International Basketball League (2005-)
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- 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.
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| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Inaugural season | 2005 |
| No. of teams | 26 |
| Country |  United States |
| Current champions | Elkhart Express |
| Official website | www.iblhoopsonline.com |
The International Basketball League is a U.S.-based professional basketball summer league featuring teams from the West Coast and the Midwest. Founded by Portland area sports promoter Mikal Duilio, the league features rules 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 of 2003. These games featured a mixture of traditional college and NBA rules, plus two 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.
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 of 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.
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[edit] Current IBL Franchises
*The Elgin Racers were originally the Windy City Dawgs and relocated from Chicago, Illinois in 2006.
*The Marysville Meteors were originally the Columbus Cyclones and relocated from Westerville, Ohio in 2007.
[edit] Expansion Teams
| Team | City | Arena | 1st Season |
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| Akron Energy | Akron, Ohio | Woodridge Middle School, The House Of The Lord | 2008, played a partial exhibition schedule in 2007 |
| Arizona | Arizona | 2008, played a partial exhibition schedule in 2007 | |
| Calgary | Calgary, Alberta | 2008 | |
| Dayton Jets | Dayton, Ohio | Trotwood-Madison High School | 2005, took a one-year hiatus for 2007 season, with plans to return in 2008 |
| Edmonton Sled Dawgz | Edmonton, Alberta | Grant MacEwan College | 2008 |
| Lansing Capitals | Lansing, Michigan | Walter French Academy | 2006, played a partial exhibition schedule in 2007, with plans to return in 2008 |
| Saskatoon | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Credit Union Centre | 2008 |
[edit] IBL Champions
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-Up | ||
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| 2005 | Battle Creek | 124:121 |  |
Dayton | |
| 2006 | Elkhart | 119:108 (OT) |  |
Columbus |
[edit] Former teams that joined other leagues
- Akron Cougars (formerly the Cuyahoga Falls Cougars, joined the Universal Basketball League)
[edit] Defunct Teams
- Akron Lightning(2005)
- Aurora Cavalry(2006)
- Cedar Valley Jaguars(2005-2006)
- Des Moines Heat(2005)
- Detroit Pros(2005)
- Lansing Capitals(2006)
- Lake County Lakers (2006)
- Macomb County Mustangs(2005-2006)
- Mahoning Valley Wildcats(2005)
- Oakland Slammers(2005-2006)
- Tacoma Jets* (2005-2006, announced for 2007, but removed from schedule)
- West Virginia Wild (2006)
*The Tacoma Jets were named the Tacoma Thunder for the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
[edit] Final Regular Season Standings
See article IBL Regular Season Standings
[edit] See also
[edit] External Links
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Men's professional basketball leagues
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