# 2017–18 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

The 2017–18 season was the 49th campaign of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the national basketball league of Scotland. 18 teams were split into Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 8 teams. St Mirren won their 2nd league title.

## Teams

The line-up for the 2017-18 season features the following teams:

### Division 1

* Boroughmuir Blaze
* City of Edinburgh Kings
* Dunfermline Reign
* Edinburgh University
* Sony Centre Fury
* Glasgow Storm
* Glasgow University
* Pleasance
* Stirling Knights
* St Mirren West College Scotland

### Division 2

* Ayrshire Tornadoes
* Boroughmuir Blaze B
* City of Edinburgh Kings B
* Edinburgh Lions
* Glasgow University B
* Heriot Watt University
* Perth Phoenix
* West Lothian Wolves

## Format

In Division 1, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 18 games.
In Division 2, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 14 games.

## Division 1
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | St Mirren WCS (C) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1677 | 1255 | +422 | 34 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | City of Edinburgh Kings | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1362 | 1195 | +167 | 32 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Sony Centre Falkirk Fury | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1512 | 1275 | +237 | 31 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Boroughmuir Blaze | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1427 | 1248 | +179 | 31 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Dunfermline Reign | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1583 | 1466 | +117 | 30 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Glasgow Storm | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1081 | 1339 | −258 | 23 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Stirling Knights | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1279 | 1435 | −156 | 23 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Glasgow University | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1016 | 1224 | −208 | 22 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Edinburgh University | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1169 | 1246 | −77 | 22 | |
| 10 | Pleasance (R) | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1100 | 1533 | −433 | 21 | Relegation to Division 2 |
* Edinburgh University received a 1 point deduction for conceding their match against Glasgow University.

### Playoffs

Quarter-finals
* 9 Mar 2018
| St Mirren | 80–72 | Glasgow University |
* 9 Mar 2018
| City of Edinburgh Kings | 94–72 | Stirling Knights |
* 9 Mar 2018
| Falkirk Fury | 100–61 | Glasgow Storm |
* 9 Mar 2018
| Dunfermline Reign | 68–77 | Boroughmuir Blaze |
Semi-finals
* 16 Mar 2018
| St Mirren | 71–55 | Boroughmuir Blaze |
* 16 Mar 2018
| City of Edinburgh Kings | 70–68 | Falkirk Fury |
Final
* 24 Mar 2018
| St Mirren | 66–72 | City of Edinburgh Kings |
* Oriam, Edinburgh

## Division 2
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Boroughmuir Blaze B (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1054 | 951 | +103 | 24 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Edinburgh Lions (P) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1013 | 901 | +112 | 24 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | West Lothian Wolves | 14 | 9 | 5 | 881 | 801 | +80 | 23 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Perth Phoenix | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1045 | 983 | +62 | 23 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Ayrshire Tornadoes | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1031 | 863 | +168 | 23 | |
| 6 | Glasgow University B | 14 | 4 | 10 | 859 | 900 | −41 | 18 | |
| 7 | Heriot Watt University | 14 | 4 | 10 | 848 | 957 | −109 | 18 | |
| 8 | City of Edinburgh Kings B | 14 | 1 | 13 | 815 | 1190 | −375 | 15 | |

### Playoffs

Semi-finals
* 7 Mar 2018
| Perth Phoenix | 68–72 | Boroughmuir Blaze B |
* 11 Mar 2018
| Edinburgh Lions | 56–49 | West Lothian Wolves |
Final
* 17 Mar 2018
| Boroughmuir Blaze B | 62–65 | Edinburgh Lions |
* Oriam, Edinburgh

## Scottish Cup

    Scottish Cup (basketball)
1st Round
* 6 Sep 2017
| Edinburgh Lions | 54–43 | West Lothian Wolves |
2nd Round
* 30 Sep 2017
| Glasgow Storm | 74–48 | Edinburgh Lions |
* 30 Sep 2017
| Dunfermline Reign | 91–96 | Falkirk Fury |
* 30 Sep 2017
| Glasgow University | 53–92 | St Mirren |
* 1 Oct 2017
| Ayrshire Tornadoes | 65–90 | City of Edinburgh Kings |
* 30 Sep 2017
| Boroughmuir Blaze | 83–56 | Heriot Watt University |
* 30 Sep 2017
| Highland Bears | 69–78 | Stirling Knights |
* 1 Oct 2017
| Portlethen Panthers | 63–80 | Pleasance |
* 30 Sept 2017
| Edinburgh University | 92–36 | East Warriors Aberdeen |
Quarter-finals
* 4 Nov 2017
| Glasgow Storm | 44–75 | Falkirk Fury |
* 31 Oct 2017
| St Mirren | 83–92 | City of Edinburgh Kings |
* 3 Nov 2017
| Boroughmuir Blaze | 93–56 | Stirling Knights |
* 6 Nov 2017
| Pleasance | 67–62 | Edinburgh University |
Semi-finals
* 1 Dec 2017
| Falkirk Fury | 63–64 | City of Edinburgh Kings |
* 1 Dec 2017
| Boroughmuir Blaze | 92–64 | Pleasance |
Final
* 27 Jan 2018
| City of Edinburgh Kings | 67–54 | Boroughmuir Blaze |
* Oriam, Edinburgh
The City of Edinburgh Kings won the Scottish Cup after beating the Boroughmuir Blaze in the final.