| 2021–22 BBL season | |
| League: | British Basketball League |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Games: | 135 |
| Dates: | 24 September 2021 – 24 April 2022 28 April – 15 May 2022 (playoffs) |
| Tv: | Great Britain: Online: |
| Finals: | Playoffs |
| Runners Up: | London Lions |
| Continentalcup1: | BBL Cup |
| Continentalcup2: | BBL Trophy |
| Mvp Link: | BBL Most Valuable Player Award |
| Epg N: | USA |
| Epg: | 64% |
| Ppg N: | USA |
| Ppg: | 19.3 |
| Rpg N: | GBR |
| Rpg: | 7.9 |
| Apg N: | USA |
| Apg: | 10.6 |
| Seasonslist: | List of BBL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | BBL |
| Prevseason Year: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 BBL season was the 35th season of the British Basketball League, the top British professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1987. The season featured 10 teams from across England and Scotland.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Flyers | Bristol | SGS College Arena | ||
| Cheshire Phoenix | Ellesmere Port | Cheshire Oaks Arena | ||
| Glasgow Rocks | Glasgow | Emirates Arena | ||
| Leicester Riders | Leicester | Morningside Arena | ||
| London Lions | London | Copper Box Arena | ||
| Manchester Giants | Manchester | National Basketball Centre | ||
| Newcastle Eagles | Newcastle upon Tyne | Vertu Motors Arena | ||
| Plymouth City Patriots | Plymouth | Plymouth Pavilions | ||
| Sheffield Sharks | Sheffield | Ponds Forge | ||
| Surrey Scorchers | Guildford | Surrey Sports Park |
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Main jersey sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Flyers | Andreas Kapoulas | Josh Rogers | Xledger | |
| Cheshire Phoenix | Ben Thomas | Teddy Okereafor | RentASpace | |
| Glasgow Rocks | Gareth Murray | Jonny Bunyan | Glen Luss | |
| Leicester Riders |  Rob Paternostro | Darien Nelson-Henry | Jelson Homes | |
| London Lions | Nikhil Lawry | Justin Robinson | ||
| Manchester Giants | Lloyd Gardner | Dan Clark | ||
| Newcastle Eagles | Ian McLeod | Rahmon Fletcher | GiveToLocal | |
| Plymouth City Patriots | Paul James |  Elvisi Dusha | ||
| Sheffield Sharks | Atiba Lyons |  Mike Tuck | B. Braun | |
| Surrey Scorchers | Creon Raftopoulos | Tayo Ogedengbe | Gidden Place |
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth City Patriots | New team | Pre-season | Paul James | 10 August 2021[9] | ||
| London Lions | Released | 19 January 2022 | 8th (3–2) | James Vear | 19 January 2022[10] | |
| London Lions | James Vear | Personal reasons | 30 March 2022 | 5th (10–7) | Nikhil Lawry | 30 March 2022[11] |
The 2021–22 BBL Cup featured all 10 teams, split into 2 geographical groups, North and South. Each team played each other twice (once home, once away) with the top 4 teams in each group progressing to the quarter-finals. Single-legged quarter-finals and two-legged semi-finals matches determined the two finalists who contested the Cup final at Arena Birmingham.
See main article: 2021–22 BBL Championship.
The BBL Championship retained the three-game series format from the previous season, for a 27-game regular season, played across 24 Rounds between 29 October 2021 to 24 April 2022.[12] [13]
On 6 April 2022, Leicester Riders were crowned league champions and won their 6th BBL Championship title.[14] [15]
The BBL Trophy retained the same, 16-team bracket format as introduced for the 2018–19 season. The ten BBL teams were joined in the first round draw by six invited teams; Solent Kestrels, Derby Trailblazers, Thames Valley Cavaliers and Hemel Storm, from the English Basketball League. Falkirk Fury from the Scottish Basketball Championship and Basketball Wales are the only additional teams outside of England.[16]
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The BBL Playoffs returned to the two-legged aggregate series format used prior to the 2020–21 season.[17] The BBL Playoff Final was played at The O2 Arena, London for the sixth time and saw Leicester Riders defeat London Lions.[18] [19]
| width=25 | width=180 | Player | width=180 | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Leicester Riders | ||||
| SG | Isaiah Reese | London Lions | |||
| SF | Patrick Whelan | Leicester Riders | |||
| PF | Manchester Giants | ||||
| C | Darien Nelson-Henry | Leicester Riders |
Source: 2021–22 Molten BBL Team of the Year
| width=25 | width=180 | Player | width=180 | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Cheshire Phoenix | ||||
| SG | Plymouth City Patriots | ||||
| SF | Patrick Whelan | Leicester Riders | |||
| PF | Manchester Giants | ||||
| C | Mike Ochereobia | Cheshire Phoenix |
Source: 2021–22 BBL All-British Team of the Year
| width=25 | width=180 | Player | width=180 | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Larry Austin Jr. | Cheshire Phoenix | |||
| SG | Jordan Harris | Glasgow Rocks | |||
| SF | London Lions | ||||
| PF | Manchester Giants | ||||
| C | London Lions |
Source: 2021–22 BBL Defensive Team of the Year
| Team | Competition | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Champions League | First qualifying round | |
| FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |