The 2023–24 T1 League season was the third season of the T1 League, with the Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA, Tainan TSG GhostHawks, Taipei Mars, and the Taiwan Beer Leopards participating in this competition. The regular season started on October 28, 2023 and ended on April 28, 2024. The semifinals series started on May 4 and ended on May 14. The finals series started on May 24 and ended on June 1. On June 1, the Taiwan Beer Leopards defeated the Taipei Mars, 4–0, winning the 2023–24 season championship.
Teams
Team Chinese name Location Arena Map Kaohsiung Aquas 高雄全家海神 Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung ArenaFengshan Arena New Taipei CTBC DEA 新北中信特攻 New Taipei City Xinzhuang GymnasiumTaipei Dome Tainan TSG GhostHawks 臺南台鋼獵鷹 Tainan City Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium Taipei Mars 臺北戰神 Taipei City Taipei Heping Basketball GymnasiumTaipei DomeNational Taiwan University Sports Center Taiwan Beer Leopards 台啤永豐雲豹 Taoyuan City Taoyuan Arena
Season format Each team plays against another seven times. And each team plays 28 matches total in the regular season. Semifinals series: Best-of-five series. Matchup is decided by seeding in regular season. The first seed plays against the fourth seed, and the second seed plays against the third seed. The winners can qualify for the finals series. Finals series: Best-of-seven series. The series are contested by the winners of semifinals series.
Import players restrictions Each team is able to register 3 or 4 general import players. Each team is able to select 2 or 3 import players into active roster in each match. 8-imports-in-4-quarters rule: each quarter can have 2 import players on the court.
Import players Team Import playersFormer import players Kaohsiung Aquas Mindaugas Kupšas Aaron Geramipoor Perry Jones Shannon Scott Jason Brickman New Taipei CTBC DEA Edgaras Želionis Kristijan Krajina Dragan Zeković Cody Demps Viktor Gaddefors Tyran De Lattibeaudiere Tainan TSG GhostHawks Nick King Milko Bjelica Egidijus Mockevičius Domagoj Vuković Robert Upshaw Eric Griffin Samuel Deguara Willie Reed Sim Bhullar Taipei Mars Jaylen Johnson Youssou Ndoye Vladyslav Koreniuk Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson Danny Pippen Erik McCree Taiwan Beer Leopards Lasan Kromah Devin Williams DeMarcus Cousins DeAndre Williams Justyn Hamilton Daniel Johnson
Transactions
Retirement On April 16, 2023, Lung Hung-Yuan announced his retirement from professional basketball. On November 4, 2023, Peng Chun-Yen announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Draft The 2023 T1 League draft was held on July 14, 2023, at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park Warehouse 1 in Taipei City.
Coaching changes + Coaching changes Team 2022–23 season 2023–24 seasonOff-season Taichung Suns Chris Gavina Anthony Tucker TaiwanBeer Leopards John Bennett Michael Olson Taipei Taishin Mars Brian Adams Taichung Suns Anthony Tucker In-season Taipei Mars Brian Adams Hsu Hao-Cheng (interim) Tainan TSG GhostHawks Liu Meng-Chu Lin Yu-Cheng (interim) Taiwan Beer Leopards Michael Olson Chou Chun-San (interim) Tainan TSG GhostHawks Lin Yu-Cheng (interim) Raoul Korner Taiwan Beer Leopards Chou Chun-San (interim) Charles Dubé-Brais
Off-season On June 29, 2023, the Taichung Suns announced that Chris Gavina left the team. On July 1, 2023, the Taichung Suns hired Anthony Tucker as their new head coach. On August 14, 2023, the TaiwanBeer Leopards hired Michael Olson as their new head coach. On September 14, 2023, the Taipei Taishin Mars hired Brian Adams as their new head coach. On October 13, 2023, the news reported that Anthony Tucker left the Taichung Suns.
In-season On December 31, 2023, the Taipei Mars announced that Brian Adams resigned from head coach. On January 3, 2024, the Taipei Mars assistant coach, Hsu Hao-Cheng was named as their interim head coach. On January 9, 2024, the Tainan TSG GhostHawks announced that Liu Meng-Chu resigned from head coach, and named Lin Yu-Cheng, the Tainan TSG GhostHawks assistant coach, as their interim head coach. On January 13, 2024, the Taiwan Beer Leopards announced to terminate contract relationship with Michael Olson, and named Chou Chun-San, the Taiwan Beer Leopards consultant, as their interim head coach. On January 29, 2024, the Tainan TSG GhostHawks hired Raoul Korner as their new head coach. On February 15, 2024, the Taiwan Beer Leopards assistant coach, Charles Dubé-Brais was named as their head coach.
2023 interleague play Only 1 team, the Taipei Taishin Mars, participated in these invitational games.
Preseason The T1 League held the preseason games at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium on October 13 to 15, 2023.
Game log
Regular season
The regular season started on October 28, 2023 and ended on April 28, 2024. On October 28, the 2023–24 season opening game, matched by the Tainan TSG GhostHawks and the New Taipei CTBC DEA, was played at Xinzhuang Gymnasium.
League table
Results
Rescheduled games Two New Taipei CTBC DEA home games (against the Taiwan Beer Leopards on February 24, and against the Taipei Mars on February 25) were rescheduled to March 3 and February 28 due to the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification. Two New Taipei CTBC DEA home games (against the Taipei Mars on February 28, and against the Tainan TSG GhostHawks on April 13) were rescheduled to April 13 and March 9 due to the second home arena application of New Taipei CTBC DEA. Two Taiwan Beer Leopards home games (against the Taipei Mars on April 13, and against the Kaohsiung Aquas on April 20) were rescheduled to April 20 and 13 due to the second home arena application of New Taipei CTBC DEA.
Playoffs
Semifinals Series: The top four seeds play the best-of-five semifinals series. The winners can qualify the finals series. Finals Series: The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series.
Bracket
Statistics Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards 25.7 Rebounds per game Devin Williams Taiwan Beer Leopards 16.6 Assists per game Jason Brickman Kaohsiung Aquas 12.7 Steals per game Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards 3.0 Blocks per game Mindaugas Kupšas Kaohsiung Aquas 1.7 Turnovers per game Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards 3.7 Fouls per game Hu Long-Mao Kaohsiung Aquas 3.8 Minutes per game Nick King Tainan TSG GhostHawks 41:15 FG% Mindaugas Kupšas Kaohsiung Aquas 64.5% 3P% Yu Huan-Ya Kaohsiung Aquas 39.9% FT% Chiang Yu-An Taiwan Beer Leopards 77.5%
Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Points Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards 44 Rebounds Devin Williams Taiwan Beer Leopards 33 Assists Jason Brickman Kaohsiung Aquas 20Steals Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards 8 Lin Ping-Sheng Taipei Mars Shannon Scott Kaohsiung Aquas Blocks Sim Bhullar Tainan TSG GhostHawks 6Turnovers Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards 8 Devin Williams Edgaras Želionis New Taipei CTBC DEA Three pointers Yu Huan-Ya Kaohsiung Aquas 10
Team statistic leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Taiwan Beer Leopards 104.6 Rebounds per game Taiwan Beer Leopards 47.2 Assists per game Kaohsiung Aquas 25.6 Steals per game New Taipei CTBC DEA 11.0 Blocks per game Tainan TSG GhostHawks 3.8 Turnovers per game New Taipei CTBC DEA 16.9 Fouls per game Kaohsiung Aquas 23.1 FG% Kaohsiung Aquas 46.5% 3P% Taiwan Beer Leopards 34.2% FT% Taiwan Beer Leopards 72.0%
Awards Yearly awards + 2023–24 T1 League awards Award Recipient Team Ref. Most Valuable Player Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga New Taipei CTBC DEA Most Valuable Import Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards Most Popular Player of the Year DeMarcus Cousins Taiwan Beer Leopards Best Home-Court of the Year New Taipei CTBC DEA Defensive Player of the Year Mindaugas Kupšas Kaohsiung Aquas Rookie of the Year Gao Jin-Wei Taiwan Beer Leopards Sixth Man of the Year Lin Ping-Sheng Taipei Mars Most Improved Player Lin Ping-Sheng Taipei Mars Coach of the Year Lee Yi-Hua New Taipei CTBC DEA General Manager of the Year Yen Hsing-Su Taiwan Beer Leopards Best Cheerleaders of the Year Taishin Wonders Taipei Mars
All-T1 League First Team: Gao Jin-Wei (Taiwan Beer Leopards) Chiang Yu-An (Taiwan Beer Leopards) Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (New Taipei CTBC DEA) Hu Long-Mao (Kaohsiung Aquas) Lasan Kromah (Taiwan Beer Leopards)
All-Defensive First Team: Lin Ping-Sheng (Taipei Mars) Chiang Yu-An (Taiwan Beer Leopards) Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (New Taipei CTBC DEA) Hu Long-Mao (Kaohsiung Aquas) Mindaugas Kupšas (Kaohsiung Aquas)
Statistical awards + 2023–24 T1 League statistical awards Award Recipient Team Statistic Ref. Points Leader Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards 25.7 Rebounds Leader Devin Williams Taiwan Beer Leopards 16.6 Assists Leader Jason Brickman Kaohsiung Aquas 12.7 Steals Leader Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards 3.0 Blocks Leader Mindaugas Kupšas Kaohsiung Aquas 1.7
Finals awards + 2024 T1 League Finals awards Award Recipient Team Ref. Champion Taiwan Beer Leopards Finals MVP DeMarcus Cousins Taiwan Beer Leopards
MVP of the Month MVP of the Month awards were only for local players.
MonthRecipientTeamRef. 2023 November Chiang Yu-An Taiwan Beer Leopards December Hu Long-Mao Kaohsiung Aquas 2024 January Chiu Tzu-Hsuan Kaohsiung Aquas February & March Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga New Taipei CTBC DEA April Chiang Yu-An Taiwan Beer Leopards
Import of the Month Import of the Month awards were only for import players.
MonthRecipientTeamRef. 2023 November Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards December Jason Brickman Kaohsiung Aquas 2024 January DeMarcus Cousins Taiwan Beer Leopards February & March Mindaugas Kupšas Kaohsiung Aquas April Lasan Kromah Taiwan Beer Leopards
Arenas The TaiwanBeer Leopards announced that they would play their home games at the Taoyuan Arena in this season. The Taipei Taishin basketball team announced that they would play their home games at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in this season. The Kaohsiung Aquas announced that their home games on April 27 and 28, 2024 would change to Fengshan Arena. The New Taipei CTBC DEA announced that their home games on April 13 and 14, 2024 would change to Taipei Dome in Taipei City. And the Taipei Dome would be the co-home arena of the New Taipei CTBC DEA and Taipei Mars. The Taipei Mars announced that they would play their home games in semifinals at the National Taiwan University Sports Center. The Kaohsiung Aquas announced that they would play their home games in semifinals at the Fengshan Arena.
Media The games will be broadcast on television via VL Sports and ELTA TV, and online via YouTube and Twitch.
Notable occurrences On June 26, 2023, the T1 League announced that the Taishin Sports Entertainment Co., Ltd. took over the participation rights of the TaiwanBeer HeroBears. On July 4, 2023, the Taoyuan Leopards announced to cooperate with the Taiwan Beer basketball association, and the Taoyuan Leopards were renamed to the TaiwanBeer Leopards. On July 12, 2023, the TaiwanBeer Leopards became the first team to have the first and second overall draft picks of one draft in Taiwanese professional basketball history. On July 14, 2023, Lin Sin-Kuan became the first player of the first overall T1 League draft picks. On August 18, 2023, the T1 League announced that Chang Shu-Jen, the secretary general of the league, left the league. On August 21, 2023, the T1 League announced that Wang Chih-Chun was the new secretary general of the league. On August 24, 2023, the name of Taipei Taishin basketball team was announced as the Taipei Taishin Mars. On September 15, 2023, the T1 League announced that the 2023–24 season participation rights of the Taichung Suns was cancelled due to financial qualification. On October 11, 2023, the T1 League announced that the play-in series of the 2023–24 season was cancelled.