1997–98 British Basketball League season Final – Richmond 82 Plymouth 67 Play Off Final – Solent 70 London Towers 68 Northern Group Southern Group Sheffield finished ahead of Chester and Derby by having the best record in matches between the three teams and qualify as fourth-placed finishers with the best record ahead of Watford on basket difference. London Towers received a bye into Quarter-finals. Greater London Leopards vs. Thames Valley Tigers London Towers vs. Manchester Giants Newcastle Eagles vs. Birmingham Bullets Sheffield Sharks vs. Leicester Riders London Towers vs. Newcastle Eagles Sheffield Sharks vs. Greater London Leopards 1997–98 British Basketball League season The 1997–1998 BBL
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