The 1973/74 season is the eighth season of the Basketball Bundesliga . The top division in German men's club basketball, which until 1990 was limited to the territory of West Germany without the GDR , was played in two regional groups, north and south, each with eight teams.
In two regional groups, north and south, eight teams each determined the eight participants in the intermediate round , for which the four first placed in the two groups were qualified. The two most recently placed clubs in the two groups were relegated from the basketball league. Tied game results after the end of the regular playing time in a game were included in the evaluation and there was no extension of the playing time to determine a winner.
In the intermediate round, two teams from a regional group played again in a round-robin mode according to the placements in the main round. The teams placed "oddly" met the teams placed " evenly " in the other regional group. The two teams placed first in an intermediate round formed the four semi-finalists. There the finalists and then the German champions were determined in the knockout system by adding the first and second leg . If it was a draw after adding the first and second legs, the playing time was now extended by five net minutes until a winner was determined at the end of one extra time.
In the main rounds of the regional groups, SSV Hagen and MTV 1846 Gießen were once again the group winners. In the second round were at the end next to the SSV Hagen in the other group of 04 Leverkusen TuS front, but their semi-final against defending champion USC Heidelberg lost while Hagen prevailed over casting, in the second round is due to better direct comparison against the Hamburger TB prevailed. In the finals, SSV Hagen was able to win its first championship title against USC Heidelberg, which could not defend their title. In the cup final, the losers from the semi-finals for the championship faced each other, with TuS 04 Leverkusen winning against defending champion MTV Giessen by two points.
