| Pixels: | 250px |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Founded: | 1996 |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Country: | USA |
| Champion: | Harrisburg Horizon (2015) |
| Most Champs: | Harrisburg Horizon (9) |
| Folded: | 2015 |
| Website: | Official site |
The Eastern Basketball Alliance was a semi-professional men's winter basketball league. Games were played on the weekends and the season was approximately four months long (January through April).
The EBA was formed in 1996 from the fledgling Atlantic Basketball Association. The league played its first season with seven teams. In 1997, the league expanded to ten teams and was incorporated. In 1998, the first EBA commissioner was elected.
From 1999 to 2001, the EBA joined with four ABA teams to form the United Basketball Alliance, but in 2002 they returned to being the EBA.
The EBA took a one-year (2015-16 season) hiatus.[1] The league never returned.
| Division | Team | City | Arena |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern | |||
| Columbia All-Stars | Columbia, Maryland | ||
| Harrisburg Horizon | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Rowland Academy | |
| Schuylkill Firedogs | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Simon Kramer Community and Recreation Center | |
| Western Maryland Elite | Hagerstown, Maryland | Martin Luther King Jr. Center | |
| York Mighty Ants | York, Pennsylvania | New Hope Academy | |
| Travel/Southernteams | DMV Kings | Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Marietta Tarantulas | Marietta, Georgia | ||
| MetroWest Ballas | MetroWest, Massachusetts | ||
| Maryland Bayraiders | Gwynn Oak, Maryland | ||
| Silver Spring Barracudas | Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Scranton Blast | |||
| 1998 | Springfield Slamm | |||
| 1999 | Lancaster Storm | |||
| 2000 | Morris Revolution | |||
| 2001 | Morris Revolution | New Philadelphia Firedogs | 90-80 | |
| 2002 | Harrisburg Horizon | New Philadelphia Firedogs | 2-0 (best-of 3) | |
| 2003 | Harrisburg Horizon | no playoffs | ||
| 2004 | Harrisburg Horizon | no playoffs | ||
| 2005 | Harrisburg Horizon & Delaware Destroyers | no playoffs | ||
| 2006 | Harrisburg Horizon | Delaware Destroyers | ||
| 2007 | Harrisburg Horizon & Delaware Destroyers | no playoffs | ||
| 2008 | Harrisburg Horizon | North Jersey Lakers | 98-96 | |
| 2009 | Delaware Destroyers | Elmira Bulldogs | 115-103 | |
| 2010 | Delaware Destroyers | Tru Hope Trailblazers | 114-97 | |
| 2011 | Metropolitan All-Stars | Maryland Marvels | 118-98 | |
| 2012 | Hudson Valley Hype | Metropolitan All-Stars | 103-92 | |
| 2013 | New York Wizards | Harrisburg Horizon | 118-116 | |
| 2014 | Harrisburg Horizon | York Might Ants | 101-92 | |
| 2015 | Harrisburg Horizon | York Might Ants | 93-85 |