Additionally, in 1971 the English Basket Ball Association's Junior Men's final Southern Pirates defeated Doncaster Panthers 72–39.
At that time Barry Hitchcock (who would be the coach of Team Talbot, Guildford) was a PE teacher at Southern.
Two of the pupils from this era Brian Hirschfield and Steven Bowden would go on to play for Team Talbot, Guildford in the NBL.
In 1975 the Grammar school was turned into a comprehensive and Brian Naysmith was appointed to be Director of Sport at the University of Surrey at Guildford and the basketball club followed him.
The move coincided with the expansion of the National Basketball League (NBL) to include a second division, which Guildford Pirates entered.
At that time, however, there was no automatic promotion or relegation between the two divisions of the NBL, so Guildford had to wait for an invitation to join the top tier, which duly arrived.
Key Players The son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist, Jim still holds the college records for most points in a single match (50), most points in a season (668) and highest season scoring average (27.8)[1] A superbly accurate shooter—”probably the best I’ve ever seen in college ball,” said his coach, Rick Wilson, doubts over his ball handling and defense, ruled out any hopes of an NBA career.
Facing a second season of struggle Team Talbot began with two new Americans, John Goedeke and Dave Winey, supported by two Dual Internationals.
Dual nationality was a controversial topic, as some players were eligible to play for England but classed as an American for their club.
American/Greek Chris Bavelles who played his College ball at California Lutheran scored 16 points and handed out 9 assists.
Their record was Pld 10 W 8 L 2 f 814 a 711 Pts 16 In the National Junior Championship Semi-finals they met Team Fiat, Birmingham.
There were three American players used Robin Jones, an NBA championship winner with the Portland Trail Blazers, Darren Pierce and Larry McKinney.
Jones and McKinney made strong contributions while Pierce was fourth in the league in scoring and second on his team in rebounding.