2020 TBL season

Last updated
2020 TBL season
League TBL
Sport Basketball
Regular season
Top seed Indy Express
Season MVP Corey Taite
TBL seasons

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.

Contents

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 San Diego Armada while the Waves were being relocated, but neither team would make the 2020 schedule. [5]

Standings

Final standings: [6]

TeamWL PCT
Indy Express 92.818
Jamestown Jackals 83.727
Tri-State Admirals 73.700
Dallas Skyline 94.692
Albany Patroons 63.667
Columbus Condors 63.667
Gulf Coast Lions 44.500
Owensboro Thoroughbreds 67.462
Tampa Bay Titans 47.364
Raleigh Firebirds 28.200
Lewisville Yellow Jackets 19.100
Dayton Flight 110.091

Awards

All-TBL Awards 2020: [7]

Player of the Year: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals)
Guard of the Year: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals)
Forward of the Year: Ricardo Artis III (Dallas Skyline)
Center of the Year: Terry Maston (Dallas Skyline)

All-League 1st Team

PG: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals)
PG: Daylon Guy (Dallas Skyline)
SG: Bassel Harfouch (Tampa Bay Titans)
F: Ricardo Artis III (Dallas Skyline)
F/C: Terry Maston (Dallas Skyline)

All-League 2nd Team

G: Shadell Millinghaus (Albany Patroons)
G: Joe Retic (Indy Express)
G: Andy Bosley (Columbus Condors)
G/F: Robert Vaden (Indy Express)
F/C: Anthony-Moe (Albany Patroons)

All-League 3rd Team

PG: Taishaun Johnson (Dayton Flight)
PG: Micheal Lenoir (Lewisville Yellow Jackets)
G/F: Davon Hayes (Owensboro Thoroughbreds)
F: Balsa Bazovic (Lewisville Yellow Jackets [8] )
F: James Currington (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 Gulf Coast Lions. [9]

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
11Rahim WilliamsGFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Gulf Coast Lions Shaw University 2018
12Kris BellFFlag of the United States.svg  United States Tampa Bay Titans Fort Valley State University 2017
13Lloyd BurgessCFlag of the United States.svg  United States Lewisville Yellow Jackets UNC-Greensboro 2019
14Filip SerwatkaFFlag of the United States.svg  United States Owensboro Thoroughbreds Fort Wayne 2019
15Chandler Levingston SimonFFlag of the United States.svg  United States Tri-State Admirals Valparaiso 2018
16Xavier KeelingFFlag of the United States.svg  United States Dayton Flight Indiana 2011
17Tyrone MarshallCFlag of the United States.svg  United States Jamestown Jackals CSU-Pueblo 2015
18Jalen MitchellSFFlag of the United States.svg  United States Dallas Skyline Clark Atlanta University 2019
19Zavier TurnerPGFlag of the United States.svg  United States Indy Express Manhattan College 2018
110Damon GarrettSGFlag of the United States.svg  United States Raleigh Firebirds Portland University 2018
111Tevin FarrisFFlag of the United States.svg  United States Columbus Condors Arkansas Baptist College 2019
112Rob ShawPGFlag of the United States.svg  United States Albany Patroons Chicago State University 2019
21Albany Patroons
22Columbus Condors
23Raleigh Firebirds
24Indy Express
25Dallas Skyline
26Jamestown Jackals
27Dayton Flight
28Tri-State Admirals
29Owensboro Thoroughbreds
210Lewisville Yellow Jackets
211Tampa Bay Titans
212Gulf Coast Lions

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  2. ↑ "Albany Patroons announce new ownership". The Basketball League. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ "DAYTON FLIGHT TAKES OFF IN OHIO". The Basketball League. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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  9. ↑ "TBL Draft - Gulf Coast Lions select Williams at 1 overall".
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