Eastern Basketball Alliance

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Eastern Basketball Alliance
EasternBasketballAlliance.png
Eastern Basketball Alliance logo
Sport Basketball
Founded1996
Ceased2015
No. of teams9
CountryUSA
Last
champion(s)
Harrisburg Horizon (2015)
Most titles Harrisburg Horizon (9)
Official website Official site [ usurped ]

The Eastern Basketball Alliance was a semi-professional men's winter basketball league. Games were played on the weekends and the season was approximately four months long (January through April).

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History

The EBA was formed in 1996 from the fledgling Atlantic Basketball Association. The league played its first season with seven teams. In 1997, the league expanded to ten teams and was incorporated. In 1998, the first EBA commissioner was elected.

From 1999 to 2001, the EBA joined with four ABA teams to form the United Basketball Alliance, but in 2002 they returned to being the EBA.

The EBA took a one-year (2015-16 season) hiatus. [1] The league never returned.

Teams

Teams (2016)

DivisionTeamCityArena
Northern
Columbia All-Stars Columbia, Maryland
Harrisburg Horizon Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Rowland Academy
Schuylkill Firedogs Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Simon Kramer Community and Recreation Center
Western Maryland Elite Hagerstown, Maryland Martin Luther King Jr. Center
York Mighty Ants York, Pennsylvania New Hope Academy
Travel/Southern

teams

DMV Kings Baltimore, Maryland
Marietta Tarantulas Marietta, Georgia
MetroWest Ballas MetroWest, Massachusetts
Maryland Bayraiders Gwynn Oak, Maryland
Silver Spring Barracudas Silver Spring, Maryland

Former teams

Champions

SeasonChampionRunner-upResult
1997Scranton Blast
1998Springfield Slamm
1999Lancaster Storm
2000Morris Revolution
2001Morris RevolutionNew Philadelphia Firedogs90-80
2002 Harrisburg Horizon New Philadelphia Firedogs2-0 (best-of 3)
2003 Harrisburg Horizon no playoffs
2004 Harrisburg Horizon no playoffs
2005 Harrisburg Horizon & Delaware Destroyersno playoffs
2006 Harrisburg Horizon Delaware Destroyers
2007 Harrisburg Horizon & Delaware Destroyersno playoffs
2008 Harrisburg Horizon North Jersey Lakers98-96
2009Delaware DestroyersElmira Bulldogs115-103
2010Delaware DestroyersTru Hope Trailblazers114-97
2011Metropolitan All-StarsMaryland Marvels118-98
2012Hudson Valley HypeMetropolitan All-Stars103-92
2013New York Wizards Harrisburg Horizon 118-116
2014 Harrisburg Horizon York Might Ants101-92
2015 Harrisburg Horizon York Might Ants93-85

See also

References

  1. "Play Suspended for 2016". Harrisburg Horizon. Retrieved 13 December 2015.