2017–18 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

The 2017–18 season was the 49th 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. St Mirren won their 2nd league title.

2017–18 SBC Men season
LeagueScottish Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Number of teams18
Regular Season
SBC Competitions

Teams

Kings
Blaze
E. Uni
Pleasance
Fury
Reign
G. Uni
St Mirren
Knights
Location of teams in 2017–18 SBC Division 1
Blaze B
Kings B
Lions
G. Uni B
Tornadoes
Phoenix
Wolves
Location of teams in 2017–18 SBC Division 2

The line-up for the 2017-18 season features the following teams:

Division 1

Division 2

  • Ayrshire Tornadoes
  • Boroughmuir Blaze B
  • City of Edinburgh Kings B
  • Edinburgh Lions
  • Glasgow University B
  • Heriot Watt University
  • Perth Phoenix
  • 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 Qualification or relegation
1 St Mirren WCS (C) 18 16 2 1677 1255 +422 34 Qualification to playoffs
2 City of Edinburgh Kings 18 14 4 1362 1195 +167 32
3 Sony Centre Falkirk Fury 18 13 5 1512 1275 +237 31
4 Boroughmuir Blaze 18 13 5 1427 1248 +179 31
5 Dunfermline Reign 18 12 6 1583 1466 +117 30
6 Glasgow Storm 18 5 13 1081 1339 258 23
7 Stirling Knights 18 5 13 1279 1435 156 23
8 Glasgow University 18 4 14 1016 1224 208 22
9 Edinburgh University 18 5 13 1169 1246 77 22
10 Pleasance (R) 18 3 15 1100 1533 433 21 Relegation to Division 2
Source: http://basketballscotland.co.uk/league/108959/
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
  • Edinburgh University received a 1 point deduction for conceding their match against Glasgow University.

Playoffs

Quarter Finals

09 Mar 2018
St Mirren 8072 Glasgow University
09 Mar 2018
City of Edinburgh Kings 9472 Stirling Knights
09 Mar 2018
Falkirk Fury 10061 Glasgow Storm
09 Mar 2018
Dunfermline Reign 6877 Boroughmuir Blaze

Semi Finals

16 Mar 2018
St Mirren 7155 Boroughmuir Blaze
16 Mar 2018
City of Edinburgh Kings 7068 Falkirk Fury

Final

24 Mar 2018
St Mirren 6672 City of Edinburgh Kings

Division 2

League

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Boroughmuir Blaze B (C) 14 10 4 1054 951 +103 24 Qualification to playoffs
2 Edinburgh Lions (P) 14 10 4 1013 901 +112 24
3 West Lothian Wolves 14 9 5 881 801 +80 23
4 Perth Phoenix 14 9 5 1045 983 +62 23
5 Ayrshire Tornadoes 14 9 5 1031 863 +168 23
6 Glasgow University B 14 4 10 859 900 41 18
7 Heriot Watt University 14 4 10 848 957 109 18
8 City of Edinburgh Kings B 14 1 13 815 1190 375 15
Source: http://basketballscotland.co.uk/league/119640/
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Playoffs

Semi Finals

07 Mar 2018
Perth Phoenix 6872 Boroughmuir Blaze B
11 Mar 2018
Edinburgh Lions 5649 West Lothian Wolves

Final

17 Mar 2018
Boroughmuir Blaze B 6265 Edinburgh Lions

Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup (basketball)

1st Round

06 Sep 2017
Edinburgh Lions 5443 West Lothian Wolves

2nd Round

30 Sep 2017
Glasgow Storm 7448 Edinburgh Lions
30 Sep 2017
Dunfermline Reign 9196 Falkirk Fury
30 Sep 2017
Glasgow University 5392 St Mirren
01 Oct 2017
Ayrshire Tornadoes 6590 City of Edinburgh Kings
30 Sep 2017
Boroughmuir Blaze 8356 Heriot Watt University
30 Sep 2017
Highland Bears 6978 Stirling Knights
01 Oct 2017
Portlethen Panthers 6380 Pleasance
30 Sept 2017
Edinburgh University 9236 East Warriors Aberdeen

Quarter Finals

04 Nov 2017
Glasgow Storm 4475 Falkirk Fury
31 Oct 2017
St Mirren 8392 City of Edinburgh Kings
03 Nov 2017
Boroughmuir Blaze 9356 Stirling Knights
06 Nov 2017
Pleasance 6762 Edinburgh University

Semi Finals

01 Dec 2017
Falkirk Fury 6364 City of Edinburgh Kings
01 Dec 2017
Boroughmuir Blaze 9264 Pleasance

Final

27 Jan 2018
City of Edinburgh Kings 6754 Boroughmuir Blaze

References

    Preceded by
    2016–17 season
    SBC seasons
    2017–18
    Succeeded by
    2018–19 season
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