# 2018–19 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

The 2018–19 season was the 50th campaign of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the national basketball league of Scotland. 19 teams were split into Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 9 teams. Dunfermline Reign won their first league title.

## 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 16 games.

## Division 1
### Teams

Promoted to Division 1
* Edinburgh Lions
Relegated from Division 1
* Pleasance

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dunfermline Reign (C) | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1550 | 1158 | +392 | 35 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | Falkirk Fury | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1503 | 1198 | +305 | 32 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | St Mirren | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1747 | 1400 | +347 | 31 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | City of Edinburgh Kings | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1277 | 1189 | +88 | 30 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Boroughmuir Blaze | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1470 | 1307 | +163 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 6 | Glasgow Storm | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1262 | 1272 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 7 | Glasgow University | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1251 | 1350 | −99 | 26 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 8 | Edinburgh Lions | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1146 | 1525 | −379 | 21 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 9 | Stirling Knights (R) | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1095 | 1497 | −402 | 20 | Relegation Playoff |
| 10 | Edinburgh University (R) | 18 | 1 | 17 | 993 | 1398 | −405 | 19 | Relegation to Division 2 |

### Playoffs

Quarter-finals
* 8 Mar 2019
| City of Edinburgh Kings | 87–70 | Boroughmuir Blaze |
* 8 Mar 2019
| Falkirk Fury | 92–68 | Glasgow University |
* 9 Mar 2019
| Dunfermline Reign | 85–54 | Edinburgh Lions |
* 12 Mar 2019
| St Mirren | 93–85 | Glasgow Storm |
Semi-finals
* 15 Mar 2019
| Falkirk Fury | 94–84 | St Mirren |
* 16 Mar 2019
| Dunfermline Reign | 75–77 | City of Edinburgh Kings |
Final
* 30 Mar 2019
| City of Edinburgh Kings | 74–73 | Falkirk Fury |
* Oriam, Edinburgh

## Division 2
### Teams

Promoted to Division 1
* Edinburgh Lions
Relegated from Division 1
* Pleasance
New team
* North Lanarkshire Chiefs

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Ayrshire Tornadoes (C, P) | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1385 | 1014 | +371 | 30 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | West Lothian Wolves | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1151 | 968 | +183 | 27 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | Perth Phoenix (P) | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1088 | 938 | +150 | 27 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Heriot Watt University | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1184 | 1116 | +68 | 25 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Boroughmuir Blaze B | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1072 | 1084 | −12 | 25 | |
| 6 | Pleasance | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1008 | 1121 | −113 | 24 | |
| 7 | City of Edinburgh Kings U23s | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1036 | 1168 | −132 | 22 | |
| 8 | North Lanarkshire Chiefs | 16 | 3 | 13 | 875 | 1108 | −233 | 19 | |
| 9 | Glasgow University B | 16 | 1 | 15 | 874 | 1156 | −282 | 17 | |

### Playoffs

Semi-finals
* 16 Mar 2019
| Ayrshire Tornadoes | 90–89 | Heriot Watt University |
* 17 Mar 2019
| West Lothian Wolves | 78–79 | Perth Phoenix |
Final
* 23 Mar 2019
| Ayrshire Tornadoes | 82–74 | Perth Phoenix |
* St Columba's RC High School, Dunfermline

### Promotion playoff

* 10 Jun 2019
| Stirling Knights | 62–72 | Perth Phoenix |

## Scottish Cup

    Scottish Cup (basketball)
1st Round
* 31 Aug 2018
| Ayrshire Tornadoes | 91–67 | Perth Phoenix |
* 15 Sep 2018
| Pleasance | 56–59 | Portlethen Panthers |
2nd Round
* 29 Sep 2018
| Ayrshire Tornadoes | 88–49 | Highland Bears |
* 29 Sep 2018
| City of Edinburgh Kings | 91–59 | Portlethen Panthers |
* 29 Sep 2018
| Glasgow University | 75–79 | Boroughmuir Blaze |
* 28 Sep 2018
| St Mirren | 106–62 | Edinburgh Lions |
* 29 Sep 2018
| Edinburgh University | 53–79 | Dunfermline Reign |
| Granite City Grizzlies | c–w | West Lothian Wolves |
* 29 Sep 2018
| Stirling Knights | 77–71 | Glasgow Storm |
* 30 Sep 2018
| Heriot Watt University | 74–114 | Falkirk Fury |
Quarter-finals
* 3 Nov 2018
| Ayrshire Tornadoes | 95–76 | City of Edinburgh Kings |
* 6 Nov 2018
| Boroughmuir Blaze | 77–80 | St Mirren |
* 3 Nov 2018
| Dunfermline Reign | 97–90 | West Lothian Wolves |
* 2 Nov 2018
| Stirling Knights | 60–79 | Falkirk Fury |
Semi-finals
* 5 Dec 2018
| Ayrshire Tornadoes | 81–134 | St Mirren |
* 8 Dec 2018
| Dunfermline Reign | 72–87 | Falkirk Fury |
Final
* 2 Feb 2019 17:45
| St Mirren | 78–100 | Falkirk Fury |
* Oriam, Edinburgh