Nottingham Wildcats

The Nottingham Wildcats are an English basketball club based in Nottingham, England. The Wildcats' senior women's team compete in the Women's British Basketball League (WBBL).

Nottingham Wildcats
LeagueWBBL
Founded1976 (1976)
HistoryNottingham Wildcats
1976–present
ArenaNottingham Wildcats Arena
LocationNottingham, England
Team colors     
Head coachKenrick Liburd
Championships2 WBBL Championship
Websitenottinghamwildcatsbasketball.co.uk

History

The Wildcats were established in 1976 and are the biggest women's basketball club in Nottingham.[1][2] The team is run by the Nottingham Wildcats Community Basketball and Sports Trust.[3] The Wildcats are one of only a handful of British basketball clubs to administer and run their own facility, the Nottingham Wildcats Arena, which opened in 2001.[4]

A perennially successful team in the English Women's Basketball League, the Wildcats were one of the founder members of the Women's British Basketball League in 2014.[5]

Home venues
  • Dayncourt School
  • Portland Leisure Centre
  • Nottingham Wildcats Arena (2001–present)[6]

Season-by-season records
Season [7] Division Tier Regular season Playoffs WBBL Trophy WBBL Cup Head coach
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
Nottingham Wildcats
2014–15 WBBL 1 2nd 18 16 2 32 .889 Runners up Runners up — Dave Greenaway
2015–16 WBBL 1 1st 16 15 1 30 .938 Runners up Semi-finals — Dave Greenaway
2016–17 WBBL 1 1st 18 14 4 28 .778 Runners up Semi-finals Runners up Dave Greenaway
2017–18 WBBL 1 4th 20 12 8 24 .600 Semi-finals Pools stage Winners Dave Greenaway
2018–19 WBBL 1 6th 22 11 11 22 .500 Quarter-finals Pools stage Quarter-finals Kenrick Liburd
2019–20 WBBL 1 [lower-alpha 1] 18 11 7 22 .611 [lower-alpha 1] Semi-finals Quarter-finals Kenrick Liburd
2020–21 WBBL 1 4th 20 11 9 22 .550 Semi-finals Runners up Semi-finals Kenrick Liburd
2021–22 WBBL 1 5th 24 12 12 24 .500 Semi-finals Semi-finals Pools stage Kenrick Liburd
2022–23 WBBL 1 11th 22 3 19 6 .136 Did not qualify 1st Round Quarter-finals Kenrick Liburd

Notes:

  1. The 2019–20 season was cancelled in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Wildcats were in 5th at the time.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Nottingham Wildcats roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
G 1 United Kingdom Ashton, Brahe 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
G 3 United States Edmonds, Shaunay 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
G 5 United Kingdom Evison, Maisie
G 6 United Kingdom Casanova, Dejanae
G 9 Canada Gyles, Jahnae 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
G 11 United Kingdom Charity, Natalie
F 14 Spain Bueriberi, Isabel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
F 15 United Kingdom Ashton, Grace
F 21 Germany Egharevba, Praise 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
G / F 22 United Kingdom Whittingham, Imani 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
G 23 United States Pannell, Brooklyn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
F 30 United States Nicholas, Kennedy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Head coach
  • United Kingdom Kenrick Liburd
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

[8] [9]

Honours
  • WBBL Championship (2): 2015-16, 2016-17 [7]
  • WBBL Cup (1): 2017-18 [10] [11]

See also

References
  1. "Nottingham Wildcats History Nottingham Wildcats History".
  2. "Nottinghamshire Basketball Association :: Nottingham Wildcats". www.nottsbasketball.co.uk.
  3. "Charity Details". beta.charitycommission.gov.uk.
  4. "Nottingham Wildcats Arena". April 8, 2019.
  5. "WBBL TO UPSCALE WOMEN'S TOP TIER".
  6. "Nottingham Wildcats Sports Halls".
  7. "Nottingham History – Women's British Basketball League".
  8. "Nottingham Wildcats Women's WBBL Team".
  9. "Nottingham Wildcats basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC.
  10. "Nottingham Wildcats delighted to share Cup success with whole club". January 29, 2018.
  11. "Nottingham Wildcats Crowned 2018 WBBL Cup Champions". January 29, 2018.
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