BUCS Premier Recap Week 6

January 26, 2012

The BUCS basketball season saw its first action of 2012 yesterday as Durham slipped to their first defeat, an 83-58 loss at the hands of Worcester. That leaves Brunel as the only undefeated team in BUCS this season as they rode past Oxford to move to 6-0 atop the Premier South. Results and leading scorers [...]

BUCS Final 8′s (Almost) Set

December 1, 2011

The 2012 BUCS Final 8′s are almost set and no major upsets took place after the Last 16 fixtures took place yesterday. The lineup for the Final 8′s in Sheffield in March 2012 is so far looking identical to last year (one game still be played) after the new format that has been brought in. [...]

Brunel Top LSBU: BUCS Premier Recap Week 5

November 24, 2011

Brunel remained the only undefeated team in the South yesterday after an epic overtime battle with LSBU that resulted in a 79-74 victory. In front of packed out bleachers, the game was a great advertisement for BUCS basketball, seeing a number of lead changes throughout and 1992 born Louis Sayers go off for 33 points [...]

BUCS Premier Recap Week 4

November 17, 2011

Both London South Bank and Brunel kept their perfect records intact in the Premier South yesterday, beating Middlesex and London Met respectively. LSBU led from the opening tip to the final buzzer, and despite Middlesex reducing the deficit to 4 at one point, they just didn’t have enough firepower to overcome last year’s third place [...]

BUCS Premier Recap Week 3

November 10, 2011

The BUCS basketball season went into it’s third week yesterday, with Durham remaining to keep their perfect record intact after beating Leeds Met Carnegie 78-72. Durham remain as the only team in the North still undefeated. At the opposite end of the table, Glasgow were downed in controversial fashion after Ben Warrington hit two free [...]

Blowouts Galore, BUCS Recap Week 2

November 3, 2011

The BUCS basketball regular season went into it’s second week yesterday and with only one result being closer than 17 points it was a day of one side victories. In the North, both Durham and Leeds Met Carnegie destroyed the opposition with 30 and 26 point routs respectively, with Worcester only being slightly worse with [...]

Durham Get Revenge, BUCS Recap Week 1

October 27, 2011

Durham University got revenge for their Final defeat to Worcester last season, steamrolling past them 85-53 on the opening day of the 2011/12 BUCS basketball season. In the South, Brunel got past regular title challengers Oxford 86-78, as the new season sees Oxford with only two returners, playing without last year’s core of Stephen Danley, [...]

BUCS Undergoes Controversial Format Change

October 25, 2011

The 2011/12 BUCS basketball season tips off tomorrow and brings with it an overhaul of the competition structure; a change that has been ill received by a number of teams in the league. The new structure sees the season broken down into two competitions; the Championship and then the regular season. Previous years have seen [...]

BUCS Home Nations 2011: Day 3-England Retain Title

April 15, 2011

The English Universities side beat Wales to retain title of the BUCS Basketball Home Nations title on Thursday, cruising to a 99-56 victory. England opened up an early lead and won the first quarter 27-12 but the Welsh found their range and pulled back to within single digits at times to trail at the half [...]

BUCS Home Nations 2011: Day 2 Results

April 14, 2011

England further cemented their grip on the 2011 BUCS Home Nations title on Wednesday with an 85-75 victory over Northern Ireland. It wasn’t an easy win with English side being down by as many as 15 points, some big plays down the stretch in the last two minutes, gave them the come from behind victory. [...]