2009–10 ABA season explained

2009–10 ABA season
League:American Basketball Association
Sport:Basketball
Duration:November 2009 - March 2010
Season:Regular season
Playoffs:Playoffs
Conf1:Eastern
Conf1 Champ:Kentucky Bisons
Conf1 Runner-Up:Bluegrass Stallions
Conf2:Western
Conf2 Champ:Southeast Texas Mavericks
Conf2 Runner-Up:San Francisco Rumble
Finals:2010 ABA Championship
Finals Link:Southeast Texas Mavericks
Finals Champ:Southeast Texas Mavericks
Finals-Runner-Up:Kentucky Bisons
Seasonslist:List of ABA seasons
Seasonslistnames:ABA
Prevseason Link:2008-09 ABA season
Prevseason Year:2008–09
Nextseason Link:2010-11 ABA season
Nextseason Year:2010–11

The 2009-2010 ABA season was the ninth season of the American Basketball Association that lasted from November 2009 and ended with the three-game championship series between the Kentucky Bisons and the Southeast Texas Mavericks at the end of March 2010. The Mavericks won the championship series, two games to one after an 85-76 win March 30 for their first title.[1]

League changes

For the first time, the league championship was played in a three-game series, between the Kentucky Bisons and Southeast Texas Mavericks, a series in which was won by the Mavericks, two games to one.

Regular season standings

These are the 2009-2010 regular season standings.[2] Many franchises folded during the season, resulting in very few games being played for a lot of teams.

North CaliforniaWLWin %
align=center align=center 22 align=center 8 align=center 0.733 -align=center align=center 16 align=center 7 align=center 0.696 -align=center align=center 16 align=center 12 align=center 0.571 -align=center align=center 13 align=center 12 align=center 0.520
North Central DivisionWLWin %
align=center align=center 16 align=center 4 align=center 0.800 -align=center align=center 13 align=center 6 align=center 0.684 -align=center align=center 8 align=center 3 align=center 0.727 -align=center align=center 6 align=center 2 align=center 0.750 -align=center align=center 6 align=center 5 align=center 0.545 -align=center align=center 4 align=center 0 align=center 1.000 -align=center align=center 2 align=center 2 align=center 0.500 -align=center align=center 0 align=center 2 align=center 0.000 -align=center align=center 0 align=center 2 align=center 0.000 -align=center align=center 0 align=center 5 align=center 0.000
Northeast DivisionWLWin %
align=center align=center 12 align=center 4 align=center 0.750 -align=center align=center 9 align=center 3 align=center 0.750 -align=center align=center 7 align=center 10 align=center 0.412 -align=center align=center 6 align=center 9 align=center 0.400 -align=center align=center 5 align=center 9 align=center 0.357 -Pacific Northwest DivisionWLWin %
align=center align=center 9 align=center 8 align=center 0.529
align=center align=center 3 align=center 0 a9lign=center 1.000 -align=center align=center 2 align=center 2 align=center 0.500 -align=center align=center 1 align=center 1 align=center 0.500 -align=center align=center 1 align=center 6 align=center 0.143 -Southern California DivisionWLWin %
align=center align=center 9 align=center 3 align=center 0.750 -align=center align=center 6 align=center 9 align=center 0.400 -align=center align=center 5 align=center 8 align=center 0.385 -align=center Compton Cobras align=center 4 align=center 2 align=center 0.667 -align=center align=center 4 align=center 10 align=center 0.286 -align=center align=center 3 align=center 0 align=center 1.000 -align=center align=center 2 align=center 6 align=center 0.250 -align=center align=center 1 align=center 1 align=center 0.500 -South Central DivisionWLWin %
align=center align=center 13 align=center 7 align=center 0.650 -align=center align=center 12 align=center 7 align=center 0.632 -align=center align=center 6 align=center 10 align=center 0.375 -align=center align=center 0 align=center 3 align=center 0.000 -Southeast DivisionWLWin %
align=center align=center 9 align=center 3 align=center 0.750 -align=center align=center 4 align=center 6 align=center 0.400 -align=center align=center 3 align=center 5 align=center 0.375 -align=center align=center 1 align=center 0 align=center 1.000 -align=center align=center 1 align=center 3 align=center 0.250 -align=center align=center 0 align=center 0 align=center 0.000 -align=center align=center 0 align=center 1 align=center 0.000
Southwest DivisionWLWin %
align=center align=center 23 align=center 3 align=center 0.885 -align=center align=center 10 align=center 4 align=center 0.714 -align=center align=center 7 align=center 6 align=center 0.538 -align=center align=center 3 align=center 11 align=center 0.214 -align=center align=center 2 align=center 1 align=center 0.667 -align=center align=center 0 align=center 2 align=center 0.000 -align=center align=center 0 align=center 6 align=center 0.000
Exhibition TeamsWLWin %
align=center align=center 10 align=center 4 align=center 0.714

Postseason

Note: Finals was a best of 3 series.
Note: ABA did not release the game results for the first round or the winners of the regional first round tournaments.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mavericks win first title . 2010-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719060932/http://www.kfdm.com/articles/aba-37243-finals-championship.html . 2011-07-19 . dead .
  2. https://www.usbasket.com/ABA/basketball_2010.aspx 2009-10 ABA Regular Season Standings