The 1999–2000 BBL season, was known as the Dairylea Dunkers Championship for sponsorship reasons, the regular season commenced on September 15, 1999, and ended on April 8, 2000, with a total of 13 teams competing. For the first time in the league’s history, the 13 teams were split into two geographically divided Conferences, seven in the North and six in the South, with northern teams playing 36 games and southern teams playing 34 games each. The season was dominated by the success of Manchester Giants, conquering the Northern Conference and Championship Play-offs, whilst London Towers were victorious in the Southern Conference and the uni-ball Trophy.

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were also successful in defending their Sainsbury's Classic Cola National Cup. London Towers featured in European competition, participating in the

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, though with a 3-7 record they finished at the bottom of Group G and thus failed to progress beyond the Group stage. Cross-town rivals Greater London Leopards also made a brief appearance in the

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but following a 155-189 aggregate defeat to ÍRB Reykjanesbær in the Preliminary round, their first foray into Europe was merely a cameo. The Southern All-Stars beat their Northern rivals in the eleventh annual All-Star Game with a 177-180 victory, the closest result in the League's history. That was the 7th overall win of the South against the North who won 5 games since the All-Star Game's inception in 1989.

Dairylea Dunkers Championship (Tier 1)

Final standings

Northern Conference

Southern Conference

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

National League Division 1 (Tier 2)

Final standings

Playoffs

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

National League Division 2 (Tier 3)

Final standings

Play Off Final - Kingston 68 Manchester 62

National League Division 3 (Tier 4)

Final standings

Play Off Final - Mansfield v Doncaster 84-76, 75-75

Sainsbury's Classic Cola National Cup

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

uni-ball Trophy

Group stage

Group A

* Derby qualified ahead of Birmingham on head-to-head results.

Group B

Group C

Group D

* Chester qualified ahead of Brighton on head-to-head results.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Star Game

Statistics leaders

Seasonal awards

* Most Valuable Player: Tony Dorsey ( Manchester Giants) * Domestic Player of the Year:

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( London Towers) * Import Player of the Year: Tony Dorsey ( Manchester Giants) * Defensive Player of the Year: Roy Hairston ( Manchester Giants) * Most Improved Player of the Year: Ian Whyte (

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) * Coach of the Year:

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( Manchester Giants) * All-Star First Team: ** Tony Dorsey ( Manchester Giants) ** Danny Lewis ( London Towers) ** Terrell Myers (

) **

( London Towers) ** Roy Hairston ( Manchester Giants) * All-Star Second Team: **

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( Chester Jets) **

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( Milton Keynes Lions) ** Nate Reinking (

) ** John McCord ( Edinburgh Rocks) ** Brandon Brantley ( Greater London Leopards)

References

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