Current season, competition or edition: | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1969 |
| Country |  |
| Most recent champion(s) | Dunfermline Reign (1st title) |
| Most titles | Livingston (17 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 2-3 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Scottish Cup |
| Official website | Official website |
The Scottish Basketball Championship [1] [2] (former: Scottish National Basketball League, SNBL) and particularly Senior Men Divisions 1 and 2, [2] is the top men's basketball league in Scotland, and forms the second and third tiers of British basketball (inline with the English Basketball League) after the professional setup of the British Basketball League, where Scotland currently has one representative in the Glasgow Rocks.
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Sharing a border with England to the southeast, Scotland is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast, the Irish Sea to the south, and the North Channel to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, situated on the northern third of the island of Great Britain, Scotland has over 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.
The British Basketball League, often abbreviated to the BBL, is a men's professional basketball league in Great Britain, the highest level of play in the country. The BBL runs two knockout competitions alongside the BBL Championship; the BBL Cup and the BBL Trophy, as well as the post-season Play-offs.
