The team did make a successful first appearance in the National Shield however, and claimed their first piece of silverware with a victory over West Hertfordshire Warriors II in the Final.

Led by American forward Rob Stockwell and Hungarian trio Supola, György Pólya and István Herczeg, the team stormed to another regular season title whilst remaining undefeated at their Carnegie Sports Centre home until the final game of the campaign.

After winning all five group games in the 1st round, Carnegie easily dispatched London Mets in the semi-final before defeating Team Northumbria in the Final in Derby.

Carnegie opened the season with four victories from four in the group stage of the National Trophy, progressing to the 1st Knockout Round where they were drawn against reigning Division 1 Champions Derby.

An injury crisis had plagued much of Carnegie's early games in Division 1 regular season, but a spectacular return to form came in time to sweep aside the Trailblazers to advance to the semi-final, winning 95–75 in the tie which they led by as many as 26 points on two occasions.

Having dispatched Leicester Warriors with almost as much in ease in the semi-final (78–97), Leeds were pitted against three-time Trophy winner's Reading Rockets in the Final in Manchester.

Though Leeds started strongly, a dominating performance led by Reading's Matt Guymon ensured the Trophy would return to the Rockets, as they ran out 76–59 winners.

Having brushed past Brixton TopCats in the Play-off Quarter-finals with an 88–78 victory, and edged Bristol in the semi-final with an 85–81 win in overtime, Leeds were faced with familiar foes Reading in the Championship Final, in a re-enactment of the National Trophy encounter played just two months earlier.

Leeds' Zoltán Supola led the scoring with 22 points, whilst Division 1 Player of the Year candidate Adrian Fenyn contributed with a 16-point, 13 rebound double-double.

[9] During the summer of 2011 the team went through a major overhaul, and saw the departure of many key players including American's Fenyn, who moved to Division 1 rivals Medway Park Crusaders and Mike Medved.

In their places, Coach Newby drafted in Armand Anebo and Dave Ajumobi from Brixton TopCats and American small forward Justin Berry, whilst promoting young Brit's Sean Clifford, Jack Stannard and Henry Wilkins to a more senior role in the roster.

Carnegie started the new campaign in the same form as their previous dismal season had ended, suffering two losses in the opening stages of the National Trophy to Bristol and local rivals Bradford Dragons.

In the semi-final, Leeds were pitted as favourites against two-time National Cup finalists Worthing Thunder, who were suffering a poor run of form and a 0–8 record in their regular season.

[11] A sixth-placed finish in the regular season marked an improvement from the previous year, but Carnegie were not able to extend their post-season beyond the quarter-final stage, after being knocked out by Northumbria.

New signings included British talents Josh McGinn from BBL side Mersey Tigers, Rowell Graham-Bell from Essex Leopards and Daniel Bethune from Westminster Warriors.

Coach Newby also drafted in two experienced Europeans to add to roster, Charlotte 49ers' Croatian centre Ilija Ivanković and Croatian/Bosnian forward Branimir Mikulic from High Point Panthers.

Leeds weren't able to defend their National Cup title following their elimination by Newham in the quarter-final, losing 67–60 – despite holding a commanding 15–35 lead at half-time.

[13] Meanwhile, in an attempt to increase their form in Division 1 and in a push for the post-season play-offs, Coach Newby signed American power forward Russell Permenter from Australia in January 2014.

[14] The new man made an instant impact, contributing with an 11-point, 10 rebound double-double in a home loss to Glasgow Rocks in the BBL Trophy on 17 January.

Long term head coach Matt Newby left the club, to be replaced by experienced Finnish playcaller Mika Turunen.

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