2016–17 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

The 2016–17 season was the 48th campaign of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the national basketball league of Scotland. 18 teams were split into Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 8 teams. Falkirk Fury won their 5th league title.

2016–17 SBC season
LeagueScottish Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Number of teams18
Regular Season
SBC Competitions

Teams
Blaze
Kings
E. Uni
Fury
Reign
G. Uni
St Mirren
Knights
Location of teams in 2016–17 SBC Division 1
Blaze B
Kings B
Lions
Pleasance
G. Uni B
Tornadoes
Wolves
Location of teams in 2016–17 SBC Division 2

The line-up for the 2016-17 season features the following teams:[1]

Division 1

Division 2
  • Ayrshire Tornadoes
  • Boroughmuir Blaze B
  • City of Edinburgh Kings B
  • Edinburgh Lions
  • Glasgow University B
  • Heriot Watt University
  • Pleasance
  • West Lothian Wolves

Format

In Division 1, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 18 games.

In Division 2, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 14 games.

Division 1

League
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sony Centre Falkirk Fury (C) 18 16 2 1287 1032 +255 34 Qualification to playoffs
2 St Mirren WCS 18 15 3 1346 1151 +195 33
3 Boroughmuir Blaze 18 14 4 1398 1203 +195 32
4 City of Edinburgh Kings 18 13 5 1177 1081 +96 31
5 Glasgow Storm 18 9 9 1113 1125 −12 27
6 Stirling Knights 18 7 11 963 1210 −247 25
7 Edinburgh University 18 6 12 1013 1142 −129 24
8 Dunfermline Reign 18 6 12 1283 1282 +1 24
9 Glasgow University 18 4 14 933 1067 −134 22
10 Tayside Musketeers* 18 0 18 471 691 −220 11 Withdrawn from League
Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 2017. Source: http://basketballscotland.co.uk/league/108959/
(C) Champion.
  • Tayside Musketeers, sitting with a 2-9 record, withdrew from the league thereby conceding their final seven games of the season. Their two wins, against Stirling Knights (79-71), and Edinburgh University (75-73) were expunged and replaced with 20-0 defeats.

Playoffs

Quarter Finals
10 Mar 2017
Sony Centre Fury 81–70 Dunfermline Reign
10 Mar 2017
St Mirren WCS 94–69 Edinburgh University
10 Mar 2017
Boroughmuir Blaze 118–105 Stirling Knights
11 Mar 2017
City of Edinburgh Kings 66–72 Glasgow Storm

Semi Finals
17 Mar 2017
Sony Centre Fury 68–58 Glasgow Storm
17 Mar 2017
St Mirren WCS 77–83 Boroughmuir Blaze

Final
02 Apr 2017
16:00 GMT
Sony Centre Fury 95–75 Boroughmuir Blaze

Division 2

League
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pleasance (C, P) 14 12 2 957 705 +252 26 Qualification to playoffs
2 Heriot Watt University 14 11 3 885 761 +124 25
3 Edinburgh Lions 14 9 5 880 806 +74 23
4 West Lothian Wolves 14 7 7 851 829 +22 21
5 Boroughmuir Blaze B 14 7 7 846 919 −73 21
6 Ayrshire Tornadoes 14 5 9 867 909 −42 19
7 City of Edinburgh Kings B 14 4 10 768 922 −154 18
8 Glasgow University B 14 1 13 683 886 −203 15
Source: http://basketballscotland.co.uk/league/110328/
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Playoffs

Semi Finals
15 Mar 2017
Pleasance 79–59 West Lothian Wolves
17 Mar 2017
Heriot Watt University 55–61 Edinburgh Lions

Final
25 Mar 2017
15:45 GMT
Pleasance 96–67 Edinburgh Lions

Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup (basketball)

Preliminary round
28 Sep 2016
Heriot Watt University 60–70 Pleasance
24 Sep 2016
Ayrshire Tornadoes 75–65 Perth Phoenix
25 Sep 2016
Highland Bears 54–58 West Lothian Wolves

First round
28 Oct 2016
City of Edinburgh Kings 52–44 Glasgow University
28 Oct 2016
Ayrshire Tornadoes 57–89 Glasgow Storm
30 Oct 2016
Portlethen Panthers 70–89 Boroughmuir Blaze
28 Oct 2016
St Mirren Buddies 54–99 Dunfermline Reign
Granite City Grizzlies C–W St Mirren West College Scotland
28 Oct 2016
Sony Centre Fury 84–58 Stirling Knights
26 Oct 2016
Pleasance 70–63 West Lothian Wolves
29 Oct 2016
Tayside Musketeers 56–72 Edinburgh University

Quarter Finals
18 Nov 2016
City of Edinburgh Kings 67–44 Glasgow Storm
18 Nov 2016
Boroughmuir Blaze 86–74 Dunfermline Reign
18 Nov 2016
St Mirren West College Scotland 62–73 Sony Centre Fury
21 Nov 2016
Pleasance 45–75 Edinburgh University

Semi Finals
10 Dec 2016
City of Edinburgh Kings 70–79 Boroughmuir Blaze
09 Dec 2016
Sony Centre Fury 76–63 Edinburgh University

Final
04 Feb 2017
18:00
Boroughmuir Blaze 54–59 Sony Centre Fury

Chairman's Cup

The Chairman's Cup is a national knockout competition for teams who play outwith the National League system.

Preliminary round
St Mirren WCS Buddies 78–53 Ayr Storm
Glasgow University CC 41–80 EAST Warriors Aberdeen
Granite City Grizzlies 52–71 Highland Bears
Pleasance B 44–70 Portlethen Panthers

First round
BC Lituanica Aberdeen W–C Banchory Stags
West Lothian Wolves B 38–95 St Mirren WCS Buddies
Glasgow Fever 53–27 Glasgow Storm B
Edinburgh Lions B 67–45 Glasgow Eagles
EAST Warriors Aberdeen 68–63 Highland Bears
Dundee Madsons 59–72 Paisley
Perth Phoenix 69–47 Pleasance B
Renfrew Rocks 62–69 Portlethen Panthers

Quarter Finals
St Mirren WCS Buddies 77–81 BC Lituanica Aberdeen
Edinburgh Lions B 34–71 Glasgow Fever
EAST Warriors Aberdeen 83–73 Paisley
Perth Phoenix 53–61 Portlethen Panthers

Semi Finals
BC Lituanica Aberdeen 70–67 Glasgow Fever
EAST Warriors Aberdeen 61–80 Portlethen Panthers

Final
25 Mar 2017
BC Lituanica Aberdeen 63–60 Portlethen Panthers

References
  1. http://snbl.leaguerepublic.com/l/league/708896174.html
Preceded by
2015–16 season		 SBC seasons
2016–17		 Succeeded by
2017–18 season
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