2019 CEBL season
| 2019 CEBL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Canadian Elite Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | Season: May 9 – August 15 Playoffs: August 24–25 |
| Number of games | 20 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Joel Friesen |
| Picked by | Fraser Valley Bandits |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Niagara River Lions |
| Season MVP | Xavier Moon |
| Top scorer | Tavrion Dawson |
| Finals | |
| Venue | SaskTel Centre |
| Champions | Saskatchewan Rattlers |
| Runners-up | Hamilton Honey Badgers |
| Finals MVP | Alex Campbell |
The 2019 CEBL season was the inaugural season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. It included six teams: Saskatchewan, Fraser Valley, Edmonton, Hamilton, Niagara, and Guelph. The regular season ran from May 9, 2019 to August 15, 2019, and the playoffs (known as Championship Weekend) took place on August 24 and 25, 2019. On May 21, 2019, it was announced Saskatoon, Saskatchewan would be the league's first host of the tournament. On August 25, the Saskatchewan Rattlers won the CEBL's first ever Championship after beating the Hamilton Honeybadgers. [1]
Regular season
2019 Championship weekend
| Semi-finals August 24 | Final August 25 | ||||||||
| 1 | Niagara | 103 | |||||||
| 4 | Hamilton | 104 | |||||||
| 4 | Hamilton | 83 | |||||||
| 3 | Saskatchewan | 94 | |||||||
| 2 | Edmonton | 83 | |||||||
| 3 | Saskatchewan | 85 | |||||||
Semi-finals
CBC, CEBL.TV
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August 24
1:00 pm |
| Edmonton Stingers 83, Saskatchewan Rattlers 85 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 32–21, 19–17, 17–25 | ||
| Pts: Grandy Glaze 17 Rebs: Travis Daniels 13 Asts: Moon, Baker, Glaze 5 each |
Pts: Marlon Johnson 17 Rebs: Posthumus, Keith 8 each Asts: Alex Campbell 4 | |
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 2,163 Referees: Frank Rizzuti, Tanner Cervo, Greg Spagnoli |
CBC, CEBL.TV
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August 24
3:30 pm |
| Niagara River Lions 103, Hamilton Honey Badgers 104 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 34–34, 20–21, 27-25, 22–24 | ||
| Pts: Ryan Anderson 26 Rebs: Yohanny Dalembert 11 Asts: Pinson, Johnson 5 each |
Pts: Xavier Rathan-Mayes 28 Rebs: Mike Fraser 13 Asts: Rathan-Mayes 11 | |
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 2,163 Referees: Karen Lasiuk, Neil Donnelly, Troy Turnbull |
Final
CBC, CEBL.TV
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August 25
4:00 pm |
| Hamilton Honey Badgers 83, Saskatchewan Rattlers 94 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23-21, 18-27, 22-25, 20-21 | ||
| Pts: Rathan-Mayes 24 Rebs: Rathan-Mayes 11 Asts: Rathan-Mayes 5 |
Pts: Campbell 20 Rebs: Ejim 12 Asts: Webster-Chan, Ejim 4 each | |
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: 3,119 Referees: Frank Rizzuti, Karen Lasuik, Tanner Cervo |
End of season awards
Source: [2]
- Player of the year: Xavier Moon, Edmonton Stingers
- Canadian Player of the Year: Guillaume Boucard, Niagara River Lions
- U Sports Developmental Player of the Year: Brody Clarke, Edmonton Stingers
- Defensive Player of the Year: Samuel Muldrow, Niagara River Lions
- Referee award: David Hersche
- Community Ambassadors Awards: Abednego Lufile, Guelph Nighthawks, Jelane Pryce, Saskatchewan Rattlers, Xavier Moon, Edmonton Stingers, Ryan Anderson, Niagara River Lions, Matt Marshall Hamilton Honey Badgers, Marek Klassen Fraser Valley Bandits
- Coach of the Year: Victor Raso Niagara River Lions