2020 CEBL–U Sports Draft explained

2020 CEBL–U Sports Draft
Sport:Basketball
Date:March 26, 2020
League:Canadian Elite Basketball League
Teams:7
First:Tajinder Lall, Ottawa Blackjacks
Overall:21
Rounds:3
Prev:2019
Next:2021

The 2020 CEBL–U Sports Draft is the second CEBL Draft, being revealed on March 26. Seven Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) teams will select 21 athletes in total.

Format

the draft order for the first round is determine by how the teams finished in the 2019 CEBL season, with the Ottawa Blackjacks getting the first overall, and for the rest is last place, to the league champion. 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 determined as follows:[1]

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

Player selection

Source:[2]

Round 1

Team Player Hometown School team
1Carleton
2Fraser Valley
3Marcus Anderson Carleton
4Dalhousie
5Brock
6Laurentian
7Saskatchewan

Round 2

Team Player Hometown School team
8Manitoba
9Lakehead
10Brock
11York
12Laurier
13Fraser Valley
14Carleton

Round 3

Team Player Hometown School team
15Carleton
16Fraser Valley
17Brock
18Dalhousie
19Brock
20Toronto
21Saskatchewan

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 CEBL-U SPORTS Draft Reveal Slated for March 26. Canadian Elite Basketball League. January 6, 2020.
  2. Web site: Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) Reveals Results of 2020 CEBL U SPORTS Draft. Canadian Elite Basketball League. live. January 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200326233152/https://www.cebl.ca/canadian-elite-basketball-league-cebl-reveals-results-of-2020-cebl-u-sports-draft . 2020-03-26 .