2009–10 ABA season
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| League | American Basketball Association (2000-) |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | November 2009 - March 2010 |
| Regular season | |
| Playoffs | |
| Eastern champions | Kentucky Bisons |
| Eastern runners-up | Bluegrass Stallions |
| Western champions | Southeast Texas Mavericks |
| Western runners-up | San Francisco Rumble |
| 2010 ABA Championship | |
| 2010 ABA Championship champions | Southeast Texas Mavericks |
| ABA seasons | |
The 2009-2010 ABA season was the ninth season of the American Basketball Association that lasted from November 2009 and ended with the three-game championship series between the Kentucky Bisons and the Southeast Texas Mavericks at the end of March 2010. The Mavericks won the championship series, two games to one after a 85-76 win March 30 for their first title.[1]
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League changes [edit]
For the first time, the league championship was played in a three game series, between the Kentucky Bisons and Southeast Texas Mavericks, a series in which was won by the Mavericks, two games to one.
Regular season standings [edit]
2009-2010 regular season standings.[2] Many franchises folded during the season, resulting in very few games being played for a lot of teams.
| North California | W | L | Win % |
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| San Francisco Rumble | 22 | 8 | 0.733 |
| Clayton Showtime | 16 | 7 | 0.696 |
| California Sea Kings | 16 | 12 | 0.571 |
| Sacramento Heatwave | 13 | 12 | 0.520 |
| North Central Division | W | L | Win % |
| Chicago Steam | 16 | 4 | 0.800 |
| Lake Michigan Admirals | 13 | 6 | 0.684 |
| Columbus Crush | 8 | 3 | 0.727 |
| Pittsburgh Phantoms (ABA) | 6 | 2 | 0.750 |
| Detroit Hoops | 6 | 5 | 0.545 |
| Kansas City Stars | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Cleveland Rockers (ABA) | 2 | 2 | 0.500 |
| Grand Rapids Flight | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
| Youngstown Swish | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
| Akron Rise | 0 | 5 | 0.000 |
| Northeast Division | W | L | Win % |
| Jersey Express | 12 | 4 | 0.750 |
| NYC Thunder | 9 | 3 | 0.750 |
| Maryland Marvels | 7 | 10 | 0.412 |
| New York Red Riders | 6 | 9 | 0.400 |
| Tri-City Suns | 5 | 9 | 0.357 |
| Pacific Northwest Division | W | L | Win % |
| Seattle Mountaineers | 9 | 8 | 0.529 |
| Seattle Zhen Gan | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Everett Longshoremen | 2 | 2 | 0.500 |
| Spokane Sunz | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
| Washington Rapids | 1 | 6 | 0.143 |
| Southern California Division | W | L | Win % |
| Riverside Rainmakers | 9 | 3 | 0.750 |
| Los Angeles Slam | 6 | 9 | 0.400 |
| San Diego Surf | 5 | 8 | 0.385 |
| Compton Cobras | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| Central Valley Dawgs | 4 | 10 | 0.286 |
| Las Vegas Aces | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| California Beach Ballers | 2 | 6 | 0.250 |
| Honolulu Pegasus | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
| South Central Division | W | L | Win % |
| Kentucky Bluegrass Stallions | 13 | 7 | 0.650 |
| Kentucky Bisons | 12 | 7 | 0.632 |
| West Virginia Blazers | 6 | 10 | 0.375 |
| St. Louis Stunners | 0 | 3 | 0.000 |
| Southeast Division | W | L | Win % |
| Music City Stars | 9 | 3 | 0.750 |
| Mississippi Blues | 4 | 6 | 0.400 |
| Columbus Life | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Florida Thundercats | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Charlotte Crossovers | 1 | 3 | 0.250 |
| Carolina Kings | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Georgia PROWL | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Southwest Division | W | L | Win % |
| Southeast Texas Mustangs | 23 | 3 | 0.885 |
| North Texas Fresh | 10 | 4 | 0.714 |
| West Texas Whirlwinds | 7 | 6 | 0.538 |
| Texas Fuel | 3 | 11 | 0.214 |
| Dallas Generals | 2 | 1 | 0.667 |
| Texas Chaparrals | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
| Houston Takers | 0 | 6 | 0.000 |
| Exhibition Teams | W | L | Win % |
| Play2Win Rimrockers | 10 | 4 | 0.714 |
Postseason [edit]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ABA Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Jersey Express | 91 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bluegrass Stallions | 99 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bluegrass Stallions | |||||||||||||||||
| Elmira Red Riders | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bluegrass Stallions | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky Bisons | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Chicago Steam | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Lake Michigan Admirals | |||||||||||||||||
| Chicago Steam | 106 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky Bisons | 114 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kentucky Bisons | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | West Virginia Blazers | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky Bisons | 99, 83, 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Texas Mavericks | 96, 104, 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southeast Texas Mavericks | 146 | ||||||||||||||||
| Texas Fuel | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | West Texas Whirlwinds | |||||||||||||||||
| Texas Fuel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Texas Mavericks | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco Rumble | Forfeit | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Los Angeles Slam | |||||||||||||||||
| So Cal Tournament Winner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Slam | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco Rumble | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | San Francisco Rumble | |||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento Heatwave | ||||||||||||||||||
Note: Finals was a best of 3 series.
Note: ABA did not release the game results for the first round or the winners of the regional first round tournaments.
