1995–96 British Basketball League season head-to-head record between the teams. London, Manchester, Sheffield and Thames Valley all received a bye into Quarter-finals. Chester Jets vs. Birmingham Bullets Manchester Giants vs. Sheffield Sharks Thames Valley Tigers vs. London Towers Worthing Bears vs. Derby Storm London Towers vs. Birmingham Bullets Worthing Bears vs. Sheffield Sharks 1995–96 British Basketball League season The 1995–1996 BBL season was known as the Budweiser League for sponsorship reasons. The league featured a total of 13 teams, playing 36 games each. The division retained the same thirteen teams as the previous year after the BBL rejected an application from Crystal Palace who had
Team Northumbria (basketball) Team Northumbria (basketball) Team Northumbria are a basketball club based in the north-east of England, which plays their home games at Northumbria University's £30million Sport Central complex. The club is operated by Northumbria University in partnership with the nearby professional Newcastle Eagles team, and currently enters Men's and Women's teams in the respective top flights of the English Basketball League, as well as multiple teams in the BUSA Basketball League. Team Northumbria entered competition in the English Basketball League in 2000, with the Men's team entering Division Three (North) and the Women's team entering Division Two (North), the respective bottom