Introduction to the College League

The London Basketball Association is thrilled to announce the return of the LBA Men’s College League, and are looking to start the first ever Women’s College League! After the unfortunate events of the Covid-19 pandemic resulting in an early end to the 2019-20 season we are looking to make the 2020-21 season’s league bigger and better than ever before.

Registration for both men and women’s leagues is now open for the 2020-21 season, this includes an early bird offer. There are many unique advantages to signing up, from implementation of a digital scoresheet, giving live stats to the world. LBA provide 2 referees and the cost of them is included in the entry fee, plus we have a budget for table officials. Discounted entry into the end of season tournament. Be sure to check out the full advantages of joining the league below. As always we can assure you that our games will be exceptionally organised (two referees and one table official is mandatory) and highly competitive, so sign your team up now and get to experience the best college basketball league in all of London!

Advantages of joining

  1. All other college leagues are restricted to under 19’s. Our league is not.
  2. Most leagues have to play games on a Wednesday. Our league is flexible and can play games on any day of the week.
  3. We have a goal of scheduling all the games before the season starts. If issues with the fixtures do arise communicate this at earliest convenience.
  4. The entry fee covers two (2) qualified referees for all of your games which LBA will arrange.
  5. Table officials are also compensated and we work with the host team to provide this.
    • LBA has a collaboration with AllOfficials, allowing the above two points viable.
  6. LBA wants to collaborate with each school, qualifying more basketball professionals into the sport throughout the season (coaches, referees and table officials).
    • With this said, LBA will offer nationally recognised qualification courses throughout the year for table officials (2hrs) and for referees (4hrs), and give every school 10 FREE places*. This is to help support home games throughout the season.
    • An LBA representative will be in touch regarding more opportunities on qualifying your students and school representatives.
  7. LBA has an annual membership for individuals and organisations, which includes many benefits & all players in the league entitled to it this season (worth up to £350+ per person).
  8. Leagues standings and fixtures can all be found on our website so you can keep track and stay updated throughout the season.
  9. We would like to offer 3 students to be a part of our media crew. They will have the opportunity to learn from our marketing expert how to create quality marketing content including taking pictures and videos of basketball games, editing them and sharing on LBA’s social media platforms, as well as develop a deeper understanding of the key principles of digital marketing.

Sign Up Information

  1. Please sign up your team online before July 15th, 2020.
    1. For the women’s league, sign up HERE.
    2. For the men’s league, sign up HERE.
  2. The registration fee can be found on the sign up link above, sign up before June 15th to qualify for Early Bird Cost
  3. Registration includes the cost of officials for every game (*schools to provide the table and LBA to pay them)
  4. After sign up, it is MANDATORY to fill in the Player Consent form, which is due for all players before your first game.
  5. Players must complete a “Journey of Change” form at the start and before the end of the season.
  6. By entering the league you agree to our rules and conditions.

Men's 5v5 League Details

General Info
  • The season will run from October to April. You can view the season schedule & table standings from our Fixtures page.
  • Depending on how many teams sign up, there will be pools created which will be made up of an A & B division where possible.
  • The home team will be required to provide one (1) table official who will be compensated by LBA.
  • Digital scoresheets will be used, meaning stats will be online in real-time.
  • Officials will be managed by the AllOfficials app which empowers you to be able to make changes to the details before four (4) days of the game and makes officiating viable.
Season Format
  • Stage 1 is Round Robin where you play everyone in your pool once. This has to be completed by February Half Term.
  • Stage 2 is Seeded Playoffs where the top 2 teams from each pool will advance to the semi-final and then the finals. This is to be completed by Easter Holidays.
Additional Rounds
  • End of Season Tournament, Date TBC. LBA provides discounted entry to all teams in the league, however, this tournament is also open to teams not part of the league.

Women's 3v3 League Details

General Info
  • The season will run from October to April. You can view the season schedule & table standings from our Fixtures page
  • Depending on how many teams sign up, there will be pools created which will be made up of an A & B division where possible.
  • The home team will be required to provide one (1) table official who will be compensated by LBA.
  • Digital scoresheets will be used, meaning stats will be online in real-time.
  • Officials will be managed by the AllOfficials app which empowers you to be able to make changes to the details before four (4) days of the game and makes officiating viable.
Season Format
  • Stage 1 is Round Robin where you play everyone in the league once. This has to be completed by February half-term.
  • Stage 2 is Seeded Playoffs where the top 4 teams will advance to the semi-final and then the finals. This is to be completed by Easter Break.
Rules
  • FIBA rules apart from the following:
    • game time is 10 minutes of two halves
    • up to 6 players per team
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