1991–92 British Basketball League season

December 2021 1991–92 BBL season British Basketball League Basketball 11 Roll of Honour BBL Kingston Play Off's Kingston National Cup Kingston BBL Trophy Kingston List of British Basketball League seasons British Basketball League 1990–91 1992–93 The 1991–92 BBL season was the 5th season of the British Basketball League (known as the Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons) since its establishment in 1987. The season featured an increased number of teams with the additions of the Birmingham Bullets and Cheshire Jets. London Docklands changed their name to London Towers. Kingston, coached by Kevin Cadle, stormed to success in every domestic competition they entered and completed a clean sweep of the four major competitions, which they had previously accomplished two years earlier. They claimed the Division One title and Play-off crown,BBL Media Guide 2003/04, page 13 were victorious in the League Trophy and the National Cup, whilst Coach Cadle and star player Alton Byrd were awarded as Coach and Player of the Year respectively. Carlsberg League Division One (Tier 1) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Kingston 30 27 3 0.900542 Thames Valley Tigers 30 25 5 0.83350 3 Worthing Bears 30 22 8 0.73344 4 London Towers 30 21 9 0.70042 5 Derby Bucks 30 18 12 0.60036 6 Leicester City Riders 30 14 16 0.46728 7 Hemel Royals 30 13 17 0.433268 Birmingham Bullets 30 11 19 0.36722 9 Manchester Giants 30 9 21 0.30018 10 Sunderland Saints 30 3 27 0.1006 11 Cheshire Jets 30 2 28 0.0674 = League winners = Qualified for the play-offs Playoffs Quarter-finals (1) Kingston vs. (8) Birmingham Bullets #eee Birmingham Bullets 80 102 Kingston Kingston 98 74 Birmingham Bullets Kingston win series, 2–0 (2) Thames Valley Tigers vs. (7) Hemel Royals #eee Hemel Royals 64 97 Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers 103 81 Hemel Royals Thames Valley win series, 2–0 (3) Worthing Bears vs. (6) Leicester City Riders #eee Leicester City Riders 90 102 Worthing Bears Worthing Bears 123 104 Leicester City Riders Worthing win series, 2–0 (4) London Towers vs. (5) Derby Bucks #eee Derby Bucks 69 78 London Towers London Towers 74 73 Derby Bucks London win series, 2–0 Semi-finals #eee Kingston 87 82 London Towers Wembley Arena, London Thames Valley Tigers 84 74 Worthing Bears Wembley Arena, London Final #eee 3 May 1992http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF503309252&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Kingston claim fifth trophy of year." Times [London, England] 4 May 1992 The Times Digital Archive Kingston 84 67 Thames Valley Tigers Russ Saunders 16, Alan Cunningham 13, Carl Miller 12, Alton Byrd 12, Martin-Stephon Henlan 12, Adrian Cummings 11 Nigel Lloyd 30, David Peed 11, Mike Obaseki, Kevin St Kitts Wembley Arena, London 7,000Kingston Coach Kevin Cadle Thames Valley Coach Andy Gill National League Division 2 (Tier 2) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Oldham Celtics 22 21 1 0.955422 Bury Lobos 22 21 1 0.95542 3 Ware Rebels 22 16 6 0.72732 4 Broxbourne 22 13 9 0.59126 5 Brixton TopCats 22 13 9 0.59126 6 Plymouth Raiders 22 13 9 0.591267 Doncaster Eagles 22 11 11 0.50022 8 Middlesbrough 22 8 14 0.36416 9 Cardiff Bay Buccaneers 22 6 16 0.2731210 Greenwich 22 5 17 0.22710 11 Barnsley Generals 22 3 19 0.1366 12 Coventry Flyers 22 2 20 0.0914 = League winners National League Division 3 (Tier 3) Final standings PosTeamPldWL%Pts1 Solent Stars 22 20 2 0.909402 Crystal Palace 22 18 4 0.81836 3 Leicester Falcons 22 13 9 0.59126 4 Swindon 22 13 9 0.59126 5 Sheffield Forgers 22 11 11 0.50022 6 Cheshire Bulls 22 11 11 0.500227 Mid Sussex Magic 22 10 12 0.45520 8 Stevenage Phoenix 22 9 13 0.40918 9 Chiltern Fastbreak 22 9 13 0.4091810 Sedgefield Racers 22 9 13 0.40918 11 Calderdale Explorers 22 5 17 0.22710 12 North London College 22 4 18 0.1828 = League winners Coca-Cola National Cup Third Round #eee Bury Lobos 81 79 London Towers Oldham Celtics 90 94 Birmingham Bullets #eee Doncaster Eagles 105 73 Sunderland Saints Chiltern Fastbreak 72 88 Kingston Kings #eee Leicester Riders 136 74 Ware Rebels Worthing Bears 129 89 Cheshire Bulls #eee Hemel Hempstead Royals 73 83 Derby Rams Thames Valley Tigers 115 105 Trafford Manchester Giants Quarter-finals #eee Worthing Bears 106 73 Birmingham Bullets Doncaster Eagles 65 102 Thames Valley Tigers #eee Bury Lobos 88 93 Leicester Riders Derby Rams 65 94 Kingston Kings Semi-finals #eee Thames Valley Tigers 100 82 Leicester Riders Leicester Riders 81 101 Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley win 201-163 on agg. #eee Worthing Bears 78 83 Kingston Kings Kingston Kings 83 71 Worthing Bears Kingston win 166-149 on agg. Final #eee 8 March 1992http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF501933872&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Kingston pay off old score by crushing Tigers." Times [London, England] 9 Mar. 1992 The Times Digital Archive Kingston Kings 90 71 Thames Valley Tigers Colin Irish 18, Carl Miller 17, Martin-Stephon Henlan 14, Alan Cunningham 14, Russ Saunders 10, Alton Byrd, Steve Tomaschek, Adrian Cummings Nigel Lloyd 22, Tony Balogun 12, Mike Obaseki 10, David Peed 10 Sheffield Arena ?Kingston Coach Kevin Cadle Thames Valley Coach Andy Gill NatWest Trophy Group stage North Group TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Manchester Giants42201.0002.Cheshire Jets22110.5003.Sunderland Saints02020.000 Midlands Group TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.Leicester City Riders63301.0002.Birmingham Bullets43210.6673.Derby Bucks23120.3334.Hemel Royals03030.000 South Group TeamPtsPldWLPercent1.London Towers42201.0002.Thames Valley Tigers22110.5003.Worthing Bears02020.000 Kingston received a bye into the Semi-finals. Semi-finals Manchester Giants vs. Leicester City Riders #eee Manchester Giants 94 114 Leicester City Riders Leicester City Riders 89 88 Manchester Giants Leicester win on aggregate, 203–182 Kingston vs. London Towers #eee Kingston 87 67 London Towers London Towers 78 77 Kingston Kingston win on aggregate, 164–145 Final #eee 19 January 1992 Kingston 71 68 Leicester City Riders Alan Cunningham 22, Russ Saunders 16 Karl Brown 21, Dave Harris 15, Gene Waldron 15 National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham ?Kingston Coach Kevin Cadle Leicester Coach ? Seasonal awards Most Valuable Player: Alton Byrd (Kingston) Coach of the Year: Kevin Cadle (Kingston) All-Star Team: Karl Brown (Leicester City Riders) Alton Byrd (Kingston) Alan Cunningham (Kingston) Bryan Heron (Worthing Bears) Larry Koretz (Birmingham Bullets) Nigel Lloyd (Thames Valley Tigers) Mike Obaseki (Thames Valley Tigers) David Peed (Thames Valley Tigers) Russ Saunders (Kingston) Peter Scantlebury (London Towers) References 1990–91 season 1992–93 season BBL seasons 1991–92 Category:British Basketball League seasons Category:1991–92 in British basketball leagues British