The 1978–79 Rotary Watches National Basketball League season was the seventh season of the National Basketball League.
The league was sponsored by
Rotary Watches and the number of teams participating increased to eleven.
Doncaster completed the league and National Cup double, but Crystal Palace won the newly introduced Playoffs.
Team changes
Leicester switched back to Loughborough and Bedford dropped out of the league. Bracknell and Sunderland joined; the latter playing at the Crowtree Leisure Centre in the centre of Sunderland.
National League
First Division
deducted two points *
Second Division
Rotary Watches playoffs
Semi-Finals
Third Place
Final
Butlins
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National Cup Final
References
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Basketball in England
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British Basketball League
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English Basketball League
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List of English National Basketball League seasons A List of English National Basketball League seasons since the inception of the National Basketball League (England), National Basketball League in 1972 until 1987 when the British basketball League seasons started. List of British Basketball Leagu ...
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National Basketball League (England) seasons
British
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