Head Coach Matt Newby had talked about the three-game run-in to the End of Season Playoffs. He said his team’s focus was on delivering the best 120 minutes of regular season 40 minutes basketball to prepare themselves for that closing competition. The first 80 of that 120 had been delivered well. A close win at…
Marc Steutel revealed his immense pride in a job well done as Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles moved to within one win of this season’s playoff Final Fours. Friday’s stunning 97-78 victory at Caledonia Gladiators got the 2024 British Basketball League post-season off to a flier as sixth upset third in style. But Steutel warned against…
The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles who had finished 6th in the British Basketball League regular season standings travelled to Scotland to take on the 3rd placed finishing Caledonia Gladiators. After 40 minutes basketball any neutral watching would have assumed the standings were the other way round. Newcastle were simply irresistible all game. Never behind and…
Two games ago the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles women’s Head Coach Matt Newby talked about having 120 minutes of regular season Women’s British Basketball League to negotiate before the end of season playoffs commence. With two wins in their last two games the Eagles have negotiated the first 80 minutes perfectly. A win tonight in…
British basketball fans are predicting fireworks ahead of tonight’s must-see playoff match-up — as the Green party takes centre stage in Glasgow. Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles take on Caledonia Gladiators north of the border in Game One of what promises to be a mouthwatering quarter-final series. And all eyes will be on two of the…
Our Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles Men’s British Basketball League 2024 Play-Offs opening tip-offs have been confirmed. Following Leicester Riders’ win at Surrey Scorchers yesterday, the men were locked into 6th place in this season’s Championship standings and will face Caledonia Gladiators who finished 3rd. As the higher seed, Caledonia Gladiators have home advantage and host…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’ men and women have already been assured of Play-Offs places, but as the final Championship tip-offs approach across both leagues the first fixtures for our post-season are not yet set. While our Eagles women have one more weekend of British Basketball League action to decide their post-season opponents and that could…
The inconsistency that the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles have shown most of the season came back to haunt them in Manchester on Saturday night. After a Dr. Jekyll performance against Cheshire at home on Friday, Mr Hyde returned on Saturday. With Sheffield defeating Plymouth at home also on Saturday, it now means the Eagles can’t…
The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles flew down to Cardiff to take on the season-long winless Cardiff Met Archers and in a game that was perhaps closer than they would have like came away with a vital win in the race for the end of season Women’s British Basketball League play-offs. The Eagles look now an…
