1994–95 British Basketball League season

1994–95 BBL season British Basketball League Basketball Roll of Honour BBL Sheffield Sharks Play Off's Worthing Bears National Cup Sheffield Sharks BBL Trophy Thames Valley Tigers List of British Basketball League seasons British Basketball League 1993–94 1995–96 The 1994–95 BBL season was known as the Budweiser League for sponsorship reasons. The season featured a total of 13 teams, playing 36 games each. A major change saw the Guildford Kings franchise fold due to the club being unable to negotiate a viable contract with the owners of the Guildford Spectrum.http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF502064998&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 "Leopards step in." Times [London, England] 12 Aug. 1994 The Times Digital Archive The league sold Kings' licence to a group headed by Robert Earl, Ed Simons and Harvey Goldsmith, who established the Leopards. Oldham Celtics dropped down a division to National League Division One. Newcomers Sheffield Sharks formerly Sheffield Forgers won the regular season and claimed the title in their rookie season in addition to becoming National Cup champions. Seventh-seed Worthing Bears caused a huge upset in the post-season Play-off to take the Championship crown with a memorable victory over Manchester Giants in the final.BBL Media Guide 2003/04, page 12 The Thames Valley Tigers secured the BBL Trophy. Budweiser League Championship (Tier 1) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Sheffield Sharks 36 29 7 0.805582 Thames Valley Tigers 36 28 8 0.77856 3 London Towers 36 28 8 0.77856 4 Manchester Giants 36 26 10 0.72252 5 Doncaster Panthers 36 25 11 0.69450 6 Leopards 36 23 13 0.63846 7 Worthing Bears 36 20 16 0.555408 Birmingham Bullets 36 18 18 0.50036 9 Derby Bucks 36 10 26 0.27820 10 Hemel Royals 36 9 27 0.25018 11 Leicester City Riders 36 8 28 0.22216 12 Chester Jets 36 6 30 0.16712 13 Sunderland Scorpions 36 4 32 0.1118 = League winners = Qualified for the play-offs Playoffs Quarter-finals (1) Sheffield Sharks vs. (8) Birmingham Bullets #eee Birmingham Bullets 85 81 Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Sharks 65 55 Birmingham Bullets #eee Sheffield Sharks 71 67 Birmingham Bullets Sheffield win series, 2–1 (2) Thames Valley Tigers vs. (7) Worthing Bears #eee Worthing Bears 89 79 Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers 97 94 Worthing Bears #eee Thames Valley Tigers 81 85 Worthing Bears Worthing win series, 2–1 (3) London Towers vs. (6) Leopards #eee Leopards 77 92 London Towers London Towers 78 87 Leopards #eee London Towers 91 73 Leopards London win series, 2–1 (4) Manchester Giants vs. (5) Doncaster Panthers #eee Doncaster Panthers 108 112 0-1 Manchester Giants Manchester Giants 82 74 Doncaster Panthers Manchester win series, 2–0 Semi-finals #eee 29 April 1995 Sheffield Sharks 72 84 Worthing Bears Wembley Arena, London 29 April 1995 London Towers 102 109 0-1 Manchester Giants Wembley Arena, London Final #eee 30 April 1995 16:30 Worthing Bears 77 73 23–12 14–23 9–21 31–17 Manchester Giants Cunningham/Irish 19, Harried 17, Lewis 16 Harried 13 Irish 5 MVP: Alan Cunningham Robinson 28, St. Kitts 20, Boden 10 St. Kitts 11 Johnson 7 Wembley Arena, London 8,500Worthing Coach Alan CunninghamManchester Coach Mike Hanks Sky Sports 2 National League Division 1 (Tier 2) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Crystal Palace 22 21 1 0.955422 Coventry Crusaders 22 18 4 0.81836 3 Ware Rebels 22 17 5 0.77334 4 Oldham Celtics 22 14 8 0.63628 5 Brixton TopCats 22 13 9 0.59126 6 Stockton Mohawks 22 10 12 0.455207 Bury Wildcats 22 9 13 0.40918 8 Nottingham Cobras 22 9 13 0.40918 9 Plymouth Raiders 22 7 15 0.31814 10 Solent Stars 22 7 15 0.31814 11 Slough Waterside 22 6 16 0.27312 12 Swindon Sonics 22 1 21 0.0452 = League winners National League Division 2 (Tier 3) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Cardiff Phoenix 20 18 2 0.900362 Mid Sussex Magic 20 15 5 0.75030 3 Worcester Chiefs 20 12 8 0.60024 4 Liverpool Atac 20 12 8 0.60024 5 Oxford Dons 20 12 8 0.60024 6 South Bank 20 10 10 0.500207 Westminster 20 9 11 0.45018 8 Sheffield Forgers 20 8 12 0.40016 9 Northampton 89ers 20 7 13 0.3501410 Stevenage Phoenix 20 5 15 0.25010 11 Greenwich Admirals 20 2 18 0.1004 = League winners National Cup Fourth round Team 1 Team 2 Score Sheffield Sharks Derby Bucks 57–56 Hemel Hempstead Royals Leopards 94–120 Sunderland Scorpions Doncaster Panthers 94–99 Ware Rebels Birmingham Bullets 94–110 Chester Jets Manchester Eagles 78–76 Worthing Bears London Towers 82–94 Crystal Palace Thames Valley Tigers 60–74 Coventry Crusaders Leicester Riders 79–83 Quarter-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Doncaster Panthers Thames Valley Tigers 59–78 Leopards London Towers 76–75 Chester Jets Sheffield Sharks 73–75 Leicester City Riders Birmingham Bullets 79–99 Semi-finals Team 1 Team 2 1st Leg 2nd Leg Leopards Thames Valley Tigers 86-80 83–99 Sheffield Sharks Birmingham Bullets 71-72 73–68 Final #eee 5 March 1995http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF502123525&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Sharks seek the big fish in Europe." Times [London, England] 7 Mar. 1995 The Times Digital Archive Sheffield Sharks 89 66 Thames Valley Tigers Roger Huggins 29, Todd Cauthorn 21, Chris Finch 15 Steve Bucknall 24, Tony Holley 20, Peter Scantlebury 11 Sheffield Arena ?Sheffield Coach Jim Brandon Thames Valley Coach Mick Bett 7 Up Trophy Group stage North Group 1 TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Doncaster Panthers106510.8332.Leicester City Riders86420.6673.Derby Bucks46240.3334.Sunderland Scorpions26150.166 North Group 2 TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Sheffield Sharks64310.7502.Manchester Giants84310.7503.Chester Jets04040.000 South Group 1 TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Thames Valley Tigers64310.7502.Birmingham Bullets64310.7503.Hemel Royals04040.000 South Group 2 TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Worthing Bears64310.7502.London Towers44220.5003.Leopards24130.250 Sheffield finished ahead of Manchester by having the best head-to-head record between the teams. Thames Valley finished ahead of Birmingham by having the best head-to-head record between the teams. Semi-finals Doncaster Panthers vs. Sheffield Sharks #eee Doncaster Panthers 69 75 Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Sharks 88 64 Doncaster Panthers Sheffield win on aggregate, 163–133 Thames Valley Tigers vs. Worthing Bears #eee Worthing Bears 91 87 Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers 105 91 Worthing Bears Thames Valley win on aggregate, 192–182 Final #eee 13 January 1995 Report Thames Valley Tigers 74 69 Sheffield Sharks Peter Scantlebury 21, Steve Bucknall 15, Tony Holley 14, Neville Austin Garnet Gayle 23, Roger Huggins 13, Ploutos Vourliotis, Todd Cauthorn National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham 4,000Thames Valley Coach Mick BettSheffield Coach Jim Brandon Seasonal awards Most Valuable Player: Roger Huggins (Sheffield Sharks) Coach of the Year: Jim Brandon (Sheffield Sharks) All-Star Team: Roger Huggins (Sheffield Sharks) Karl Brown (Leopards) Steve Bucknall (London Towers) Chris Fite (Doncaster Panthers) Herman Harried (Worthing Bears) Nigel Lloyd (Birmingham Bullets) Mark Robinson (Manchester Giants) Peter Scantlebury (Thames Valley Tigers) Tony Windless (London Towers) Robert Youngblood (Leopards) References 30em 1993–94 season 1995–96 season BBL seasons 1994–95 Category:British Basketball League seasons 1 British