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2003–04 British Basketball League season

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The 2003–04 season was the 17th campaign in the history of the British Basketball League.

Teams

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Locations of the 2003–04 BBL teams
Team City/Area Arena Capacity Last 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 rearding 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.[1]
  • 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.[2]

BBL championship

Final standings

Team Pts Pld W L Percentage
1. Brighton Bears 60 36 30 6 0.833
2. Sheffield Sharks 52 36 26 10 0.722
3. London Towers 46 36 23 13 0.638
4. Scottish Rocks 46 36 23 13 0.638
5. Chester Jets 42 36 21 15 0.583
6. Newcastle Eagles 36 36 18 18 0.500
7. Thames Valley Tigers 36 36 18 18 0.500
8. Milton Keynes Lions 26 36 13 23 0.361
9. Leicester Riders 10 36 5 31 0.138
10. Birmingham Bullets 4 36 2 31 0.055
= League winners
= Qualified for the Play-offs

The Play-offs

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
1 Brighton Bears 91
8 Milton Keynes Lions 83
1 Brighton Bears 79
5 Chester Jets 80
4 Scottish Rocks 83
5 Chester Jets 86
5 Chester Jets 74
2 Sheffield Sharks 86
2 Sheffield Sharks 118
7 Thames Valley Tigers 110
2 Sheffield Sharks 94
3 London Towers 88
3 London Towers 96
6 Newcastle Eagles 94

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2 May 2004
6.00 pm GMT
Sheffield Sharks 86–74 Chester Jets
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 26–19, 16–17, 26–19

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
London Towers 81
Sheffield Sharks 90
Milton Keynes Lions 74
Sheffield Sharks 85
Sheffield Sharks 83
Scottish Rocks 70
Birmingham Bullets 96
Thames Valley Tigers 105
Thames Valley Tigers 104
Scottish Rocks 105 (OT)
Scottish Rocks 86 (OT)
Newcastle Eagles 82

First round

Quarter-finals

8 November 2003
Birmingham Bullets 96–105 Thames Valley Tigers
Birmingham Sports Centre, Birmingham
9 November 2003
Scottish Rocks 86–82 (OT) Newcastle Eagles

Semi-finals

Final

11 January 2004
Sheffield Sharks 83–70 Scottish Rocks
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 22–22, 18–28, 19–6
Pts: H.L. Coleman, 22 Pts: Jerry Williams, 26

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

Semi-finals

Final

13 March 2004
Brighton Bears 66–68 Chester Jets
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 17–17, 17–15, 11–15
Pts: Kendrick Warren, 17 Pts: John McCord, 26

Statistics leaders

Category Player Stat
Points per game United States Mike Pegues (Leicester Riders) 24.7
Rebounds per game United States Shawn Jamison (Milton Keynes Lions) 11.6
Assists per game United States Italy Rob Paternostro (Birmingham Bullets) 7.8

References

  1. ^ "Bullets move home". 2003. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Jets create history". BBC. 13 March 2004. Archived from the original on 5 May 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
Preceded by BBL seasons
2003–04 		Succeeded by
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