2015–16 British Basketball League season

2015–16 BBL season
League British Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Season MVP Rahmon Fletcher
BBL Cup champions Newcastle Eagles
  BBL Cup runners-up Leicester Riders

The 2015–16 British Basketball League season was the 29th campaign of the British Basketball League since the league's establishment in 1987. The season featured 12 teams from across England and Scotland.

Teams

Team City Arena Capacity Last season
Bristol Flyers Bristol WISE Arena 750 8th
Cheshire Phoenix Chester Northgate Arena 1,000 4th
Glasgow Rocks Glasgow Emirates Arena 6,500 5th
Leeds Force Leeds Carnegie Sports Centre 500 11th
Leicester Riders Leicester Sir David Wallace Centre

Leicester Community Sports Arena

 1,000

2800

 2nd
London Lions London Copper Box 7,500 6th
Manchester Giants Manchester Trafford Powerleague Arena 1,100 9th
Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Sport Central 3,000 1st
Plymouth Raiders Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions 1,850 10th
Sheffield Sharks Sheffield English Institute of Sport 1,200 7th
Surrey Scorchers Guildford Surrey Sports Park 1,000 13
Worcester Wolves Worcester Worcester Arena 2,500 3rd

BBL Championship

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Leicester Riders (C) 33 29 4 2690 2239 +451 League champions and qualification to playoffs
2 Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 33 28 5 3025 2584 +441 Qualification to playoffs
3 Sheffield Sharks 33 20 13 2709 2473 +236
4 Worcester Wolves 33 19 14 2722 2690 +32
5 Glasgow Rocks 33 19 14 2605 2550 +55
6 London Lions 33 16 17 2671 2537 +134
7 Cheshire Phoenix 33 16 17 2769 2792 −23
8 Leeds Force 33 14 19 2372 2610 −238
9 Plymouth University Raiders 33 13 20 2698 2784 −86
10 Bristol Flyers 33 9 24 2323 2582 −259
11 Manchester Giants 33 8 25 2558 2882 −324
12 Surrey Scorchers 33 7 26 2493 2912 −419
Source: BBL
(C) Champion.

BBL Cup

The Final was played on 17 January 2016 at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham.

Final

17 January 2016
Newcastle Eagles 94–82 Leicester Riders
Pts: Rahmon Fletcher (18)

Playoffs

Bracket

  Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                                     
1 Leicester Riders 83 75 158  
8 Leeds Force 78 55 133  
  1 Leicester Riders 99 84 183  
 
  7 Cheshire Phoenix 55 92 147  
2 Newcastle Eagles 91 96 187
7 Cheshire Phoenix 104 87 191  
  1 Leicester Riders 77
  3 Sheffield Sharks 84
3 Sheffield Sharks 94 75 169  
6 London Lions 70 78 158  
  5 Glasgow Rocks 80 73 153
 
  3 Sheffield Sharks 91 68 159  
4 Worcester Wolves 53 88 141
5 Glasgow Rocks 90 83 173  

Quarter-finals

(1) Leicester Riders vs. (8) Leeds Force

22 April 2016
19:30
Leeds Force 78–83 Leicester Riders
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 23-21, 19–23, 20-17
Pts: Kwan Waller (21)
Rebs: Rob Marsden (8)
Asts: Marek Klassen (11)		 Pts: Tyler Bernardini (19)
Rebs: Tyler Bernardini (9)
Asts: Neil Watson (7)
Carnegie Sports Arena, Headingley
23 April 2016
19:30
Leicester Riders 75–55 Leeds Force
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–13, 18–9, 23–16
Pts: Neil Watson (13)
Rebs: Trevor Gruis (12)
Asts: Neil Watson, Connor Washington (5)		 Pts: Kwan Waller (16)
Rebs: Zak Wells (8)
Asts: Marek Klassen (3)
Leicester win 158–133 on aggregate.
Leicester Community Sports Arena, Leicester

(2) Newcastle Eagles vs. (7) Cheshire Phoenix

22 April 2016
19:30
Newcastle Eagles 91–104 Cheshire Phoenix
Scoring by quarter: 18-22, 18-25, 30-32, 25–25
Pts: Rahmon Fletcher (32)
Rebs: Charles Smith (14)
Asts: Rahmon Fletcher (9)		 Pts: Kinu Rochford (34)
Rebs: Kinu Rochford (11)
Asts: Quincy Taylor (9)
24 April 2016
17:30
Cheshire Phoenix 87–96 Newcastle Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 33-26, 13–24, 26-21, 15-25
Pts: Kinu Rochford (27)
Rebs: Kinu Rochford (10)
Asts: Kinu Rochford, Quincy Taylor (3)		 Pts: Darius Defoe (34)
Rebs: Charles Smith (14)
Asts: Rahmon Fletcher (6)
Cheshire win 191–187 on aggregate.

(3) Sheffield Sharks vs. (6) London Lions

22 April 2016
19:30
Sheffield Sharks 94–70 London Lions
Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 27-19, 25-15, 22-16
Pts: Jerrold Brooks (31)
Rebs: Antone Robinson (12)
Asts: Jerrold Brooks (6)		 Pts: Jamal Williams (13)
Rebs: Demond Watt (14)
Asts: Jamal Williams (3)
24 April 2016
16:00
London Lions 78–75 Sheffield Sharks
Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 21-12, 26-13, 13-25
Pts: Demond Watt (32)
Rebs: Demond Watt (22)
Asts: Nick Lewis (6)		 Pts: Antone Robinson (19)
Rebs: Antone Robinson (10)
Asts: Brandon Hogg (6)
Sheffield win 169–148 on aggregate.
Copper Box, London

(4) Worcester Wolves vs. (5) Glasgow Rocks

22 April 2015
19:30
Glasgow Rocks 90–53 Worcester Wolves
Scoring by quarter: 27-17, 22-15, 17-13, 24-8
Pts: Kieron Achara (22)
Rebs: Will Hall (11)
Asts: Warren Gillis (12)		 Pts: Perris Blackwell (18)
Rebs: Orlan Jackman (10)
Asts: Ashton Khan (5)
24 April 2015
16:00
Worcester Wolves 88–83 Glasgow Rocks
Scoring by quarter: 32-15, 17-25, 28-19, 11-24
Pts: Jordan Aaron (20)
Rebs: Orlan Jackman (11)
Asts: Jordan Aaron (5)		 Pts: Warren Gillis (14)
Rebs: Warren Gillis, Will Hall, Andre Stephens (6)
Asts: Warren Gillis, Will Hall (4)
Glasgow win 173–141 on aggregate.

References

    Preceded by
    2014–15 season    		 BBL seasons
    2015–16    		 Succeeded by
    2016–17 season
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