2022–23 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

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2022–23 SBC Men season
LeagueScottish Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Number of teams18
SBC Competitions
SBC seasons

The 2022–23 season was the 53rd campaign of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the national basketball league of Scotland. 18 teams were split across Division 1, featuring 11 teams, and Division 2, featuring 7 teams.

Division 1[edit]

Teams[edit]

Promoted from 2021 to 2022 Division 2

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Boroughmuir Blaze (C) 20 18 2 1884 1359 +525 56 Qualification to playoffs
2 Falkirk Fury 20 17 3 1808 1334 +474 54
3 St Mirren 20 17 3 1747 1495 +252 54
4 City of Edinburgh Kings 20 13 7 1616 1439 +177 46
5 Dunfermline Reign 20 11 9 1663 1541 +122 42
6 Stirling Knights 20 11 9 1426 1385 +41 42
7 Renfrew Rocks 20 8 12 1414 1525 −111 36
8 Glasgow University 20 6 14 1403 1557 −154 32
9 Edinburgh Lions (R) 20 4 16 1321 1678 −357 28 Relegation to Division 2
10 West Lothian Wolves (R) 20 3 17 1306 1799 −493 26
11 North Lanarkshire Chiefs (R) 20 2 18 1205 1681 −476 24
Source: BasketballScotland
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Playoffs[edit]

Semi-finals

7 Apr 2023
Report[1]
Falkirk Fury 88–58 St Mirren
14 Apr 2023
Report[2]
St Mirren 72–82 Falkirk Fury
Falkirk win 170-130 on aggregate
16 Apr 2023
Boroughmuir Blaze 84–79 City of Edinburgh Kings
Boroughmuir win 166-153 on aggregate

Final

21 Apr 2023
Report[3]
Falkirk Fury 83–86 Boroughmuir Blaze
29 Apr 2023
Report[4]
Boroughmuir Blaze 79–76 Falkirk Fury
Boroughmuir win 165-159 on aggregate

Division 2[edit]

Teams[edit]

Location of teams in 2022–23 SBC Division 2

New teams

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 Glasgow Devils (C) 18 16 2 1327 995 +332 50
2 Grampian Flyers 18 16 2 1464 1001 +463 50
3 Dundee Madsons 18 11 7 1312 1128 +184 40
4 Tayside Musketeers 18 9 9 1172 1117 +55 36
5 Pleasance 18 6 12 1095 1294 −199 30
6 Ayr Storm 18 3 15 1172 1556 −384 24
7 Perth Phoenix 18 2 16 1005 1456 −451 22
Source: BasketballScotland
(C) Champions

Scottish Cup[edit]

Scottish Cup (basketball)

First Round

5 Nov 2022
Glasgow Devils 63–66 North Lanarkshire Titans
10 Oct 2022
Tayside Musketeers 83–86 Grampian Flyers
3 Oct 2022
Glasgow Olympians 61–77 Glasgow University
10 Oct 2022
Pleasance 73–69 Stirling University
9 Oct 2022
Renfrew Rocks 55–87 Falkirk Fury
8 Oct 2022
St Mirren 111–49 Banchory Stags

Second Round

8 Dec 2022
Ayr Storm 93–37 North Lanarkshire Titans
13 Nov 2022
Grampian Flyers 70–79 West Lothian Wolves
10 Nov 2022
Lockerbie Tornadoes 76–100 Glasgow University
14 Nov 2022
Pleasance 66–56 Dundee Madsons
22 Nov 2022
Perth Phoenix 25–110 Falkirk Fury
30 Oct 2022
St Mirren 91–74 North Lanarkshire Chiefs
15 Nov 2022
Boroughmuir Blaze 75–59 Stirling Knights

Quarter-finals

7 Jan 2023
Ayr Storm 55–80 West Lothian Wolves
1 Dec 2022
Glasgow University 90–57 Pleasance
13 Jan 2023
Falkirk Fury 77–87 (OT) St Mirren

Semi-finals

3 Feb 2023
St Mirren 79–81 Boroughmuir Blaze

Final

11 Feb 2023
West Lothian Wolves 61–111 Boroughmuir Blaze
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 14-33, 13-31, 17-28
Pts: S. McDonald (13)
Rebs: S. McDonald (9)
Asts: J. Leighton (4)
Pts: M. McLain (23)
Rebs: M. Langsen (11)
Asts: M. McLain, L. Sullivan (4)
Regional Performance Centre, Dundee

References[edit]

  1. ^ "John Bunyan's senior men establish 30-point lead after play-off semi-final first leg". Falkirk Herald. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Falkirk Fury: Senior men see off St Mirren to seal spot in final of play-offs". Falkirk Herald. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  3. ^ Ben Kearney (26 April 2023). "Narrow loss for senior men leaves them still in with a real shout in play-off final second leg". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. ^ Ben Kearney (3 May 2023). "Falkirk Fury fall to narrow loss over two legs in senior men's play-off final". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
Preceded by SBC seasons
2022–23
Succeeded by