1987–88 British Basketball League season
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The 1987–88 BBL season was the first season of the British Basketball League (known as the Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons), a breakaway competition formed by teams from the English National League and the Scottish National League. The season featured a total of 15 teams, playing 28 games each.
1987–88 BBL season | |
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League | British Basketball League |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 15 |
Roll of Honour | |
BBL champions | Portsmouth |
Play-off's champions | Livingston |
National Cup champions | Kingston |
BBL Trophy champions | Livingston |
British Basketball League seasons | |
← 1986–87 1988–89 → |
Portsmouth, reigning champions of the English League claimed the regular season title with a dominating campaign led by the likes of Alan Cunningham and Colin Irish. They weren't able to repeat their success in the post-season play-off's as third-seed Livingston, the reigning Scottish champions, caused a huge upset with an 81–72 win over Portsmouth in the final.[1] Kingston won their fourth consecutive National Cup and Livingston claimed the inaugural BBL Trophy.
In the National League (the tier below the Carlsberg League) the Worthing Bears won the league with a 100% (18–0) record and in the play-off semi-final Billy Hungrecker scored a record 73 points in a 119–110 overtime win over Plymouth Raiders, before defeating Brixton TopCats in the final.