Sports season
1993–94 British Basketball League season League British Basketball League Sport Basketball BBL champions Thames Valley Tigers Play Off's champions Worthing Bears National Cup championsWorthing Bears BBL Trophy championsThames Valley Tigers
The 1993–1994 BBL season was known as the Budweiser League for sponsorship reasons. The season featured a total of 13 teams, playing 36 games each.
The BBL secured a three year £1 million sponsorship deal with Budweiser and the divisions were re-organised once again.[1] The Budweiser League would be tier one with the National League Division's below. The Budweiser League increased in number with the addition of the Division One champions Doncaster Panthers . The Cheshire Jets became the Chester Jets.
Thames Valley Tigers claimed the League Trophy and stormed to the regular season title, however the Bracknell -based side suffered a shock defeat to Derby Bucks and saw them eliminated in the Quarter-final of the Budweiser Championship Play-offs.[2] Nevertheless, Tigers' and were both awarded accolades as Most Valuable Player and Coach of the Year respectively. Worthing Bears also secured a double success by winning the Play-offs and securing the National Cup.
Budweiser League Championship (Tier 1) [ ]
Final standings [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
%
Pts
1
Thames Valley Tigers
36
31
5
0.861
62
2
Worthing Bears
36
30
6
0.833
60
3
Manchester Giants
36
29
7
0.805
58
4
Guildford Kings
36
24
12
0.667
48
5
London Towers
36
21
15
0.583
42
6
Birmingham Bullets
36
21
15
0.583
42
7
Leicester City Riders
36
20
16
0.555
40
8
Derby Bucks
36
17
19
0.473
34
9
Doncaster Panthers
36
13
23
0.362
26
10
Sunderland Scorpions
36
13
23
0.362
26
11
Chester Jets
36
11
25
0.305
22
12
Hemel Royals
36
3
33
0.083
6
13
36
1
35
0.028
2
= League winners
= Qualified for the Play-offs
The Play-offs [ ]
Quarter-finals [ ]
(1) Thames Valley Tigers vs. (8) Derby Bucks
(2) Worthing Bears vs. (7) Leicester City Riders
Leicester City Riders
83–96
Worthing Bears
Worthing Bears
104 –77
Leicester City Riders
Worthing win series, 2–0
(3) Manchester Giants vs. (6) Birmingham Bullets
(4) Guildford Kings vs. (5) London Towers
Semi-finals [ ]
Worthing Bears
77 –75
Derby Bucks
Final [ ]
Worthing Bears
71 –65
Guildford Kings
Pts : Alan Cunningham 16, Colin Irish 15, Herman Harried, Steve Nelson, Mike Spaid
Pts: Alton Byrd 15, Julio Politi 13, Karl Brown, Martin Henlan
Wembley Arena , London
Attendance: ?
Worthing Coach
Alan Cunningham Guildford Coach
Kevin Cadle
National League Division 1 (Tier 2) [ ]
Final standings [ ]
National League Division 2 (Tier 3) [ ]
Final standings [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
%
Pts
1
Nottingham Cobras
20
18
2
0.900
36
2
Chiltern Fastbreak
20
15
5
0.750
30
3
Swindon Sonics
20
13
7
0.650
26
4
Guildford Storm
20
13
7
0.650
26
5
Liverpool Atac
20
12
8
0.600
24
6
Stevenage Phoenix
20
12
8
0.600
24
7
Mid Sussex Magic
20
11
9
0.550
22
8
Northampton 89ers
20
8
12
0.400
16
9
London Elephants
20
4
16
0.200
7 *
10
Leicester Falcons
20
3
17
0.150
6
11
Lewisham Lightning
20
1
19
0.050
2
National Cup [ ]
Third Round [ ]
Team 1
Team 2
Score
Derby Bucks
Worthing Bears
80-94
Hemel Hempstead Royals
Thames Valley Tigers
75-98
Sunderland Scorpions
Doncaster Panthers
83-80
Ware Rebels
Leicester City Riders
56-71
Birmingham Bullets
Swindon Sonics
66-54
London Towers
Chester Jets
61-69
Brixton TopCats
Manchester Giants
86-110
Oldham Celtics
Guildford Kings
73-92
Quarter Finals [ ]
Team 1
Team 2
Score
Sunderland Scorpions
Thames Valley Tigers
80-89
Cheshire Jets
Worthing Bears
79-102
Manchester Giants
Birmingham Bullets
99-85
Leicester City Riders
Guildford Kings
55-64
Semi Finals [ ]
Team 1
Team 2
1st Leg
2nd Leg
Manchester Eagles
Thames Valley Tigers
72-93
80-98
Worthing Bears
Guildford Kings
71-68
93-77
Final [ ]
Worthing Bears
92 –83
Thames Valley Tigers
Pts : Nigel Lloyd 21, Peter Scantlebury 17, Michael Hayles 13, Alan Cunningham 12, Colin Irish 12, Tony Holley
Pts: Herman Harried 33, Steve Nelson 20, Cleave Lewis 15
Sheffield Arena Attendance: ?
Worthing Coach
Alan Cunningham Thames Valley Coach
Mick Bett
League Trophy [ ]
Group stage [ ]
North Group 1
Team
Pts
Pld
W
L
Percent
1.Leicester City Riders
6
3
3
0
1.000
2.Derby Bucks
2
3
1
2
0.333
3.Doncaster Panthers
2
3
1
2
0.333
4.Chester Jets
2
3
1
2
0.333
North Group 2
Team
Pts
Pld
W
L
Percent
1.Manchester Giants
4
2
2
0
1.000
2.Sunderland Scorpions
2
2
1
1
0.500
3.
0
2
0
2
0.000
Semi-finals [ ]
Manchester Giants vs. Leicester City Riders
Thames Valley Tigers vs. Worthing Bears
Final [ ]
National Indoor Arena ,
Birmingham Attendance: ?
Thames Valley Coach
Mick Bett Manchester Coach
Jeff Jones
Budweiser All-Star Game [ ]
Northern All-Stars
140–148
Southern All-Stars
Pts : , 26
Seasonal awards [ ]
References [ ]
Preceded by
BBL seasons 1993–94
Succeeded by
Teams Competitions Seasons Awards Other