2024 CEBL Draft

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2024 CEBL Draft
General information
Sport Basketball
Date(s)April 11, 2024
Overview
30 total selections in 3 rounds
League Canadian Elite Basketball League
Teams10
First selectionIsmaël Diouf (Montreal Alliance)
  2023
2025  

The 2024 CEBL Draft, the 6th edition of the Canadian Elite Basketball League's annual draft, was announced on April 11th, 2024. The 10 teams of the CEBL took turns selecting U Sports and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association athletes to add to their rosters. The first overall selection was made by the Montreal Alliance, who selected 2024 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship MVP Ismaël Diouf of the Laval Rouge et Or. [1] The 2024 Draft marked the first time teams could select student-athletes from the CCAA, with Jerry Jr. Mercury of Mohawk College becoming the first such selection (30th overall to the Niagara River Lions). [2]

Contents

Format

The draft order for the first round is determined by how the teams finished in the 2023 CEBL season, with the last-placed Montreal Alliance obtaining the 1st overall pick. Employing a "snake draft" format, the order is reversed in even-numbered rounds, and returns to the original order in odd-numbered rounds. The draft order for the first round was determined as follows: [3]

  1. Montreal Alliance
  2. Brampton Honey Badgers
  3. Saskatchewan Rattlers
  4. Vancouver Bandits
  5. Edmonton Stingers
  6. Scarborough Shooting Stars
  7. Ottawa Blackjacks
  8. Winnipeg Sea Bears
  9. Calgary Surge
  10. Niagara River Lions

Player selection

Source: https://www.cebl.ca/cebl-draft-2024-results

Round 1

PickTeamPlayerPositionHometownSchool team
1 Montreal Alliance Ismaël DioufPF/C Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC Laval Rouge et Or
2 Brampton Honey Badgers Callum BakerPG/SG Oakville, ON Toronto Varsity Blues
3 Saskatchewan Rattlers Elias RalphSF Okotoks, AB Victoria Vikes
4 Vancouver Bandits Adam OlsenSG/SF Surrey, BC UBC Thunderbirds
5 Edmonton Stingers Aaron RhoomsSF Toronto, ON TMU Bold
6 Scarborough Shooting Stars Malcolm ChristieSG Fredericton, NB Dalhousie Tigers
7 Ottawa BlackJacks Dragan StajicPG Waterloo, ON Ottawa Gee-Gees
8 Winnipeg Sea Bears Simon HildebrandtPF Winnipeg, MB Manitoba Bisons
9 Calgary Surge Dondre ReddickSG Antigonish, NS St. Francis Xavier X-Men
10 Niagara River Lions Jordan TchuentePF Ottawa, ON Brock Badgers

Round 2

PickTeamPlayerPositionHometownSchool team
11 Niagara River Lions Luka SyllasPG/SG Kingston, ON Queen's Gaels
12 Calgary Surge Mike DemagusSG Scarborough, ON McMaster Marauders
13 Winnipeg Sea Bears Tyler SaglSG/SF Burlington, ON Lakehead Thunderwolves
14 Ottawa BlackJacks Justin Ndjock-TadjoréSF Gatineau, QC Ottawa Gee-Gees
15 Scarborough Shooting Stars Koat ThomasSG/SF Waterloo, ON St. Francis Xavier X-Men
16 Edmonton Stingers Taye DonaldSG St. Thomas, ON Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
17 Vancouver Bandits Jerric PalmaPG Richmond, BC Western Mustangs
18 Saskatchewan Rattlers Alexander DewarSG Saskatoon, SK Saskatchewan Huskies
19 Brampton Honey Badgers Cole SyllasSG/SF Kingston, ON Queen's Gaels
20 Montreal Alliance Bahaïde HaïdaraSF Longueuil, QC UQAM Citadins

Round 3

PickTeamPlayerPositionHometownSchool team
21 Montreal Alliance Renoldo RobinsonPG/SG Montreal, QC Victoria Vikes
22 Brampton Honey Badgers David WalkerSG/SF Toronto, ON TMU Bold
23 Saskatchewan Rattlers Isaac SimonPG Regina, SK Alberta Golden Bears
24 Vancouver Bandits Connor PlatzC Langley, BC Trinity Western Spartans
25 Edmonton Stingers Nate PetronePG/SG Calgary, AB Calgary Dinos
26 Scarborough Shooting Stars Davanté HackettSG Brampton, ON Brock Badgers
27 Ottawa BlackJacks Michael Kelvin IISF/PF Ottawa, ON Queen's Gaels
28 Winnipeg Sea Bears Shawn MarananPG Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Wesmen
29 Calgary Surge Noah WhartonPG Brampton, ON Calgary Dinos
30 Niagara River Lions Jerry Jr. MercurySG/SF Scarborough, ON Mohawk Mountaineers (CCAA)

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References

  1. "Ismaël Diouf Selected First Overall by Montréal Alliance in 2024 CEBL Draft". www.alliancemontreal.ca (in French). 2024-04-11. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
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