What determines a BBL league winner?

What determines a BBL league winner?

The common saying is "Win games and the league will sort out itself" but how are games won? Is it scoring points? Stopping the opposition from scoring? Or both?

Leicester Riders are having a brilliant season so far and are sitting quite comfortable at the top of the table winning 10 out of their 11 games. But to assume this is down to scoring lots of points would be very wrong. 

Leicester are averaging 79.1 points per game, which doesn’t seem too bad, but this puts the Riders at a shocking 8th in the Average Points per game table. Manchester Giants, who sit at 10th in the league table, are even out-scoring them.

So how do they do it?

Well this is simply. Although they are only averaging 79.1 points per game, they are managing to hold their opponents to 68.8 points per game. This gives them the best defensive record in the league this year.

Plymouth raiders on the other hand are averaging an impressive 95.8 points per game but are letting their opponents score an average 85.3 points on them. The raiders are currently 4th in the league table.

How do you win games? Stop the opposition scoring.

 

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Hunt for the missing body of David Guilfoyle in Ribble Valley

Police reopened the search for the missing body of David Guilfoyle last Saturday 3rd November after new evidence was brought forward. Mr Guilfoyle was murdered  in 2005 and the body was never found. 

Police are currently searching Admiral's Wood, off Gisburn Road, Bolton-by-Bowland in the Ribble Valley.

Shane Fitzpatrick, who was convicted of murder in 2006, originally pleaded not guilty but has recently came forward to police.

Speaking at the scene of the search on Wednesday, Detective Superintendent Paul Wither, who is leading the inquiry, said: "Two officers visited him [Mr Fitzpatrick] at Garth Prison last Friday when he basically admitted his guilt, admitted responsibility for the murder and indicated that the body had been buried in a shallow grave in Admiral's Wood." 

Below is a map with all the key locations that are related to the murder of Mr Guilfoyle and the recent search for his body.





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Original article's:

Lancashire Evening Post's article on search: 2012
BBC report on search: 2012
BBC report on conviction: 2006
BBC original article on search: 2006

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DJ Waltz: An Inspiring DJ

Adam Walton, also known as DJ Waltz, has been DJ'ing in his bedroom now for just a year but already has his eyes set on a bigger stage. He spoke to me about where it all started, from the initial inspiration to his first steps into becoming a DJ.

Bedroom DJ Adam Walton

Inspiration comes from many places but for Adam Walton, 19, inspiration hit when partying it up in nightclubs. The inspiring DJ found his new love last year when he started university. Walton, whose stage name is DJ Waltz, was amazed by the DJ's in Preston's biggest nightclubs and decided to give it a try. From speaking to the right people and hours of training, Adam is now ready to leave his bedroom and move onto the bigger stage.

UCLan Student elections time

As the end of the academic year is fast approaching, the time has come for University student elections to take place.

At UCLan, the battle is well and truly on as the campaigns for student representatives and student presidents are plastered around campus.

                                                        Campaigning posters around campus 

Some electorates have gone to extreme lengths this year with free cupcakes and reports of offers to wash fellow student’s dishes while they promote their campaign.

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                                                           Electorates sketching for votes

 This year has seen a record number of votes cast, with 2,500 students voting. Despite the record, there are still approximately 32,000 students who have not voted this year.

We interviewed students on Campus to find out whether they think the elections are worthwhile and whether they feel that the student electives can make a difference…

You can watch the live result of this year student elections on http://pstv-online.co.uk/ or follow it on http://twitter.com/#!/uclansu and http://www.facebook.com/uclanstudentsunion?ref=ts.

Pride stars stay on top of the league

Preston Pride’s senior team stayed top spot of the Manchester Area Basketball League Premier Division after an excellent defensive display against Moss Side Tropics in a 68-48 win.

Pride’s coach Neil Hopkins kept his team in a zone for the majority of the game and they regularly played full court defence after scoring a basket.


Tropics started the game well, scoring the first bucket with a contested lay-up from their captain Juma Negdbonewana and winning the second quarter 12-11, but they were unable to keep their form.
Controversy also arose in the second quarter after the table officials realised Tropics’ No.8 wasn’t on the team-sheet.


Referees Tom Brinksman and Colin Hindmarch stopped play while they resolved the situation which led to No.8 being unable to play for the rest of the game.


Preston kept control and pressured Moss Side throughout the game.


Pride’s fast-tempo approach caused problems for Tropics and saw them gain a 7-0 run in the third quarter and an advantage of 24 points in the fourth.


Preston’s guard Matthew Dewhurst had a game-high 14 points and scored a number of vital baskets to increase Pride’s lead.


Graham Holland also aided Preston’s win by scoring nine points in the third quarter and ended the game with 13 points.


Tropics regularly relied on the outside shot as Pride’s zone defence didn’t allow them any space around the key but they missed six out of seven three-pointers in the first quarter alone.