2019 CEBL season
2019 CEBL season | |
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League | Canadian Elite Basketball League |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | Season: May 9 – August 15 Playoffs: August 24–25 |
Number of games | 20 |
Number of teams | 6 |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Joel Friesen |
Picked by | Fraser Valley Bandits |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Niagara River Lions |
Season MVP | Xavier Moon (Edmonton) |
Top scorer | Tavrion Dawson (Saskatchewan) |
Championship Weekend | |
Venue | SaskTel Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Champions | Saskatchewan Rattlers |
Runners-up | Hamilton Honey Badgers |
Finals MVP | Alex Campbell (Saskatchewan) |
The 2019 CEBL season was the inaugural season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. It included six teams: Saskatchewan, Fraser Valley, Edmonton, Hamilton, Niagara, and Guelph. The regular season ran from May 9, 2019 to August 15, 2019, and the Championship Weekend took place on August 24 and 25, 2019, hosted in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. On August 25, the Saskatchewan Rattlers won the CEBL's first ever Championship after beating the Hamilton Honey Badgers. [1]
Regular season[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Niagara River Lions | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | +5 | Championship Weekend[a] |
2 | Edmonton Stingers | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | +4 | |
3 | Saskatchewan Rattlers (C, H) | 20 | 11 | 9 | .550 | +1 | |
4 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | 20 | 10 | 10 | .500 | — | |
5 | Guelph Nighthawks | 20 | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4 | |
6 | Fraser Valley Bandits | 20 | 4 | 16 | .200 | 6 |
- ^ The Saskatchewan Rattlers and the top 3 remaining teams qualify for Championship Weekend.
Results[]
Championship Weekend[]
Semi-finals August 24 | Final August 25 | ||||||||
1 | Niagara | 103 | |||||||
4 | Hamilton | 104 | |||||||
4 | Hamilton | 83 | |||||||
3 | Saskatchewan | 94 | |||||||
2 | Edmonton | 83 | |||||||
3 | Saskatchewan | 85 |
Semi-finals[]
CBC, CEBL.TV
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August 24
1:00 pm |
Edmonton Stingers 83, Saskatchewan Rattlers 85 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 32–21, 19–17, 17–25 | ||
Pts: Grandy Glaze 17 Rebs: Travis Daniels 13 Asts: Moon, , Glaze 5 each |
Pts: 17 Rebs: Posthumus, 8 each Asts: 4 |
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 2,163 Referees: Frank Rizzuti, Tanner Cervo, Greg Spagnoli |
CBC, CEBL.TV
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August 24
3:30 pm |
Niagara River Lions 103, Hamilton Honey Badgers 104 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 34–34, 20–21, 27-25, 22–24 | ||
Pts: Ryan Anderson 26 Rebs: 11 Asts: , Johnson 5 each |
Pts: Xavier Rathan-Mayes 28 Rebs: 13 Asts: Rathan-Mayes 11 |
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 2,163 Referees: Karen Lasiuk, Neil Donnelly, Troy Turnbull |
Final[]
CBC, CEBL.TV
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August 25
4:00 pm |
Hamilton Honey Badgers 83, Saskatchewan Rattlers 94 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23-21, 18-27, 22-25, 20-21 | ||
Pts: Rathan-Mayes 24 Rebs: Rathan-Mayes 11 Asts: Rathan-Mayes 5 |
Pts: 20 Rebs: 12 Asts: , 4 each |
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 3,119 Referees: Frank Rizzuti, Karen Lasuik, Tanner Cervo |
Awards[]
Source: [2]
- Player of the year: Xavier Moon, Edmonton Stingers
- Canadian Player of the Year: , Niagara River Lions
- U Sports Developmental Player of the Year: , Edmonton Stingers
- Defensive Player of the Year: Samuel Muldrow, Niagara River Lions
- Referee award:
- Community Ambassadors Awards: , Guelph Nighthawks, , Saskatchewan Rattlers, Xavier Moon, Edmonton Stingers, Ryan Anderson, Niagara River Lions, Hamilton Honey Badgers, Marek Klassen Fraser Valley Bandits
- Coach of the Year: Niagara River Lions
- CEBL Final MVP: Alex Campbell Saskatchewan Rattlers
All-star teams[]
First Team[3] | Pos. | Second Team | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Samuel Muldrow | Niagara River Lions | C | Saskatchewan Rattlers | |
Niagara River Lions | F | Edmonton Stingers | ||
Travis Daniels | Edmonton Stingers | F | Saskatchewan Rattlers | |
Hamilton Honey Badgers | G | Marek Klassen | Fraser Valley Bandits | |
Xavier Moon | Edmonton Stingers | G | Trae Bell-Haynes | Niagara River Lions |
References[]
- ^ "CEBL 2019 championship weekend". Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ https://www.cebl.ca/canadian-elite-basketball-league-cebl-announce-award-categories-for-first-ever-cebl-awards-show-being-held-at-championship-weekend>
- ^ "CEBL Awards". cebl.ca. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- Canadian Elite Basketball League
- 2018–19 in Canadian basketball