| 2022–23 BBL season | |
| League: | British Basketball League |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Games: | 180 |
| Dates: | 23 September 2022 – 23 April 2023 |
| Tv: | Great Britain: Online: |
| Finals: | Playoffs |
| Runners Up: | Leicester Riders |
| Continentalcup2: | BBL Cup |
| Continentalcup3: | BBL Trophy |
| Ppg N: | USA |
| Ppg: | 20.1 |
| Rpg N: | USA |
| Rpg: | 9.2 |
| Apg N: | USA |
| Apg: | 8.6 |
| Epg N: | USA |
| Epg: | 61% |
| Updated: | 14 May 2023 |
| Seasonslist: | List of BBL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | BBL |
| Prevseason Year: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 BBL season was the 36th 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 | ||
| Caledonia Gladiators | Glasgow | Emirates Arena | ||
| Cheshire Phoenix | Ellesmere Port | Cheshire Oaks 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 sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Flyers | Andreas Kapoulas |  Michael Miller | Xledger | |
| Caledonia Gladiators | Gareth Murray | Jonny Bunyan | ||
| Cheshire Phoenix | Ben Thomas | Larry Austin Jr. | HM Legal | |
| Leicester Riders | Rob Paternostro | Darien Nelson-Henry | Jelson Homes | |
| London Lions | Ryan Schmidt | Sam Dekker | StockX | |
| Manchester Giants | Vince Macaulay | Rahmon Fletcher | ||
| Newcastle Eagles | Marc Steutel | Darius Defoe | Newcastle College | |
| Plymouth City Patriots | Paul James |  Elvisi Dusha | Portcullis Legal | |
| Sheffield Sharks | Atiba Lyons | Rodney Glasgow Jr. | B.Braun | |
| Surrey Scorchers | Lloyd Gardner | Tayo Ogedengbe |
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Eagles | Ian Macleod | Stepping down[2] | 13 April 2022 | Pre-season | Marc Steutel | 13 May 2022[3] |
| London Lions | Nikhil Lawry | End of interim period | 16 May 2022 | Ryan Schmidt | 1 July 2022 | |
| Surrey Scorchers |  Creon Raftopoulos | Mutual agreement[4] | 26 May 2022 | Lloyd Gardner | 17 June 2022 | |
| Manchester Giants | Lloyd Gardner | Signed by Surrey Scorchers | 17 June 2022 | Vince Macaulay | 16 July 2022[5] |
The BBL Championship reverted to a four-game series format, for the first time since the 2006–07 season, for a 36-game regular season played across 29 Rounds between September 2022 to April 2023.[6]
The BBL Trophy retained the same 16-team bracket format as introduced for the 2018–19 season. The ten BBL teams were drawn in the first round by six invited teams; St Mirren from the Scottish Basketball Championship, Basketball Wales, and Worthing Thunder, Derby Trailblazers, Nottingham Hoods and Thames Valley Cavaliers from the National Basketball League.
The quarterfinal matchups and tip-off times were confirmed by the league, on 23 April 2023. Each tie in the quarterfinals and semifinals phase are played over two legs.[7]
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| width=25 | width=180 | Player | width=180 | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Caledonia Gladiators | ||||
| SG | |||||
| SF | Bristol Flyers | ||||
| PF | London Lions | ||||
| C | Manchester Giants |
Source: 2022–23 Molten BBL Team of the Year
| width=25 | width=180 | Player | width=180 | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Bristol Flyers | ||||
| SG | London Lions | ||||
| SF | Leicester Riders | ||||
| PF | Patrick Whelan | Leicester Riders | |||
| C | London Lions |
Source: 2022–23 BBL All-British Team of the Year
| width=25 | width=180 | Player | width=180 | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Cheshire Phoenix | ||||
| SG | Manchester Giants | ||||
| SF | Caledonia Gladiators | ||||
| PF | Cheshire Phoenix | ||||
| C | London Lions |
Source: 2022–23 BBL Defensive Team of the Year
| Team | Competition | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EuroCup | Eighthfinals | ||
| Champions League | Qualifying round |