The Basketball League: Difference between revisions

| motto = "Where the spirit of the game lives"

| teams = 38

| continent = [[FIBA Americas]] ([[Americas]])

| champion = Potawatomi Fire (2024)

The league then proceeded to announce several new teams for the 2021 season, expanding from 12 teams in the curtailed 2020 season to 35 teams by January 11, 2021. Several of the added teams came from the semi-professional [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|American Basketball Association]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cnycentral.com/sports/content/syracuse-stallions-take-it-up-a-notch-move-from-aba-to-the-basketball-league|title=Syracuse Stallions take it up a notch, move from ABA to 'The Basketball League' |website=CNY Central |date=May 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://abaliveaction.com/2020/04/18/portland-storm-to-become-full-aba-team/ |title=Portland Storm to Become Full ABA Team|website=ABA Live Action |date=April 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thebasketballleague.net/san-diego-guardians-support-local-community-as-new-professional-basketball-team-in-tbl/ |title= San Diego Guardians Support Local Community as New Professional Basketball Team in TBL|publisher=The Basketball League|date= August 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 1, 2021|first=Rueben |last=Wright|title=Pro Basketball Returns to Shreveport|url=https://710keel.com/pro-basketball-returns-to-shreveport/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=News Radio 710 KEEL|language=en}}</ref> In March, several teams began opting out of the season due to the ongoing pandemic restrictions.

 

 

== Teams ==

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{{location map~ |USA |lat= 34.72954 |long=-86.585304 |mark = orange pog.svg||label_size=75|position=left|label= Flight}}

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|scope="row"|'''[[Tri-State Admirals]]''' || [[Dix Hills, New York]]||Upper Christian Gym||||align=center|2020||align=center|2021||

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|scope="row"|'''Jacksonville 95ers'''||[[Jacksonville, Florida]]|| [[Swisher Gymnasium]]|| || align="center" |2023 || align=center|2024 ||Jerrod Tucker

|scope="row"|'''[[Wichita Sky Kings]]'''||[[Wichita, Kansas]]||[[Newman University (Kansas)| Fugate Gymnasium]]|| align="center" |10,506|| align="center" |2022|| align="center" |2023||Johnny Tyson

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|scope="row"|'''Cincinnati Warriors''' || [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] || [[Gamble Montessori High School]] || ||align=center|2021 ||align=center|2022||James Millen

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|scope="row"|'''Derby City Distillers'''||[[Louisville, Kentucky]]||[[Kentucky Country Day School |Gardner Gymnasium]] || || align=center|2022 || align=center|2023 || Tim Gray

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|scope="row"|'''Medora Timberjacks'''|| [[Medora, Indiana]] || [[Medora Junior-Senior High School|Medora High School]] ||align=center|1,200||align=center|2021 || align=center|2022 || Mark Morin

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|scope="row"|'''St. Louis Griffins''' || [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] ||[[Harris–Stowe State University]] || ||align=center|2022 || align=center|2023 ||

|scope="row"|'''Emerald City Jaguars'''||[[Eugene, Oregon]]||[[Lane Community College|Titan Coliseum]] || || align="center" |2023 || align=center|2024 || John Tyson

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|scope="row"|'''[[Salem Capitals]]'''|| [[Salem, Oregon]]||[[Salem Armory Auditorium]] || align=center|3,887 || align=center|2020 || align=center|2022 ||Brian Stevens

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|scope="row"|'''[[Vancouver Volcanoes]]''' || [[Vancouver, Washington]]||[[O'Connell Sports Center]] ||||align=center|2021 || align=center|2022 || Jeff Perrault

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! style="background:red; ; color: white" rowspan="5"|Pacific Southeast

|scope="row"|'''[[Arizona Heet]]'''||[[Chandler, Arizona]]||[[Chandler–Gilbert Community College|Coyote Center]]|||||2021||2025||

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|scope="row"|'''Georgia Soul'''||[[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]||[[Paine College|HEAL Complex]]|| align=center|2021–2023 || Not listed on website after season ended.

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|scope="row"|'''Gulf Coast Lions'''|| [[Sarasota, Florida]] || Newton Estates Gym || align=center|2020–2023 || Not listed on website after season ended.