1975–76 National Basketball League season

The 1975–76 Guinness National Basketball League season was the fourth season of the English National Basketball League.[1]

1975–76 National Basketball League season
LeagueNational Basketball League
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
Roll of Honour
National League championsCinzano Crystal Palace
  National League runners-upIslington Embassy All-Stars
National Cup championsCinzano Crystal Palace
  National Cup runners-upIslington Embassy All-Stars

The league was sponsored by Guinness and the number of teams participating remained at ten. One new team appeared in the form of the Leeds Larsen Lions club, but Exeter St Lukes dropped down to the second division. The Crystal Palace team, sponsored by Cinzano and devoid of the Sutton merger, completed the double of National League and Cup. There were no playoffs during this era and American Jim Guymon of Crystal Palace won the George Williams Trophy for Most Valuable Player.[2]

National League

First Division

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1Cinzano Crystal Palace181711806128235
2Islington Embassy All-Stars181621628133734
3Doncaster Wilson Panthers181171642145129
4Coventry Granwood181081509148328
5Manchester ATS Giants188101549160326
6Loughborough All-Stars186121395156524
7Avenue186121363156524
8Cleveland StrongArm186121527173824
9London YMCA Metros186121416157224
10Leeds Larsen Lions180181175150918

Second Division

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1Bedford Vauxhall Motors1211187379223
2Stockport Belgrade1210289478522
3Exeter St Lukes126690587718
4Malory Lewisham125782588617
5Nottingham124890392916
6Guildford Pirates123983983615
7Birmingham Bulldogs123972986315

National Cup Final

3 April 1976
Cinzano Crystal Palace 10888 Islington Embassy All-Stars
Pts: Jim Guymon 39, Martin Hall 27, Mark Saiers 19, Paul Philp 10 Pts: Steve Schmitt 32, Pete Sprogis 29, Dave Shelley 11
Wembley
Attendance: 7,000

Leading scorers

Player Team Pts
Steve PoundDoncaster643
Bob HowellCoventry530
Peter SprogisEmbassy All-Stars478
Jim GuymonCrystal Palace464
Mark BadgerManchester457
Steve SchmittEmbassy All-Stars421
Steve LathamManchester408
Steve KloppenburgCleveland397
Bob OvertonnLondon YMCA395
Carl OlssonLoughborough341

References

  1. Matthews & Morrison, Peter & Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. "Men's Senior League Winners". Basketball England.

See also

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