Basketball Super League (North America)

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Basketball Super League
Current season, competition or edition:
Basketball current event.svg 2024–25 Basketball Super League season
Sport Basketball
Founded2023
President Dave Magley
CommissionerDevin Kinsella
No. of teams9
Countries Canada
United States
Continents North America
Most recent
champion(s)
London Lightning (1st title)
Most titles London Lightning (1)

The Basketball Super League is a professional basketball league based throughout Canada and the United States. The goal is to model the league after professional soccer and basketball leagues in Europe, by playing against teams in The Basketball League. [1] [2] The most recent champions are the London Lightning who defeated the KW Titans 3–1 in the 2024 BSL finals.

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History

On June 18, 2022, the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) announced that The Basketball League President David Magley, a former NBL Commissioner, will work alongside Audley Stephenson, the current NBLC Commissioner in overseeing the growth of both leagues. [3]

For the 2021–22 season, the NBLC announced that they had agreed to inter-league series play with several teams from The Basketball League. The games played between the teams from the two leagues are included in their respective regular season standings for each league. [4]

On April 11, 2023, Dave Magley and announced the formation a new professional basketball league called the Basketball Super League is to begin on December 26, 2023. The league will consist of teams located in Canada and the United States. The KW Titans, London Lightning and the Sudbury Five from the National Basketball League of Canada would be the first three teams to join. . [5]

Teams

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Canada based BSL teams as of the 2024-25 season
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US-based teams in the BSL as of the 2024-25 season. Dot colors correspond to the divisional alignment.


2024–25 teams

TeamCityArenaCapacityFoundedJoinedHead coach
Glass City Wranglers Toledo, Ohio 20212024Freddie Zamora
Jamestown Jackals Jamestown, New York Jamestown Community College 1,40020152024Raheem Singleton
KW Titans Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener Memorial Auditorium 7,31220162023 Cliff Clinkscales
London Lightning London, Ontario Canada Life Place 9,04620112023 Jerry Williams
Newfoundland Rogues St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Mary Brown's Centre 6,75020222023 Reece Gaines
Pontiac Pharaohs Pontiac, Michigan Pontiac High School 20212024Scott Newman
Sudbury Five Greater Sudbury, Ontario Sudbury Community Arena 4,640 [6] 20172023 [7] Logan Stutz
Windsor Express Windsor, Ontario WFCU Centre 7,00020122023 Bill Jones
On hiatus
Montreal Tundra Montreal, Quebec Centre Pierre Charbonneau 2,70020222023Damian Buckley

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