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]
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.
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 California | W | L | Win % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Division | W | L | Win % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Division | W | L | Win % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Division | W | L | Win % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Division | W | L | Win % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Division | W | L | Win % | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Division | W | L | Win % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Division | W | L | Win % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Teams | W | L | Win % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
align=center | align=center | 10 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 0.714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.