List of The Basketball League yearly standings

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These are regular season standings and playoff results for The Basketball League. The league was formed in 2017 as the North American Premier Basketball League (NAPB). In 2018, it was renamed TBL.

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2018

TeamWL PCT GB
Yakima SunKings 248.7420
Albany Patroons 1910.6553.5
Ohio Cardinals/Bootleggers [lower-alpha 1] 1711.6075.0
Kansas City Tornados 1515.5008.0
Nevada Desert Dogs 1415.4838.5
Kentucky Thoroughbreds 1419.42410.5
Rochester Razorsharks 1118.37911.5
Vancouver Knights 725.21917.0
  1. ↑ The Cardinals earned a 12–11 record prior to the ownership transfer and is counted towards the Bootleggers' record in the NAPB standings.

Playoffs

There were eight teams in the league with the top four teams seeded one to four for the playoffs. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series. [1]

Semifinals
(Best-of-3) 		Finals
(Best-of-3)
      
1Yakima SunKings2
4 Kansas City Tornados 1
1Yakima SunKings2
2 Albany Patroons 0
2Albany Patroons2
3 Ohio Bootleggers 1

2019

The 2019 TBL season is the second season of The Basketball League (TBL) after one season as North American Premier Basketball (NAPB).

Standings

Final standings: [2]

TeamWL PCT
Yakima SunKings 226.786
Kansas City Tornadoes 168.667
Mesquite Desert Dogs 159.625
Albany Patroons 1611.593
Raleigh Firebirds 1513.536
Jamestown Jackals 1413.519
San Diego Waves 1113.458
Tampa Bay Titans 1118.379
Owensboro Thoroughbreds 720.259
New York Court Kings 317.150

Playoffs

There were ten teams in the league with the top four teams qualifying for the playoffs. The second place Kansas City Tornadoes elected not to participate in the playoffs. The semifinals were split in a generalized East and West series despite not having divisions during the regular season. Each round of the playoffs were played as a best-of-three series. [3]

Semifinals
(Best-of-3) 		Finals
(Best-of-3)
      
W1Yakima SunKings2
W2 Mesquite Desert Dogs 0
W1 Yakima SunKings 1
E1Albany Patroons2
E1Albany Patroons2
E2 Raleigh Firebirds 1

2020

Prior to the third season, the league added the Columbus Condors, Dayton Flight, Dallas Skyline, Gulf Coast Lions, Indy Express, Lewisville Yellow Jackets, and the Tri-State Admirals as expansion teams. [4] [5] 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. [6] Due to the lack of other western teams, the Yakima SunKings and the Mesquite Desert Dogs suspended operations. The third season started in January 2020, but on March 11, 2020, the league announced the season would end prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and have a four-team playoff on March 18 through 22. However, the tournament was also cancelled as most events throughout the country were closed to prevent the spread of the virus.

Standings

Final standings: [7]

TeamWL PCT
Indy Express 119.550
Jamestown Jackals 118.579
Tri-State Admirals 107.588
Dallas Skyline 139.591
Albany Patroons 96.600
Columbus Condors 96.600
Gulf Coast Lions 84.667
Owensboro Thoroughbreds 136.684
Tampa Bay Titans 114.733
Raleigh Firebirds 102.833
Lewisville Yellow Jackets 101.909
Dayton Flight 111.917

2021

The 2021 TBL season is the fourth season of The Basketball League (TBL) after one season as North American Premier Basketball (NAPB).

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References

  1. ↑ "Playoff Time: Yakima, Albany the Two Top Seeds". NAPB. April 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Basketball League 2019 Standings". The Basketball League . Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ "TBL Instagram post - April 15, 2019". Instagram. April 15, 2019.
  4. ↑ "DAYTON FLIGHT TAKES OFF IN OHIO". The Basketball League. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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