The 2020 TBL season is the third season of The Basketball League (TBL). In March 18, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled without completion.

2020 TBL season
LeagueTBL
SportBasketball
Regular season
Top seedIndy Express
Season MVPCorey Taite
TBL seasons

League changes

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Organization

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On June 29, 2019, league CEO Evelyn Magley announced Kayla Crosby as the director of team development for approving new teams. Crosby is the owner and founder of the Jamestown Jackals.[1]

Teams

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It was announced that the Albany Patroons had been sold to new ownership.[2] The Yakima SunKings were not included as 2020 member and the Mesquite Desert Dogs withdrew due to the travel constraints as the only remaining west coast team.

The league also added the Columbus Condors, Dayton Flight, Dallas Skyline, Gulf Coast Lions, Indy Express, Lewisville Yellow Jackets, and the Tri-State Admirals as expansion teams.[3][4] The TBL added the Gulf Coast Lions, based in the Bradenton/Sarasota area, as the league's seventh new team for the 2020 season. 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.[5]

Standings

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Final standings:[6]

Team W L PCT
Indy Express 9 2 .818
Jamestown Jackals 8 3 .727
Tri-State Admirals 7 3 .700
Dallas Skyline 9 4 .692
Albany Patroons 6 3 .667
Columbus Condors 6 3 .667
Gulf Coast Lions 4 4 .500
Owensboro Thoroughbreds 6 7 .462
Tampa Bay Titans 4 7 .364
Raleigh Firebirds 2 8 .200
Lewisville Yellow Jackets 1 9 .100
Dayton Flight 1 10 .091

Awards

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All-TBL Awards 2020:[7]

Player of the Year: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals)
Guard of the Year: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals)
Forward of the Year: Ricardo Artis III (Dallas Skyline)
Center of the Year: Terry Maston (Dallas Skyline)

All-League 1st Team

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PG: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals)
PG: Daylon Guy (Dallas Skyline)
SG: Bassel Harfouch (Tampa Bay Titans)
F: Ricardo Artis III (Dallas Skyline)
F/C: Terry Maston (Dallas Skyline)

All-League 2nd Team

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G: Shadell Millinghaus (Albany Patroons)
G: Joe Retic (Indy Express)
G: Andy Bosley (Columbus Condors)
G/F: Robert Vaden (Indy Express)
F/C: Anthony-Moe (Albany Patroons)

All-League 3rd Team

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PG: Taishaun Johnson (Dayton Flight)
PG: Micheal Lenoir (Lewisville Yellow Jackets)
G/F: Davon Hayes (Owensboro Thoroughbreds)
F: Balsa Bazovic (Lewisville Yellow Jackets[8])
F: James Currington (Tri-State Admirals)

Draft

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The 2020 player draft for the league was held on December 8, 2019. The first overall TBL selection Rahim Williams was taken by Gulf Coast Lions.[9]

Although some of the players chosen in the draft had played semi-professional or professional basketball after college graduation, only the United States colleges they attended are listed.

Pos. G F C
Position Guard Forward Center
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College Year graduated
1 1 Rahim Williams G   Canada Gulf Coast Lions Shaw University 2018
1 2 Kris Bell F   United States Tampa Bay Titans Fort Valley State University 2017
1 3 Lloyd Burgess C   United States Lewisville Yellow Jackets UNC-Greensboro 2019
1 4 Filip Serwatka F   United States Owensboro Thoroughbreds Fort Wayne 2019
1 5 Chandler Levingston Simon F   United States Tri-State Admirals Valparaiso 2018
1 6 Xavier Keeling F   United States Dayton Flight Indiana 2011
1 7 Tyrone Marshall C   United States Jamestown Jackals CSU-Pueblo 2015
1 8 Jalen Mitchell SF   United States Dallas Skyline Clark Atlanta University 2019
1 9 Zavier Turner PG   United States Indy Express Manhattan College 2018
1 10 Damon Garrett SG   United States Raleigh Firebirds Portland University 2018
1 11 Tevin Farris F   United States Columbus Condors Arkansas Baptist College 2019
1 12 Rob Shaw PG   United States Albany Patroons Chicago State University 2019
2 1 Deverell Biggs G   United States Albany Patroons Texas Southern University 2015
2 2 Derrod Blakey F   United States Columbus Condors Central State University 2015
2 3 Justin Vaughan G   United States Raleigh Firebirds Roberts Wesleyan University 2019
2 4 Davone Daniels SG   United States Indy Express Central State University 2018
2 5 Joshua Keyes F   United States Dallas Skyline Muskingum University 2017
2 6 Larry Bush G   United States Jamestown Jackals University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo 2019
2 7 Brandon Berry G   United States Dayton Flight Lindsey Wilson College 2017
2 8 Corey Taite PG   United States Tri-State Admirals Goldey–Beacom College 2019
2 9 Joel Anderson G   United States Owensboro Thoroughbreds Eastern Oregon University 2019
2 10 Shawn Duhon F   United States Lewisville Yellow Jackets Bluefield State University 2019
2 11 Aluk Adub F   United States Tampa Bay Titans Florida Memorial University 2019
2 12 Jamal Gaines G   United States Gulf Coast Lions Bethune–Cookman University 2019

References

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  1. ^ "Kayla Crosby Named The Basketball League's Director Of Team Development". The Post-Journal. June 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Albany Patroons announce new ownership". The Basketball League. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "DAYTON FLIGHT TAKES OFF IN OHIO". The Basketball League. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "The Basketball League 2020 Standings". The Basketball League.
  7. ^ "All-TBL Awards 2020".
  8. ^ Obradovic, Igor Obradovic. "ALL-TBL Awards 2020". US Basket. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  9. ^ "TBL Draft - Gulf Coast Lions select Williams at 1 overall".
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