Coventry Crusaders
Encyclopedia
The Coventry Crusaders is a Coventry
-based basketball
team competing in Division 1 of the English Basketball League
. They play their home games at the Coventry Sports Centre, alternatively at the North Solihull Sports Centre, and the junior teams play at the Coventry Sports Centre. Their home colour is mainly white and purple, and their road uniform consists of mainly purple with golden-yellow sides.
On January 15, 2007, club owner Dip Donaldson formally announced that the Coventry Crusaders were the first team to be accepted into the new British Basketball Association
professional league, which was due to commence in November 2007, thus ending a 14-year association with the English Basketball League
. However, the league never materialised and the Crusaders renewed their application with EBL Division 1 for the 2007-08 season.
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
-based 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...
team competing in Division 1 of the English Basketball League
English Basketball League
The English Basketball League is a semi-professional and amateur basketball league in England. It forms the second-tier of competition below the professional British Basketball League....
. They play their home games at the Coventry Sports Centre, alternatively at the North Solihull Sports Centre, and the junior teams play at the Coventry Sports Centre. Their home colour is mainly white and purple, and their road uniform consists of mainly purple with golden-yellow sides.
On January 15, 2007, club owner Dip Donaldson formally announced that the Coventry Crusaders were the first team to be accepted into the new British Basketball Association
British Basketball Association
The British Basketball Association, or BBA for short, is a proposed professional basketball league in the United Kingdom.The league is backed by a group of American and UK investors and advisers, some of which include former NBA players A. C. Green and John Amaechi, technology entrepreneur Ken...
professional league, which was due to commence in November 2007, thus ending a 14-year association with the English Basketball League
English Basketball League
The English Basketball League is a semi-professional and amateur basketball league in England. It forms the second-tier of competition below the professional British Basketball League....
. However, the league never materialised and the Crusaders renewed their application with EBL Division 1 for the 2007-08 season.
See also
- Basketball in EnglandBasketball in EnglandBasketball, although invented in the United States, has a very long history in England, having been introduced there by the YMCA almost immediately after it was created. World War I and II further spurred its popularity. The four highest profile team sports in the United Kingdom are football,...
- British Basketball AssociationBritish Basketball AssociationThe British Basketball Association, or BBA for short, is a proposed professional basketball league in the United Kingdom.The league is backed by a group of American and UK investors and advisers, some of which include former NBA players A. C. Green and John Amaechi, technology entrepreneur Ken...
- English Basketball LeagueEnglish Basketball LeagueThe English Basketball League is a semi-professional and amateur basketball league in England. It forms the second-tier of competition below the professional British Basketball League....