1977–78 National Basketball League season

1977–78 National Basketball League season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 10
Roll of Honour
National League champions Cinzano Crystal Palace
  National League runners-up Milton Keynes Embassy All-Stars
National Cup champions Cinzano Crystal Palace
  National Cup runners-up Coventry Team Fiat

The 1977–78 Guinness National Basketball League season was the sixth season of the National Basketball League formed in 1972.[1]
The league was sponsored by Guinness and the number of teams participating remained at ten. The Loughborough team moved to Leicester whilst Exeter and Stockport replaced the Avenue and Durham teams.
The Crystal Palace team completed a third consecutive double of National League and Cup. There were no play off's for the League during this era and the previous system of awarding one point to losing teams in the league table was scrapped.[2]

League Standings

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Cinzano Crystal Palace 18 18 0 36
2 Milton Keynes Embassy All-Stars 18 16 2 33
3 Manchester ATS Giants 18
4 Doncaster Wilson Panthers 18
5 Coventry Team Fiat 18
6 Bowmer & Kirkland Leicester All-Stars 18 9 9 18
7 London 'Y' Metros 18
8 Stockport Belgrade 18
9 Exeter St Lukes TSB 18
10 Bedford Vauxhall Motors 18 0 18 0

Guinness National Cup Final

April 01
Cinzano Crystal Palace 8987 Coventry Team Fiat

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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