1996–97 British Basketball League season a bye into Quarter-finals. Birmingham Bullets vs. Leicester Riders Leopards vs. London Towers Thames Valley Tigers vs. Chester Jets Worthing Bears vs. Sheffield Sharks Chester Jets vs. Leicester Riders Sheffield Sharks vs. London Towers 1996–97 British Basketball League season The 1996–1997 BBL season was known as the Budweiser League for sponsorship reasons. The league retained a total of 13 teams, playing 36 games each. The main change featured the long-awaited return of Crystal Palace after several seasons of rejected applications. Palace replaced Doncaster Panthers following the liquidation of the South Yorkshire club. The League's two London-based teams dominated throughout the
Eric Rodriguez (basketball) Eric Rodriguez (basketball) Frederick "Erick" Rodriguez (born April 15, 1981) also known as "Erod" is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently playing for the Cebu City Sharks of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He played for the Philippine Patriots in ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). Rodriguez is a former player of the Letran Knights as the team captain that championed in NCAA on 2003 and 2005 and also played for Toyota Balintawak in the Philippine Basketball League for 5 years. Rodriguez played in Letran for 4 years and helped them to win the championship in 2003 and 2005. He