2003–04 British Basketball League season

August 2022 2003–04 BBL season British Basketball League Basketball Roll of Honour BBL Brighton Bears Play Off's Sheffield Sharks BBL Cup Sheffield Sharks BBL Trophy Chester Jets List of British Basketball League seasons British Basketball League 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 BBL season was the 17th campaign in the history of the British Basketball League. Teams United Kingdom right 250 Locations of the 2003–04 BBL teams United Kingdom 52.412903 -1.772094 Bullets left United Kingdom 50.84294 0.131312 Bears left United Kingdom 53.196 -2.890 Jets left United Kingdom 52.466 -1.1343 Riders right United Kingdom 51.2508 0.0407 Towers right United Kingdom 51.997121 -0.723289 Lions right United Kingdom 54.963889 -1.623333 Eagles bottom United Kingdom 55.868494 -4.294044 Rocks left United Kingdom 53.398333 -1.424444 Sharks right United Kingdom 51.426 -0.749 Tigers left TeamCity/AreaArenaCapacityLast season Birmingham Bullets Birmingham Birmingham Sports Centre 1,000 9th Brighton Bears Brighton Brighton Centre & Burgess Hill Triangle 3,600 1,800 2nd Chester Jets Chester Northgate Arena 1,000 3rd Leicester Riders Loughborough Loughborough University 1,200 11th London Towers London Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 3,500 7th Milton Keynes Lions Milton Keynes Bletchley Centre 800 8th Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Telewest Arena 6,500 5th Scottish Rocks Glasgow Braehead Arena 4,000 6th Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Hallam FM Arena & Ponds Forge 8,500 1,600 1st Thames Valley Tigers Bracknell John Nike Sports Centre 1,000 4th Notable occurrences Due to uncertainty regarding the future of Aston Events Centre, the Birmingham Bullets were forced to relocate to a new home venue. Their first games of the campaign were postponed until a suitable venue could be found, with the owner Craig Bown eventually acquiring the use of Birmingham Sports Centre for the duration of the season. Bullets move home http://www.btinternet.com/~jets/bblnews.htm#teams 2003 9 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023160552/http://www.btinternet.com/~jets/bblnews.htm 2012-10-23 With their 68–66 win in the BBL Trophy Final against Brighton Bears, Chester Jets made history as the first team to win the Trophy for four consecutive seasons. Jets create history https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/3503034.stm 9 November 2010 BBC News 13 March 2004 live https://web.archive.org/web/20040505172503/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/3503034.stm 2004-05-05 BBL championship (Tier 1) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Brighton Bears 36 30 6 0.833602 Sheffield Sharks 36 26 10 0.72252 3 London Towers 36 23 13 0.63846 4 Scottish Rocks 36 23 13 0.63846 5 Chester Jets 36 21 15 0.58342 6 Newcastle Eagles 36 18 18 0.50036 7 Thames Valley Tigers 36 18 18 0.50036 8 Milton Keynes Lions 36 13 23 0.36226 9 Leicester Riders 36 5 31 0.13810 10 Birmingham Bullets 36 2 34 0.0554 = League winners = Qualified for the play-offs Playoffs Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 1 Brighton Bears 91 8 Milton Keynes Lions 83 4 Scottish Rocks 83 5 Chester Jets 86 2 Sheffield Sharks 118 7 Thames Valley Tigers 110 3 London Towers 96 6 Newcastle Eagles 94 1 Brighton Bears 79 5 Chester Jets 80 2 Sheffield Sharks 94 3 London Towers 88 5 Chester Jets 74 2 Sheffield Sharks 86 Quarter-finals #eee 17 April 2004 Brighton Bears 91 83 Milton Keynes Lions Brighton Centre, Brighton 17 April 2004 London Towers 94 92 Newcastle Eagles Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London #eee 18 April 2004 Scottish Rocks 83 86 Chester Jets Braehead Arena, Glasgow 18 April 2004 Sheffield Sharks 118 100 Thames Valley Tigers Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield Semi-finals #eee 1 May 2004 Brighton Bears 79 80 Chester Jets National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 1 May 2004 Sheffield Sharks 94 88 London Towers National Indoor Arena, Birmingham Final #eee 2 May 2004 6.00 pm GMT Report Sheffield Sharks 86 74 18–19 26–19 16–17 26–19 Chester Jets Lynard Stewart 25, Rob Yanders 19, Justin Phoenix 12, Nate Reinking 12 Michael Nurse 21, John McCord 18, Calvin Davis 14 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham EBL National League Division 1 (Tier 2) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Plymouth Raiders 22 20 2 0.909402 Reading Rockets 22 17 5 0.77334 3 Teesside Mohawks 22 16 6 0.72732 4 Manchester Magic 22 16 6 0.72732 5 Worthing Thunder 22 15 7 0.68230 6 London United 22 11 11 0.50022 7 City of Sheffield Arrows 22 10 12 0.45520 8 Ware Rebels 22 9 13 0.40918 9 Sutton Pumas 22 7 15 0.31814 10 Solent Stars 22 4 18 0.1828 11 Kingston Wildcats 22 4 18 0.1828 12 Bath Romans 22 3 19 0.1366 = League winners = Qualified for the play-offs Haribo Cup This season saw the first edition of the newly created Haribo Cup. Following the BBL's decision to withdraw from the National Cup due to import player regulations, the League's newest competition saw all 10 teams competing in a knock-out style tournament culminating in the Grand Final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Leicester Riders 100 London Towers 112 Milton Keynes Lions 74 Sheffield Sharks 85 Birmingham Bullets 96 Thames Valley Tigers 105 Scottish Rocks 86 (OT) Newcastle Eagles 82 London Towers 81 Sheffield Sharks 90 Thames Valley Tigers 104 Scottish Rocks 105 (OT) Sheffield Sharks 83 Scottish Rocks 70 First round #eee 26 October 2003 Sheffield Sharks 83 70 Brighton Bears Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield 26 October 2003 Chester Jets 79 95 Newcastle Eagles Northgate Arena, Chester Quarter-finals #eee 8 November 2003 Leicester Riders 100 112 London Towers Loughborough University, Loughborough 8 November 2003 Birmingham Bullets 96 105 Thames Valley Tigers Birmingham Sports Centre, Birmingham #eee 9 November 2003 Milton Keynes Lions 74 85 Sheffield Sharks Bletchley Centre, Milton Keynes Lions 9 November 2003 Scottish Rocks 86 82 1–0 Newcastle Eagles Braehead Arena, Glasgow Semi-finals #eee 29 November 2003 London Towers 81 90 Sheffield Sharks Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London 29 November 2003 Thames Valley Tigers 104 105 0–1 Scottish Rocks Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London Final #eee 11 January 2004 Report Sheffield Sharks 83 70 24–14 22–22 18–28 19–6 Scottish Rocks H.L. Coleman 22, Lynard Stewart 17, Nate Reinking 13 Jerry Williams 26, Terence McGee 15, Michael Martin 12 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham BBL Trophy Due to the lack of teams competing in this season's Championship, the BBL Trophy featured all 10 BBL teams plus two invited teams from the English Basketball League (Plymouth Raiders and Teesside Mohawks). The First round saw all 12 teams divided into four regionalised groups with the top finishing team advancing to the Semi-finals. Group stage Northern Group 1 TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Scottish Rocks84401.0002.Newcastle Eagles44220.5003.Teesside Mohawks04040.000 Southern Group 1 TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.London Towers64310.7502.Milton Keynes Lions64310.7503.Birmingham Bullets04040.000 Northern Group 2 TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Chester Jets64310.7502.Sheffield Sharks64310.7503.Leicester Riders04040.000 Southern Group 2 TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Brighton Bears84401.0002.Thames Valley Tigers44220.5003.Plymouth Raiders04040.000 Semi-finals #eee 7 February 2004 Brighton Bears 86 73 London Towers Ponds Forge, Sheffield 7 February 2004 Chester Jets 91 85 Scottish Rocks Ponds Forge, Sheffield Final #eee 13 March 2004 Report Brighton Bears 66 68 21–21 17–17 17–15 11–15 Chester Jets Kendrick Warren 17, Mike Brown 14, Rico Alderson 12 John McCord 19 (MVP), Michael Nurse 13, Billy Singleton 11 Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield 5,000 Statistics leaders CategoryPlayerStatPoints per gameUSA Mike Pegues (Leicester Riders) 24.7Rebounds per game USA Shawn Jamison (Milton Keynes Lions) 11.6Assists per game USA Italy Rob Paternostro (Birmingham Bullets) 7.8 References 2002–03 season 2004–05 season BBL seasons 2003–04 Category:British Basketball League seasons 1 British