1672 1683 187 Stockport Belgrade 18 5 13 1763 1874 98 Manchester ATS Giants 18 3 15 1533 1754 69 Blackpool Pacemakers 18 3 15 1612 1839 610 Team Talbot, Guildford Pirates 18 2 16 1592 1873 4 Division Two Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 Nottingham 14 11 3 1269 1155 222 Camden & Hampstead 14 11 3 1449 1327 223 Leeds Larsen Lions 14 11 3 1346 1218 224 Brighton 14 8 6 1332 1290 165 Exeter St Lukes 14 7 7 1311 1287 146 Team Hemeling Birmingham 14 3 11 1334 1467 67 Plymouth Panasonic 14 3 11 1261 1396 68 Brunel Ducks 14 2 12 1253 1435 4 Rotary Watches playoffs Semi-finals venue & date Team 1 Team 2 Score March 14, Wembley Arena Doncaster Ziebart Panthers Coventry Team Fiat 84-100 March 14, Wembley Arena Crystal Palace Chevrons Hemel Hempstead Ovaltine 98-75 Third Place venue & date Team 1 Team 2 Score March 15, Wembley Arena Doncaster Ziebart Panthers Hemel Hempstead Ovaltine 84-75 Final #eee 15 March Crystal Palace Chevrons 93 85 Coventry Team Fiat Mark Saiers 26 Greg White (MVP) 38 Wembley Arena http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS135235185&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Basketball." Times [London, England] 17 Mar. 1980 The Times Digital Archive Butlins National Cup Final #eee 25 January 1980 Crystal Palace Chevrons 97 67 Doncaster Ziebart Panthers Peter Jeremich 21, Mark Saiers 17 Concord Sports Centre, Sheffield 1,500 References See also Basketball in England British Basketball League English Basketball League List of English National Basketball League seasons Category:National Basketball League (England) seasons British