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30 January 2026  3 min read

NBL D1 Preview (31 Jan/1 Feb 2026) - Live Stats, streaming, schedule and more

New National Cup champs Solent pick back up with a road test against London Lions II, beaten finalists Manchester Magic are at home to Cardiff, and Pool B's clash between Barking and Barnet could be one of the game's of the weekend.

In the list below, a * is for Pool A games, and a + is for Pool B games.

Saturday 31 January 2026

* 2:30pm - Oxford Hoops (2-12) vs Sheffield Arrows (10-5) - LIVE STATS

* 3pm - Liverpool (10-6) vs Birmingham City University (13-3) - LIVE STATS

* 3pm - Leicester Warriors (4-11) vs Myerscough Basketball Academy (10-5) - LIVE STATS

+ 4pm - Barking Abbey (10-3) vs Barnet Bulldogs (10-1) - LIVE STATS

+ 5:30pm - London Lions II (5-7) vs Solent Kestrels (9-2)  - LIVE STATS

+ 6pm - CoLA Southwark Pride (6-6) vs Richmond Knights (4-7) - LIVE STATS

* 6pm - Manchester Magic (8-5) vs Cardiff Met Archers (3-12) - LIVE STATS

* 6pm - Teesside Lions (4-12) vs Worcester Wolves (12-4) - LIVE STATS

Sunday 1 February 2026

* 1:30pm - Leicester Warriors (4-11) vs Oxford Hoops (2-12) - LIVE STATS

+ 2:30pm - Cobham Cobras (4-8) vs London Stars (8-4) - LIVE STATS

* 3pm - St Helens Saints (8-5) vs Sheffield Sharks II (6-10)  - LIVE STATS

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Pool A set for another twist?

Current leaders BCU head to Liverpool this weekend to face reigning Player of the Week Louis Rogerson-Evans. 

With six losses, the North West side may be outside Pool A's race at the top, but they can still provide a bump in the road to BCU's own title chances, boosting their playoff hopes in the process.

Five-loss teams St Helens (home to Sheffield Sharks II), Manchester (home to Cardiff), Myerscough (away to Leicester) and Sheffield Arrows (away to Oxford) will be all hoping for positive results, as will second-place Worcester (away to Teesside), as the quintet all face teams with weaker records than themselves this weekend.

Top of the table clash in Pool B

Both tied on 20 points, Barking Abbey will host Barnet on Saturday as one side will take the upper hand in Pool B's title race.

Solent will be watching on for the result in that one, especially if BA can hand the Bulldogs a second loss of the campaign to take them level with the Kestrels' own tally.

London Stars have the opportunity to keep themselves firmly in the mix at the top with their Sunday fixture away to Cobham, safe in the knowledge that are least one of the three teams ahead of them will be dropping points this weekend.

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