2023–24 Cape Town Tigers season explained

Club:Cape Town Tigers
Season:2023–24
Coach:Florsheim Ngwenya
League:South African National Basketball Championship
League Result:To be played
League2:BAL
League2 Result:Fourth Place
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

The 2023–24 season of the Cape Town Tigers is the 4th season in the team's history.

Following their championship in the 2023 Basketball National League (BNL), the Tigers played in the Road to BAL. Under Florsheim Ngwenya as head coach, the Tigers went undefeated (5–0) in the qualifiers, and thus they will play in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) for a third straight season.

In the 2024 BAL season, the Tigers struggled in the Kalahari Conference, which was hosted in South Africa. In the playoffs, entering as the 8th seed,[1] they managed to oust favorites FUS Rabat in the quarterfinals.[2] After losing to Petro de Luanda in the semifinals and the Rivers Hoopers in the third place game, they finished in fourth place, the best result in Tigers' history.[3]

The Tigers were supposed to play in the 2024 BNL season in July 2024, however, they withdrew because of budgetary reasons.[4]

Players

BAL

Billy Preston returned to the Tigers after a one year absence from the team, but only played in the conference stage. For the playoffs, the Tigers added former player Dhieu Deing, center Brian Bridgeforth, and Abdou Ndoye. Storm Gilchrist was dropped from the roster before the playoffs.

The following roster includes all players who appeared in a BAL game for the Tigers between March and June 2024.

Road to BAL roster

Used from October–December 2023.
The following roster was used during the Elite 16 of the Road to BAL.

Transactions

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Competitions

Road to BAL

See also: 2024 BAL qualification.

Elite 16

Final round

Basketball Africa League

See also: 2024 BAL season.

Kalahari Conference

See also: 2024 BAL Kalahari Conference. The result of the first game day against Dynamo from Burundi was rescinded, as the team was disqualified after the first gameday.

Playoffs

See also: 2024 BAL playoffs.

Third place

Player statistics

BAL

|-| || 8 || 14.9 || .361 || .304 || 1.000 || 1.6 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 4.4|-| || 3 || 13.6 || .273 || .000 || .286 || 3.0 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 2.7|-| || 8 || 30.8 || .395 || .111 || .385 || 12.3 || 1.5 || 1.3 || 0.9 || 9.4|-| || 4 || 10.2 || .143 || .167 || .000 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.8|-| || 4 || 27.0 || .460 || .500 || .769 || 6.3 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 15.8|-| || 4 || 26.5 || .367 || .000 || .400 || 4.5 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 3.5 || 6.0|-| || 7 || 5.7 || .333 || .000 || .000 || 2.1 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.6|-| || 6 || 6.9 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.3|-| || 8 || 26.5 || .292 || .259 || .867 || 2.8 || 1.1 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 8.8|-| || 5 || 3.7 || .250 || .000 || .222 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.8|-| || 7 || 35.0 || .432 || .290 || .667 || 3.7 || 5.0 || 1.1 || 0.0 || 13.3|-| || 4 || 33.0 || .308 || .265 || .750 || 4.5 || 2.8 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 15.3|-| || 7 || 33.8 || .389 || .268 || .760 || 4.6 || 2.7 || 2.4 || 0.1 || 21.0|-| || 4 || 15.8 || .500 || .000 || .333 || 5.8 || 0.3 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 6.5|}

References

  1. Web site: 2024-05-24 . Robert Golden’s five three-pointers sink Cape Town in the opener of the 2024 BAL Playoffs . 2024-05-28 . The BAL . en.
  2. Web site: Cape Town Tigers stun top-seeded FUS Rabat in biggest achievement for South African basketball . 2024-05-28 . The BAL . en.
  3. Web site: Rivers Hoopers finish third at 2024 BAL . 2024-06-06 . The BAL . en.
  4. C8Xfn4rNoVW . bnlsa . We’re thrilled to share the revised 2024 BNL fixture with you! Note that Cape Town Tigers are excluded, and EC Windbreakers have been relegated. Stay tuned for more updates and let the games begin! . Basketball National League . 2024-06-14.