Worcester Wolves coach Paul James wants the right reaction to last week's 'minor setback' when this team travels to in-form One Health Sharks Sheffield on Friday.

There are eight BBL Championship games to enjoy this weekend and a place in the BBL semi-finals at stake.

A long-time Milwaukee Buck and a rookie Boston Celtic may well have played their part in any Plymouth University Raiders success this season.

England Basketball has announced sports industry veteran, Huw Morgan, as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Well last weekend was one of those special weekends for me with three basketball games, all of which turned out to be, nothing short of, spectacular.

Leeds Carnegie Basketball secured their first local derby win of the season on Saturday night against Bradford Dragons. Continuing in the tradition of closely fought encounters, Leeds secured a 68-63 win.

In the BBL Championship, it's been a bad weekend for the Worcester Wolves as their unbeaten run was ended at the hands of Plymouth Raiders. Twenty Four hours later and the Leicester Riders dumped them out of the BBL Cup at the Quarter Final stage.

Last Thursday, 31 st October 2013, family and friends gathered in Birmingham to say goodbye to a member of one of the legendary Basketball families of Birmingham and the UK. His name was Allan Wilford. The Euloguy was given by his son Richard who has kindly given permission for us to reprint it here. We at mikeshaft.com send our condolences and best wishes to Del, Richard and the rest of this Basketball family.

Leeds Carnegie Basketball will face their biggest challenge of the season so far when they take on Bradford Dragons in the first local derby of the season.

London Lions head into their BBL Cup first round clash with One Health Sharks Sheffield on a high after back-to-back wins.