BRITISH BASKETBALL LEAGUE 2007-08

The '2007-08 BBL season', the 21st since the establishment of the British Basketball League, is due to start on September 9, 2007, when the Plymouth Raiders face the Guildford Heat in the inaugural BBL Cup Winners' Cup. The new regular season will commence on September 21 with 12 teams including new additions Birmingham Panthers, Everton Tigers and London Capital the later of whom stepped up from EBL Division 1 during the summer.
The Guildford Heat will be looking to retain the regular season Championship crown, as well as the BBL Cup, while Plymouth Raiders will be out to defend the BBL Trophy title they won during the previous season.
The post-season Playoff's will begin in April 2008, which will conclude with the BBL Finals Weekend, where Newcastle Eagles will be looking to defend their 2007 Playoff crown.

Contents

Notable occurances

Notable occurances

★ The league will feature three new teams, the Birmingham Panthers and Everton Tigers, both start-up franchises, and London Capital, who stepped up from the English Basketball League.

★ Just two weeks before the start of the season, London United's directors announced on September 5 that they have withdrawn from all competitions for the upcoming season because of financial difficulties.

★ As well as welcoming the return of Aston Events Centre as a venue (Previously used by the former Birmingham Bullets), the BBL will also see the oaddition of a brand new state-of-the-art 4,500 seat arena to be used by Milton Keynes Lions. The arena will be in use from January 2008.

★ This season will see the start of a new pre-season competition, the BBL Cup Winners' Cup, a two-legged face-off between the previous winners of the BBL Cup (Guildford Heat) and the BBL Trophy (Plymouth Raiders).