1990–91 British Basketball League season

1990–91 BBL season British Basketball League Basketball 9 Roll of Honour BBL Kingston Play Off's Kingston National Cup Sunderland BBL Trophy Kingston List of British Basketball League seasons British Basketball League 1989-90 1991-92 The 1990–91 BBL season was the 4th season of the British Basketball League (known as the Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons) since its establishment in 1987. The season featured a total of nine teams, playing 24 games each. Following a new £1.3 million sponsorship deal with Carlsberg, the sport was unified once more as three divisions of the Carlsberg League were created. Solent Stars dropped out of the top tier and would play their basketball in Division Four.http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF500086868&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Solent are back on the road to recovery." Times [London, England] 18 Dec. 1990 The Times Hemel Hempstead Royals and Worthing Bears returned to top tier action and the Bracknell Tigers became the Thames Valley Tigers. Kingston claimed the Division One title and Play-off crown,BBL Media Guide 2003/04, page 14 as well as the League Trophy, earning their coach Kevin Cadle and star player Alton Byrd the award's for Coach and Player of the Year respectively. Sunderland claimed the National Cup preventing another Kingston clean sweep. Carlsberg League Division One (Tier 1) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Kingston 24 23 1 0.958462 Sunderland Saints 24 18 6 0.75036 3 Thames Valley Tigers 24 14 10 0.58328 4 Leicester City Riders 24 14 10 0.58328 5 Derby Rams 24 12 12 0.50024 6 Manchester Giants 24 12 12 0.50024 7 Worthing Bears 24 10 14 0.417208 Hemel Royals 24 4 20 0.1678 9 London Docklands 24 1 23 0.0422 = League winners = Qualified for the play-offs Playoffs Quarter-finals (1) Kingston vs. (8) Hemel Royals #eee Hemel Royals 78 112 Kingston Kingston 111 87 Hemel Royals Kingston win series, 2–0 (2) Sunderland Saints vs. (7) Worthing Bears #eee Worthing Bears 104 107 Sunderland Saints Sunderland Saints 123 119 1-0 Worthing Bears Sunderland win series, 2–0 (3) Thames Valley Tigers vs. (6) Manchester Giants #eee Manchester Giants 83 82 Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers 76 75 Manchester Giants #eee Thames Valley Tigers 84 82 Manchester Giants Thames Valley win series, 2–1 (4) Leicester City Riders vs. (5) Derby Rams #eee Derby Rams 92 109 Leicester City Riders Leicester City Riders 79 75 Derby Rams Leicester win series, 2–0 Semi-finals #eee Kingston 85 62 Leicester City Riders National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham Sunderland Saints 99 89 Thames Valley Tigers National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham Final #eee 13 April 1991 Kingston 94 72 Sunderland Saints Alton Byrd (MVP) 22, Alan Cunningham 22, Martin Clark 17 Russ Saunders 19, Scott Paterson 18, Steve Bucknall 15 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham ? Kingston coach Kevin CadleSunderand coach Dave Elderkin BBC 1 National League Division 2 (Tier 2) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Cheshire Jets 22 17 5 0.773342 Bury Lobos 22 16 6 0.72732 3 Broxbourne 22 16 6 0.72732 4 Watford Rebels 22 14 8 0.63628 5 Oldham Celtics 22 13 9 0.59126 6 Doncaster Eagles 22 11 11 0.500227 Middlesbrough 22 11 11 0.50022 8 Birmingham Bullets 22 10 12 0.45520 9 Brixton TopCats 22 10 12 0.4552010 Coventry Flyers 22 6 16 0.27312 11 Manchester Giants B 22 4 18 0.1828 12 Plymouth Raiders 22 4 18 0.1828 = League winners National League Division 3 (Tier 3) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Greenwich 22 21 1 0.955 422 Barnsley Generals 22 17 5 0.772 34 3 Cardiff Buccaneers 22 16 6 0.72732 4 Chiltern Fastbreak 22 14 8 0.63628 5 Cheshire Bulls 22 11 11 0.50022 6 Kirklees Leos 22 10 12 0.455207 Leicester Falcons 22 10 12 0.45520 8 North London College 22 10 12 0.45520 9 Swindon Rakers 22 8 14 0.3641610 Calderdale Explorers 22 7 15 0.31814 11 Birmingham Bullets B 22 6 16 0.27312 12 Fylde Coasters 22 2 20 0.0914 = League winners Coca-Cola National Cup Second round #eee Cheshire Jets 82 50 Calderdale Explorers Birmingham Bullets 66 80 Cadbury Boost Kingston #eee Doncaster Eagles 84 68 Brixton Topcats Telford 90 109 Sunderland Saints #eee Leicester City Riders 89 72 Solent Stars Stentofon Worthing Bears 80 77 Kodak Hemel Royals #eee Watford Rebels 89 124 Thames Valley Tigers Manchester Giants 107 73 London Docklands Quarter-finals #eee Cheshire Jets 85 103 Leicester City Riders Doncaster Eagles 65 111 Cadbury Boost Kingston #eee Sunderland Saints 84 82 Manchester Giants Stentofon Worthing Bears 94 104 Thames Valley Tigers Semi-finals #eee 2 March 1991 Leicester City Riders 94 91 (ot) Thames Valley Tigers London Arena 2 March 1991 Sunderland Saints 88 81 Cadbury Boost Kingston London Arena Final #eee 3 March 1991http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF501841639&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Trophy goes to Wearside." Times [London, England] 4 Mar. 1991 The Times Sunderland Saints 88 81 Leicester City Riders Russ Saunders 23, Scott Paterson 21, Clyde Vaughan 15, Peter Scantlebury 15, Steve Bucknall (MVP) 12 Gene Waldron 26, Dan Meagher 16, Dip Donaldson 15, Karl Brown 12 London Arena ?Sunderland Coach Dave Elderkin Leicester Coach ? NatWest Trophy Group stage North Group TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Manchester Giants84401.0002.Leicester City Riders44220.5003.Sunderland Saints44220.5004.Derby Rams44220.5005.Hemel Royals04040.000 South Group TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Kingston126601.0002.Thames Valley Tigers86420.6673.Worthing Bears26150.1664.London Docklands26150.166 Semi-finals Manchester Giants vs. Leicester City Riders #eee Leicester City Riders 91 91 Manchester Giants Manchester Giants 89 82 Leicester City Riders Manchester win on aggregate, 180–173 Kingston vs. Thames Valley Tigers #eee Thames Valley Tigers 81 86 Kingston Kingston 111 98 Thames Valley Tigers Kingston win on aggregate, 197–179 Final #eee 2 December 1990http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF500082401&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Defence has final say for faltering Kingston." Times [London, England] 3 Dec. 1990 The Times Kingston 69 59 Manchester Giants Alan Cunningham (MVP) 24, Alton Byrd 12, Trevor Gordon 12, Martin Clark 10, Martin Henlan Kevin Penny 15, Kris Kearney 12, Mike Obaseki Royal Albert Hall, London ? Kingston coach Kevin CadleManchester coach Jeff Jones Seasonal awards Most Valuable Player: Alton Byrd (Kingston) Coach of the Year: Kevin Cadle (Kingston) All-Star Team: Steve Bucknall (Sunderland Saints) Alton Byrd (Kingston) Martin Clark (Kingston) Alan Cunningham (Kingston) Kris Kearney (Manchester Giants) Ernest Lee (Derby Rams) Dan Meagher (Leicester City Riders) Dale Roberts (Thames Valley Tigers) Russ Saunders (Sunderland Saints) Clyde Vaughan (Sunderland Saints) References 30em 1989–90 season 1991–92 season BBL seasons 1990–91 Category:British Basketball League seasons 1 British