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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. 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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The line-up for the 2015-2016 season features the following teams:

Division 1

Division 2

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

Format

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

League table

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

Quarter-finals

4 March 2016
St Mirren West College Scotland 59–69 Falkirk Fury
Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley
5 March 2016
Glasgow University 50–62 Glasgow Storm
Stevenson Building, University of Glasgow
5 March 2016
Boroughmuir Blaze 80–64 Tayside Musketeers
The Crags Sports Centre, Edinburgh
5 March 2016
Edinburgh University 70–57 City of Edinburgh Kings
Pleasance Sports Centre, University of Edinburgh

Semi-finals

13 March 2016
Boroughmuir Blaze 76–67 Falkirk Fury
The Crags Sports Centre, Edinburgh
13 March 2016
Edinburgh University w–c Glasgow Storm
Pleasance Sports Centre, University of Edinburgh

Final

19 March 2016
Boroughmuir Blaze 76–71 Edinburgh University
Pleasance Sports Centre, University of Edinburgh

Division 2

League table

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

Scottish Cup (basketball)

Preliminary round

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

1st Round

9 October 2015
Perth Phoenix 51–77 Glasgow Storm
Perth Academy, Perth
17 October 2015
St Mirren Buddies 50–79 Dunfermline Reign
Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley
18 October 2015
City of Edinburgh Kings 54–64 St Mirren West College Scotland
Portobello High School, Edinburgh
17 October 2015
Boroughmuir Blaze 86–71 Tayside Musketeers
The Crags Sports Centre, Edinburgh
17 October 2015
Police Scotland Aberdeen 100–101 Stirling Knights
Beach Leisure Centre, Aberdeen
17 October 2015
Ayrshire Tornadoes 39–80 Edinburgh University
Stewarton Sports Centre, Stewarton
17 October 2015
Glasgow University 88–56 Granite City Grizzlies
Stevenson Building, University of Glasgow
18 October 2015
West Lothian Wolves 52–72 Sony Centre Fury
Bathgate Academy, Bathgate

Quarter-finals

14 November 2015
Glasgow Storm 85–75 Dunfermline Reign
Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Glasgow
13 November 2015
St Mirren West College Scotland 81–72 Boroughmuir Blaze
Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley
14 November 2015
Stirling Knights 58–78 Edinburgh University
The Peak, Stirling
14 November 2015
Glasgow University 66–42 Sony Falkirk Fury
Stevenson Building, University of Glasgow

Semi-finals

19 December 2015
Glasgow Storm 74–86 St Mirren West College Scotland
Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Glasgow
13 December 2015
Edinburgh University 59–46 Glasgow University
The Crags Sports Centre, Edinburgh

Final

30 January 2016
St Mirren West College Scotland 90–75 Edinburgh University
Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley

References

  1. Scottish Basketball Championship (SBC) Preview! tubpodcast.org
  2. "Scottish Basketball League - League". snbl.leaguerepublic.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-20.
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