2018–19 National Basketball League (England) season

The 2018–19 season was the 47th edition of the National Basketball League of England. Solent Kestrels won their 1st league title.

2018–19 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Number of teams	82
2018–19

Division 1

Teams

Riders

Cavaliers

Hoods

Leopards

Crusaders

Kestrels

Rockets

Storm

Newcastle

Thunder

Trailblazers

Warriors

Magic

Dragons

Location of teams in 2018–19 NBL Division 1

Team changes

• Loughborough University to Loughborough Riders
• Kent Crusaders to Barking Abbey Crusaders

Promoted from Division 2

• Thames Valley Cavaliers
• Nottingham Hoods
• Essex Leopards

Folded

• Northumbria University
• Lancashire Spinners

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Solent Kestrels (C)	26	22	4	2273	1769	+504	44	League Champions
2	Worthing Thunder	26	22	4	2417	2098	+319	44	Qualification to playoffs
3	Loughborough Riders	26	19	7	2199	1986	+213	38
4	Thames Valley Cavaliers	26	16	10	2185	2103	+82	32
5	Derby Trailblazers	26	15	11	2214	2157	+57	30
6	Reading Rockets	26	14	12	2276	2205	+71	28
7	Essex Leopards	26	12	14	2224	2295	−71	24
8	Leicester Warriors	26	12	14	2071	2239	−168	24
9	Hemel Storm	26	11	15	2343	2374	−31	22
10	Nottingham Hoods	26	11	15	2033	2103	−70	22
11	Bradford Dragons	26	11	15	2163	2273	−110	22
12	Barking Abbey Crusaders	26	8	18	1894	2096	−202	16
13	Newcastle University (R)	26	7	19	1932	2077	−145	14	Relegated to NBL2
14	Manchester Magic (R)	26	2	24	1847	2296	−449	4

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

6 Apr 2019

Solent Kestrels

100–71

Leicester Warriors

6 Apr 2019

Worthing Thunder

107–85

Essex Leopards

6 Apr 2019

Loughborough Riders

83–63

Reading Rockets

6 Apr 2019

Thames Valley Cavaliers

90–81

Derby Trailblazers

Semi-finals

13 Apr 2019

Solent Kestrels

104–64

Thames Valley Cavaliers

13 Apr 2019

Worthing Thunder

86–72

Loughborough Riders

Final

28 Apr 2019

Solent Kestrels	100–81	Worthing Thunder
Scoring by quarter: 25-21, 24-22, 20-19, 31-19
Pts: Travis Charles (25) Rebs: Tayo Oyefusi (13) Asts: Herm Senor (12)		Pts: Zaire Taylor, Jorge Ebanks (20) Rebs: Zaire Taylor (10) Asts: Jorge Ebanks (10)

National Basketball Performance Centre, Manchester Attendance: 700

Division 2

Teams

Liverpool

Ipswich

United
Westside
Pioneers
Warriors
All-Stars
Titans

Arrows

Bears

Myerscough

Location of teams in 2018–19 NBL Division 2

Team changes

• Middlesex LTBC to London United

Promoted from Division 3

• Myerscough College
• East London All-Stars

Relegated from Division 2

• Birmingham Elite

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool (C, P)	20	20	0	1862	1498	+364	40	Promoted to Division 1
2	Westminster Warriors (P)	20	14	6	1655	1466	+189	28
3	London United	20	11	9	1657	1594	+63	22	Qualification to playoffs
4	Sussex Bears	20	11	9	1521	1477	+44	22
5	Myerscough College	20	10	10	1527	1533	−6	20
6	London Greenhouse Pioneers	20	10	10	1490	1475	+15	20
7	East London All-Stars	20	9	11	1564	1553	+11	18
8	London Westside	20	7	13	1431	1558	−127	14
9	Derbyshire Arrows	20	6	14	1515	1720	−205	12
10	Greenwich Titans	20	6	14	1609	1721	−112	12
11	Ipswich	20	5	15	1556	1792	−236	10

Source: ^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

6 Apr 2019

Liverpool

103–72

London Westside

6 Apr 2019

Westminster Warriors

89–74

East London All-Stars

6 Apr 2019

London United

95–60

London Greenhouse Pioneers

6 Apr 2019

Sussex Bears

50–77

Myerscough College

Semi-finals

13 Apr 2019

Liverpool

80–63

Myerscough College

13 Apr 2019

Westminster Warriors

77–75

London United

Final

27 Apr 2019

Liverpool	82–74	Westminster Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 24-26, 26-15, 14-20, 18-13
Pts: Mark Rangeley (23) Rebs: Jack Hudson, Kehinde Ogunneye (8) Asts: Jack Hudson (8)		Pts: Jon Johnson (21) Rebs: Johnathan Lashley (11) Asts: Florian Damptey (6)

National Basketball Performance Centre, Manchester Attendance: 200

Division 3

Regular season

North Division Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts 1 Chester University (C) 22 19 3 1812 1540 +272 38 2 Team Derby Spartans 22 17 5 2088 1744 +344 34 3 Derby Trailblazers II 22 16 6 1868 1767 +101 32 4 Birmingham Elite 22 13 9 1763 1630 +133 26 5 Sheffield Hallam Sharks 22 12 10 1757 1792 −35 24 6 Charnwood College Riders 22 12 10 1814 1764 +50 24 7 Birmingham Mets 22 10 12 1750 1807 −57 20 8 Stoke-on-Trent Knights 22 8 14 1782 1813 −31 16 9 Sheffield Sabres 22 8 14 1670 1748 −78 16 10 WLV Albion 22 8 14 1353 1545 −192 16 11 Sunderland University 22 7 15 1448 1614 −166 14 12 Calderdale Explorers 22 2 20 1523 1864 −341 4 Source: https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/national-league-tables (C) Champions

South Division Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts 1 London BC Medelynas (C) 16 14 2 1458 1083 +375 28 2 Solent Kestrels II 16 12 4 1290 1096 +194 24 3 Bristol Flyers II 16 12 4 1353 1234 +119 24 4 Essex University 16 10 6 1358 1325 +33 20 5 Swindon Shock 16 9 7 1515 1430 +85 18 6 Cardiff Metropolitan University 16 7 9 1225 1218 +7 14 7 Cardiff City 16 4 12 1196 1501 −305 8 8 Barking Abbey II 16 3 13 1076 1234 −158 6 9 Oxford Brookes University 16 1 15 1098 1518 −420 2 Source: https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/national-league-tables (C) Champions

Playoffs

Final

27 April 2019

Solent Kestrels II	66–80	London BC Medelynas
Scoring by quarter: 12-20, 18-16, 10-25, 26-19
Pts: Ben Maranan (18) Rebs: Alex Grant (14) Asts: Bikram Rana (3)		Pts: Algirdas Jaras (18) Rebs: Algirdas Jaras (11) Asts: Donatas Juodeikis (6)

National Basketball Performance Centre, Manchester Attendance: 200

Division 4

Regular season

North Team Pld W L 1. Newcastle Eagles U23 16 14 2 2. Doncaster Danum E. 16 14 2 3. Liverpool Stars 16 9 7 4. Kingston Panthers 16 9 7 5. Myerscough College II 16 8 8 6. Tameside 16 7 9 7. Stockport Falcons 16 5 11 8. Barrow Thorns 16 5 11 9. Cheshire Wire 16 1 15

Midlands Team Pld W L 1. Nottingham University 16 13 3 2. Northants Thunder 16 12 4 3. Warwickshire Hawks 16 11 5 4. Trent University 16 9 7 5. Birmingham Rockets 16 8 8 6. Coventry Flames 16 8 8 7. Mansfield Giants 16 5 11 8. Charnwood College II 16 4 12 9. Birmingham Mets II 16 2 14

South East Team Pld W L 1. Chelmsford Lions 18 15 3 2. Lewisham Thunder 18 12 6 3. Richmond Knights 18 12 6 4. Canterbury Academy 18 12 6 5. Southwark Pride 18 10 8 6. Anglia Ruskin Univ. 18 9 9 7. Hemel Storm II 18 8 10 8. London United II 18 8 10 9. Canterbury CC Saints 18 3 15 10. Westminster Dragons 18 1 17

South West Team Pld W L 1. Bristol Hurricanes 14 14 0 2. Huish Taunton Tigers 14 9 5 3. RCT Gladiators 14 9 5 4. Dorset Storm 14 9 5 5. Surrey Rams 14 8 6 6. Oxford Stealers 14 4 10 7. Cardiff Met Univ. II 14 3 11 8. Gloucester Saxons 14 0 14

Playoffs

Final

27 April 2019

Bristol Hurricanes	71–88	Lewisham Thunder
Scoring by quarter: 18-22, 15-24, 15-16, 23-26
Pts: Zymantas Armonas (17) Rebs: Benas Andriekus (9) Asts: Benas Andriekus (9)		Pts: Josh Uduje (24) Rebs: Alberto Ortiz (10) Asts: Alberto Ortiz (6)

National Basketball Performance Centre, Manchester Attendance: 100