2016–17 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

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2016–17 SBC season
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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.

Teams[edit]

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Location of teams in 2016–17 SBC Division 1
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Location of teams in 2016–17 SBC Division 2

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

Division 1[edit]

Division 2[edit]

Format[edit]

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[edit]

League table[edit]

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10 Tayside Musketeers* 18 0 18 471 691 −220 11 Withdrawn from League
Source: BasketballScotland
(C) Champions
  • 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[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

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

Semi-finals[edit]

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

Final[edit]

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

Division 2[edit]

League table[edit]

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: BasketballScotland
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Playoffs[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

15 Mar 2017
Pleasance 79–59 West Lothian Wolves

Final[edit]

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

Scottish Cup[edit]

Scottish Cup (basketball)

Preliminary round[edit]

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

1st Round[edit]

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
28 Oct 2016
Sony Centre Fury 84–58 Stirling Knights
26 Oct 2016
Pleasance 70–63 West Lothian Wolves

Quarter-finals[edit]

18 Nov 2016
Boroughmuir Blaze 86–74 Dunfermline Reign
21 Nov 2016
Pleasance 45–75 Edinburgh University

Semi-finals[edit]

Final[edit]

Chairman's Cup[edit]

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

Preliminary round[edit]

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

1st Round[edit]

BC Lituanica Aberdeen W–C Banchory Stags
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
Renfrew Rocks 62–69 Portlethen Panthers

Quarter-finals[edit]

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[edit]

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

Final[edit]

25 Mar 2017
BC Lituanica Aberdeen 63–60 Portlethen Panthers

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Scottish Basketball League - League". snbl.leaguerepublic.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-20.
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