2009–10 British Basketball League season
| 2009–2010 British Basketball League season | |
|---|---|
| League | British Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Roll of Honour | |
| BBL champions | Newcastle Eagles |
| Play Off's champions | Everton Tigers |
| BBL Cup champions | Sheffield Sharks |
| BBL Trophy champions | Newcastle Eagles |
The 2009–2010 season of the British Basketball League (BBL) was the 23rd season since the league's establishment in 1987. The regular season commenced on September 25, 2009, when Milton Keynes Lions claimed the first win of the season with an 94-81 victory in the opening game against Worcester Wolves.
A total of 13 teams took to the court including new start-up franchise Essex Pirates, who was founded by Great Britain Under 20's coach Tim Lewis, and a newly rebranded Rocks team carrying the name of the city of Glasgow instead of their previous Scottish Rocks title.
The League Championship came down to the final game of the season and was only claimed by Newcastle Eagles after Sheffield Sharks lost their last game 97-95 to Worthing Thunder. Thunder's Evaldas Zabas' basket four-seconds from the end meant that Newcastle had won the League even before taking to the court the following day.
Everton Tigers concluded the season with victory in the Play-offs despite being the lowest-seed in all of their Play-off encounters. An 80-72 win against Glasgow in the final gave Tigers their first ever Play-off title, only two years after its foundation in 2007.
Due to the odd number of teams competing in the BBL Cup – 13 in total – the knockout tournament was structured with the Quarter-finals round featuring the winners of the five First Round ties plus three teams given byes. The teams given bye's through the First Round were the top-three placed teams from the 2008–09 season league campaign – Everton Tigers, Leicester Riders and Newcastle Eagles.
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