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
Mark Woodhouse (basketball) Eliocroca, based in the city of Lorca near Alicante. In 2009, Woodhouse returned to England to sign for second-tier league side Derby Trailblazers. He missed the 2010 season with a knee injury. Mark Woodhouse (basketball) Mark Woodhouse nicknamed Woody (born 10 August 1982 in England) is a British professional basketball player, and currently plays for Amber Valley Spartans in the Sherwood Basketball League. The 6 ft 9 in Small Forward/Centre attended North Carolina A&T, and started his playing career with Avernas-Hannut (Belgium) in 2005. Woodhouse was soon transferred to Icelandic team Thor AK for remainder of the 2005/06 season. In