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.
League changes Organization 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.
Teams It was announced that the Albany Patroons had been sold to new ownership. 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. 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.
Standings Final standings: Team Indy Express 9 2 Jamestown Jackals 8 3 Tri-State Admirals 7 3 Dallas Skyline 9 4 Albany Patroons 6 3 Columbus Condors 6 3 Gulf Coast Lions 4 4 Owensboro Thoroughbreds 6 7 Tampa Bay Titans 4 7 Raleigh Firebirds 2 8 Lewisville Yellow Jackets 1 9 Dayton Flight 1 10
Awards
All-TBL Awards 2020:
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 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 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 PG: Taishaun Johnson (Dayton Flight) PG: Micheal Lenoir (Lewisville Yellow Jackets) G/F: Davon Hayes (Owensboro Thoroughbreds) F: Balsa Bazovic (Lewisville Yellow Jackets) F: James Currington (Tri-State Admirals)
Draft 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.
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.GFCPositionGuardForwardCenter Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College Year graduated11 Rahim Williams G Gulf Coast Lions Shaw University201812 Kris Bell F Tampa Bay Titans Fort Valley State University201713 Lloyd Burgess C Lewisville Yellow Jackets UNC-Greensboro 201914 Filip Serwatka F Owensboro Thoroughbreds Fort Wayne201915 Chandler Levingston Simon F Tri-State Admirals Valparaiso 201816 Xavier Keeling F Dayton Flight Indiana201117 Tyrone Marshall C Jamestown Jackals CSU-Pueblo 201518 Jalen Mitchell SF Dallas Skyline Clark Atlanta University 201919 Zavier Turner PG Indy Express Manhattan College2018110 Damon Garrett SG Raleigh Firebirds Portland University2018111 Tevin Farris F Columbus Condors Arkansas Baptist College2019112 Rob Shaw PG Albany Patroons Chicago State University201921 Deverell Biggs G Albany Patroons Texas Southern University201522 Derrod Blakey F Columbus Condors Central State University201523 Justin Vaughan G Raleigh Firebirds Roberts Wesleyan University201924 Davone Daniels SG Indy Express Central State University201825 Joshua Keyes F Dallas Skyline Muskingum University201726 Larry Bush G Jamestown Jackals University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo201927 Brandon BerryG Dayton Flight Lindsey Wilson College201728 Corey Taite PG Tri-State Admirals Goldey–Beacom College201929 Joel Anderson G Owensboro Thoroughbreds Eastern Oregon University2019210 Shawn Duhon F Lewisville Yellow Jackets Bluefield State University2019211 Aluk Adub F Tampa Bay Titans Florida Memorial University2019212Jamal Gaines G Gulf Coast Lions Bethune–Cookman University2019
References
External links TBL website