1976–77 National Basketball League season

1976–77 National Basketball League season National Basketball League Basketball 10 Roll of Honour National League Cinzano Crystal Palace Manchester ATS Giants National Cup Cinzano Crystal Palace Milton Keynes Embassy All-Stars List of English National Basketball League seasons National Basketball League 1975–76 1977–78 The 1976–77 Guinness National Basketball League season was the fifth 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 Guinness and the number of teams participating remained at ten. The Embassy All-Stars relocated to Milton Keynes, Cleveland became Durham and Bedford replaced Leeds. The Crystal Palace team completed a second consecutive double of National League and Cup and were beginning to achieve national public recognition. There were no playoffs for the League during this era and Carl Olsson was awarded 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 National League First Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 Cinzano Crystal Palace 18 18 0 1869 1351 362 Manchester ATS Giants 18 15 3 1598 1414 333 Milton Keynes Embassy All-Stars 18 12 6 1605 1398 304 Doncaster Wilson Panthers 18 12 6 1552 1487 305 Coventry Team Fiat 18 10 8 1669 1528 286 Bowmer & Kirkland Loughborough All-Stars 18 8 10 1476 1523 267 Wicksteed-Magnet Metros 18 7 11 1506 1521 258 Bedford Vauxhall Motors 18 4 14 1479 1680 229 Avenue 18 3 15 1207 1553 2110 Durham StrongArm Aycliff 18 1 17 1439 1945 19 Second Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 Stockport Belgrade 20 18 2 1673 1358 382 Exeter St Lukes All Stars 20 18 2 1801 1467 383 Miles Mustangs 20 13 7 1805 1703 334 EPAB Sunderland 20 13 7 1646 1485 335 Birmingham Bulldogs 20 11 9 1607 1552 316 Seense Oxford Sonics 20 10 10 1538 1477 307 KCA Bury 20 8 12 1687 1722 288 Malory Lewisham 20 7 13 1622 1709 279 Nottingham 20 6 14 1567 1821 2610 Derby CFE 20 4 16 1368 1522 2411 Leeds Larsen Lions 20 2 18 1410 1944 22 National Cup Final #eee Cinzano Crystal Palace 91 90 Milton Keynes Embassy All-Stars Mark Saiers 26, Paul Philp 20, Jim Guymon ??, Vic Tinsley ?? Pete Sprogis 29, Earl Hogue 22, Jerry Walker 17, Stuart Turpie, John Belk Wembley Leading scorers Player Team Pts Allen Bunting Metros 539 Jim Guymon Crystal Palace 500 Darnell Harrell Coventry 494 Kenny Pemberton Bedford 403 Earl Hogue Embassy All-Stars 402 Mark Saiers Crystal Palace 392 Wayne Metzger Doncaster 387 Jeff Jones Manchester 362 Jerry Walker Embassy All-Stars 357 John Miller Manchester 356 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