Newfoundland Rogues

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Newfoundland Rogues
Newfoundland Rogues logo.png
League BSL: 2024–present
The Basketball League 2023
ABA 2021–2022
Founded2021
Arena Mary Brown's Centre
Location St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Team colours  
Head coach Reece Gaines
OwnershipTony Kenny
Website nfldrogues.ca

The Newfoundland Rogues are a Canadian professional minor league basketball team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. [1] The team competes in the Basketball Super League.

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Franchise history

Creation and inaugural season

The franchise was established in 2021 as an ABA expansion team, headed by Tony Kenny, President of 2001 Investments Limited; and coached by Jerry Williams. [2] The team competes in the Basketball League (TBL).

The team signed a five-year lease to play their homes games at the Mary Brown's Centre in downtown St. John's. Their first game, as part of the ABA's 2021–22 season, took place on November 27 against the New York State's Elmira Eagles, a fellow member of the league's Northeast Division. [3] The Rogues started the season on an unbeaten streak of six matches,. [4] On January 7, 2022 Tony Kenny announced that the next three series were postponed due to enhanced COVID-19 travel restrictions related to the emergence of the Omicron variant. [5]

On September 15, 2022, Tony Kenny announced that the team would leave the ABA and join The Basketball League for the 2023 season. [6]

In April 2023, the team announced it would be joining the BSL for the 2024 season.

Personnel

Current roster

Newfoundland Rogues roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 0 Flag of the United States.svg Bridgewaters, Kevin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Chattanooga
G 1 Flag of the United States.svg Roper, Myles 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Xavier
G 2 Flag of the United States.svg Woody, Zaahir 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)Morris College
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Jasson, David 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)Post University
G 4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kanku, Grady 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)Ontario Tech
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Wright, TC 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Spoon River College
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Boyd, Dedric 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Tennessee State
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Weaver, Tay 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Saint Louis
F 13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Earles, Steven 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Memorial
F 16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ferguson, Tarkus 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UIC
C 17 Flag of the United States.svg Yusuf, Amir 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Talladega
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Roster

References

  1. "Newfoundland Rogues to take over Mile One Centre as St. John's newest basketball franchise". cbc.ca/. CBC News. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. "St. John's "Going Rogue" as New Basketball Team Unveiled". vocm.com. VOCM. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. Conway, Nicholas (25 November 2021). "Leawood leads the way for basketball in Newfoundland and Labrador". kickercna.ca/. Kicker . Retrieved 16 December 2021. The Newfoundland Rogues begin their season this weekend at the Mary Brown's Centre as they take on New York State's Elmira Eagles
  4. "US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". www.usbasket.com. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  5. "Newfoundland Rogues Games Suspended Until Further Notice". vocm.com. VOCM. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  6. "Newfoundland Rogues go rogue, will switch up leagues next season". cbc.ca/. CBC News. 15 September 2022.