2019 TBL season

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2019 TBL season
League TBL
Sport Basketball
Regular season
Top seed Yakima SunKings
Season MVPRobert Duncan (Yakima)
Playoffs
Finals champions Albany Patroons
  Runners-upYakima SunKings
Finals MVPShadell Millinghaus (Albany)
TBL seasons

The 2019 TBL season is the second season of The Basketball League (TBL) after one season as North American Premier Basketball (NAPB).

Contents

After the first NAPB season, league president Dave Magley acquired the league as sole owner, moved the headquarters to Indiana, and named Evelyn Magley as the new CEO. On July 14, the league was rebranded as The Basketball League. [1] On August 16, 2018, Paul Mokeski was named the commissioner of the league after having served the previous season as head coach and general manager of the Nevada Desert Dogs.

During the previous season, four expansion teams were announced for 2019 in the Raleigh Firebirds, San Diego Waves, Tampa Bay Titans, and a Bellevue, Washington-based team. After the league rebrand, the Bellevue team, the Ohio Bootleggers, and the Vancouver Knights were no longer mentioned as members for the 2019 season. The Basketball League also added the Jamestown Jackals from the North American Basketball League [2] and the New York Court Kings from the American Basketball Association. The Nevada Desert Dogs were renamed the Mesquite Desert Dogs [3] and the Kentucky Thoroughbreds were renamed the Owensboro Thoroughbreds. [4] Upon the 2019 season schedule release, the Rochester Razorsharks were also removed from the league.

During the season, there were many canceled and rescheduled games. [5] The league apparently cut its season short with the New York Court Kings and Kansas City Tornadoes either folding or ceasing operations for the season. [6]

Standings

Final standings: [7]

TeamWL PCT
Yakima SunKings 226.786
Kansas City Tornadoes 168.667
Mesquite Desert Dogs 159.625
Albany Patroons 1611.593
Raleigh Firebirds 1513.536
Jamestown Jackals 1413.519
San Diego Waves 1113.458
Tampa Bay Titans 1118.379
Owensboro Thoroughbreds 720.259
New York Court Kings 317.150

Playoffs

There were ten teams in the league with the top four teams qualifying for the playoffs. The second place Kansas City Tornadoes elected not to participate in the playoffs. The semifinals were split in a generalized East and West series despite not having divisions during the regular season. Each round of the playoffs were played as a best-of-three series. [8]

Semifinals
(Best-of-3) 		Finals
(Best-of-3)
      
W1Yakima SunKings2
W2 Mesquite Desert Dogs 0
W1 Yakima SunKings 1
E1Albany Patroons2
E1Albany Patroons2
E2 Raleigh Firebirds 1

Draft

The 2019 player draft for the league was held on December 3, 2018, [9] and the league's ten teams took turns selecting players who had all competed at the college level in the United States at some point.

Julian Harris of UT Arlington was the first overall TBL selection taken by Raleigh Firebirds.

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.GFC
Position GuardForwardCenter
RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamCollegeYear graduated
11 Julian Harris FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Raleigh Firebirds UT Arlington 2018
12 Xzavier Taylor F/CFlag of the United States.svg  United States Jamestown Jackals Purdue Fort Wayne 2018
13 Zack Taylor FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Tampa Bay Titans Louisville 2018
14 Zerrion Payton GFlag of the United States.svg  United States San Diego Waves Westminster College 2017
15 Quincy Scates GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Owensboro Thoroughbreds Tennessee Wesleyan University 2016
16 Jeremy Burright FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Kansas City Tornadoes Lower Columbia College
17 Alonzo Murphy FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Albany Patroons Lincoln University 2015
18 Dushone Brown FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Mesquite Desert Dogs Los Angeles Harbor College
19 Richard Townsend-Gant FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Yakima Sun Kings Vancouver Island
110 Darnell Foreman FFlag of the United States.svg  United States New York Court Kings University of Pennsylvania 2018
211 Rahim Williams GFlag of the United States.svg  United States New York Court Kings Youngstown State 2018
212 Brenton Scott GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Yakima Sun Kings Indiana State 2018
213 Zach Cassita GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Mesquite Desert Dogs North Park University
214 Josh Cameron GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Albany Patroons Coastal Carolina University
215 Darien Walker FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Kansas City Tornadoes Valparaiso 2016
216 Gerald Campbell GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Owensboro Thoroughbreds Central State University
217 Spencer Parker FFlag of the United States.svg  United States San Diego Waves Bowling Green State University 2017
218 Arthur Tally FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Tampa Bay Titans Claflin University
219 Charles Foster GFlag of the United States.svg  United States Jamestown Jackals Kansas State 2018
220 Timothy Plummer FFlag of the United States.svg  United States Raleigh Firebirds State College of Florida

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  2. ↑ "Moving On Up – Jackals To Join Minor League Professional Ranks This Season". The Post-Journal . August 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mesquite (Nevada) Desert Dogs coming back for 2019". Mesquite Local News. August 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Thoroughbreds revitalize identity, ready to give back". The Owensboro Times. October 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ "GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR DESERT DOGS". Mesquite Local News. April 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Patroons trying to make it work". Times Union . April 8, 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Basketball League 2019 Standings". The Basketball League . Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  8. ↑ "TBL Instagram post - April 15, 2019". Instagram. April 15, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  9. ↑ "2019 1ST AND 2ND ROUND DRAFT PICKS". TheBasketballLeague.net. December 3, 2018.
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