2013–14 British Basketball League season

Teams

Notable occurrences

• New entrant Birmingham Knights joined as the League's 13th franchise whilst East London Royals and Essex Leopards who were both due to become the 14th and 15th League members respectively, withdrew their applications to join the BBL due to financial constraints.
• Ed Percival was announced as the BBL's new Chairman on 27 June 2013, replacing the outgoing Paul Blake who stepped down after nearly a decade in the position.
• On 12 July it was officially announced that the Mersey Tigers franchise had been withdrawn from the up-coming season by the League due to financial trouble that had plagued the club throughout the previous season, bringing the number of teams back down to 12.
• Following the sale of Surrey Heat to a partnership group consisting of Surrey Sports Park and London United, the franchise was subsequently rebranded as Surrey United prior to the start of the season. Due to the takeover, long-time head coach Creon Raftopolous was sacked and replaced by Jack Majewski.
• Durham Wildcats announced on 13 August that head coach Dave Elderkin had stepped down from the role after 8 years in charge. He was replaced by former Great Britain Women's Under-20 coach Lee Davie.
• On 7 September – just weeks before the start of the new season – Plymouth Raiders announced that head coach Gavin Love had been sacked following a 'vote of no confidence' from the club's Board of Directors. Former Raiders player Jay Marriott was appointed as his successor.
• The BBL announced a new television broadcasting deal with British Eurosport on 23 September, to complement the recently launched online BBL TV platform.
• A sell-out crowd saw Worcester Wolves win their first competitive game at their new venue, the Worcester Arena on 4 October, as the home side defeated reigning champions Leicester Riders 73–61.
• Worcester's 62–69 victory away to Leicester Riders on 16 November, put an end to Leicester's 34-game unbeaten home winning streak, which spanned over three seasons.
• Controversy surrounded Surrey head coach Jack Majewski and his decision to play star player Brandon McGill in a defeat to Cheshire Phoenix on 8 December, two days after the player suffered concussion following a clash with Darius Defoe in a game against Newcastle Eagles.
• On 12 January 2014, Leicester retained the BBL Cup after beating Newcastle Eagles in the Final at the National Indoor Arena for the second year running.
• Bristol Flyers became only the second-ever lower division team to beat BBL opposition and advance to the Quarter-finals of the BBL Trophy, following their 91–75 defeat of Surrey United on 16 January.
• Worcester Wolves claimed their first-ever BBL title with an 83–76 victory over Glasgow Rocks in the BBL Trophy Final on 30 March, in front of 5,000 people on Glasgow's home court, the Emirates Arena.
• London Lions' Joe Ikhinmwin won the annual BBL Slam Dunk Contest at Emirates Arena on 30 March.
• Leicester head coach Rob Paternostro and Sheffield Sharks head coach Atiba Lyons both reached a landmark 250th game at the helm of their respective clubs on the weekend of 5/6 April.
• The first ever competitive BBL game to be staged in Wales took place on 9 April between Cheshire Phoenix and Glasgow Rocks. The game was switched from Cheshire's usual home venue, the Northgate Arena, to the Deeside Leisure Centre in Queensferry, Flintshire due to availability issues. The "home" team lost 77–90 to the visiting Glasgow Rocks.
• Newcastle Eagles were crowned League Champions for a record sixth time following a 106–58 win away to Surrey, on 13 April.
• Durham Wildcats and the new Manchester Giants franchise both secured Play-off berths for the first time in their respective club history's following the conclusion of the regular season.
• Worcester Wolves claimed their second piece of silverware for the season by beating Newcastle in the Championship Play-off Final on 12 May, with a 90–78 victory at Wembley Arena. Wolves' Zaire Taylor was named as the game's Most Valuable Player.

  BBL Championship (Tier 1)

Final standings

The Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

EBL">English Basketball League">EBL National League Division 1 (Tier 2)

Final standings

EBL">English Basketball League">EBL National League Division 2 (Tier 3)

Final standings

BBL Cup

1st round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

BBL Trophy

1st round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics leaders

Category	Player	Stat
Points per game	Victor Moses	23.2
Rebounds per game	Victor Moses	13.2
Assists per game	Zaire Taylor	6.9
Steals per game	Zaire Taylor	2.8
Blocks per game	Mike Allison	2.4
Field goal percentage	Rashad Hassan	66.8%
Free throw percentage	B.J. Holmes	87.1%
Three-point field goal percentage	David Watts	42.8%

Monthly awards

Month	Coach of the Month	Player of the Month
October	Paul James	Will Creekmore
November	Atiba Lyons	Victor Moses
December	John Lavery	Zaire Taylor
January	Rob Paternostro	Victor Moses
February	Paul James	Victor Moses
March	Fabulous Flournoy	Robert Marsden

Seasonal awards

• Molten Most Valuable Player: Zaire Taylor
• Molten Coach of the Year: Rob Paternostro
• Molten Team of the Year:
• *Zaire Taylor
• *Will Creekmore
• *Victor Moses
• *Reggie Middleton
• *Malik Cooke
• Molten Defensive Team of the Year:
• *Zaire Taylor
• *Andrew Sullivan
• *Daniel Northern
• *Mike Allison
• *Fabulous Flournoy
• *Paul Gause
• Molten British Team of the Year:
• *David Aliu
• *Robert Marsden
• *James Jones
• *Andrew Sullivan
• *Darius Defoe
• *Nick George