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The 1993–94 BBL season was known as the
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League for sponsorship reasons. The season featured a total of 13 teams, playing 36 games each. The BBL secured a three year £1 million sponsorship deal with Budweiser and the divisions were re-organised once again. The Budweiser League would be tier one with the National League Division's below. The Budweiser League increased in number with the addition of the Division One champions
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. The Cheshire Jets became the Chester Jets.
Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers was a British professional basketball team that competed in the British Basketball League (BBL) until 2005, when funding was ceased and the franchise folded. Based in Bracknell, Berkshire, the team's fans set up a new team ...
claimed the League Trophy and stormed to the regular season title, however the
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-based side suffered a shock defeat to Derby Bucks and saw them eliminated in the Quarter-final of the Budweiser Championship Play-offs.BBL Media Guide 2003/04, page 12 Nevertheless, Tigers'
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and Mick Bett were both awarded accolades as
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and
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respectively.
Worthing Bears Brighton Bears were a British basketball team based in Brighton, Sussex. From 1984 to 1999 the club was known as the Worthing Bears and was based in the town of Worthing, 12 miles west of Brighton. The Bears played in the top-flight British Bas ...
also secured a double success by winning the play-offs and securing the National Cup.


Budweiser League Championship (Tier 1)


Final standings


Playoffs


Quarter-finals

(1) Thames Valley Tigers vs. (8) Derby Bucks (2) Worthing Bears vs. (7) Leicester City Riders (3) Manchester Giants vs. (6) Birmingham Bullets (4) Guildford Kings vs. (5) London Towers


Semi-finals


Final


National League Division 1 (Tier 2)


Final standings


National League Division 2 (Tier 3)


Final standings


National Cup


Third round


Quarter-finals


Semi-finals


Final


League Trophy


Group stage


Semi-finals

Manchester Giants vs. Leicester City Riders Thames Valley Tigers vs. Worthing Bears


Final


Budweiser All-Star Game


Seasonal awards

* Most Valuable Player:
Nigel Lloyd Nigel A Lloyd is a Barbadian-British basketball coach and former player. Career Born in Barbados, Lloyd came to the United States at age 6. He first picked up a basketball in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. In the 1980s, he attended the ...
(
Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers was a British professional basketball team that competed in the British Basketball League (BBL) until 2005, when funding was ceased and the franchise folded. Based in Bracknell, Berkshire, the team's fans set up a new team ...
) * Coach of the Year: Mick Bett (
Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers was a British professional basketball team that competed in the British Basketball League (BBL) until 2005, when funding was ceased and the franchise folded. Based in Bracknell, Berkshire, the team's fans set up a new team ...
) * All-Star Team: **
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( Manchester Giants) ** Herman Harried (
Worthing Bears Brighton Bears were a British basketball team based in Brighton, Sussex. From 1984 to 1999 the club was known as the Worthing Bears and was based in the town of Worthing, 12 miles west of Brighton. The Bears played in the top-flight British Bas ...
) ** Tony Holley (
Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers was a British professional basketball team that competed in the British Basketball League (BBL) until 2005, when funding was ceased and the franchise folded. Based in Bracknell, Berkshire, the team's fans set up a new team ...
) ** Colin Irish (
Worthing Bears Brighton Bears were a British basketball team based in Brighton, Sussex. From 1984 to 1999 the club was known as the Worthing Bears and was based in the town of Worthing, 12 miles west of Brighton. The Bears played in the top-flight British Bas ...
) **
Nigel Lloyd Nigel A Lloyd is a Barbadian-British basketball coach and former player. Career Born in Barbados, Lloyd came to the United States at age 6. He first picked up a basketball in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. In the 1980s, he attended the ...
(
Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers was a British professional basketball team that competed in the British Basketball League (BBL) until 2005, when funding was ceased and the franchise folded. Based in Bracknell, Berkshire, the team's fans set up a new team ...
) ** Russ Saunders ( Sunderland Scorpions) ** Peter Scantlebury (
Thames Valley Tigers Thames Valley Tigers was a British professional basketball team that competed in the British Basketball League (BBL) until 2005, when funding was ceased and the franchise folded. Based in Bracknell, Berkshire, the team's fans set up a new team ...
) ** Jason Siemon ( Derby Bucks) ** Tyrone Thomas (
Birmingham Bullets The Birmingham Bullets were a British professional basketball team from Birmingham, England who competed in the British Basketball League (BBL). The club was founded in 1974 as Coventry Granwood before moving to Birmingham in 1980 as part of the ...
) ** Gene Waldron ( Leicester City Riders)


References

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