| 1978–79 National Basketball League season | |
| League: | National Basketball League |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| No Of Teams: | 11 |
| Playoffs: | Roll of Honour |
| Conf1: | National League |
| Conf1 Champ: | Doncaster Ziebart Panthers |
| Conf2: | Playoffs |
| Conf2 Champ: | Crystal Palace Chevrons |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Coventry Team Fiat |
| Conf3: | National Cup |
| Conf3 Champ: | Doncaster Ziebart Panthers |
| Conf3 Runner-Up: | Crystal Palace Chevrons |
| Seasonslist: | List of English National Basketball League seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | National Basketball League |
| Prevseason Year: | 1977–78 |
| Nextseason Year: | 1979–80 |
The 1978–79 Rotary Watches National Basketball League season was the seventh season of the National Basketball League.[1]
The league was sponsored by Rotary Watches and the number of teams participating increased to eleven.
Doncaster completed the league and National Cup double, but Crystal Palace won the newly introduced Playoffs.[2]
Leicester switched back to Loughborough and Bedford dropped out of the league. Bracknell and Sunderland joined; the latter playing at the Crowtree Leisure Centre in the centre of Sunderland.
| width=20 | Pos | width=300 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=25 | F | width=25 | A | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doncaster Ziebart Panthers | 20 | 17 | 3 | 1831 | 1588 | 34 | ||||||||
| 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1895 | 1628 | 32 | |||||||||
| 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1938 | 1752 | 30 | |||||||||
| 4 | Coventry Team Fiat | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1851 | 1602 | 26 | ||||||||
| 5 | Milton Keynes All-Stars * | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1866 | 1671 | 24 | ||||||||
| 6 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1778 | 1902 | 20 | |||||||||
| 7 | Sunderland Sunblest | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1903 | 1938 | 15 | ||||||||
| 8 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1847 | 1945 | 14 | |||||||||
| 9 | Stockport Belgrade | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1663 | 1756 | 14 | ||||||||
| 10 | Bracknell Bullets | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1611 | 2001 | 6 | ||||||||
| 11 | Exeter St Lukes TSB | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1654 | 2054 | 2 |
| width=20 | Pos | width=300 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | F | width=20 | A | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1620 | 1426 | 30 | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1688 | 1427 | 30 | |||||||||
| 3 | Leeds Larsen Lions | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1728 | 1453 | 26 | ||||||||
| 4 | Telefusion Blackpool | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1513 | 1467 | 24 | ||||||||
| 5 | Nottingham | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1783 | 1607 | 24 | ||||||||
| 6 | Brighton Rucanor | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1648 | 1576 | 20 | ||||||||
| 7 | Bromley | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1638 | 1743 | 12 | ||||||||
| 8 | Maidenhead Sonics | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1354 | 1588 | 7* | ||||||||
| 9 | Birmingham Bulldogs | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1426 | 1724 | 3* | ||||||||
| 10 | Derby CFE | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1423 | 1810 | 2 |
| width=200 | venue & date | width=200 | Team 1 | width=200 | Team 2 | width=60 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 16, Wembley Arena | Doncaster Ziebart Panthers | Coventry Team Fiat | 72-75 | ||||
| March 16, Wembley Arena | Crystal Palace Chevrons | London 'Slick Willies Y' Metros | 100-78 |
| width=200 | venue & date | width=200 | Team 1 | width=200 | Team 2 | width=60 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 17, Wembley Arena | Doncaster Ziebart Panthers | London 'Slick Willies Y' Metros | 98-85 |