The 2023 CEBL season is the fifth season of the

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(CEBL). It began on May 24, 2023, and the regular season ended on July 30, 2023. It was the inaugural season for the

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and the

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. The Calgary Surge relocated from Guelph while Winnipeg was added as an expansion franchise. This year was the first season where the league was divided in two conferences. The top four teams in each conference were going to qualify for the playoffs, unless the Vancouver Bandits finished in fifth place in the Western Conference, when the fourth-place team will be eliminated instead; as hosts, the Bandits automatically qualify for the semi-finals, along with the first-place team from the Eastern Conference. The playoffs commence with the third- and fourth-placed teams in play-in matches, with the winners facing their own conference's second-place teams in the quarterfinals. The quarterfinal winners will then face their respective division semi-final opponent. On March 16, 2023, CEBL announced a television deal with TSN: TSN will televise weekly games and broadcast the rest of the games online, and they will also televise the championship weekend.

Regular season

Standings

Western Conference

Eastern Conference

Results

Attendance

Playoffs

Bracket

Play-in games

:''Note: all times are local''

Quarterfinals

Championship Weekend

Semifinals

Championship

Awards

Source: *

Player of the year Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year (POY) . In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award. Association football In association football, this award is he ...

: Teddy Allen,

Canadian Player of the year The Canada Soccer Player of the Year award celebrates Canada's top male and female soccer players in recognition of their achievements with both the national teams and their respective clubs. Since 2007, voting has been conducted by Canadian coac ...

: Kadre Gray Ottawa BlackJacks * U Sports Development Player of the year: Simon Hildebrandt,

* Defensive Player of the year: Khalil Ahmad,

Niagara River Lions The Niagara River Lions are a Canadian professional basketball team based in St. Catharines, Ontario, that competes in the Canadian Elite Basketball League. From 2015 to 2018, they were members of the National Basketball League of Canada. The Ri ...

* Clutch Player of the year: Khalil Ahmad,

Coach of the year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ...

: Mike Taylor,

* 6th man of the year: Jelani Watson-Gayle,

* CEBL Finals MVP: Isiaha Mike,

Scarborough Shooting Stars The Scarborough Shooting Stars are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They compete in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) and play their home games at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre ...

All-CEBL teams

All Canadian team

Source: Forwards *

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* Thomas Kennedy,

* Jackson Rowe, Ottawa BlackJacks Guards *

Kadre Gray Kadre Gray (born November 2, 1997) is a Canadian professional basketball point guard with GTK Gliwice of the Polish Basketball League. He previously played for the Vancouver Bandits, Fraser Valley Bandits and Ottawa BlackJacks of the Canadian Elite ...

, Ottawa BlackJacks * Sean Miller-Moore,

Individual statistic leaders

CEBL Clash

On August 26, 2023 there will be a showdown between the top players from the Western Conference and Eastern Conference.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Canadian Elite Basketball League Canadian Elite Basketball League 2022–23 in Canadian basketball CEBL season Sports in Canada