Ural Great are the 2001 NEBL Champions


RESULTS
BBL Championship Semi-finals (Coventry)
London T 79-87 Leicester
Lon: Warren 22, Duck 19, Henlan 14
Lei: Blalock 29, Johnson 21, Perry 16

Sheffield 87-77 Leopards
She: Myers 22, Scantlebury 17, Reinking 14
Leo: Alderson 17, Robinson 15, Kimbrough 13


NBL Conference Play-offs Semi-Finals, 2nd Legs
Plymouth 76-66 Manchester (Aggregate: 162-155)
Worthing 100-81 Teesside (Aggregate: 186-173)

NBL Women Division One Play-offs Semi-Finals
Rhondda 83-73 Ipswich
Spelthorne 72-87 Sheffield


Euroleague Finals, Game 2
Finals, Game 2
Kinder 94-74 Tau
(Series tied 1-1)

NEBL Final Four (Ural)
Semi-Finals
Zalgiris 107-79 Lietuvos Rytas
Ural 90-56 CSKA

Final
Ural Great 88-81 Zalgiris

3/4 Play-off
Lietuvos Rytas 103-74 CSKA Moscow


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RESULTS
ULEB Euro League - Final Game 1
Kinder Bologna 65-78 Tau Vitoria

Saporta Cup Final (Warsaw)
Maroussi 74-72 Chalon
Mar: Oliver 31, Amaya 15, Falekas 13,
Cha: Lee 19, Ostrowski 14, Jackson 12

Korac Cup Final
Unicaja Malaga 71-69 Hemofarm
Mal: Abrams 16, Rodriges 9
Hem: Pekovic 17, Zecevic 16, Savic 14


FIXTURES
Saturday 21
BBL Championship
Semi-final (Coventry)
London T v Leicester (4pm) Sky Sports 2 (Web: www.bbc.co.uk/leicester)
Sheffield v Leopards (6pm) Sky Sports 2

NBL Conference
Play-offs Semi-Finals, 2nd Legs
7.30 Plymouth (86) v Manchester (89)
8.00 Worthing (86) v Teesside (92)

NBL Women
Play-offs Semi-Finals
6.30 Rhondda v Ipswich
6.00 Spelthorne v Sheffield


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Robbie Peers of Chester Jets was named BBL Coach of the Year as voted by
the media. Jets' Loren Meyer is the Player of the Year as elected by the
league's coaches.

BBL All-League Team 2000-01
1.  Loren Meyer        Chester Jets
2.  Kendrick Warren    London Towers
3.  Steve Bucknall     London Towers
4.  Tony Windless      Newcastle Eagles
5.  John McCord        Thames Valley Tigers
6.  James Hamilton     Chester Jets
7.  Nate Reinking      Sheffield Sharks
8.  Barry Bowman       Derby Storm
9.  Nigel Lloyd        Milton Keynes Lions
10. Terrell Myers      Sheffield Sharks


RESULTS
BBL Championships quarter-finals (Coventry)
Leicester 90-71 Chester
Lei: Perry 18, Leak 17, Brown / Johnson 14
Che: Hamilton 24, Cameron 19, Meyer 12

Leopards 89-84 Birmingham
Leo: Kimbrough 23, Robinson 22, Brown 16
Bir: Garcia 20, Cobbin 17, Paternostro / Bailey 16

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final ties with Jason Kimbrough and Robbie Peers.
Plus the latest batch of your verbal vitriole in Hoopchat.


RESULTS
Saturday
BBL Championship 1st Round (Coventry)
Birmingham 80-75 Newcastle
Bir: Bailey 26, Cobbin 15, Paternostro 13
New: Walker 22, Johnson 21, Ehlers 16

Leicester 77-75 Milton Keynes
Lei: Perry 20, Johnson 15, Singleton 14
MKL: Alleyne 31, Siemon 21

NBL Men's Conference, Play-offs Semi-Finals, 1st Leg
Manchester 89-86 Plymouth

Sunday
NBL Men's Conference, Play-offs Semi-Finals, 1st Leg
Teesside 92-86 Worthing


FIXTURES
Monday 16
BBL Championship Quarter-finals (Coventry)
Chester v Leicester (1.00pm) Sky
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Edinburgh Rocks re-signed American G Ted Berry for next season.

Manchester Giants sacked coach Andre Alleyne.

Reading Rockets re-signed American G/F Ted Smith for next season.

Edinburgh Kings' Laurie Costello was named Scottish Player of the Year.

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FIXTURES
Saturday
BBL Championship 1st Round (Coventry)
Birmingham v Newcastle (6.00pm)
Leicester v Milton Keynes (8.00pm)

NBL Men's Conference, Play-offs Semi-Finals, 1st Leg
7.00 Manchester v Plymouth

Sunday
NBL Men's Conference, Play-offs Semi-Finals, 1st Leg
4.00 Teesside v Worthing

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Leopards Rico Alderson was named BBL player of the Month for February.
Sheffield's Chris Finch took the coach's award.

Brighton Bears sacked coach Mark Dunning.

Milton Keynes Lions signed coach Nigel Lloyd to a one-year contract
extension.

Edinburgh Kings won the Scottish men's Cup while Midlothian Saints took
the women's prize.


RESULTS
BBL Championship
Sheffield 100-82 Manchester
She: Flournoy 20, Myers 18
Man: Phoenix 20, Joseph 18, Graves/Jones 16

Birmingham 95-99 Leopards
Bir: Bailey 23, Garcia 19, Williams 14
Leo: Kimbrough 32, Robinson 23, Brown 22

London T 77-75 Milton Keynes
Lon: Taylor 19, Baker 15, Duck 14
MKL: Payne 23, Alleyne 18, Siemon 13

Thames Valley 96-89 Brighton
TVT: Meldrum 26, Robinson 19, Jackson 15
Bri: Wallace 31, Brown 14


NBL Men's Conference - Play-offs Round One
Plymouth 98-68 Sutton
Worthing 115-96 Solent
Teesside 86-78 InterBasket
Manchester 86-53 Coventry

NBL Women Division One - Play-offs Round One
Rhondda 103-31 Doncaster
Thames V 55-75 Spelthorne
Sheffield 74-67 Wandsworth
Nottingham 102-80 Ipswich


Scottish Cup Finals (Kelvin Hall)
Men: Edinburgh 64-63 Troon
Women: Denny 16-58 Midlothian
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RESULTS
BBL Championship

Tuesday 3
Newcastle 98-102 Chester

Wednesday 4
Thames V 80-92 Birmingham
Edinburgh 102-96 Leicester

Thursday 5
Leopards 101-86 London T
Manchester 92-75 Edinburgh

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FIXTURES
Saturday 7
BBL Championship
Sheffield v Manchester (6.00pm)
Birmingham v Leopards (6.00pm)
London T v Milton Keynes (6.00pm)
Thames Valley v Brighton (6.00pm)


Sunday 8
NBL Men's Conference

NBL Women Division One


Scottish Cup Finals (Kelvin Hall)
Men
Edinburgh v Troon (3.30pm)

Women
Denny v Midlothian (1.15pm)

Newsflash: Thames Valley centre Simon Ogunlesi has been banned from
competing in the UK until June 2002.

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BBL Championship Play-offs - Round One Pairings
Leicester v Milton Keynes
Newcastle v Birmingham


RESULTS
BBL Championship
Chester 85-74 Edinburgh
Che: Hamilton 25, Daughrity 18, Gardner 16
Edi: Simmons 21, Winston 15, Berry/Chambers 13

Leicester 104-92 Derby
Lei: Blalock 30, Perry 25, Johnson 20
Der: Burns 28, Brown 25, Bowman 18

Leopards 96-84 Thames Valley
Leo: Alderson 25, Robinson 20, Kimbrough 19
TVT: McCord 28, Meldrum 26, Mackay 10

Milton Keynes 88-77 Birmingham
MKL: Alleyne 24, Lloyd 22, Payne/Brunson 14
Bir: Cobbin 16, Garcia/Bailey 11

NBL Men's Conference
Worthing 96-111 Solent

NBL Women Division One
Sheffield 75-66 Wandsworth

Scottish Women
Denny 57-83 Midlothian

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STATESIDE WEEK - In our annual spotlight on the game across the
Atlantic, we examine the fall-out which has accompanied the slump of the
once mighty-Chicago Bulls. Plus with most homegrown players looking to
advance their games with a US education, we follow one aspiring baller
who hopes to make the switch.

And your latest basketball musings in Hoopchat and your chance to vote
for the Britball.com BBL Coach of the Year.


FIXTURES
Tuesday 3
BBL Championship
Newcastle v Chester (7.30)

Wednesday 4
BBL Championship
Thames V v Birmingham (8.00)
Edinburgh v Leicester (7.30)

Thursday 5
BBL Championship
Leopards v London T (7.30)
Manchester v Edinburgh (7.30)


STANDINGS
BBL Championship
                                                                     
Northern Conference              P      W        L     Pts
1  Sheffield                    35      26       9      52  Q
2  Chester Jets                 35      24      11      48  Q
3  Newcastle Eagles             35      20      15      40  Q
4  Leicester Riders             35      17      18      34  Q
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5  Manchester Giants            34      14      20      28
6  Derby Storm                  36       6      30      12
7  Edinburgh Rocks              34       4      30       8
                                                                        
                   
Southern Conference              P      W        L     Pts
1 London                        32      26       6      52  Q
2 Leopards                      32      22      10      44  Q
3 Milton Keynes Lions           33      21      12      42  Q
4 Birmingham                    32      17      15      34  Q
--------------------------------------------------------------
5 Thames Valley Tigers          32      13      19      26
6 Brighton Bears                33       9      24      18
 
Q - denotes qualified for the knock-out stages of the Championship.


NBL Conference - Final Standings
                         Pl      W       L       Pts
1 Plymouth Raiders      21      19      2       38
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2 Worthing Thunder      21      16      5       32
3 Teesside Mohawks      21      15      6       30
4 Manchester Magic      21      9       12      18
5 Coventry Crusaders    21      7       14      14
6 Inter-Basket          21      7       14      13*
7 Solent Stars          21      6       15      12
8 Sutton Pumas          21      5       16      10
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RESULTS
BBL Championship
Derby 94-97 Newcastle
Der: Brown 33, Burns 19, Bowman 16
New: Windless 29, Ehlers 23, Johnson 16

Edinburgh 73-92 Manchester
Edi: Berry 22, Simmons 16, Winston 15
Man: Phoenix/Joseph 24, Earl 19

Birmingham 79-82 London T
Bir: Cobbin 25, Bailey 18, Williams/Paternostro 11
Lon: Burks/Duck/Warren/Bucknall 17

Brighton 59-90 Leopards
Bri: Wallace 17, Seaman 15, Hildreth/Wahl 7
Leo: Kimbrough/Robinson 21, Alderson 19

NBL Men's Conference
Manchester 71-73 InterBasket
Sutton 68-90 Plymouth
Worthing 87-84 Solent

NBL Women's Trophy Final
Chelmsford 63-53 Stockport

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RESULTS
Saporta Cup semi-finals
Chalon 66-63 Pamesa Valencia
Maroussi 93-81- Uniks Kazan

Korac Cup semi-finals
Ieper 60-64 Hemofarm Vrsac
Unicaja Malaga 86-55 Ricoh Astronauts

BBL Championship
Sheffield 95-66 London T
She: Scantlebury 21, Flournoy 17, Myers 16
Lon: Warren 19, Burks 16, Bucknall 12

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An Irish BA panel has declared that Killester will be awarded the ESB
men's title for this season after the league was abandonned last month.
The decision reverses an original ruling that no winner would be named.

RESULT
Friendly
Edinburgh Kings 57-83 Edinburgh Rocks


FIXTURES
Saturday 31
BBL Championship
Derby v Newcastle (7.30)
Edinburgh v Manchester (7.30)
Birmingham v London T (5.30) (Sky Sports)
Brighton v Leopards (7.00)

NBL Men's Conference
7.00 Manchester v Inter-Basket
7.45 Sutton v Plymouth
8.00 Worthing v Solent


Sunday 1 April
BBL Championship
Chester v Edinburgh (5.30)
Leicester v Derby  (6.00)
Leopards v Thames Valley (5.00)
Milton Keynes v Birmingham (4.00)

NBL Men's Conference
4.00 Worthing v Teesside

NBL Women Division One
4.00 Sheffield v Wandsworth

Scottish Men
3.00 Midlothian v Paisley

Scottish Women
12:00 Denny v Midlothian
1.15 Glasgow v Edinburgh
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RESULTS
BBL Championship
Birmingham 88-89 Thames Valley
Bir: Bailey 24, Cobbin 18, Paternostro 14
TVT: McCord 27, Redd 18, Meldrum 16

Milton Keynes 91-75 Brighton Bears
MKL: Alleyne 24, Lloyd 19, Siemon 18
Bri: Wahl 24, Brown 16, Wallace 14


FIXTURES
Thursday 29
Friendly
Edinburgh Kings v Edinburgh Rocks (7.30pm)

Friday 30
BBL Championship
Sheffield v London T (7.30)


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FIXTURES
Wednesday 28
BBL Championship
Birmingham v Thames Valley (7.00pm)
Milton Keynes v Brighton Bears (7.30pm)


STANDINGS
BBL Championship
Northern Conference
                                 Pl      W       L       Pts
1       Sheffield Sharks        34      25      9       50 Q
--------------------------------------------------------------
2       Chester Jets            34      23      11      46 Q
3       Newcastle Eagles        34      19      15      38 Q
4       Leicester Riders        34      16      18      32
  ------------------------------------------------------------
5       Manchester Giants       33      13      20      26
6       Derby Storm             34      6       28      12
7       Edinburgh Rocks         32      4       28      8

Southern Conference
                                 Pl      W       L       Pts
1       London Towers           30      25      5       50 Q
--------------------------------------------------------------
2       London Leopards         30      20      10      40 Q
3       Milton Keynes           31      19      12      38 Q
4       Birmingham Bullets      29      17      12      34 Q
  -------------------------------------------------------------
5       Thames Valley           30      12      18      24
6       Brighton Bears          31      9       22      18

Q - Qualified for play-offs


NBL Men's Conference
                                 Pl      W       L       Pts
1       Plymouth Raiders        20      18      2       36
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2       Worthing Thunder        19      15      4       30
3       Teesside Mohawks        20      15      5       30
4       Manchester Magic        20      9       11      18
5       Coventry Crusaders      21      7       14      14
6       Inter-Basket            20      6       14      11*
7       Sutton Pumas            20      5       15      10
8       Solent Stars            20      5       15      10
* 1pt deducted


NBL Women Division One
                                 Pl      W       L       Pts
1       Rhondda Rebels          22      21      1       42
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2       Thames Valley T         22      20      2       40
3       Sheffield Hatters       21      17      4       34
4       Nottingham W'cats       21      14      7       28
5       Ipswich Bobcats         22      14      8       28
6       Wandsworth              21      13      8       26
7       Spelthorne Acers        21      11      10      22
8       Doncaster Panthers      22      7       15      14
----------------------------------------------------------

  9      Northampton Cbrs        22      5       17      10
10      NW London               22      4       18      8
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11      St Albans Saints        22      2       20      4
12      Coventry Qu. Cats       22      2       20      4
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Chester Jets captured the uni-ball Trophy.

Plymouth Raiders clinched the NBL Conference title.

Rhondda Rebels clinched the NBL Women's Division One crown.

Derbyshire Arrows won NBL Men's Division Two.

Bristol Bombers won NBL Men's Division Three.

Plymouth Racers won NBL Women's Division Two.

Meteors win the ESB Irish Women's Championship.


RESULTS
uni-ball trophy Final (at NIA)
Chester 92-81 Newcastle
Che: Meyer 26, Cameron 20, Clemens/Hamilton 16
New: Windless 29, Walker/Johnson/Ehlers 11

BBL Championship
Manchester 81-80 London T
Man: Joseph 23, Phoenix 18, Reese 17
Lon: Henry 19, Duck 18, Taylor 17

Chester 80-66 Manchester
Che: Hamilton 29, Clemens 14, Cameron 10
Man: Phoenix/Joseph 14, Reese 10

Leicester 117-101 Newcastle
Lei: Blalock 35, Perry 22, Johnson 19
New: Windless 35, Whyte 21, Walker 18

Sheffield 83-69 Derby
She: Scantlebury 18, Myers 17, Payne 12
Der: Bowman 19, Brown 18, Miller 13

NBL Men's Conference
Coventry 113-105 Solent
InterBasket 93-101 Plymouth OT
Manchester 87-84 Sutton
Worthing 113-114 Teesside

NBL Women Division One
Coventry 35-62 Thames Valley
Doncaster 75-86 NW London
Nottingham 80-71 Ipswich
Rhondda 84-50 Northampton
Spelthorne 82-48 St Albans
Wandsworth 63-82 Sheffield

NBL Shield Final
Mansfield 65-83 North London

NBL Under 20 Men National Cup Final
Ealing 102-69 Solent

ESB Irish Women's Championships
Wildcats 60-70 Meteors
Wildcats 81-70 Limerick
Limerick 61-73 Meteors
(Meteors take title)

Scottish Men
Edinburgh 97-86 Dunfermline
Midlothian 92-69 Aberdeen
Troon 72-52 Boroughmuir
Glasgow 86-78 St Mirren
Paisley 79-98 Falkirk
(Falkirk complete perfect 18-0 season)

Scottish Women
Denny 62-85 Edinburgh
Glasgow 41-57 Midlothian
Grangemouth 54-62 Denny
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between Chester and Newcastle, including the thoughts of Sheffield coach
Chris Finch.
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Leopards coach Bob Donewald has been given a five-match ban by England
Basketball and will miss the rest of the BBL's regular season.

Thames Valley centre Simon Ogunlesi has been suspended indefinitely by
the club for alleged violent conduct during Tigers match with London on
Wednesday.

The proposed BIBF men's Club Championships, due to be staged at Teesside
next month, have been called off.



RESULTS
BBL Championship
Leopards 90-83 Milton Keynes
Leo: Brown/Robinson 19, Alderson 18
MKL: Siemon 31, Alleyne 19, Lloyd 15

Manchester 85-99 Derby 
Man: Joseph 23, Phoenix 18, Reese 14
Der: Bowman 26, Burns 21, Miller/Brown 18


FIXTURES
SATURDAY 24
uni-ball trophy Final (at NIA)
Chester v Newcastle (6.00pm) (Sky Sports Extra)

BBL Championship
Manchester v London (2.00pm)

NBL Men's Conference
7.30 Coventry v Solent
7.30 Inter-Basket v Plymouth
7.00 Manchester v Sutton
8.00 Worthing v Teesside

NBL Women Division One
5.00 Coventry v Thames V
6.15 Doncaster v NW London
6.00 Nottingham v Ipswich
6.30 Rhondda v Northampton
6.00 Spelthorne v St Albans
5.00 Wandsworth v Sheffield

ESB Irish Women's Championships (Limerick) **
Semi-Finals


SUNDAY 25
BBL Championship
Chester v Manchester (5.30pm)
Leicester v Newcastle (6.00pm)
Sheffield v Derby (4.00pm)

ESB Irish Women's Championships (Limerick)
Finals

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RESULTS
BBL Championship
Thames Valley 105-98 London T
TVT: Meldrum 23, McCord 20, Ogunlesi 19
Lon: Warren 22, Duck 18, Burks 16

NEBL Challenge Cup, qualification round
Birmingham 80-67 Honka
Bir: Williams 20, Bailey 17, Paternostro/Craven 11
Hon: Allison 26, Silobad 21
(Bullets advance to Final four to face Odessa)


FIXTURE
Friday 23 March
NEBL Play-off quarter-final, 2nd leg
London T (70) v Ventspils (99) (7.00pm)

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Richard Stokes has stepped down as England Basketball's Director of
Officiating at the association's request due to the alleged conflict
between FIBA and ULEB.

Plus news today on a disciplinary D-Day for Bob Donewald and a new owner
for Sheffield Sharks.


RESULTS
BBL Championship
Newcastle 90-72 Edinburgh
New: Ehlers 25, Windless 23, Johnson 17
Edi: Berry 22, Chambers 18, Webber 14
 
NEBL Challenge Cup, qualification round (AVLC)
Birmingham 100-88 Sundsvall
Bir: Cobbin/Bailey 22, Garcia 21
Sun: Bennerman 28, Myrthil/Norville 14

Honka 84-67 Tallinn


FIXTURES
Wednesday 21
BBL Championship
Thames Valley v London T (8.00pm)

NEBL Challenge Cup, qualification round - Final
Birmingham v Honka (8.00pm)

Thursday 22
BBL Championship
Manchester v Derby (7.30pm)
Leopards v Milton Keynes (7.30pm)

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RESULTS
BBL Championship
Chester 95-114 Newcastle
Che: Hamilton 24, Meyer 21, Cameron 20
New: Windless 24, Ehlers 22, Walker/Johnson 20

Leicester 107-86 London T
Lei: Blalock 31, Johnson 25, Brown 16
Lon: Henry 23, Warren 19, Duck 14

Milton Keynes 96-88 Thames Valley OT
MKL: Brunson 27, Payne/Noel 18
TVT: Ogunlesi 23, Meldrum 20, Redd 19

NBL Women Division One
Northampton 71-80 Doncaster

Scottish Men
Boroughmuir 80-88 Glasgow
Paisley 69-85 Troon

Scottish Women
Glasgow 62-36 Grangemouth
Midlothian 64-52 Denny

FIXTURES
Tuesday
BBL Championship
Newcastle v Edinburgh (7.30pm)

NEBL Challenge Cup, qualification round
Birmingham v Sundsvall (8.00pm)



POLL RESULT
Who will finish first in the BBL Northern Conference?
Chester Jets: 57%
Sheffield Sharks: 42%

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London Towers clinched the BBL Southern Conference title.

Midlothian Saints retained the Scottish women's league title for a
second straight year.


RESULTS
BBL Championship
Edinburgh 98-92 Derby
Edi: Berry 37, Winston 28, Chambers 19
Der: Brown 45, McCrory 19, Burns 15

Manchester 84-95 Sheffield
Man: Phoenix 27, Gottfried 15, Earl 13
She: Bennett 18, McKinney/Scantlebury 16

Brighton 83-97 Milton Keynes
Bri: Wallace 28, Johnson 20, Seaman 10
MKL: Lloyd 26, Brunson 18, Alleyne/Siemon 17

Leopards 82-93 Birmingham
Leo: Robinson 23, Kimbrough 17, Brown 14
Bir: Paternostro 22, Bailey 16, Williams 13

London T 99-89 Chester
Lon: Warren 36, Bucknall 22, Burks 21
Che: Meyer 34, Daughrity 13, Cameron/Clemens 12

Thames Valley 103-108 Leicester
TVT: Ogunlesi 21, Meldrum/Jackson 19
Lei: Leak 24, Perry/Blalock 22

NBL Men's Conference
Coventry 84-92 Teesside
Inter-Basket 77-66 Manchester
Plymouth 100-85 Solent
Sutton 79-88 Worthing

NBL Women Division One
St Albans 59-99 Wandsworth
Sheffield 86-77 Nottingham
Spelthorne 81-54 Coventry
Ipswich 68-79 Rhondda

Scottish Men
St Mirren 72-74 Edinburgh
Dunfermline 71-84 Midlothian
Aberdeen 56-100 Falkirk

Scottish Women
Edinburgh 56-60 Midlothian

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talks about the play-off dogfight. While we speak to Thames Valley coach
Paul James about his team's mission improbable.

Plus details of Inter-Basket's Comic Relief day to be held at Tottenham
Green SC this Saturday.


RESULT
BBL Championship
Newcastle 97-81 Brighton
New: D Johnson 33, Ehlers 19, Windless 15
Bri: Wallace 24, W Johnson 19, Brown 15


FIXTURES
Saturday 17
BBL Championship
Edinburgh v  Derby (7.30pm)
Manchester v Sheffield (7.30pm)
Brighton v Milton Keynes (7.00pm)
Leopards v Birmingham (7.00pm)
London T v Chester (5.30pm) (Sky Sports)
Thames Valley v Leicester  (7.00pm)

NBL Men's Conference
7.30 Coventry v Teesside
7.30 Inter-Basket v Manchester
8.00 Plymouth v Solent
7.45 Sutton v Worthing

NBL Women Division One
6.00 NW London v Thames V
3.45 St Albans v Wandsworth
6.00 Sheffield v Nottingham
6.00 Spelthorne v Coventry
3.30 Ipswich v Rhondda


Sunday 18
BBL Championship
Chester v Newcastle (5.30pm)
Leicester v London T (6.00pm)
Milton Keynes v Thames Valley (4.00pm)

NBL Women Division One
4.00 Northampton v Doncaster

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RESULTS
NEBL Play-off quarter-finals, 1st Leg
Ventspils 97-70 London T
Ven: Stone 25, Rich 20, Vitols 16
Lon: Duck 24, Warren 19, Bucknall 13

BBL Championship
Derby 75-85 Birmingham
Der: Bowman 25, Burns 22, Brown 12
Bir: Bailey 22, Cobbin 18, Etete 17

Sheffield 94-89 Chester OT
She: Reinking 26, Myers 23, Bennett 16
Che: Meyer 23, Hamilton 19, Clemens 18


STANDINGS
BBL Championship

NORTHERN CONFERENCE
   Team                          Pl   W   L  Pts
1  Westfield Sharks Sheffield    32  23   9  46  Q
2  Chester Jets                  31  22   9  44  Q
3  Natural Flow Newcastle Eagles 30  16  14  32
4  Nurishment Leicester Riders   31  13  18  26
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5  Manchester Giants             29  12  17  24
6  Derby Storm                   31   5  26  10
7  Edinburgh Rocks               30   3  27   6
 

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
   Team                          Pl   W   L  Pts
1  HARIBO London Towers          26  24   2  48  Q
2  Leopards                      28  19   9  38  Q
3  Milton Keynes Lions           28  17  11  34
4  Pertemps Bullets Birmingham   28  16  12  32
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5  Thames Valley Tigers          27  11  16  22
6  Brighton Bears                29   9  20  18
 
Q = Qualified for play-offs

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In Britball.com today, Archibald keeps sanity amid March Madness:
The NCAA finals are upon us and for one young Briton, the dream of a
Final Four trip remains very much a possibility.

Plus news on a possible move across the Tyne for Newcastle Eagles and
new development initiative by Leopards.

Basketball has been awarded a place in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in
Melbourne.

Ex-England footballer Peter Beardsley has been named Club President of
Newcastle Eagles.


FIXTURES
Wednesday 14
BBL Championship
Derby v Birmingham (8.00pm)
Sheffield v Chester (7.30pm)

Northern European Basketball League, play-off quarter-finals
Ventspils v London T (4.30pm)

Thursday 15
BBL Championship
Newcastle v Brighton (7.30pm)


POLL RESULT
Should Killester be awarded the Irish League title after the season was
curtailed ?

Yes: 82%
No:  17%
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Oxford University won the Men's British Universities title. Loughborough
lifted the Women's BUSA crown.


RESULTS
BBL Championship
Chester 110-96 Leicester
Che: Cameron 29, Meyer 23, Clemens 19
Lei: Johnson 23, Perry 19, Singleton 17

Sheffield 99-56 Edinburgh
She: Scantlebury 28, Payne 21, Bennett 11
Edi: Chambers 18, Winston 15

Leopards 99-110 Brighton 2OT
Leo: R.Johnson 31, Kimbrough 26, Alderson 26
Bri: W.Johnson 30, Brown 24, Wallace 21

Milton Keynes 82-76 London T
MKL: Siemon 29, Lloyd 17, Payne 14
Lon: Warren 26, Burks 16, Bucknall 10

Newcastle 86-93 Manchester
New: Johnson 30, Walker 23, Ehlers 13
Man: Phoenix 35, Joseph 14, Earl/Graves 12

NBL Men's Conference
Plymouth 97-89 Coventry
Teesside 94-80 Sutton
Inter-Basket 81-85 Solent

NBL Women Division One
Wandsworth 77-67 Spelthorne

Scottish Men
Paisley 68-75 Boroughmuir
Midlothian 70-83 St Mirren

Scottish Women
Midlothian 77-53 Glasgow
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RESULTS
BBL Championship
Derby 98-103 Chester
Der: Brown 32, Bowman 22, Burns 18
Che: Hamilton 26, Meyer 23, Daughrity 21

Birmingham 112-100 Leicester
Bir: Bailey 25, Williams 23, Garcia 19
Lei: Leak 29, Perry/Singleton 20

Brighton 73-91 Newcastle
Bri: Wallace 18, W.Johnson 15, Hildreth 11
New: Ehlers 23, D.Johnson 22, Windless 20

London T 91-75 Leopards
Lon: Bucknall 20, Burks 19, Duck 13
Leo: Johnson 26, Robinson 16, Alderson 13

Thames Valley 95-94 Sheffield
TVT: McCord 31, Meldrum 25, Redd 14
She: Reinking 20, Bennett 17, Payne 16


NBL Men's Conference
Worthing 101-83 Inter-Basket

NBL Women Division One
Coventry 65-79 NW London
Doncaster 51-85 Ipswich
Nottingham 96-53 St Albans
Rhondda 61-50 Sheffield
Thames V 72-35 Northampton

Scottish Men
Falkirk 89-58 Dunfermline
Troon 96-53 Aberdeen
Edinburgh 84-74 Glasgow

Scottish Women
Edinburgh 70-58 Grangemouth
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The Irish Basketball Association announced that the ESB League season is
to be abandonned over the 'foot and mouth' crisis. Full reaction on
Britball.com.

Plus news on the BUSA Finals taking place this weekend in Nottingham and
positive news on the health of Leicester's James Hurrell and more
basketball on TV.

Tony Windless was named BBL Player of the Month for February.


FIXTURES
SATURDAY 10
BBL Championship
Derby v Chester (7.30pm)
Birmingham v Leicester (7.00pm)
Brighton v Newcastle (7.00pm)
London T v Leopards (5.30pm) (Sky Sports)
Thames Valley v Sheffield (7.00pm)

NBL Men's Conference
8.00 Worthing v Inter-Basket

NBL Women Division One
5.00 Coventry v NW London
4.15 Doncaster v Ipswich
7.30 Nottingham v St Albans
5.30 Rhondda v Sheffield
5.00 Thames V v Northampton


SUNDAY 11
BBL Championship
Chester v Leicester (5.30pm)
Sheffield v Edinburgh (4.00pm)
Leopards v Brighton (5.00pm)
Milton Keynes v London T (4.00pm)
Newcastle v Manchester (5.30pm)

NBL Men's Conference
4.00 Plymouth v Coventry
4.00 Teesside v Sutton
4.00 Inter-Basket v Solent

NBL Women Division One
2.00 Wandsworth v Spelthorne


POLL RESULT
Who will finish higher in the BBL's Southern Conference ?
Thames Valley Tigers: 60%
Brighton Bears: 39%

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Today in Britball.com, Mark Dunning talks about Brighton's hot streak
and why Newcastle coach Tony Garboletto plans to be a referees'
nightmare.


RESULTS
BBL Championship
Newcastle 86-97 Birmingham
New: Windless 22, Johnson 20, Ehlers 14
Bir: Bailey 32, Cobbin 16, Garcia 15
 
London T 104-66 Edinburgh
Lon: Burks 26, Taylor 19, Warren 17
Edi: Chambers 16, Simmons 14, Webber 14

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Today in Britball.com, we pay homage to Peter Scantlebury plus we dish
the latest morsels of opinion in Hoopchat.


RESULT
BBL Championship
Leopards 97-83 Manchester
Leo: Johnson 28, Alderson 25, Kimbrough 19
Man: Phoenix 25, Earl 23, Graves 17

FIXTURES
Wednesday 7
BBL Championship
Newcastle v Birmingham (7.30pm)
London T v Edinburgh (8.00pm)

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Peter Scantlebury of Sheffield has become the BBL's all-time leading
scorer, beating the mark of 8,945 points held by Russ Saunders.


RESULTS
BBL Championship
Chester 100-80 Brighton
Che: Hamilton 39, Meyer 20, Daughrity 12
Bri: Reese 16, Brown/Johnson 15

Edinburgh 57-94 Milton Keynes
Edi: Winston 20, Chambers 13, Simmons 10
MKL: Siemon 24, Lloyd 18, Brunson 19

Leicester 103-98 Thames Valley
Lei: Johnson 28, Perry 27, Leak 26     
TVT: McCord 26, Meldrum/Redd 23

Sheffield 93-88 Newcastle
She: Reinking 24, Myers 19, Scantlebury 16
New: Windless 26, Johnson 19, Walker 17

NBL Men's Conference
Solent 106-103 Teesside

NBL Women Division One
N’hampton 50-56 NW London
Wandsworth 102-49 Coventry

Scottish Men
Boroughmuir 86-96 St. Mirren


FIXTURE
Tuesday 6
BBL Championship
Leopards v Manchester (7.30pm)

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RESULTS
BBL Championship
Leicester 116-75 Edinburgh
Lei: Johnson 41, Perry 19, Blalock 16
Edi: Chambers 23, Winston 21, Berry/Simmons 14

Birmingham 86-82 Derby
Bir: Bailey 27, Garcia 16, Etete 12
Der: Bowman 23, Brown 19, McCrory 13

Brighton 81-75 Sheffield
Bri: Johnson 25, Wallace 15, Brown 14
She: Reinking 23, Myers 22, Scantlebury 13

London T 85-78 Manchester
Lon: Warren 21, Bucknall 17, Baker 12
Man: Earl 23, Joseph/Phoenix 18

Milton Keynes 71-77 Chester
MKL: Lloyd 24, Alleyne 18, Payne 16
Che: Meyer 25, Cameron 17, Hamilton 17

Thames Valley 101-109 Leopards
TVT: Christie 33, Reed 23, Meldrum 15
Leo: Johnson 36, Alderson 23, Kimbrough 22

NBL Men's Conference
Inter-Basket 112-109 Teesside
Manchester 76-88 Plymouth
Sutton 75-63 Coventry

NBL Women Division One
Rhondda 110-39 St Albans
Sheffield 75-33 Doncaster
Spelthorne 54-68 Nottingham
Thames V 62-61 Ipswich

Scottish Cup, Semi-Finals
Men:
Glasgow 64-84 Troon
Midlothian 69-77 Edinburgh

Women:
Midlothian 54-38 Glasgow
Denny 60-38 Edinburgh
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