BUSA Basketball League
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The British Universities Sports Association Basketball League system is where the BUCS
basketball
teams of the universities and colleges in the United Kingdom
compete on an amateur and professional level.
The League format is summarised below:
Each year, the top 5 teams from each Premier League, and 6 Conference 1A teams take part in a 16-team, knockout playoff round. The winners then go forward to the Elite 8 tournament held in Sheffield.
In 2011, the BUCS Men's and Women's winners were Worcester University and Leeds Metropolitan University
respectively.
British Universities Sports Association
British Universities & Colleges Sport is the governing body for university sport in the United Kingdom. BUCS was formed in June 2008 following a merger of the British Universities Sports Association and University College Sport organisations...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
teams of the universities and colleges in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
compete on an amateur and professional level.
League Structure
The BUCS Basketball League system consists of two regional Premier Leagues, North and South. Below this are five regional conferences, Northern, Midlands, Western, South Eastern, and Scottish. Each of these regional conferences consist of a number of divisions that are ranked on a tier system. A team may be promoted or demoted to a higher or lower division respectively, subject to results within their division at the end of the season.The League format is summarised below:
| Level | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Leagues | North | South | |||||||
| Tier 1 | Northern 1A | Midlands 1A | Western 1A | South Eastern 1A | Scottish 1A | ||||
| Tier 2 | Northern 2A | Northern 2B | Midlands 2A | Midlands 2B | Western 2A | Western 2B | South Eastern 2A | South Eastern 2B | Scottish 2A |
| Tier 3 | Northern 3A | Northern 3B | Midlands 3A | Midlands 3B | South Eastern 3A | South Eastern 3B | |||
| Tier 4 | Northern 4A | Northern 4B |
| Level | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Leagues | North | South | ||||||
| Tier 1 | Northern 1A | Midlands 1A | Western 1A | South Eastern 1A | Scottish 1A | |||
| Tier 2 | Northern 2A | Northern 2B | Midlands 2A | Midlands 2B | Western 2A | South Eastern 2A | South Eastern 2B | Scottish 2A |
| Tier 3 | Northern 3A | Northern 3B | South Eastern 3A |
Each year, the top 5 teams from each Premier League, and 6 Conference 1A teams take part in a 16-team, knockout playoff round. The winners then go forward to the Elite 8 tournament held in Sheffield.
In 2011, the BUCS Men's and Women's winners were Worcester University and Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds Metropolitan University is a British University with three campuses. Two are situated in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England while the third is situated in Bhopal, India...
respectively.