1975–76 National Basketball League season explained

1975–76 National Basketball League season
League:National Basketball League
Sport:Basketball
No Of Teams:10
Playoffs:Roll of Honour
Conf1:National League
Conf1 Champ:Cinzano Crystal Palace
Conf2:National Cup
Conf2 Champ:Cinzano Crystal Palace
Seasonslist:List of English National Basketball League seasons
Seasonslistnames:National Basketball League
Prevseason Year:1974–75
Nextseason Year:1976–77

The 1975–76 Guinness National Basketball League season was the fourth season of the English National Basketball League.[1]

The league was sponsored by Guinness and the number of teams participating remained at ten. One new team appeared in the form of the Leeds Larsen Lions club, but Exeter St Lukes dropped down to the second division. The Crystal Palace team, sponsored by Cinzano and devoid of the Sutton merger, completed the double of National League and Cup. There were no playoffs during this era and American Jim Guymon of Crystal Palace won the George Williams Trophy for Most Valuable Player.[2]

National League

First Division

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1 Cinzano Crystal Palace 18 17 1 1806 1282 35
2 18 16 2 1628 1337 34
3 18 11 7 1642 1451 29
4 Coventry Granwood 18 10 8 15091483 28
5 18 8 10 1549 1603 26
6 Loughborough All-Stars 18 6 12 1395 1565 24
7 Avenue 18 6 12 1363 1565 24
8 Cleveland StrongArm 18 6 12 1527 1738 24
9 London YMCA Metros 18 6 12 1416 1572 24
10 Leeds Larsen Lions 18 0 18 1175 1509 18

Second Division

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1 Bedford Vauxhall Motors 12 11 1 873 792 23
2 Stockport Belgrade 12 10 2 894 785 22
3 Exeter St Lukes 12 6 6 905 877 18
4 Malory Lewisham 12 5 7 825 886 17
5 Nottingham 12 4 8 903 929 16
6 12 3 9 839 836 15
7 Birmingham Bulldogs 12 3 9 729 863 15

Leading scorers

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Doncaster 643
Coventry 530
Embassy All-Stars 478
Crystal Palace 464
Manchester 457
Embassy All-Stars 421
Manchester408
Cleveland 397
London YMCA 395
Loughborough 341

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Matthews & Morrison, Peter & Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results. 1987. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
  2. Web site: Men's Senior League Winners. Basketball England.