Attracted by the opening of the brand-new 4,000-seat Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Edinburgh Rocks uprooted from their aging Meadowbank venue in Edinburgh and moved 45 miles west to Scotland's largest city Glasgow, and rebranded as the Scottish Rocks.[1] The move received a mixed response from fans; whilst many said that the move would not work, the official supporters club backed the franchise's decision.[2]
Due to a decreasing membership, the league abolished the Conference system it had imposed for the past three seasons and returned the regular single-league table set-up, with the top eight teams progressing to the play-offs.
This season's BBL Trophy featured all 11 BBL teams plus one invited teams from the English Basketball League, the Teesside Mohawks to bring the total number of teams divided evenly. The First round saw all 12 teams split into four regionalised groups with the top finishing team advancing to the semi-finals.
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The 2002 03 BBL season was the 16th campaign in the history of the British Basketball League 2002 03 BBL seasonLeagueBritish Basketball LeagueSportBasketballRoll of HonourBBL championsSheffield SharksPlay Off s championsScottish RocksNational Cup championsBrighton BearsBBL Trophy championsChester JetsBritish Basketball League seasons 2001 022003 04 Contents 1 Teams 2 Notable occurrences 3 BBL Championship Tier 1 3 1 Final standings 3 2 Playoffs 3 2 1 Quarter finals 3 2 2 Semi finals 3 2 3 Final 4 National League Conference Tier 2 4 1 Final standings 5 National Cup 5 1 Last 16 5 2 Quarter finals 5 3 Semi finals 5 4 Final 6 BBL Trophy 6 1 Group stage 6 2 Semi finals 6 3 Final 7 Statistics leaders 8 ReferencesTeams edit nbsp nbsp Bullets nbsp Bears nbsp Jets nbsp Leopards nbsp Riders nbsp Towers nbsp Lions nbsp Eagles nbsp Rocks nbsp Sharks nbsp Tigersclass notpageimage Locations of the 2002 03 BBL teams Team City Area Arena Capacity Last season Birmingham Bullets Birmingham Aston Events Centre 2 000 5th South Brighton Bears Brighton Brighton Centre amp Burgess Hill Triangle 3 600 1 800 2nd South Chester Jets Chester Northgate Arena 1 000 1st North Essex Leopards Brentwood Brentwood Centre 2 000 4th South Leicester Riders Loughborough Loughborough University 1 000 5th North London Towers London Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 3 500 1st South Milton Keynes Lions Milton Keynes Bletchley Centre 800 3rd North Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Telewest Arena 6 500 3rd North Scottish Rocks Glasgow Braehead Arena 4 000 4th North Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Hallam FM Arena amp Ponds Forge 8 500 1 600 2nd North Thames Valley Tigers Bracknell John Nike Sports Centre 1 000 6th South Notable occurrences editAttracted by the opening of the brand new 4 000 seat Braehead Arena in Glasgow Edinburgh Rocks uprooted from their aging Meadowbank venue in Edinburgh and moved 45 miles west to Scotland s largest city Glasgow and rebranded as the Scottish Rocks 1 The move received a mixed response from fans whilst many said that the move would not work the official supporters club backed the franchise s decision 2 Although based in Brentwood Essex for the past two years Greater London Leopards eventually rebranded the franchise as the Essex Leopards prior to the season starting Due to a decreasing membership the league abolished the Conference system it had imposed for the past three seasons and returned the regular single league table set up with the top eight teams progressing to the play offs BBL Championship Tier 1 editFinal standings edit Pos Team Pld W L Pts 1 Sheffield Sharks 40 33 7 0 825 66 2 Brighton Bears 40 30 10 0 750 60 3 Chester Jets 40 28 12 0 700 56 4 Thames Valley Tigers 40 26 14 0 650 52 5 Newcastle Eagles 40 25 15 0 625 50 6 Scottish Rocks 40 22 18 0 550 44 7 London Towers 40 19 21 0 475 38 8 Milton Keynes Lions 40 12 28 0 300 24 9 Birmingham Bullets 40 11 29 0 275 22 10 Essex Leopards 40 11 29 0 275 22 11 Leicester Riders 40 3 37 0 075 6 League winners Qualified for the play offs Playoffs edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 1Sheffield Sharks90 OT 8Milton Keynes Lions831Sheffield Sharks746Scottish Rocks763Chester Jets846Scottish Rocks896Scottish Rocks832Brighton Bears762Brighton Bears897London Towers822Brighton Bears885Newcastle Eagles834Thames Valley Tigers855Newcastle Eagles101 Quarter finals edit 19 April 2003 Sheffield Sharks 90 83 OT Milton Keynes Lions Ponds Forge Sheffield 19 April 2003 Chester Jets 84 89 Scottish Rocks Northgate Arena Chester 19 April 2003 Thames Valley Tigers 85 101 Newcastle Eagles John Nike Sports Centre Bracknell 20 April 2003 Brighton Bears 89 82 London Towers Brighton Centre Brighton Semi finals edit 3 May 2003 Brighton Bears 88 83 Newcastle Eagles National Indoor Arena Birmingham 3 May 2003 Sheffield Sharks 74 76 Scottish Rocks National Indoor Arena Birmingham Final edit 4 May 20035 00pm GMT Report Brighton Bears 76 83 Scottish Rocks Scoring by quarter 23 18 25 28 20 20 8 17Pts Sterling Davis 18 Ralph Blalock 17 Rico Alderson 13 Pts Shawn Myers 26 Stephan Sheckles 14 Ryan Huntley 13 Billy Singleton 13 National Indoor Arena BirminghamNational League Conference Tier 2 editFinal standings edit Pos Team Pld W L Pts 1 Teesside Mohawks 22 21 1 0 955 42 2 Plymouth Raiders 22 18 4 0 818 36 3 Reading Rockets 22 16 6 0 727 32 4 Worthing Thunder 22 15 7 0 682 30 5 Manchester Magic 22 12 10 0 545 24 6 Kingston Wildcats 22 11 11 0 500 22 7 Sutton Pumas 22 11 11 0 500 22 8 Oxford Devils 22 11 11 0 500 22 9 Solent Stars 22 7 15 0 318 14 10 Ware Rebels 22 4 18 0 182 8 11 Hackney White Heat 22 3 19 0 136 6 12 Coventry Crusaders 22 3 19 0 136 6 League winners Qualified for the play offsNational Cup editLast 16 edit Team 1 Team 2 Score Kingston Wildcats Essex Leopards 73 102 Manchester Magic Birmingham Bullets 82 85 Teesside Mohawks Leicester Riders 98 97 Scottish Rocks Chester Jets 63 88 Solent Stars Brighton Bears 60 99 Sheffield Sharks Newcastle Eagles 78 80 Plymouth Raiders Thames Valley Tigers 71 113 Milton Keynes Lions London Towers 84 98 Quarter finals edit Team 1 Team 2 Score Birmingham Bullets Chester Jets 94 98 Essex Leopards London Towers 89 100 OT Brighton Bears Newcastle Eagles 91 73 Teesside Mohawks Thames Valley Tigers 84 111 Semi finals edit Team 1 Team 2 Score Chester Jets Thames Valley Tigers 96 76 London Towers Brighton Bears 80 84 Final edit 12 January 2003 Brighton Bears 89 79 Chester Jets Pts Wilbur Johnson MVP 24 Ralph Blalock 22 Sterling Davis 15 Pts John McCord 28 Kenny Gregory 25 Pero Cameron 15 National Indoor ArenaBBL Trophy editThis season s BBL Trophy featured all 11 BBL teams plus one invited teams from the English Basketball League the Teesside Mohawks to bring the total number of teams divided evenly The First round saw all 12 teams split into four regionalised groups with the top finishing team advancing to the semi finals Group stage edit Northern Group 1 Team Pts Pld W L Percent 1 Chester Jets 6 4 3 1 0 750 2 Sheffield Sharks 6 4 3 1 0 750 3 Leicester Riders 0 4 0 4 0 000 Southern Group 1 Team Pts Pld W L Percent 1 Birmingham Bullets 6 4 3 1 0 750 2 Essex Leopards 4 4 2 2 0 500 3 Milton Keynes Lions 2 4 1 3 0 250 Northern Group 2 Team Pts Pld W L Percent 1 Newcastle Eagles 8 4 4 0 1 000 2 Scottish Rocks 4 4 2 2 0 500 3 Teesside Mohawks 0 4 0 4 0 000 Southern Group 2 Team Pts Pld W L Percent 1 London Towers 4 4 2 2 0 500 2 Thames Valley Tigers 4 4 2 2 0 500 3 Brighton Bears 4 4 2 2 0 500 Semi finals edit 8 February 2003 Chester Jets 97 89 Newcastle Eagles Aston Events Centre Birmingham 8 February 2003 Birmingham Bullets 62 86 London Towers Aston Events Centre Birmingham Final edit 15 March 2003 Report Chester Jets 84 82 London Towers Scoring by quarter 30 26 26 17 13 22 15 17Pts Kenny Gregory 24 Todd Cauthorn 19 John McCord 16 Pts Kendrick Warren 21 Theo Dixon 18 Shaheen Holloway 15 Hallam FM Arena SheffieldStatistics leaders editCategory Player Stat Points per game nbsp Kenny Gregory Chester Jets 24 7 Rebounds per game nbsp David Fisher Essex Leopards 10 5 Assists per game nbsp John Thomas Chester Jets 7 3References edit Mark Woods 2002 07 04 Rocks leave Edinburgh behind BBC Sport Retrieved 2009 11 28 Gordon Scott 2002 06 19 Rocks fan club would back team in Glasgow Edinburgh Evening News Archived from the original on 2013 02 25 Retrieved 2009 11 28 Preceded by2001 02 season BBL seasons2002 03 Succeeded by2003 04 season Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 03 British Basketball League season amp oldid 1163364026, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
