2020 TBL season
2020 TBL season | |
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League | TBL |
Sport | Basketball |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Indy Express |
Season MVP |
The 2020 TBL season is the third season of The Basketball League (TBL). In March 18, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled without completion.
League changes[]
Organization[]
On June 29, 2019, league CEO Evelyn Magley announced Kayla Crosby as the director of team development for approving new teams. Crosby is the owner and founder of the Jamestown Jackals.[1]
Teams[]
It was announced that the Albany Patroons had been sold to new ownership.[2] The Yakima SunKings were not included as 2020 member and the Mesquite Desert Dogs withdrew due to the travel constraints as the only remaining west coast team.
The league also added the Columbus Condors, Dayton Flight, Dallas Skyline, Gulf Coast Lions, Indy Express, Lewisville Yellow Jackets, and the Tri-State Admirals as expansion teams.[3][4] The TBL added the Gulf Coast Lions, based in the Bradenton/Sarasota area, as the league's seventh new team for the 2020 season. The San Diego Waves were replaced by expansion while the Waves were being relocated, but neither team would make the 2020 schedule.[5]
Standings[]
Final standings:[6]
Team | W | L | PCT |
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Indy Express | 9 | 2 | .818 |
Jamestown Jackals | 8 | 3 | .727 |
Tri-State Admirals | 7 | 3 | .700 |
Dallas Skyline | 9 | 4 | .692 |
Albany Patroons | 6 | 3 | .667 |
Columbus Condors | 6 | 3 | .667 |
4 | 4 | .500 | |
Owensboro Thoroughbreds | 6 | 7 | .462 |
Tampa Bay Titans | 4 | 7 | .364 |
Raleigh Firebirds | 2 | 8 | .200 |
Lewisville Yellow Jackets | 1 | 9 | .100 |
Dayton Flight | 1 | 10 | .091 |
Awards[]
All-TBL Awards 2020:[7]
Player of the Year: (Tri-State Admirals)
Guard of the Year: (Tri-State Admirals)
Forward of the Year: (Dallas Skyline)
Center of the Year: (Dallas Skyline)
All-League 1st Team[]
PG: (Tri-State Admirals)
PG: (Dallas Skyline)
SG: (Tampa Bay Titans)
F: (Dallas Skyline)
F/C: (Dallas Skyline)
All-League 2nd Team[]
G: (Albany Patroons)
G: (Indy Express)
G: (Columbus Condors)
G/F: Robert Vaden (Indy Express)
F/C: (Albany Patroons)
All-League 3rd Team[]
PG: (Dayton Flight)
PG: (Lewisville Yellow Jackets)
G/F: (Owensboro Thoroughbreds)
F: (Owensboro Thoroughbreds)
F: (Tri-State Admirals)
Draft[]
The 2020 player draft for the league was held on December 8, 2019. The first overall TBL selection Rahim Williams was taken by .[8]
Although some of the players chosen in the draft had played semi-professional or professional basketball after college graduation, only the United States colleges they attended are listed.
Pos. | G | F | C |
Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | College | Year graduated |
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1 | 1 | Rahim Williams | G | Canada | Shaw University | 2018 | |
1 | 2 | Kris Bell | F | United States | Tampa Bay Titans | Fort Valley State University | 2017 |
1 | 3 | Lloyd Burgess | C | United States | Lewisville Yellow Jackets | UNC-Greensboro | 2019 |
1 | 4 | Filip Serwatka | F | United States | Owensboro Thoroughbreds | Fort Wayne | 2019 |
1 | 5 | Chandler Levingston Simon | F | United States | Tri-State Admirals | Valparaiso | 2018 |
1 | 6 | Xavier Keeling | F | United States | Dayton Flight | Indiana | 2011 |
1 | 7 | Tyrone Marshall | C | United States | Jamestown Jackals | CSU-Pueblo | 2015 |
1 | 8 | Jalen Mitchell | SF | United States | Dallas Skyline | Clark Atlanta University | 2019 |
1 | 9 | Zavier Turner | PG | United States | Indy Express | Manhattan College | 2018 |
1 | 10 | Damon Garrett | SG | United States | Raleigh Firebirds | Portland University | 2018 |
1 | 11 | Tevin Farris | F | United States | Columbus Condors | Arkansas Baptist College | 2019 |
1 | 12 | Rob Shaw | PG | United States | Albany Patroons | Chicago State University | 2019 |
2 | 1 | Albany Patroons | |||||
2 | 2 | Columbus Condors | |||||
2 | 3 | Raleigh Firebirds | |||||
2 | 4 | Indy Express | |||||
2 | 5 | Dallas Skyline | |||||
2 | 6 | Jamestown Jackals | |||||
2 | 7 | Dayton Flight | |||||
2 | 8 | Tri-State Admirals | |||||
2 | 9 | Owensboro Thoroughbreds | |||||
2 | 10 | Lewisville Yellow Jackets | |||||
2 | 11 | Tampa Bay Titans | |||||
2 | 12 | Gulf Coast Lions |
References[]
- ^ "Kayla Crosby Named The Basketball League's Director Of Team Development". The Post-Journal. June 29, 2019.
- ^ "Albany Patroons announce new ownership". The Basketball League. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "DAYTON FLIGHT TAKES OFF IN OHIO". The Basketball League. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
- ^ "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "The Basketball League 2020 Standings". The Basketball League.
- ^ "All-TBL Awards 2020".
- ^ "TBL Draft - Gulf Coast Lions select Williams at 1 overall".
External links[]
- The Basketball League seasons
- TBL Draft