2019 CEBL Entry Draft explained

2019 CEBL Entry Draft
Sport:	Basketball
Date:	March 23, 2019
Location:	Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
League:	Canadian Elite Basketball League
Teams:	6
First:	Joel Friesen, Fraser Valley Bandits
Overall:	78
Rounds:	13
Next:	2020

The 2019 CEBL Entry Draft was the inaugural CEBL Entry Draft, held on March 23, 2019, at the Art Gallery of Hamilton in Hamilton, Ontario. Six Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) teams selected 78 athletes in total.

Format

A blind draw was used to determine the draft order for the first round. A "snake draft" was used, with the order reversing in even-numbered rounds, and the original order in odd-numbered rounds. The draft order for the first round was drawn as follows:^[1]

1. Fraser Valley Bandits
2. Edmonton Stingers
3. Guelph Nighthawks
4. Saskatchewan Rattlers
5. Hamilton Honey Badgers
6. Niagara River Lions

The first four rounds were regional rounds, in which teams selected players from their region. The three eastern teams had to choose players from Eastern Canada and the western teams from Western Canada. The next seven rounds were open rounds, with teams able to select players from any region of the world. The final two rounds were U Sports rounds, in which teams selected players playing in U Sports, Canada's university basketball program.^[2]

Player selection

Source:^[3]

Regional rounds

Round 1

	Team	Player	Hometown	School team
1		Joel Friesen		Alberta
2		Mamadou Gueye		Alberta
3				Carleton
4		Denzel James		MacEwan
5				Oregon
6				Carleton

Round 2

	Team	Player	Hometown	School team
7				Missouri State
8		Erik Nissen		Acadia
9		Jelane Pryce		Winnipeg
10				Michigan State
11		Mathieu Kamba		Central Arkansas
12		Marek Klassen		Point Loma Nazarene

Round 3

	Team	Player	Hometown	School team
13				McNeese State
14				Calgary
15		Marvin Binney		Saint Mary's
16		Justus Alleyn		Manitoba
17				South Carolina
18		Guillaume Boucard		Carleton

Round 4

	Team	Player	Hometown	School team
19				New Mexico State
20				Marquette
21		Thomas Cooper		Calgary
22		Emanual Shepherd		Southern
23		Jordan Baker		Alberta
24		Dallin Bachynski		Utah

Open rounds

Round 5

	Team	Player	School team
25		Conor Morgan	UBC
26			Ryerson
27		Chris Johnson	St. Bonaventure
28		Alex Campbell	Windsor
29		Murphy Burnatowski	Colgate
30		Julian Boyd	LIU Brooklyn

Round 6

	Team	Player	School team
31		Nem Mitrovic	Portland
32			Wyoming
33			Morehead State
34			Florida State
35			Coppin State
36		Elijah Foster	Nevada

Round 7

	Team	Player	School team
37			Pittsburgh
38		Ashton Smith	IUP
39			CBU
40		Gentrey Thomas	UC Riverside
41			Kansas State
42			NC State

Round 8

	Team	Player	School team
43		Joel Kindred	St. Augustine's
44		Ryan Ejim	Carleton
45		Kevin Bercy	St. Francis Xavier
46		Marvell Waithe	Arkansas
47		Christian Musoko	Southern Utah
48		Maurice Jones	Northwest Nazarene

Round 9

	Team	Player	School team
49			Western Carolina
50			Sam Houston State
51			Texas
52			Saskatchewan
53		Shaquille Keith	CBU
54		Ryan Wright	Oklahoma State

Round 10

	Team	Player	School team
55		Rayvon Higdon	Redeemer
56		Joe Rocca	Carleton
57		Shane Osayande	Saskatchewan
58		Jamal Reynolds	Canisius
59			Grand Canyon
60			BYU

Round 11

	Team	Player	School team
61		Troy Gottselig	Saskatchewan
62		Greg Morrow	Western
63		Chadrack Lufile	Wichita State
64		Terry Thomas	Ottawa
65			Little Rock
66			Illinois

U-Sports rounds

Round 12

	Team	Player	School team
67		Fil Vujadinovic	Ryerson
68		Connor Gilmore	McMaster
69		Chan De Ciman	Saskatchewan
70		Malcolm Glanville	Guelph
71		Narcisse Ambanza	Winnipeg
72		Mason Bourcier	UBC

Round 13

	Team	Player	School team
73		Grant Shephard	UBC
74		Brody Clarke	Alberta
75		Myles Charvis	Ryerson
76		Jean-Victor Mukama	Ryerson
77		Thomas Kennedy	Windsor
78		Tyler Brown	Brock

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entry Draft 2019. Canadian Elite Basketball League. live. January 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190514160317/https://www.cebl.ca/entry-draft-lottery . 2019-05-14 .
2. Web site: Fraser Valley Bandits win first pick in Canadian Elite Basketball League draft. Welsh. Eric. March 7, 2019. The Chiliwack Progress. January 6, 2020.
3. Web site: Canadian Elite Basketball League Reveals Picks For Its Inaugural Season Entry Draft. Sanyal. Anish. Canadian Elite Basketball League. January 6, 2020.