2024 CEBL season

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2024 CEBL season
League Canadian Elite Basketball League
Sport Basketball
DurationSeason: May 21 – July 29
Playoffs: August 2–11
Number of games20 per team
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) TSN
Draft
Top draft pick Ismaël Diouf
Picked by Montreal Alliance
Regular season
Top seed Vancouver Bandits
Season MVP Tazé Moore
Top scorer Justin Wright-Foreman
Championship weekend
Venue Verdun Auditorium
Montreal, Quebec
Champions Niagara River Lions
  Runners-up Vancouver Bandits
Finals MVP Khalil Admad
Seasons

The 2024 CEBL season was the sixth season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). It began on May 21, 2024, and the regular season ended on July 29, 2024. [1]

Contents

Regular season

Standings

Western Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTQualification
1 Vancouver Bandits 2014618931716+177.700Advance to championship weekend
2 Edmonton Stingers 2013718201763+57.650Advance to quarter-finals
3 Calgary Surge 2011918311771+60.550Advance to play in games
4 Winnipeg Sea Bears 2091118421912−70.450
5 Saskatchewan Rattlers 2061417571865−108.300
Source: CEBL

Eastern Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTQualification
1 Niagara River Lions (C)2014618821754+128.700Advance to quarter-finals
2 Scarborough Shooting Stars 2012818681810+58.600Advance to play in games
3 Ottawa BlackJacks 2091118211907−86.450
4 Brampton Honey Badgers 2061416901863−173.300
5 Montreal Alliance (H)2061416891732−43.300Advance to championship weekend [a]
Source: CEBL
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ Automatically qualified for championship weekend as the host team.

Attendance

As of July 29, 2024 [a]
PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Winnipeg Sea Bears 86,73511,0517,6078,674+58.2%†
2 Vancouver Bandits 38,9084,5383,2883,891+127.1% [b]
3 Calgary Surge 34,50612,3271,9123,451+15.8%†
4 Edmonton Stingers 34,2224,2562,0193,422−11.3% [c]
5 Niagara River Lions 28,3703,3332,3962,837−8.7%†
6 Montreal Alliance 26,9503,0121,9792,695−6.4%†
7 Saskatchewan Rattlers 21,0483,2112,0172,339+19.5% [d]
8 Ottawa Blackjacks 20,5232,5101,6312,052+6.7%†
9 Brampton Honey Badgers 20,0004,0681,0132,000+27.1%†
10 Scarborough Shooting Stars 14,9981,7481,2421,500−1.0%†
League total326,26012,3271,0133,296+15.9%†

Source:

  1. ↑ The following team did not report game attendance:
    • Saskatchewan on July 11
  2. ↑ Vancouver only reported five games' attendance in 2023
  3. ↑ Edmonton only reported nine games' attendance in 2023
  4. ↑ Saskatchewan only reported one game's attendance in 2023

Results

Teams BHB CGY EDM MON NIA OTT SSK SSS VAN WPG BHB CGY EDM MON NIA OTT SSK SSS VAN WPG
Brampton Honey Badgers —108–10585–7974–6799–8269–7673–81108–8390–92—79–9498–96
Calgary Surge 88–76—79–9790–80102–8597–10465–70110–78—84–9197–9487–83
Edmonton Stingers 99–7980–91—79–10092–9193–7790–9389–8658–87—88–8199–82
Montreal Alliance 95–7777–81—80–9486–8789–7293–8680–7880–7387–90—84–76
Niagara River Lions 103–60109–89105–10497–95—110–8681–78101–9480–7183–77—109–97
Ottawa Blackjacks 116–10490–10084–9289–10490–86—98–92102–8092–91122–113—79–92
Saskatchewan Rattlers 104–9377–10587–9196–9087–94—99–10598–8694–8687–95—96–84
Scarborough Shooting Stars 105–9293–82103–9292–8495–87105–91—90–104106–9091–7177–98—
Vancouver Bandits 100–7488–10795–75105–83104–6798–8588–83—112–9199–70—103–92
Winnipeg Sea Bears 111–10487–9794–8293–80103–101109–10688–84—102–10197–9399–102—
Updated to match(es) played on July 23, 2024. Source: https://www.cebl.ca/result2fiba
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Play-in round
August 2		Quarterfinals
August 4		Semifinals
August 9		Championship
August 11
E1Niagara78
E1Niagara94E5Montreal75
E2Scarborough73E3Ottawa91E1Niagara97
E3Ottawa90W1Vancouver95
W1Vancouver89
W2Edmonton69W3Calgary87
W3Calgary84W3Calgary78
W4Winnipeg82

Play-in games

Note: all times are local
August 2
7:00pm
Scarborough Shooting Stars 73, Ottawa Blackjacks 90
Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 12–17, 19–27, 11–28
Pts: Aaron Best, Donovan Williams 17
Rebs: Jalen Adaway, Kalif Young 8
Asts: Jalen Adaway, Cat Barber, Kadre Gray 3		Pts: Isaih Moore 22
Rebs: Isaih Moore 10
Asts: Deng Adel 8
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Scarborough, Ontario
Attendance: 1,622
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Dave Maxin, Christine Vuong
August 2
7:30pm
Calgary Surge 84, Winnipeg Sea Bears 82
Scoring by quarter:28–12, 18–24, 20–22, 18–24
Pts: Mathieu Kamba 27
Rebs: Sean Miller-Moore 14
Asts: Corey Davis Jr 8		Pts: Emmanuel Akot 23
Rebs: Simon Hildebrandt 8
Asts: Scottie Lindsey 5
WinSport Event Centre, Calgary, Alberta
Attendance: 2,574
Referees: Perry Stothart, Neil Donnelly, Cooper Toppings

Quarterfinals

August 4
5:30pm
Niagara River Lions 94, Ottawa Blackjacks 91
Scoring by quarter:28–19, 21–29, 18–29, 27–14
Pts: Khalil Ahmad 23
Rebs: Jahvon Blair, Nathan Cayo 6
Asts: Khalil Ahmad 8		Pts: Shamar Givance 19
Rebs: Deng Adel 10
Asts: Deng Adel 10
Meridian Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario
Attendance: 4,004
Referees: Nate Saunders, Greg Spagnoli, Chris Buccella
August 4
6:00pm
Edmonton Stingers 69, Calgary Surge 78
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–17, 18–24, 15–15
Pts: Jacob Evans III 13
Rebs: Brody Clarke 8
Asts: Elijah Miller, Jacob Evans III 8		Pts: Corey Davis Jr 22
Rebs: Trhae Mitchell, Jordy Tshimanga 8
Asts: Corey Davis Jr 6
Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Waseem Husainy, Ryley Kerrison, Farhan Baig

Championship Weekend

Semifinals

August 9
5:30pm
Vancouver Bandits 89, Calgary Surge 87
Scoring by quarter:20–23, 27–18, 23–26, 19–20
Pts: Mitch Creek 27
Rebs: Tazé Moore 11
Asts: Tazé Moore 5		Pts: Corey Davis Jr 23
Rebs: Mathieu Kamba 13
Asts: Corey Davis Jr 7
Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Nate Saunders, Perry Stothart
August 9
8:00pm
Niagara River Lions 78, Montreal Alliance 75
Scoring by quarter:16–11, 22–25, 16–23, 24–16
Pts: Khalil Ahmad 31
Rebs: Omari Moore 13
Asts: Omari Moore, Tj Lall 2		Pts: Ahmed Hill 14
Rebs: Jordan Bowden 11
Asts: Guillaume Payen-Boucard 3
Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Waseem Husainy, Ryley Kerrison, Chris Bucella

Championship

August 11
6:00pm
Vancouver Bandits 95, Niagara River Lions 97
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 26–21, 16–27, 26–33
Pts: Mitch Creek 26
Rebs: Mitch Creek 13
Asts: Zach Copeland 3		Pts: Nathan Cayo 25
Rebs: Omari Moore, Nathan Cayo 8
Asts: Omari Moore 5
Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 3,031
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Waseem Husainy, Nate Saunders

Awards

Source: [2]

All-CEBL teams

First TeamPos.Second Team
PlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Nick Ward Vancouver Bandits F Chris Smith Montreal Alliance
Khalil Ahmad Niagara River Lions G Teddy Allen Winnipeg Sea Bears /
Saskatchewan Rattlers
Cat Barber Scarborough Shooting Stars G Jahvon Blair Niagara River Lions
Tazé Moore Vancouver Bandits G Jalen Harris Saskatchewan Rattlers
Justin Wright-Foreman Winnipeg Sea Bears GKoby McEwen Vancouver Bandits

All-Canadian team

Pos.PlayerTeam
FBrody Clarke Edmonton Stingers
GSean Miller-Moore Calgary Surge
GKoby McEwen Vancouver Bandits
G Jahvon Blair Niagara River Lions
GMathieu Kamba Calgary Surge

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  2. ↑ "Tazé Moore, Koby McEwen Highlight Winners at 2024 CEBL Awards". cebl.ca. August 8, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
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