2023–24 British Basketball League season

2023–24 BBL season
League	British Basketball League
Season	2023–24
Dates	14 September 2023 – 19 May 2024
Number of games	180
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Great Britain: Sky Sports Online: YouTube
Regular season
League champions	London Lions (3rd title)
BBL Trophy	Cheshire Phoenix (6th title)
BBL seasons
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 BBL season is the 37th season of the British Basketball League, the top British professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1987. The season features 10 teams from across England and Scotland.

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Teams

Locations of the 2023–24 BBL teams

Arenas and locations

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Bristol Flyers	Bristol	SGS College Arena	750
Caledonia Gladiators	East Kilbride	Playsport Arena	1,800
Cheshire Phoenix	Ellesmere Port	Cheshire Oaks Arena	1,400
Leicester Riders	Leicester	Mattioli Arena	2,400
London Lions	London	Copper Box Arena	6,000
Manchester Giants	Manchester	National Basketball Centre	2,000
Newcastle Eagles	Newcastle upon Tyne	Vertu Motors Arena	2,800
Plymouth City Patriots	Plymouth	Plymouth Pavilions	1,500
Sheffield Sharks	Sheffield	Canon Medical Arena	2,500
Surrey Scorchers	Guildford	Surrey Sports Park	1,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain
Bristol Flyers	Andreas Kapoulas	Raphell Thomas-Edwards
Caledonia Gladiators	Gareth Murray	Fahro Alihodžić
Cheshire Phoenix	Ben Thomas	Maceo Jack
Leicester Riders	Rob Paternostro	Kimbal Mackenzie
London Lions	Petar Božić	Sam Dekker
Manchester Giants	Brian Semonian	Callum Jones
Newcastle Eagles	Marc Steutel	Darius Defoe
Plymouth City Patriots	Paul James	Elvisi Dusha
Sheffield Sharks	Atiba Lyons	Bennett Koch
Surrey Scorchers	Lloyd Gardner	Tayo Ogedengbe

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Manchester Giants	Vince Macaulay	End of contract	26 May 2023^[1]	Pre season	Brian Semonian	26 July 2023^[2]
London Lions	Ryan Schmidt	Signed by Atlanta Hawks	18 July 2023^[3]	Pre season	Petar Božić	17 August 2023

BBL Championship

The BBL Championship maintained the four-game series format, reintroduced for the 2022–23 season, for a 36-game regular season.^[4]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	London Lions (C)	34	31	3	3174	2758	+416	62	Playoffs
2	Cheshire Phoenix	34	23	11	3153	2939	+214	46
3	Caledonia Gladiators	35	22	13	3072	2969	+103	44
4	Sheffield Sharks	35	18	17	2832	2757	+75	36
5	Leicester Riders	34	17	17	3098	3109	−11	34
6	Newcastle Eagles	34	17	17	3063	2997	+66	34
7	Bristol Flyers	35	16	19	2850	2838	+12	32
8	Surrey Scorchers	34	14	20	2782	2901	−119	28

9	Manchester Giants (E)	34	7	27	2735	3133	−398	14
10	Plymouth City Patriots (E)	35	7	28	2795	3153	−358	14

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2024. Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated

Results

Home \ Away	BRI	CAL	CHE	LEI	LON	MAN	NEW	PLY	SHE	SUR
Bristol Flyers	—	94–77	74–70	74–92	93–101	68–74	74–81	82–65	67–65	81–94
—	19 Apr	76–78	108–71	71–86	87–67	97–83	83–89	78–76	74–80
Caledonia Gladiators	85–82	—	83–92	84–83	79–87	86–80	73–82	99–83	87–83	86–79
78–72	—	116–110	93–97	76–82	101–68	98–80	96–81	73–64	84–75
Cheshire Phoenix	96–73	82–92	—	102–96	82–92	83–67	91–113	89–77	70–75	100–80
75–89	100–93	—	87–83	21 Apr	88–92	96–85	95–73	93–78	86–81
Leicester Riders	81–87	96–90	86–110	—	95–102	94–79	111–88	88–81	103–75	91–74
77–89	90–115	101–93	—	79–89	19 Apr	91–96	102–81	108–94	94–86
London Lions	98–84	93–65	99–80	100–62	—	94–89	109–104	91–84	83–64	82–70
95–67	94–100	102–95	105–89	—	99–91	80–102	105–84	84–73	18 Apr
Manchester Giants	87–91	79–97	88–116	94–80	76–115	—	85–106	91–90	64–87	87–85
103–80	87–106	93–103	73–86	84–92	—	20 Apr	79–93	68–99	78–86
Newcastle Eagles	71–89	105–93	73–80	85–92	86–99	97–85	—	98–82	79–72	88–93
86–90	84–90	19 Apr	95–90	87–105	109–77	—	95–82	77–87	125–84
Plymouth City Patriots	63–92	72–82	79–102	109–93	94–70	73–77	68–95	—	92–87	105–110
68–92	87–84	80–112	111–121	57–93	77–68	80–92	—	55–67	63–65
Sheffield Sharks	88–78	96–78	85–104	91–84	76–92	92–73	86–56	97–60	—	81–78
76–66	69–62	92–99	85–88	79–89	86–75	91–83	20 Apr	—	71–62
Surrey Scorchers	80–75	72–80	101–103	84–104	61–83	98–72	87–100	71–65	67–70	—
82–73	89–95	73–91	21 Apr	80–85	89–85	90–77	94–92	82–75	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2024. Source: BBL.org.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Ladder progression

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place

2023–24 BBL Championship
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
Bristol Flyers	4	4	8	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	6	6	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	7
Caledonia Gladiators	3	6	6	6	6	4	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Cheshire Phoenix	1	3	5	3	5	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Leicester Riders	10	7	3	2	2	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5
London Lions	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Manchester Giants	8	10	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9
Newcastle Eagles	5	2	2	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	5	6	4	5	4	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6
Plymouth City Patriots	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Sheffield Sharks	6	5	4	5	4	6	6	6	5	3	3	4	5	6	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4
Surrey Scorchers	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2024. Source: BBL.org.uk

BBL Trophy

The 37th BBL Trophy takes a new format for the 2023–24 season. Wholly played within the month of January and during a break in Championship matches, two five team groups were randomly drawn from the 10 member clubs. Each club will play the other once, home or away. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Final Four weekend at Arena Birmingham, to be played on 28 and 29 January 2023.^[5]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	CAL	SUR	SHE	PLY
1	Cheshire Phoenix	4	4	0	385	304	+81	8	Semifinals	—	—	—	78–70	102–74
2	Caledonia Gladiators	4	2	2	357	334	+23	4	Semifinals	97–100	—	99–74	—	—

3	Surrey Scorchers	4	2	2	293	338	−45	4		63–105	—	—	91–71	—
4	Sheffield Sharks	4	1	3	290	322	−32	2		—	72–80	—	—	77–73
5	Plymouth City Patriots	4	1	3	298	325	−27	2		—	88–81	63–65	—	—

Source: BBL

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	LON	LEI	NEW	BRI	MAN
1	London Lions	4	3	1	360	336	+24	6	Semifinals	—	89–74	99–77	—	—
2	Leicester Riders	4	3	1	374	336	+38	6	Semifinals	—	—	—	95–74	104–88

3	Newcastle Eagles	4	2	2	338	360	−22	4		—	85–101	—	—	92–78
4	Bristol Flyers	4	2	2	355	331	+24	4		94–72	—	82–84	—	—
5	Manchester Giants	4	0	4	337	401	−64	0		91–100	—	—	80–105	—