Eastern Basketball Alliance

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Eastern Basketball Alliance
EasternBasketballAlliance.png
Eastern Basketball Alliance logo
Sport Basketball
Founded 1996
No. of teams 9
Country USA
Most recent champion(s) Harrisburg Horizon (2015)
Most titles Harrisburg Horizon (9)
Official website Official site

The Eastern Basketball Alliance is a semi-professional men's winter basketball league. Games are played on the weekends and the season is approximately four months long (January through April).

History

The EBA was formed in 1996 from the fledgling Atlantic Basketball Association. The league played its first season with seven teams. In 1997, the league expanded to ten teams and was incorporated. In 1998, the first EBA commissioner was elected.

From 1999 to 2001, the EBA joined with four ABA teams to form the United Basketball Alliance, but in 2002 they returned to being the EBA.

The EBA is currently taking a one-year (2015-16 season) hiatus.[1] A Southern Division is scheduled to begin play in the 2016 season.

Teams

Current teams

Division Team City Arena
Northern
Columbia All-Stars Columbia, Maryland
Harrisburg Horizon Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Rowland Academy
Schuylkill Firedogs Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Simon Kramer Community and Recreation Center
Western Maryland Elite Hagerstown, Maryland Martin Luther King Jr. Center
York Mad Ants York, Pennsylvania New Hope Academy
Travel

teams

DMV Kings Baltimore, Maryland
Marietta Tarantulas Marietta, Georgia
MetroWest Ballas MetroWest, Massachusetts
Maryland Bayraiders Gwynn Oak, Maryland

Former teams

  • Bad News Ballers
  • Beltway Bombers
  • Carolina Gladiators
  • Diamond City Playaz
  • Elmira Bulldogs
  • Garden State Rebels
  • Hudson Valley Hype
  • Lancaster Storm
  • Maryland Marvels
  • Mercer Marauders
  • Metropolitan All-Stars
  • Morris Revolution
  • New Jersey Bullets
  • New York Blast
  • New York Wizards
  • North Jersey Lakers
  • Portsmouth Cavaliers
  • Scranton Blast
  • South Jersey Enterprise
  • Springfield Slamm
  • The Destroyers
  • Tru Hope Trailblazers
  • Washington Madness
  • Washington Warriors
  • Westchester Dutchmen

Champions

Season Champion Runner-up Result
1997 Scranton Blast
1998 Springfield Slamm
1999 Lancaster Storm
2000 Morris Revolution
2001 Morris Revolution New Philadelphia Firedogs 90-80
2002 Harrisburg Horizon New Philadelphia Firedogs 2-0 (best-of 3)
2003 Harrisburg Horizon no playoffs
2004 Harrisburg Horizon no playoffs
2005 Harrisburg Horizon & Delaware Destroyers no playoffs
2006 Harrisburg Horizon Delaware Destroyers
2007 Harrisburg Horizon & Delaware Destroyers no playoffs
2008 Harrisburg Horizon North Jersey Lakers 98-96
2009 Delaware Destroyers Elmira Bulldogs 115-103
2010 Delaware Destroyers Tru Hope Trailblazers 114-97
2011 Metropolitan All-Stars Maryland Marvels 118-98
2012 Hudson Valley Hype Metropolitan All-Stars 103-92
2013 New York Wizards Harrisburg Horizon 118-116
2014 Harrisburg Horizon York Might Ants 101-92
2015 Harrisburg Horizon York Might Ants 93-85

See also

References

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