| 1983–84 National Basketball League season | |
| League: | National Basketball League |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| No Of Teams: | 13 |
| Playoffs: | Roll of Honour |
| Conf1: | National League |
| Conf1 Champ: | Solent Stars |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Crystal Palace |
| Conf2: | Playoffs |
| Conf2 Champ: | Solent Stars |
| Conf3: | National Cup |
| Conf3 Champ: | Solent Stars |
| Conf3 Runner-Up: | Leicester |
| Seasonslist: | List of English National Basketball League seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | National Basketball League |
| Prevseason Year: | 1982–83 |
| Nextseason Year: | 1984–85 |
The 1983–84 Wimpey Homes National Basketball League season was the twelfth season of the National Basketball League formed in the United Kingdom in 1972.[1]
The league was sponsored by Wimpey Homes and Solent Stars achieved a clean sweep of National League, Play Offs and National Cup.[2] Teams played each other three times in the league during the season. The Channel 4 exposure had assisted in teams finding sponsors but a decision by the Independent Broadcasting Authority to ban shirt advertising suddenly jeopardised these sponsorships.
There had been no plans by the English Basketball Association (EBBA) to allow any new teams into the first division and this upset the Fine Ceramics Bolton team that had won the second division the year before. No invite had been extended to either them or Liverpool who had finished bottom of the first division.[3] However it transpired that Bolton were eventually allowed to compete, a decision which then angered Liverpool but maintained a 13 team league. Liverpool then made the decision to merge with Warrington.
Remarkably 11 of the 13 clubs made a new coaching appointment. The appointments were Randy Haefner (Sunderland), Rick Taylor (Hemel Hempstead), Jim Guymon (Kingston), Jim Kelly (Solent), Bill Sheridan (Brighton), Bob Mitchell (Birmingham), Joel Furnari (Leicester), Joe Whelton (Liverpool/Warrington), Tom Becker (Manchester), Jack Lehane (Bracknell), and Craig Lynch (Bolton).
| 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 | Sperrings Solent Stars | 36 | 32 | 4 | 3403 | 2261 | 64 | ||||||||
| 2 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 2973 | 2750 | 50 | |||||||||
| 3 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 2967 | 2789 | 48 | |||||||||
| 4 | Bracknell Pirates | 36 | 23 | 13 | 3144 | 3037 | 46 | ||||||||
| 5 | Austin Rover Sunderland | 36 | 23 | 13 | 3243 | 2973 | 46 | ||||||||
| 6 | Planters Leicester | 36 | 23 | 13 | 2669 | 2784 | 45* | ||||||||
| 7 | Manchester Giants | 36 | 18 | 18 | 3053 | 3129 | 36 | ||||||||
| 8 | Brighton Bears | 36 | 17 | 19 | 3089 | 3152 | 34 | ||||||||
| 9 | Davenports Birmingham | 36 | 16 | 20 | 3315 | 3365 | 32 | ||||||||
| 10 | Kingcraft Kingston | 36 | 14 | 22 | 3179 | 3197 | 28 | ||||||||
| 11 | Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead | 36 | 12 | 24 | 3355 | 3508 | 24 | ||||||||
| 12 | John Carr Doncaster | 36 | 6 | 30 | 2992 | 3464 | 12 | ||||||||
| 13 | Fine Ceramics Bolton | 36 | 1 | 35 | 3088 | 3663 | 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 | Team Sandwell | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2568 | 2124 | 46 | ||||||||
| 2 | Clayton Glass Newcastle | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2410 | 2075 | 38 | ||||||||
| 3 | Gateshead | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2223 | 1936 | 38 | ||||||||
| 4 | Calderdale Explorers | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2222 | 2091 | 32 | ||||||||
| 5 | Uxbridge Ducks | 24 | 15 | 9 | 2225 | 2112 | 30 | ||||||||
| 6 | Colchester | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2058 | 2039 | 23* | ||||||||
| 7 | Bradford Mythbreakers | 24 | 11 | 13 | 2240 | 2198 | 22 | ||||||||
| 8 | Camden & Hampstead | 24 | 10 | 14 | 2009 | 2105 | 20 | ||||||||
| 9 | Merseyside Mustangs | 24 | 10 | 14 | 2144 | 2239 | 20 | ||||||||
| 10 | Plymouth Raiders | 24 | 6 | 18 | 2147 | 2398 | 12 | ||||||||
| 11 | Ashfield Glass Nottingham | 24 | 6 | 18 | 2040 | 2252 | 12 | ||||||||
| 12 | Watford Royals | 24 | 6 | 18 | 2215 | 2423 | 11* | ||||||||
| 13 | Portsmouth Buccaneers | 24 | 3 | 21 | 2013 | 2522 | 6 |
| width=200 | venue & date | width=200 | Team 1 | width=200 | Team 2 | width=60 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 16, Wembley Arena | Solent Stars | Bracknell Pirates | 83-81 | ||||
| March 16, Wembley Arena | Crystal Palace Supersonics | Liverpool & Warrington Vikings | 68-71 |
| width=280 | Team 1 | width=280 | Team 2 | width=60 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSO Cars Liverpool & Warrington Vikings | Davenports Birmingham | 92-85 | |||
| Gateshead | Manchester Giants | 83-81 | |||
| Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics | Brighton Bears | 97-80 | |||
| Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead | Brunel Uxbridge Ducks | 85-71 | |||
| Planters Leicester | John Carr Doncaster | 91-77 | |||
| Sperrings Solent Stars | Watford Royals | 119-82 | |||
| Bradford Mythbreakers | Austin Rover Sunderland | 72-87 | |||
| Bracknell Pirates | Kingcraft Kingston | 82-89 |
| width=280 | Team 1 | width=280 | Team 2 | width=60 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planters Leicester | Gateshead | 82-67 | |||
| Austin Rover Sunderland | LSO Cars Liverpool & Warrington Vikings | 73-68 | |||
| Sperrings Solent Stars | Kingcraft Kingston | 124-79 | |||
| Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics | Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead |
| width=100 | Leg | width=240 | Team 1 | width=240 | Team 2 | width=60 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Leg | Sperrings Solent Stars | Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics | 68-56 | ||||
| Second Leg | Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics | Sperrings Solent Stars | 73-69 | ||||
| First Leg | Planters Leicester | Austin Rover Sunderland | 73-73 | ||||
| Second Leg | Austin Rover Sunderland | Planters Leicester | 69-70 |