The 2024 CIBACOPA season is the 22nd season of the

Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico The Basketball Circuit of the Pacific Coast ( or ''CIBACOPA'') is a basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. As of 2018, it involves 10 clubs, primarily from northwest Mexico. The matches take place from March to June. History A league wi ...

(CIBACOPA), one of the

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leagues of Mexico. The regular season began on 1 March 2024 and will end on 18 May 2024.

Format

10 teams are participating in the 2024 season, playing in one single group. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs, which are three rounds in a best-of-7 format.

Teams

Changes from the previous season

* The Ángeles de la Ciudad de México joined the league as an

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. * The

Frayles de Guasave Frayles de Guasave was a Mexican professional basketball club based in Guasave, Sinaloa. That played in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico, CIBACOPA). Their home games were played ...

returned to the league after a five-year hiatus, having last played in

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Venues and locations

Personnel

Transactions

Draft

The 2024 CIBACOPA draft was held on 17 January 2024. Each team received one pick in a single round, though three teams declined to select a player. The order of the draft was reverse order of finish in 2023 while the sole expansion team, the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México, received the first overall pick.

Coaching changes

Off-season

* On 23 November 2023, the Pioneros de Los Mochis fired head coach

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after two seasons with the team. * On 29 November 2023, the Pioneros de Los Mochis hired

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as their head coach. * On 14 December 2023, the

Caballeros de Culiacán Caballeros de Culiacán is a professional basketball club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The team currently plays in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico ( CIBACOPA). In the past the team played in the Liga Nacional de Balonc ...

hired Bernardo Fitz-González as their head coach. * On 20 December 2023, the

Halcones de Ciudad Obregón The Halcones de Ciudad Obregón (English: ''Ciudad Obregón Falcons'') are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The Halcones are members of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) and p ...

hired as their head coach. * On 22 December 2023, the Venados de Mazatlán hired Fernando Rivero as their head coach. * On 9 January 2024, the Tijuana Zonkeys hired Enrique Zúñiga as their head coach. * On 3 February 2024, the

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hired Ben Sanders as their head coach.

In-season

* On 26 March 2024, the Venados de Mazatlán fired Fernando Rivero.

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and Leroy Davis, the team's assistant coaches, were named the interim head coaches. * On 3 April 2024, the Venados hired Derrick Allen as their head coach.

Pre-season

* The Tijuana Zonkeys played the San Diego Sharks of

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(TBL) in the inaugural Border Bragging Rights Series – a cross-border home-and-home series – held on 10 and 17 February. The Zonkeys beat the Sharks, 102–88, in the first matchup at

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in San Diego before beating the Sharks, 91–61, a week later at the Arena Zonkeys in Tijuana. * The inaugural Copa de Básquetbol DIF Sinaloa was played from 19 to 20 February between the four teams from the state of

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: the

, the

, the Pioneros de Los Mochis, and the Venados de Mazatlán, with proceeds going to local wheelchair basketball teams. The Caballeros beat the Venados, 102–98, in their first matchup in Mazatlán, while the Venados earned an 86–81 victory over the Caballeros a day later in Culiacán. Notably, the latter was attended by the Governor of Sinaloa,

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. Meanwhile, the Pioneros beat the Frayles, 94–92, in their first matchup in Guasave before beating the Frayles again, 91–71, a day later in Los Mochis. * The second annual Copa Salsa Huichol was played from 22 to 24 February at the Mesón de los Deportes in Xalisco, Nayarit, with the six participating teams being the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México, the Astros de Jalisco, the Caballeros de Culiacán, the Frayles de Guasave, the Pioneros de Los Mochis, and the Venados de Mazatlán. The Ángeles beat the Astros, 85–70, in the championship final and Will Yoakum was named the tournament MVP.

Regular season

Standings

First round

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Source
CIBACOPA

All-Star Game

The 2024 CIBACOPA All-Star Game will be played on 20 April 2024 at

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will perform during halftime.

Notable occurrences

* On 2 March 2024, Jordan Allen of the Pioneros de Los Mochis set the league record for most three-pointers made in a game by making 13 (out of 20) in a 98–90 win over the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México. * On 12 April 2024, Wesley Saunders of the

recorded a triple-double with 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists in a 104–90 win over the Astros de Jalisco. * On 13 April 2024, Joshua Webster of the Tijuana Zonkeys recorded a triple-double with 19 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds in a 102–90 win over the

Rayos de Hermosillo Rayos de Hermosillo is a Mexican professional basketball club based in Hermosillo, Sonora. The Rayos play in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA) and play their home games at the Gimnasio del Estado. They have won thre ...

Notes

References

External links

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