The 1976–77 Guinness National Basketball League season was the fifth season of the National Basketball League.
The league was sponsored by
Guinness
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and the number of teams participating remained at ten. The Embassy All-Stars relocated to
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms t ...
, Cleveland became Durham and Bedford replaced Leeds.
The Crystal Palace team completed a second consecutive double of National League and Cup and were beginning to achieve national public recognition. There were no playoffs for the League during this era and
Carl Olsson was awarded the season MVP award.
National League
First Division
Second Division
National Cup Final
Leading scorers
References
See also
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Basketball in England
Basketball has a very long history in England, being introduced there by YMCA almost immediately after it was invented (having been created by the Canadian Dr. James Naismith in 1891 in Massachusetts). World Wars I and II further spurred its popu ...
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British Basketball League
The British Basketball League (BBL) was a men's professional basketball sports league, league in Great Britain. Since its establishment in 1987 the BBL represented the highest level of basketball competition within the United Kingdom. The orga ...
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English Basketball League
The National Basketball League, or NBL for short, is a league competition representing semi-professional and amateur basketball clubs from England and Wales. It forms levels 2 to 5 on the British basketball pyramid, in line with the Scottish B ...
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List of English National Basketball League seasons
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National Basketball League (England) seasons
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