Worcester Wolves and Cheshire Phoenix completed the line-up for the BBL Trophy semi-finals with contrasting victories over the weekend.

British Basketball (BB) and the British Basketball League (BBL) are pleased to announce that, with immediate effect, the BBL will be taking responsibility for the promotion, management and staging of all home Great Britain basketball events for the senior teams.

Following the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders BBL Cup win, the Lord Mayor of Leicester will be hosting a reception at the Town Hall on Thursday 14 February 2013.

Let the celebrations begin.

The pathway to the BBL Trophy Final next month has been revealed after the semi-final draw was concluded.

There were two overtime games in the BBL on Friday night as the One Health Sharks Sheffield progressed to the BBL Trophy semi-finals and there were league wins for the Newcastle Eagles, Surrey Heat and Durham Wildcats.

Launch Weekend continues with Sheffield Sharks V Glasgow Rocks in the Quarter Finals of the BBL Trophy. LIVE Courtside Commentary tonight from the EISS on The New SUNSET Radio at mikeshaft.com

Well after the heady days of 2011 and 2012 I was of the opinion that things would slow down a bit for me but how wrong was I. There I am at Media City Salford when I get an e-mail from my old mate Kevin Cadle asking me to give him a call. I thought he might have finally remembered the money that I owed him but I was wrong.

The Basketball All Party Parliament Group, under the chairmanship of Sharon Hodgson, MP, met at the House of Commons on Tuesday, 15th January, 2013, to discuss the crisis in basketball engendered by recent funding decisions by UK Sport and Sport England.

The Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders secured their first piece of silverware since 2001 after a thrilling 80-85 victory over last year's winners, the Newcastle Eagles in a sensational BBL Cup Final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. Photo Mike Shaft