2015–16 Scottish Basketball Championships (Men) season

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2015–16 SBC season
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The 2015–16 season is the 47th campaign of the Scottish Men's National League , which was rebranded as part of the Scottish Basketball Championships. [1] The 18 teams were split into Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 8 teams.

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Teams

The line-up for the 2015-2016 season features the following teams: [2]

Division 1

The Ayrshire Tornadoes are a basketball team based across Ayrshire, Scotland.

Boroughmuir Blaze

Boroughmuir Blaze are a basketball club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Senior Men's team compete in Division 1 of the Scottish Men's National League.

The City of Edinburgh Kings are a basketball team based in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. They compete in Division 1 of the Scottish Men's National League, the highest level in Scotland and the second highest in the United Kingdom, behind the professional British Basketball League (BBL).

Division 2

Glasgow Rocks

The Glasgow Rocks, currently known as the Radisson Red Glasgow Rocks for sponsorship reasons, are a Scottish professional basketball team based in Glasgow, Scotland. Formerly known as the Edinburgh Rocks, and then the Scottish Rocks, the Rocks compete in the British Basketball League. Since 2012 the Rocks have played their home games at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. The team are currently without a head coach as of 19 February 2019 since they parted ways with Darryl Wood. The Rocks’ traditional rivals are the Newcastle Eagles.

The Granite City Grizzlies are a basketball club based in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The senior men's team compete in Division 2 of the Scottish Men's National League.

The Stirling Knights are a basketball club based in the city of Stirling, Scotland. The senior men's team currently compete in Division 1 of the Scottish Men's National League.

Prior to the start of the season, both Leuchars and Glasgow Rocks NL withdrew from the league, leaving Division 2 with 6 teams.

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 three times, once home, once away, and once home or away, for a total of 15 games.

Division 1 Standings

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGD
1 Boroughmuir Blaze 1815314571217+240League Champions
2 Glasgow University 1814413201200+120Qualification to playoffs
3 Edinburgh University 1813512991066+233
4 St Mirren WCS 1812615191345+174
5 Sony Centre Falkirk Fury 1812613651277+88
6 City of Edinburgh Kings 189913201291+29
7 Glasgow Storm 1861212351379144
8 Tayside Musketeers 1841411221315193
9 Dunfermline Reign 1831512071562355
10 Ayrshire Tornadoes 1821612331473240Relegation to Division 2
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2016. Source: http://www.basketballscotland.co.uk/scottish-basketball-championships/

Division 2 Standings

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGD
1 Stirling Knights 15114937851+86Promotion to Division 1
2 Granite City Grizzlies 151141059830+229
3 West Lothian Wolves 147786688014
4 City of Edinburgh Kings 'B' 146880587570
5 Boroughmuir Blaze 'B' 15698258283
6 Glasgow University 'B' 15312666894228
Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2016. Source: http://www.basketballscotland.co.uk/scottish-basketball-championships/

Playoffs

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

Scottish Cup

Preliminary round

20 September 2015
20:15
West Lothian Wolves 4729 Pleasance BC
Bathgate Academy, Bathgate

First round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

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References

  1. Scottish Basketball Championship (SBC) Preview! tubpodcast.org
  2. http://snbl.leaguerepublic.com/l/league/708896174.html
Preceded by
2014–15 season
SNBL seasons
2015–16
Succeeded by
2016–17 season