- The American Professional Basketball League (APBL) is a semi-professional men's basketball league that began play in 2010. Originally known as the Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League (ACPBL),[1] the league changed their name before the 2012-13 season.
Teams are located up and down the Atlantic Coast from New York to Northern Virginia.History
Formed in 2010 as the ACPBL, the league initially was made up of two teams (Buffalo Stampede, Washington GreenHawks) formerly of the Premier Basketball League, three teams (Beltway Bombers, Garden State Rebels, Tru Hope Trailblazers) formerly of the Eastern Basketball Alliance, and three expansion teams (Hudson Valley Kingz, New York Lions, Westchester Wildkatz).
Teams
Team City Arena Founded First season in APBL Beltway Bombers Dumfries, Virginia Potomac High School 2009 2010 Brooklyn Blazers Brooklyn, New York Williamsburg Charter High School 2012 2012 D.C. Funkhouse Piranhas Washington, DC Woodrow Wilson High School 2013 2013 Hudson Valley Kingz Brooklyn, New York Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School 2010 2010 Manhattan Pride Manhattan, New York Latino Pastoral Action Center 2011 2011 New Jersey Thunder Carneys Point Township, New Jersey Penns Grove High School 2013 2013 New York Black Eagles Brooklyn, New York Williamsburg Community Center 2012 2012 New York Fearless New York, New York 2015 2015 NoVA Hawks Washington, DC Woodrow Wilson High School 2008 2012 NYC 524 Staten Island, New York Fastbreak Basketball Center 2011 2011 Rockville Victors Rockville, Maryland Richard Montgomery High School 2012 2012 Winchester Storm Winchester, Virginia John Handley High School 2010 2012 Former teams
- Bay Area Shuckers (2011-16)
- Brooklyn All Game (2012-14)
- Brooklyn Firebirds (2012-13)
- Buffalo Stampede (2010-11)
- Capital City Express (2012-14)
- D.C. Drew All Stars (2014)
- Garden State Rebels (2010-12)
- Gotham City Revolution (2013-14)
- Hartford Lightning (2011-12)
- Hudson Valley Hype (2014)
- Long Island United (2014)
- Metropolitan All-Stars (2012-14)
- New York Lions (2010-11)
- North Jersey Pros (2011-12)
- Philadelphia Destroyers (2011-14)
- Toms River Shooters (2011-12)
- Tri-City Suns (2011)
- Tru Hope Trailblazers (2010-11)
- Washington GreenHawks (2010) - team dissolved and replaced by Tri-City Suns in January 2011
- Westchester Wildkatz (2010-11)
Champions
Year Champion Runner-up Result 2011 Tru Hope Trailblazers Garden State Rebels 97-96 2012 Beltway Bombers The Destroyers 127-118 2013 NYC 524 Rockville Victors 118-116 2014 Metropolitan All-Stars NYC 524 95-74[2] 2015 New Jersey Thunder Rockville Victors 99-98[3] 2016 New Jersey Thunder Hudson Valley Kingz 100-99 League Awards
Season Most Valuable Player Coach of the Year 2010-11 Hugh Jones, Beltway Bombers Emory Addison, Tru Hope Trailblazers 2011-12 Antoinne Morgano, Garden State Rebels Dallas Comegys, The Destroyers 2012-13 Fahreed Cheatham, The Destroyers Jamaal Schools, Rockville Victors 2013-14 Aaron Collins, NYC 524 Alvin Brown, Metropolitan All-Stars 2014-15 Semaj Inge, New Jersey Thunder Kenny Avent, New Jersey Thunder 2015-16 Dele Ojo, Rockville Victors Chaz Dudley, Beltway Bombers Notable players
Lonny Baxter, Rockville Victors
Adrian Bowie, Bay Area Shuckers[4]
Elyon Bush, Metropolitan All-Stars
Terrance Carter, Metropolitan All-Stars
Fahreed Cheatham, The Destroyers
Kevin Clark, Bay Area Shuckers
Aaron Collins, NYC 524
Edward Jones, NoVA Hawks
Phil Grant, NYC 524
Camontae Griffin, Beltway Bombers, Bay Area Shuckers
Doug Herring Jr., Hudson Valley Kingz
Semaj Inge, New Jersey Thunder
Hugh "Baby Shaq" Jones, Rockville Victors
Antoine Morgano, New Jersey Pros
William "Smush" Parker, NYC 524
Dele Ojo, Rockville Victors
Chaz Williams, Brooklyn Blazers
James "Stixx" Williams, NYC 524
References
- "American Professional Basketball League Announces League Structure". HoopCoach.org. 18 October 2012.
- "All-Stars are APBL champions". USBasket.com. 6 May 2014.
- "New Jersey Thunder are crowned champions". USBasket.com. 4 May 2015.
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