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2010–11 British Basketball League season

January 01, 1970

The 2010–11 BBL season was the 24th campaign of the British Basketball League since the league's establishment in 1987. This season saw the league reduced to 12 teams with the withdrawal of London Capital during the summer and was the first campaign ever to not feature a club from the capital city London.[1]

2010–11 BBL season
LeagueBritish Basketball League
SportBasketball
Roll of Honour
BBL championsMersey Tigers
Play Off's championsMersey Tigers
BBL Cup championsSheffield Sharks
BBL Trophy championsMersey Tigers
British Basketball League seasons

Unlike previous seasons the Trophy schedule usually played in January/February was brought forward, with the reintroduced group stage being played before the start of the regular season. The campaign tipped-off on 17 September 2010 with Plymouth Raiders beating Worthing Thunder 79–77 in the opening game of the Trophy. The regular league season commenced on 10 October, whilst the season closed with the showpiece Play-off Final on 30 April 2011 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.

Newly rebranded Mersey Tigers won three out of the four domestic titles on offer, finishing victorious in the Franklin & Marshall Trophy, Championship and post-season Play-offs, whilst missing out on the BBL Cup following a 93–66 loss to Sheffield Sharks in the Final. Mersey's Tony Garbelotto was named as BBL Coach of the Year, whilst Cheshire Jets' Jeremy Bell was awarded the BBL's MVP award.

Teams edit

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Locations of the 2010–11 BBL teams

Notable occurrences edit

  • After a season-long review which evaluated both the on and off-court performance of the franchise, it was announced prior to the season opening that London Capital were withdrawn from the BBL and would instead compete in the English Basketball League.[2]
  • Following Everton F.C.'s decision to cut their ties with the Tigers franchise, the team was relaunched as the Mersey Tigers prior to the start of the season along with the announcement that the Echo Arena would serve as their home venue for the first eight home games of the season.[3]
  • With further delays added to the arena:mk construction, Milton Keynes Lions sought to solve their on-going venue problems by acquiring a warehouse facility in downtown Milton Keynes to convert into a new home venue. The Lions used a court at Stoke Mandeville until the new facility – MK Lions Arena – opened midway through the season.[4][5]
  • Aside from Tigers and Milton Keynes, two other franchises uprooted and moved to new venues for the start of the season. After 15 years of playing out of the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle Eagles swapped to the newly built 3,000-seat Sport Central facility at Northumbria University,[6] whilst Guildford Heat also uprooted to the new Surrey Sports Park after 5 years at the Guildford Spectrum.[7]
  • The season started with a differing structure from previous years with the campaign tipping-off with the opening rounds of the BBL Trophy instead of regular season championship games. The decision gained a mixed reaction from coaches, with many of whom using the games as warm-ups for the regular season.[8]
  • After several years without television coverage, the League announced on 20 October that a deal had been struck with leading broadcaster Sky Sports to screen one "as live" game a week starting from 2 November, including a live broadcast of the BBL Cup Final.[9]
  • Cheshire Jets forward Matt Schneck was suspended in November after he had failed a drugs test, after traces of a prohibited substance known as Methylhexaneamine were found in his system. The player could have faced a two-year ban,[10] but this was later reduced to three months making it the shortest ban ever handed out to an athlete for ingesting Methylhexanaemine.[11]
  • The Guildford Heat franchise was put up for sale amid a shortfall of funding, it was revealed in December, with the price of the club valued at just £1.[12][13]
  • In a bid to save the Guildford franchise from folding, fans of the club launched a campaign to raise £25,000 in 25 days throughout January.[14]
  • It was announced in January 2011 that this season's Trophy Final would be held at the O2 Arena, in partnership with the NBA as part of its 'Basketball Week', culminating in the Toronto Raptors versus New Jersey Nets game being played in March.[15]
  • The League announced in January that an agreement had been reached with clothing company Franklin & Marshall to sponsor the BBL Trophy Final, which would be held in March at the O2 Arena as part of the NBA's 'Basketball Week'.[16]
  • Sheffield Sharks retained the BBL Cup with a massive 93–66 win over Mersey Tigers in the Final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on 16 January 2011. Sharks' American import Steve Dagostino scored 35 points and was named as the game's MVP.[17] The game was broadcast live on Sky Sports.[18]
  • Newcastle's Kadiri Richard was crowned 2011 Slam Dunk Champion, after pipping second-place Stefan Gill (Milton Keynes) to win the annual Slam Dunk Competition on 16 January, at the National Indoor Arena.[19]
  • Surrey-based businesswoman Allison Reeve bought out the financially troubled Guildford Heat franchise in January, becoming the League's first female owner,[20] and saving the franchise from 'imminent closure'.[21]
  • It was revealed by the media in February that Mersey Tigers had failed to pay wages to players and staff due to ongoing financial difficulties.[22] The club released a statement about the situation, citing loss of two major sponsors and debts from previous ownership as the main reasons for its decision to delay salary payments and to relocate to temporary home venues in Liverpool and Manchester.[23]
  • Essex Pirates' 90–94 overtime victory at Worthing Thunder, on 19 February, was their first and only win of the season.[24]
  • Mersey Tigers claimed their first Franklin & Marshal Trophy title with an 84–66 victory over Guildford Heat on 5 March, at the O2 Arena in London. Tigers' Andrew Thomson scored a game-high 21 points, whilst Andrew Sullivan was awarded the Final's MVP award.[25]
  • The Championship title came down to the final game of the season, played out between Mersey Tigers and Newcastle Eagles at Sport Central on 6 April. The winner of the game would be crowned Champions and after a close contest Mersey claimed their first championship title with an 80–75 victory.[26] Mersey were the first all-British qualified side to win the title in the BBL's 23-year history.[27]
  • Following the end of the regular season, Worthing Thunder officials confirmed that, due to financial problems, they would be withdrawing the franchise from the BBL immediately and have entered the English Basketball League for the forthcoming season.[28]
  • At the end of the season, long-serving veteran Tony Windless announced his retirement from playing basketball at the age of 41, after a career that saw him play all but two of his 16 professional seasons in the BBL, debuting with London Towers in 1994 and winning every major domestic prize.[29]
  • Newcastle's Trey Moore was crowned as the Basketball Journalists Association's (BJA) BBL Player of the Year, despite being ruled out by injury in March. Tony Garbelotto of Mersey Tigers, was awarded Coach of the Year.[30]
  • In the annual NIA All-Star Game, the Rest of the World All-Stars ran out 119–115 winners over the Great Britain All-Stars at the National Indoor Arena, in Birmingham on 30 April. Newcastle's Kadiri Richard, playing for the Rest of the World All-Stars, was awarded the MVP title after scoring 14 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.[31]
  • Despite going through most of the season with unpaid wages,[32] Mersey Tigers reached the Play-off Final for the second consecutive year and beat Sheffield Sharks 79–74 to take the BBL Play-off title, their third piece of silverware this season. James Jones was named as the Final's MVP.[33]

BBL Championship (Tier 1) edit

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L % Pts
1 Mersey Tigers 33 25 8 0.758 50
2 Newcastle Eagles 33 24 9 0.727 48
3 Sheffield Sharks 33 24 9 0.727 48
4 Cheshire Jets 33 20 13 0.606 40
5 Plymouth Raiders 33 19 14 0.576 38
6 Glasgow Rocks 33 18 15 0.545 36
7 Guildford Heat 33 17 16 0.515 34
8 Leicester Riders 33 17 16 0.515 34
9 Worcester Wolves 33 15 18 0.455 30
10 Milton Keynes Lions 33 13 20 0.394 26
11 Worthing Thunder 33 5 28 0.152 10
12 Essex Pirates 33 1 32 0.030 2
= League winners
= Qualified for the play-offs

Playoffs edit

Quarter-finals 1st leg edit

16 April 2011
John Sandford Centre, Leicester

Quarter-finals 2nd leg edit

17 April 2011
Northgate Arena, Chester
17 April 2011
Amaechi Centre, Manchester
18 April 2011
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
Cheshire Jets won series on aggregate (177–164), as did Mersey Tigers (181–176), Newcastle Eagles (192–180) and Sheffield Sharks (162–156).

Semi-finals 1st leg edit

23 April 2011
Northgate Arena, Chester

Semi-finals 2nd leg edit

24 April 2011
Amaechi Centre, Manchester
Mersey Tigers won 165–143 on aggregate and Sheffield Sharks won 166–154 on aggregate.

Final edit

30 April 2011
4.00pm GMT
Report
Mersey Tigers 79–74 Sheffield Sharks
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 19–18, 12–13, 25–26
Pts: Tafari Toney 19, James Jones (MVP) 15, Nate Reinking 12, David Aliu 11, Andrew Thomson 8, Jamal Williams 8, Perry Lawson 3, Andrew Sullivan 1
Rebs: Tafari Toney, 13
Asts: Andrew Thomson, 4		 Pts: Ryan Patton 24, Paul Williams 17, Mike Tuck 14, Marcus Stout 9, Steve Dagostino 5, Olu Babalola 4, Atiba Lyons 1
Rebs: Mike Tuck, 8
Asts: Paul Williams/Steve Dagostino/Mike Tuck/Atiba Lyons, 2

EBL National League Division 1 (Tier 2) edit

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L % Pts
1 Bristol Academy Flyers 18 15 3 0.833 30
2 London Leopards 18 14 4 0.778 28
3 Reading Rockets 18 12 6 0.667 24
4 Leeds Carnegie 18 10 8 0.556 20
5 Brixton TopCats 18 8 10 0.444 16
6 Manchester Magic 18 7 11 0.389 14
7 Durham Wildcats 18 7 11 0.389 14
8 Derby Trailblazers 18 6 12 0.333 12
9 Leicester Warriors 18 6 12 0.333 12
10 PAWS London Capital 18 5 13 0.278 10
11 Coventry Crusaders 0 0 0 0.000 0
= League winners
= Qualified for the play-offs

EBL National League Division 2 (Tier 3) edit

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L % Pts
1 Bradford Dragons 20 17 3 0.850 34
2 Tees Valley Mohawks 20 16 4 0.800 32
3 Medway Park Crusaders 20 13 7 0.650 26
4 Westminster Warriors 20 13 7 0.650 26
5 Hemel Storm 20 12 8 0.600 24
6 London United 20 11 9 0.550 22
7 Eastside Eagles 20 11 9 0.550 22
8 Team Northumbria 20 8 12 0.400 16
9 Mansfield Giants 20 6 14 0.300 12
10 City of Sheffield Arrows 20 2 18 0.100 4
11 Birmingham A's 20 1 19 0.050 2
= League winners
= Qualified for the play-offs

BBL Cup edit

1st round edit

15 October 2010
Echo Arena, Liverpool
17 October 2010
Worthing Leisure Centre, Worthing

Quarter-finals edit

7 November 2010
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
14 November 2010
Northgate Arena, Chester

Semi-finals 1st leg edit

5 December 2010
Northgate Arena, Chester

Semi-finals 2nd leg edit

24 November 2010
Echo Arena, Liverpool
Mersey Tigers win 204–182 on aggregate and Sheffield Sharks won 204–165 on aggregate.

Final edit

16 January 2011
3.30pm GMT
Report
Mersey Tigers 66–93 Sheffield Sharks
Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 15–31, 21–23, 20–19
Pts: David Aliu 21, Drew Sullivan 17, Andrew Thomson 9, Jamal Williams 8, Tafari Toney 7, Sam Bogucki 2, James Jones 2
Rebs: Andrew Thomson, 8
Asts: Andrew Sullivan/Perry Lawson, 2		 Pts: Steve Dagostino 35, Mike Tuck 18, Olu Babalola 14, Paul Williams 8, Marcus Stout 7, Ryan Patton 5, Atiba Lyons 4, Adrian Anderson 2
Rebs: Olu Babalola, 5
Asts: Olu Babalola, 4

Franklin & Marshall Trophy edit

Group stage edit

Semi-finals 1st leg edit

Semi-finals 2nd leg edit

6 November 2010
John Sanford Centre, Leicester
24 November 2010
Echo Arena, Liverpool
Guildford Heat win 172–159 on aggregate and Mersey Tigers won 204–182 on aggregate.

Final edit

5 March 2011
1.30pm GMT
Report
Guildford Heat 66–84 Mersey Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 19–16, 8–29, 21–19
Pts: Carlos Medlock 18, Julius Joseph 14, Michael Martin 10, Ralph Hegamin 9, Martelle Mclemore 9, Tayo Ogedegebe 4, Dean Williams 2
Rebs: Tomas Janusauskas, 5
Asts: Carlos Medlock, 4		 Pts: Andrew Thomson 21, Andrew Sullivan 16, Tafari Toney 13, Nate Reinking 12, David Aliu 10, James Jones 8, Jamal Williams 3, Perry Lawson 1
Rebs: Tafari Toney, 9
Asts: Andrew Sullivan, 8
O2 Arena, London

NIA All-Star Game edit

30 April 2011
1.30pm GMT
Report
Great Britain All-Stars 115–119 Rest of the World All-Stars

Statistics leaders edit

Category Player Stat
Points per game   Trey Moore (Newcastle Eagles) 23.0
Rebounds per game   Matt Schneck (Cheshire Jets) 10.2
Assists per game   Trey Moore (Newcastle Eagles) 6.1
Steals per game   Demarius Bolds (Milton Keynes Lions) 2.8
Blocks per game     Kadiri Richard (Newcastle Eagles) 1.36

Monthly awards edit

Seasonal awards edit

References edit

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The 2010 11 BBL season was the 24th campaign of the British Basketball League since the league s establishment in 1987 This season saw the league reduced to 12 teams with the withdrawal of London Capital during the summer and was the first campaign ever to not feature a club from the capital city London 1 2010 11 BBL seasonLeagueBritish Basketball LeagueSportBasketballRoll of HonourBBL championsMersey TigersPlay Off s championsMersey TigersBBL Cup championsSheffield SharksBBL Trophy championsMersey TigersBritish Basketball League seasons 2009 102011 12 Unlike previous seasons the Trophy schedule usually played in January February was brought forward with the reintroduced group stage being played before the start of the regular season The campaign tipped off on 17 September 2010 with Plymouth Raiders beating Worthing Thunder 79 77 in the opening game of the Trophy The regular league season commenced on 10 October whilst the season closed with the showpiece Play off Final on 30 April 2011 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham Newly rebranded Mersey Tigers won three out of the four domestic titles on offer finishing victorious in the Franklin amp Marshall Trophy Championship and post season Play offs whilst missing out on the BBL Cup following a 93 66 loss to Sheffield Sharks in the Final Mersey s Tony Garbelotto was named as BBL Coach of the Year whilst Cheshire Jets Jeremy Bell was awarded the BBL s MVP award Contents 1 Teams 2 Notable occurrences 3 BBL Championship Tier 1 3 1 Final standings 3 2 Playoffs 3 2 1 Quarter finals 1st leg 3 2 2 Quarter finals 2nd leg 3 2 3 Semi finals 1st leg 3 2 4 Semi finals 2nd leg 3 2 5 Final 4 EBL National League Division 1 Tier 2 4 1 Final standings 5 EBL National League Division 2 Tier 3 5 1 Final standings 6 BBL Cup 6 1 1st round 6 2 Quarter finals 6 3 Semi finals 1st leg 6 4 Semi finals 2nd leg 6 5 Final 7 Franklin amp Marshall Trophy 7 1 Group stage 7 2 Semi finals 1st leg 7 3 Semi finals 2nd leg 7 4 Final 8 NIA All Star Game 9 Statistics leaders 10 Monthly awards 11 Seasonal awards 12 ReferencesTeams edit nbsp nbsp Jets nbsp Pirates nbsp Rocks nbsp Heat nbsp Riders nbsp Tigers nbsp Lions nbsp Eagles nbsp Raiders nbsp Sharks nbsp Wolves nbsp Thunderclass notpageimage Locations of the 2010 11 BBL teams Team City Area Arena Capacity Last season Cheshire Jets Chester Northgate Arena 1 000 4th Essex Pirates Southend on Sea Southend Leisure amp Tennis Centre 1 100 12th Glasgow Rocks Glasgow Kelvin Hall 1 200 3rd Guildford Heat Guildford Surrey Sports Park 1 000 11th Leicester Riders Leicester John Sandford Centre 800 6th Mersey Tigers Liverpool Echo Arena 7 513 5th Milton Keynes Lions Milton Keynes MK Lions Arena 1 400 7th Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Sport Central 3 000 1st Plymouth Raiders Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions 1 480 10th Sheffield Sharks Sheffield English Institute of Sport 1 200 2nd Worcester Wolves Worcester University of Worcester 600 9th Worthing Thunder Worthing Worthing Leisure Centre 1 000 8thNotable occurrences editAfter a season long review which evaluated both the on and off court performance of the franchise it was announced prior to the season opening that London Capital were withdrawn from the BBL and would instead compete in the English Basketball League 2 Following Everton F C s decision to cut their ties with the Tigers franchise the team was relaunched as the Mersey Tigers prior to the start of the season along with the announcement that the Echo Arena would serve as their home venue for the first eight home games of the season 3 With further delays added to the arena mk construction Milton Keynes Lions sought to solve their on going venue problems by acquiring a warehouse facility in downtown Milton Keynes to convert into a new home venue The Lions used a court at Stoke Mandeville until the new facility MK Lions Arena opened midway through the season 4 5 Aside from Tigers and Milton Keynes two other franchises uprooted and moved to new venues for the start of the season After 15 years of playing out of the Metro Radio Arena Newcastle Eagles swapped to the newly built 3 000 seat Sport Central facility at Northumbria University 6 whilst Guildford Heat also uprooted to the new Surrey Sports Park after 5 years at the Guildford Spectrum 7 The season started with a differing structure from previous years with the campaign tipping off with the opening rounds of the BBL Trophy instead of regular season championship games The decision gained a mixed reaction from coaches with many of whom using the games as warm ups for the regular season 8 After several years without television coverage the League announced on 20 October that a deal had been struck with leading broadcaster Sky Sports to screen one as live game a week starting from 2 November including a live broadcast of the BBL Cup Final 9 Cheshire Jets forward Matt Schneck was suspended in November after he had failed a drugs test after traces of a prohibited substance known as Methylhexaneamine were found in his system The player could have faced a two year ban 10 but this was later reduced to three months making it the shortest ban ever handed out to an athlete for ingesting Methylhexanaemine 11 The Guildford Heat franchise was put up for sale amid a shortfall of funding it was revealed in December with the price of the club valued at just 1 12 13 In a bid to save the Guildford franchise from folding fans of the club launched a campaign to raise 25 000 in 25 days throughout January 14 It was announced in January 2011 that this season s Trophy Final would be held at the O2 Arena in partnership with the NBA as part of its Basketball Week culminating in the Toronto Raptors versus New Jersey Nets game being played in March 15 The League announced in January that an agreement had been reached with clothing company Franklin amp Marshall to sponsor the BBL Trophy Final which would be held in March at the O2 Arena as part of the NBA s Basketball Week 16 Sheffield Sharks retained the BBL Cup with a massive 93 66 win over Mersey Tigers in the Final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on 16 January 2011 Sharks American import Steve Dagostino scored 35 points and was named as the game s MVP 17 The game was broadcast live on Sky Sports 18 Newcastle s Kadiri Richard was crowned 2011 Slam Dunk Champion after pipping second place Stefan Gill Milton Keynes to win the annual Slam Dunk Competition on 16 January at the National Indoor Arena 19 Surrey based businesswoman Allison Reeve bought out the financially troubled Guildford Heat franchise in January becoming the League s first female owner 20 and saving the franchise from imminent closure 21 It was revealed by the media in February that Mersey Tigers had failed to pay wages to players and staff due to ongoing financial difficulties 22 The club released a statement about the situation citing loss of two major sponsors and debts from previous ownership as the main reasons for its decision to delay salary payments and to relocate to temporary home venues in Liverpool and Manchester 23 Essex Pirates 90 94 overtime victory at Worthing Thunder on 19 February was their first and only win of the season 24 Mersey Tigers claimed their first Franklin amp Marshal Trophy title with an 84 66 victory over Guildford Heat on 5 March at the O2 Arena in London Tigers Andrew Thomson scored a game high 21 points whilst Andrew Sullivan was awarded the Final s MVP award 25 The Championship title came down to the final game of the season played out between Mersey Tigers and Newcastle Eagles at Sport Central on 6 April The winner of the game would be crowned Champions and after a close contest Mersey claimed their first championship title with an 80 75 victory 26 Mersey were the first all British qualified side to win the title in the BBL s 23 year history 27 Following the end of the regular season Worthing Thunder officials confirmed that due to financial problems they would be withdrawing the franchise from the BBL immediately and have entered the English Basketball League for the forthcoming season 28 At the end of the season long serving veteran Tony Windless announced his retirement from playing basketball at the age of 41 after a career that saw him play all but two of his 16 professional seasons in the BBL debuting with London Towers in 1994 and winning every major domestic prize 29 Newcastle s Trey Moore was crowned as the Basketball Journalists Association s BJA BBL Player of the Year despite being ruled out by injury in March Tony Garbelotto of Mersey Tigers was awarded Coach of the Year 30 In the annual NIA All Star Game the Rest of the World All Stars ran out 119 115 winners over the Great Britain All Stars at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on 30 April Newcastle s Kadiri Richard playing for the Rest of the World All Stars was awarded the MVP title after scoring 14 points 10 rebounds and 9 assists 31 Despite going through most of the season with unpaid wages 32 Mersey Tigers reached the Play off Final for the second consecutive year and beat Sheffield Sharks 79 74 to take the BBL Play off title their third piece of silverware this season James Jones was named as the Final s MVP 33 BBL Championship Tier 1 editFinal standings edit Pos Team Pld W L Pts 1 Mersey Tigers 33 25 8 0 758 50 2 Newcastle Eagles 33 24 9 0 727 48 3 Sheffield Sharks 33 24 9 0 727 48 4 Cheshire Jets 33 20 13 0 606 40 5 Plymouth Raiders 33 19 14 0 576 38 6 Glasgow Rocks 33 18 15 0 545 36 7 Guildford Heat 33 17 16 0 515 34 8 Leicester Riders 33 17 16 0 515 34 9 Worcester Wolves 33 15 18 0 455 30 10 Milton Keynes Lions 33 13 20 0 394 26 11 Worthing Thunder 33 5 28 0 152 10 12 Essex Pirates 33 1 32 0 030 2 League winners Qualified for the play offs Playoffs edit Quarter finals 1st leg edit 15 April 2011 Newcastle Eagles 104 97 Guildford Heat Sport Central Newcastle upon Tyne 15 April 2011 Sheffield Sharks 68 83 Glasgow Rocks English Institute of Sport Sheffield 16 April 2011 Plymouth Raiders 94 94 Cheshire Jets Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth 16 April 2011 Leicester Riders 86 89 Mersey Tigers John Sandford Centre Leicester Quarter finals 2nd leg edit 16 April 2011 Guildford Heat 83 88 Newcastle Eagles Surrey Sports Park Guildford 17 April 2011 Cheshire Jets 83 70 Plymouth Raiders Northgate Arena Chester 17 April 2011 Mersey Tigers 92 90 Leicester Riders Amaechi Centre Manchester 18 April 2011 Glasgow Rocks 73 94 Sheffield Sharks Kelvin Hall Glasgow Cheshire Jets won series on aggregate 177 164 as did Mersey Tigers 181 176 Newcastle Eagles 192 180 and Sheffield Sharks 162 156 Semi finals 1st leg edit 22 April 2011 Newcastle Eagles 76 68 Sheffield Sharks Sport Central Newcastle upon Tyne 23 April 2011 Cheshire Jets 64 79 Mersey Tigers Northgate Arena Chester Semi finals 2nd leg edit 24 April 2011 Sheffield Sharks 98 78 Newcastle Eagles English Institute of Sport Sheffield 24 April 2011 Mersey Tigers 86 79 Cheshire Jets Amaechi Centre Manchester Mersey Tigers won 165 143 on aggregate and Sheffield Sharks won 166 154 on aggregate Final edit 30 April 20114 00pm GMT Report Mersey Tigers 79 74 Sheffield Sharks Scoring by quarter 23 17 19 18 12 13 25 26Pts Tafari Toney 19 James Jones MVP 15 Nate Reinking 12 David Aliu 11 Andrew Thomson 8 Jamal Williams 8 Perry Lawson 3 Andrew Sullivan 1Rebs Tafari Toney 13Asts Andrew Thomson 4 Pts Ryan Patton 24 Paul Williams 17 Mike Tuck 14 Marcus Stout 9 Steve Dagostino 5 Olu Babalola 4 Atiba Lyons 1Rebs Mike Tuck 8Asts Paul Williams Steve Dagostino Mike Tuck Atiba Lyons 2 National Indoor Arena BirminghamEBL National League Division 1 Tier 2 editFinal standings edit Pos Team Pld W L Pts 1 Bristol Academy Flyers 18 15 3 0 833 30 2 London Leopards 18 14 4 0 778 28 3 Reading Rockets 18 12 6 0 667 24 4 Leeds Carnegie 18 10 8 0 556 20 5 Brixton TopCats 18 8 10 0 444 16 6 Manchester Magic 18 7 11 0 389 14 7 Durham Wildcats 18 7 11 0 389 14 8 Derby Trailblazers 18 6 12 0 333 12 9 Leicester Warriors 18 6 12 0 333 12 10 PAWS London Capital 18 5 13 0 278 10 11 Coventry Crusaders 0 0 0 0 000 0 League winners Qualified for the play offsEBL National League Division 2 Tier 3 editFinal standings edit Pos Team Pld W L Pts 1 Bradford Dragons 20 17 3 0 850 34 2 Tees Valley Mohawks 20 16 4 0 800 32 3 Medway Park Crusaders 20 13 7 0 650 26 4 Westminster Warriors 20 13 7 0 650 26 5 Hemel Storm 20 12 8 0 600 24 6 London United 20 11 9 0 550 22 7 Eastside Eagles 20 11 9 0 550 22 8 Team Northumbria 20 8 12 0 400 16 9 Mansfield Giants 20 6 14 0 300 12 10 City of Sheffield Arrows 20 2 18 0 100 4 11 Birmingham A s 20 1 19 0 050 2 League winners Qualified for the play offsBBL Cup edit1st round edit 15 October 2010 Mersey Tigers 86 74 Guildford Heat Echo Arena Liverpool 17 October 2010 Worthing Thunder 78 88 Worcester Wolves Worthing Leisure Centre Worthing 16 October 2010 Plymouth Raiders 106 101 Milton Keynes Lions Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth 16 October 2010 Essex Pirates 58 85 Leicester Riders Southend Leisure amp Tennis Centre Southend on Sea Quarter finals edit 7 November 2010 Glasgow Rocks 78 82 Mersey Tigers Kelvin Hall Glasgow 12 November 2010 Newcastle Eagles 105 76 Worcester Wolves Sport Central Newcastle upon Tyne 12 November 2010 Sheffield Sharks 96 84 Plymouth Raiders English Institute of Sport Sheffield 14 November 2010 Cheshire Jets 109 100 Leicester Riders Northgate Arena Chester Semi finals 1st leg edit 19 November 2010 Newcastle Eagles 97 90 Mersey Tigers Sport Central Newcastle upon Tyne 5 December 2010 Cheshire Jets 85 107 Sheffield Sharks Northgate Arena Chester Semi finals 2nd leg edit 24 November 2010 Mersey Tigers 114 85 Newcastle Eagles Echo Arena Liverpool 10 December 2010 Sheffield Sharks 97 80 Cheshire Jets English Institute of Sport Sheffield Mersey Tigers win 204 182 on aggregate and Sheffield Sharks won 204 165 on aggregate Final edit 16 January 20113 30pm GMT Report Mersey Tigers 66 93 Sheffield Sharks Scoring by quarter 10 20 15 31 21 23 20 19Pts David Aliu 21 Drew Sullivan 17 Andrew Thomson 9 Jamal Williams 8 Tafari Toney 7 Sam Bogucki 2 James Jones 2Rebs Andrew Thomson 8Asts Andrew Sullivan Perry Lawson 2 Pts Steve Dagostino 35 Mike Tuck 18 Olu Babalola 14 Paul Williams 8 Marcus Stout 7 Ryan Patton 5 Atiba Lyons 4 Adrian Anderson 2Rebs Olu Babalola 5Asts Olu Babalola 4 National Indoor Arena BirminghamFranklin amp Marshall Trophy editGroup stage edit Group 1 Team Pts Pld W L Percent 1 Guildford Heat 6 4 3 1 0 750 2 Plymouth Raiders 4 4 2 2 0 500 3 Worthing Thunder 2 4 1 3 0 250 Group 3 Team Pts Pld W L Percent 1 Mersey Tigers 8 4 4 0 1 000 2 Cheshire Jets 2 4 1 3 0 250 3 Worcester Wolves 2 4 1 3 0 250 Group 2 Team Pts Pld W L Percent 1 Leicester Riders 8 4 4 0 1 000 2 Milton Keynes Lions 4 4 2 2 0 500 3 Essex Pirates 0 4 0 4 0 000 Group 4 Team Pts Pld W L Percent 1 Newcastle Eagles 6 4 3 1 0 750 2 Sheffield Sharks 4 4 2 2 0 500 3 Glasgow Rocks 2 4 1 3 0 250 Semi finals 1st leg edit 30 October 2010 Guildford Heat 85 65 Leicester Riders Surrey Sports Park Guildford 19 November 2010 Newcastle Eagles 97 90 Mersey Tigers Sport Central Newcastle upon Tyne Semi finals 2nd leg edit 6 November 2010 Leicester Riders 94 87 Guildford Heat John Sanford Centre Leicester 24 November 2010 Mersey Tigers 114 85 Newcastle Eagles Echo Arena Liverpool Guildford Heat win 172 159 on aggregate and Mersey Tigers won 204 182 on aggregate Final edit 5 March 20111 30pm GMT Report Guildford Heat 66 84 Mersey Tigers Scoring by quarter 18 20 19 16 8 29 21 19Pts Carlos Medlock 18 Julius Joseph 14 Michael Martin 10 Ralph Hegamin 9 Martelle Mclemore 9 Tayo Ogedegebe 4 Dean Williams 2Rebs Tomas Janusauskas 5Asts Carlos Medlock 4 Pts Andrew Thomson 21 Andrew Sullivan 16 Tafari Toney 13 Nate Reinking 12 David Aliu 10 James Jones 8 Jamal Williams 3 Perry Lawson 1Rebs Tafari Toney 9Asts Andrew Sullivan 8 O2 Arena LondonNIA All Star Game edit30 April 20111 30pm GMT Report Great Britain All Stars 115 119 Rest of the World All Stars National Indoor Arena BirminghamStatistics leaders editCategory Player Stat Points per game nbsp Trey Moore Newcastle Eagles 23 0 Rebounds per game nbsp Matt Schneck Cheshire Jets 10 2 Assists per game nbsp Trey Moore Newcastle Eagles 6 1 Steals per game nbsp Demarius Bolds Milton Keynes Lions 2 8 Blocks per game nbsp nbsp Kadiri Richard Newcastle Eagles 1 36Monthly awards editMonth Coach Player October nbsp Tony Garbelotto Mersey Tigers nbsp Trey Moore Newcastle Eagles November nbsp Creon Raftopoulos Guildford Heat nbsp Andrew Sullivan Mersey Tigers December nbsp Gavin Love Plymouth Raiders nbsp Chez Marks Plymouth Raiders January nbsp nbsp Sterling Davis Glasgow Rocks nbsp Trey Moore Newcastle Eagles February nbsp nbsp Rob Paternostro Leicester Riders nbsp nbsp Shawn Myers Milton Keynes Lions March nbsp Tony Garbelotto Mersey Tigers nbsp Reggie Jackson Newcastle Eagles Seasonal awards editMolten Most Valuable Player 34 Jeremy Bell Cheshire Jets Molten Coach of the Year 35 Tony Garbelotto Mersey Tigers Team of the Year 36 Trey Moore Newcastle Eagles Jeremy Bell Cheshire Jets Charles Smith Newcastle Eagles Quemont Greer Cheshire Jets Andrew Sullivan Mersey Tigers Defensive Team of the Year 37 Reggie Jackson Newcastle Eagles Demarius Bolds Milton Keynes Lions Andrew Sullivan Mersey Tigers Kadiri Richard Newcastle Eagles Tafari Toney Mersey Tigers British Team of the Year 38 Nate Reinking Mersey Tigers Andrew Sullivan Mersey Tigers Anthony Rowe Plymouth Raiders Andrew Thomson Mersey Tigers Tafari Toney Mersey Tigers References edit PAWS London Capital booted out of the BBL Hoopsfix com 2010 Retrieved 15 November 2011 PAWS London Capital booted out of the BBL Hoopsfix com 2010 Retrieved 15 November 2011 James Pearce 2010 Tony Garbelotto is relishing a new era for Mersey Tigers Liverpool Echo Retrieved 6 November 2010 BBC 9 September 2010 Milton Keynes Lions set for warehouse home BBC Sport Retrieved 6 November 2010 BBL 2010 Lions find new den BBL org uk Retrieved 6 November 2010 Mark Douglas 2010 Newcastle Eagles fly to a new nest Newcastle Journal Retrieved 6 November 2010 Heat move to Surrey Sports Park Surrey Sports Park 2010 Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 Retrieved 6 November 2010 Mark Woods 2010 Early tip off leaves coaches cold MVP 24 7 Retrieved 23 September 2011 Sam Neter 2010 BBL confirms deal with Sky Sports Hoopsfix Archived from the original on 25 October 2010 Retrieved 6 November 2010 Mark Woods 2010 Cheshire s Schneck banned after dope test MVP 24 7 Retrieved 23 September 2011 Alec Doyle 2011 Cheshire Jet s Matt Schneck determined to return a better player than before as ban runs out Chester Chronicle Retrieved 23 September 2011 Mark Woods 2010 Guildford Heat up for sale MVP 24 7 Retrieved 15 November 2011 Chris Dyke 2010 Cash injection plea to save Guildford Heat GetSurrey Retrieved 15 November 2011 Mark Woods 2011 Heat not ready to flame out MVP 24 7 Retrieved 15 November 2011 Mark Woods 2011 Trophy final to switch to O2 Arena MVP 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