2013–14 British Basketball League season

2013–14 BBL season
League	British Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	September 27, 2012 – April 20, 2014 April 25, 2014 – May 11, 2014 (Playoffs)
Number of games	33
Number of teams	12
Regular Season
Top seed	Newcastle Eagles
Season MVP	TBA (TBA)
Top scorer	Victor Moses (Cheshire Phoenix)
BBL Tournaments
BBL Playoffs champions	TBA
BBL Playoffs runners-up	TBA
BBL Cup champions	Leicester Riders
BBL Cup runners-up	Newcastle Eagles
BBL Trophy champions	Worcester Wolves
BBL Trophy runners-up	Glasgow Rocks

The 2013–14 season will the 27th campaign of the British Basketball League since the league's establishment in 1987. The season will feature 13 teams from across England and Scotland, including new entrant Birmingham Knights. East London Royals and Essex Leopards were both due to become the 14th and 15th League members respectively, but after deferring their original entries from the 2012–13 season for a season, both franchises withdrew their applications to join the BBL due to financial constraints.

On 12 July it was officially announced that the Mersey Tigers franchise had been withdrawn from the up-coming season by the League due to financial trouble that had plagued the club throughout the previous season, which resulted in the Tigers becoming the first club to complete an entire season without a single victory.

The regular season is expected to commence in September 2013, and run through until April 2014, culminating in the post-season Play-offs which are expected to take place throughout April and May 2014.

Teams

Knights

Phoenix

Wildcats

Rocks

Riders

Lions

Giants

Eagles

Raiders

Sharks

United

Wolves

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Locations of the 2013–14 BBL teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Last season
Birmingham Knights	Birmingham	North Solihull Sports Centre	600	New
Cheshire Phoenix	Chester	Northgate Arena	1,000	11th
Durham Wildcats	Newton Aycliffe	Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre	1,200	10th
Glasgow Rocks	Glasgow	Emirates Arena	6,500	3rd
Leicester Riders	Leicester	John Sandford Centre	800	1st
London Lions	London	Copper Box	7,000	8th
Manchester Giants	Manchester	Wright Robinson College	900	9th
Newcastle Eagles	Newcastle upon Tyne	Sport Central	3,000	2nd
Plymouth Raiders	Plymouth	Plymouth Pavilions	1,480	6th
Sheffield Sharks	Sheffield	English Institute of Sport	1,200	7th
Surrey United	Guildford	Surrey Sports Park	1,000	4th
Worcester Wolves	Worcester	Worcester Arena	2,000	5th

BBL Championship

Final standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	Percentage
1. Newcastle Eagles	56	33	28	5	0.848
3. Sheffield Sharks	54	33	27	6	0.818
2. Worcester Wolves	54	33	27	6	0.818
4. Leicester Riders	46	33	23	10	0.697
5. Cheshire Phoenix	36	33	18	15	0.545
6. London Lions	32	33	16	17	0.484
7. Manchester Giants	28	33	14	19	0.424
8. Durham Wildcats	28	33	14	19	0.424
9. Plymouth Raiders	28	33	14	19	0.424
10. Glasgow Rocks	26	33	13	20	0.394
11. Surrey United	8	33	4	29	0.121
12. Birmingham Knights	0	33	0	33	0.000

	= League winners
	= Qualified for the Play-offs

Notable occurrences

• New entrant Birmingham Knights joined as the League's 13th franchise whilst East London Royals and Essex Leopards who were both due to become the 14th and 15th League members respectively, withdrew their applications to join the BBL due to financial constraints.
• On 12 July it was officially announced that the Mersey Tigers franchise had been withdrawn from the up-coming season by the League due to financial trouble that had plagued the club throughout the previous season, bringing the number of teams back down to 12.

Statistics leaders

Category	Player	Stat
Points per game	Victor Moses (Cheshire Phoenix)	23.2
Rebounds per game	Victor Moses (Cheshire Phoenix)	13.2
Assists per game	Zaire Taylor (Worcester Wolves)	6.9
Steals per game	Zaire Taylor (Worcester Wolves)	2.8
Blocks per game	Mike Allison (Durham Wildcats)	2.4
Field goal percentage	Rashad Hassan (Leicester Riders)	66.8%
Free throw percentage	B.J. Holmes (Sheffield Sharks)	87.1%
Three-point field goal percentage	David Watts (Manchester Giants)	42.8%