2011–12 British Basketball League season basketball within Great Britain. (1) Newcastle Eagles vs. (8) Guildford Heat (2) Leicester Riders vs. (7) Sheffield Sharks (3) Worcester Wolves vs. (6) Cheshire Jets (4) Plymouth Raiders vs. (5) Glasgow Rocks (1) Newcastle Eagles vs. (6) Cheshire Jets (2) Leicester Riders vs. (5) Glasgow Rocks Leicester Riders vs. Newcastle Eagles Plymouth Raiders vs. Worcester Wolves Group 1 Group 3 Group 2 Group 4 Newcastle Eagles vs. Sheffield Sharks Milton Keynes Lions vs. Plymouth Raiders 2011–12 British Basketball League season The 2011–12 season was the 25th campaign of the British Basketball League since the league's establishment in 1987. The season
National Basketball League (United States) The NBL also created the Indianapolis Olympians for the 1949–50 NBA season. When the NBL and BAA merged, this team joined the NBA without playing a single NBL game. Also still surviving are the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, the initial NBL Champion in 1938. The Wingfoots suspended operations for World War II and were not included in the NBL/BAA merger. Instead, they remained in the National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL), which in 1961 became the National AAU Basketball League (NABL). The Wingfoots are still an AAU Elite team in the NABL. Note: * denotes a team currently playing in the NBA