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
British Basketball League pairings drawn completely at random – there are no seeds, and a draw takes place after the majority of fixtures have been played in each round. When there is an uneven number of member clubs in the British Basketball League, some pre-selected teams receive byes into the next round. The Cup final is played at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, usually in early January. The BBL Trophy traces its origins back to a previous competition known as the Anglo-Scottish Cup – and subsequently the British Master's Cup – which was founded in 1984 and was initially a competition between teams