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International Basketball League
International Basketball League
This article is about the International Basketball League formed in 2004. See International Basketball League (1999-2001) for information on the original unrelated International Basketball League.
International Basketball League
Sport Founded Inaugural season No. of teams Country(ies)
Basketball 2004 2005 18 United States Canada People’s Republic of China Japan
Most recent champion(s) Most championships Official website
Bellingham Slam Elkhart Express (2) www.iblhoopsonline.com
The International Basketball League is a professional men’s spring basketball league featuring teams from the West Coast, Rocky Mountains, Western Canada, and the Midwest. They also feature teams from the People’s Republic of China and Japan which will temporarily relocate to the USA for the IBL season. The IBL season runs from the end of March through June with playoffs in July.
designed to create a fast-paced, high-scoring brand of basketball. Duilio first began planning for the league with a series of test games in Portland and Seattle in November 2003. These games featured a mixture of traditional college and NBA rules, plus three rules created specifically for the league: • 1. The "Immediate Inbound" Rule: After a made basket, the referee will throw the ball to a nearby player, instead of a player throwing in the ball from under the basket, to eliminate wasted time. • 2. Instead of six timeouts as in an NBA game, teams are limited to only a single timeout per quarter. • 3. A 20-second shot clock is used instead of the NBA’s 24. A defensive non-shooting foul or kicked ball resets it to 12. The test games proved popular and resulted in the founding of the IBL in August of 2004. Founded with 8 teams, the league expanded to 17 by the start of the season in April 2005. Each team played approximately 20 regular season games, most of them centered around their home region, with the teams with the two best records playing in a championship game at the end of the season. The Battle Creek Knights won the inaugural title by going undefeated in the regular season and beating the Dayton Jets in the finals. In the league’s first year, the up-tempo rules resulted in the average team scoring 126.9 points per game, nearly 30 points more than the NBA team average in 2004-05, and slightly higher than the NBA record for points per game by a team in a single season, set by the Denver Nuggets in 1981-82.
Teams
Current Teams Future Teams Joined other leagues
• Akron Cougars (joined the Universal Basketball League) • Battle Creek Knights (joined the Premier Basketball League)
History
Founded by Portland area sports promoter Mikal Duilio, the league features rules
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North Team Bellingham Slam Snohomish County Explosion City Bellingham, Washington Monroe, Washington Arena Whatcom Pavilion Monroe Sports Arena
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Founded 2005[1] 2007[2]
USA All-Stars Portland, Oregon
Warner Pacific College, 2008 Salvation Army Corps Community Center Langley Events Centre 2009
Vancouver Titans South Team
Langley, British Columbia City
Arena Mountain View High School
Founded 2005
Central Ore- Bend, Oregon gon Hotshots Oregon Waves Shanxi Zhongyu Beaverton, Oregon Taiyuan, Shanxi, China / Springfield, Oregon, USA Vancouver, Washington City
Beaverton Hoop YMCA 2009 Salvation Army Corps Community Center 2004
Vancouver Volcanoes East Team
O’Connell Sports Center Arena DeltaPlex Arena Holland Civic Center
2005
Founded 2004 2006 2007[3]
Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, Michigan Flight Holland Blast Holland, Michigan Kankakee County Soldiers Nippon Tornadoes West Team Edmonton Energy Los Angeles Lightning City Edmonton, Alberta Thousand Oaks, California
Kankakee, Illinois Kankakee Community Center Matsuyama City, N/A Japan/Blue River, Oregon Arena MacEwan Sports Centre Gilbert Sports Arena N/A (travel team)
2009
Founded 2009 2008 2006, suspended operations for the 2008 season and returned in 2009 as a traveling team.
Seattle, Seattle Mountaineers Washington
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Tacoma Tide Tacoma, Washington Arena Scottsdale YMCA Stadium High School
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2009
Team Arizona Flame Elgin Racers Eugene Chargers
City Scottsdale, Arizona Elgin, Illinois Eugene, Oregon
1st Season 2007, played a partial schedule in 2008 and 2009 and will return to full-time action in 2010.[4] 2005, suspended operations for the 2009 season and will return in 2010. [5] 2006, suspended operations for the 2008 and 2009 seasons and will return in 2010. 2000[6] They will sit out the 2009 season and return in 2010.
Lindner Fitness Center
Morse Events Center
Gary, Gary Steelheads Indiana Nevada Pride Henderson, Nevada
Genesis Convention Center
Henderson International School 2009, will play a partial schedule in their inaugural season before playing a full schedule in 2010. Squaxin Island Indian Community Gym & Evergreen State College TBD 2008, played a partial schedule in 2008 and 2009 before playing a full schedule in 2010. 2009, will play a partial schedule in their inaugural season before playing a full schedule in 2010. 2006-07, suspended operations for the 2008 season and will return in 2009. 2009, will play a partial schedule in their inaugural season before playing a full schedule in 2010. 2009, will play a partial schedule in their inaugural season before playing a full schedule in 2010. Cougars (2005-06) • Akron Energy (2007) • Akron Lightning (2005) • Arizona Flame (2008), as Scottsdale Flame (2007); as Phoenix Flame (2007) • L.A. Lightning (2008-present) • Macomb County Mustangs (2005-06) • Mahoning Valley Wildcats (2005) • Marysville Meteors (2007), as Columbus Cyclones (2006)
Olympia Reign Phoenix Red Rock Raptors Salem Stampede Southern Illinois Truth Yamhill High Flyers
Olympia, Washington Phoenix, Arizona
Salem, Oregon Flora, Illinois
McKay High School
Salem High School, East Richland High School, Flora High School, & Mount Vernon High School
McMinnville, Patton Middle School Oregon
• Santa Barbara Breakers (joined the West Coast Pro Basketball League) • Washington Raptors (joined the American Basketball Association (ABA)) • West Virginia Wild (joined the National Professional Basketball League then the ABA)
Complete team list
• Akron Cougars (2007), as Cuyahoga Falls • Lansing Capitals (2006-07) • Las Vegas Stars (2007-2008)
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Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 Team Elkhart Express Battle Creek Knights Bellingham Slam • Arizona Lightning (2007) • Aurora Cavalry (2006) • Battle Creek Knights (2005-2008) • Bellingham Slam (2008-present) • Cedar Valley Jaguars (2005-06) • Central Oregon Hotshots (2005-present) • Chico Force (2005-07) • Chico Rage (2009-present) • Colorado Crossover (2006-07) • Dayton Jets (2005-06) • Des Moines Heat (2005) • Detroit Pros (2005) • Edmonton Chill (2008) • Edmonton Energy (2009-present) • Elgin Racers (2007-present), as Windy City Dawgs (2005-06) • Elkhart Express (2006-08) • Eugene Chargers (2006-07) • Holland Blast (2006-present) Champion Battle Creek Knights Elkhart Express Elkhart Express Bellingham Slam Score 124-121 119-108 (OT) 113-109 118-111 Championships 2 1 1 • Nippon Tornadoes (2008-present) • Portland Chinooks (2005-08) • Oakland Showtime (2009-present) • Oakland Slammers (2005-06) • Olympia Reign (2008-present) • Oregon Waves (2009-present) • Salem Stampede (2006-07) • Santa Barbara Breakers (2007) • Saskatoon Prairie Wolves (2008) • Seattle Mountaineers (2006-07) • Shaanxi Kylins (2008) • Shanxi Zhongyu (2008-present) • Snohomish County Explosion (2008-present), as Everett Explosion (2007) • Tacoma Tide (2009-present) • Tacoma Jazz (2007-08) • Tacoma Jets (2007), as
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Runner-Up Dayton Jets Columbus Cyclones Portland Chinooks Elkhart Express Years 2006, 2007 2005 2008 • Hub City Hurricanes (2007) • Gary Steelheads (2008) • Grand Rapids Flight (2005-present) • Kankakee County Soldiers (2009-present), as Windy City Soldiers (2008), as Chicago Heights Soldiers (2007) • Lake County Lakers (2006) Tacoma Thunder (2005-06) Tri Valley Titans (2007), as Tri City Ballers (2006); as San Jose Ballers (2005) USA All-Stars (2008-present) Vancouver Titans (2008-present) Vancouver Volcanoes (2005-present) Washington Raptors (2007) West Coast Highflyers (2008) West Virginia Wild (2006) Yamhill High Flyers (2009-present)
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IBL Champions
Championships by Team
Notable people
Commissioners
• Mikal Duilio - Commissioner from 2004-Present
Players
• Kyle Keyes, point guard for the Vancouver Titans, is the son of famous adult film actor Johnny Keyes.
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[4] The Flame were originally the Phoenix Flame and relocated from Phoenix, Arizona in 2008. [5] The Racers were originally the Windy City Dawgs and relocated from Chicago, Illinois in 2006. [6] The Gary Steelheads started out in the Continental Basketball Association franchise and played the 2007 season in the United States Basketball League. They joined the IBL for the 2008 season. [7] 27 Dec 2007. "Vander Velden takes the helm in Battle Creek." IBLHoopsOnline. 24 Oct. 2006. International Basketball League. .
Coaches
• Logan Vander Velden, head coach of the Battle Creek Knights and former Los Angeles Clipper [7] • Rob Ridnour, head coach of the Bellingham Slam and father of Milwaukee Bucks guard Luke Ridnour
Final Regular Season Standings
See article IBL Regular Season Standings
Minor notes
[1] The Bellingham Slam played their first two seasons in the American Basketball Association and moved to IBL in 2007. [2] The Snohomish County Explosion were originally the Everett Explosion and relocated from Everett, Washington in 2007. [3] The Kankakee County Soldiers were previously the Windy City Soldiers in 2008 and the Chicago Heights Soldiers in 2007. The team was relocated from Chicago Heights, Illinois to their current location after the 2007 season.
See also
• List of developmental and minor sports leagues
External links
• Official League Site • Article on league’s founding
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