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2015–16 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

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2015–16 SBC season
LeagueScottish Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Number of teams16
Regular Season
SBC Competitions
SBC seasons

The 2015–16 season was the 47th campaign of the Scottish Men's National League, the national basketball league of Scotland. The league was rebranded as part of the Scottish Basketball Championships.[1] 18 teams were split into Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 8 teams. Boroughmuir Blaze won their 10th league title and their first in 38 years.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2015–16 Scottish Men's National League Division 1
Location of teams in 2015–16 Scottish Men's National League Division 2

The line-up for the 2015-2016 season features the following teams:[2]

Division 1

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Division 2

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Prior to the start of the season, Leuchars and Glasgow Rocks II withdrew from the league, leaving Division 2 with 6 teams.

Format

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In Division 1, each team played each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 18 games.

In Division 2, each team played each other three times, once home, once away, and once home or away, for a total of 15 games.

Division 1

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boroughmuir Blaze (C) 18 15 3 1457 1217 +240 33 Qualification for playoffs
2 Glasgow University 18 14 4 1320 1200 +120 32
3 Edinburgh University 18 13 5 1299 1066 +233 31
4 St Mirren WCS 18 12 6 1519 1345 +174 30
5 Sony Centre Falkirk Fury 18 12 6 1365 1277 +88 30
6 City of Edinburgh Kings 18 9 9 1320 1291 +29 27
7 Glasgow Storm 18 6 12 1235 1379 −144 24
8 Tayside Musketeers 18 4 14 1122 1315 −193 22
9 Dunfermline Reign 18 3 15 1207 1562 −355 21
10 Ayrshire Tornadoes (R) 18 2 16 1233 1473 −240 20 Relegation to Division 2
Source: BasketballScotland
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Playoffs

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Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Division 2

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts
1 Stirling Knights (C, P) 15 11 4 937 851 +86 26 Promotion to Division 1
2 Granite City Grizzlies 15 11 4 1059 830 +229 26
3 West Lothian Wolves 15 7 8 866 880 −14 22
4 City of Edinburgh Kings B 15 6 9 805 875 −70 21
5 Boroughmuir Blaze B 15 6 9 825 828 −3 21
6 Glasgow University B 15 3 12 666 894 −228 18
Source: basketballscotland.co.uk
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Scottish Cup

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Scottish Cup (basketball)

Preliminary round

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20 September 2015
West Lothian Wolves 47–29 Pleasance
Bathgate Academy, Bathgate

1st Round

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17 October 2015
Police Scotland Aberdeen 100–101 Stirling Knights

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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References

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  1. ^ Scottish Basketball Championship (SBC) Preview! tubpodcast.org
  2. ^ "Scottish Basketball League - League". snbl.leaguerepublic.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-20.
Preceded by SBC seasons
2015–16
Succeeded by