International Basketball League (2005-)
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- This article is about the International Basketball League formed in 2005. See International Basketball League for information on the original International Basketball League.
| International Basketball League''' | |
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| History | IBL (2005-) |
| Commissioner | Mikal Dulio |
| Teams | 17(2005) 25 (2006) |
The International Basketball League is a U.S.-based professional league featuring teams from the West Coast and the Midwest. Founded by Portland area sports promoter Mikal Duilio, the league features rules designed to create a fast-paced, high-scoring brand of basketball.
Duilio first began planning for the league with a series of test games in Portland and Seattle in November of 2003. These games featured a mixture of traditional college and NBA rules, plus two rules created specifically for the league:
- 1. The "Immediate Inbound" Rule: After a made basket, the referee will throw the ball to a nearby player, instead of a player throwing in the ball from under the basket, to eliminate wasted time.
- 2. Instead of six timeouts as in an NBA game, teams are limited to only a single timeout per quarter.
In the league's first year, the up-tempo rules resulted in the average team scoring 126.9 points per game, nearly 30 points more than the NBA team average in 2004-05, and slightly higher than the NBA record for points per game by a team in a single season, set by the Denver Nuggets in 1981-82.
Current IBL Franchises
*The Elgin Racers were originally the Windy City Dawgs and relocated from Chicago, Illinois in 2006.
The Tri City Ballers were originally the San Jose Ballers and relocated from San Jose, California in 2006.
The Akron Quakers were originally the Cuyahoga Falls Cougars and will relocate from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in 2007.
**The Cedar Valley Jaguars were originally named the Waterloo Kings, and were renamed in 2006.
- Teams to resume play in 2007
- *Dayton Jets
- *Des Moines Heat
- 2007 Expansion Teams
- *Buffalo, New York
- *California Stars (Los Angeles, California)
- *Everett Explosion (Everett, Washington)
- *Las Vegas, Nevada
- *Medford
- *Phoenix Flame (Phoenix, Arizona)
- *St. George
IBL Champions
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-Up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 
| Battle Creek | 124:121 | 
| Dayton |
| 2006 | 
| Elkhart | 119:108 (OT) | 
| Columbus |
Final Regular Season Standings
2005
| Eastern Conference | W | L | Win % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Battle Creek Knights | 21 | 0 | 1.000 |
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| Dayton Jets | 15 | 2 | .882 |
| Grand Rapids Flight | 13 | 6 | .684 |
| Mahoning Valley Wildcats | 12 | 7 | .632 |
| Windy City Dawgs | 7 | 8 | .467 |
| Detroit Pros | 5 | 15 | .250 |
| Macomb County Mustangs | 4 | 16 | .200 |
| Akron Lightning | 2 | 15 | .118 |
| Western Conference | W | L | Win % | |
| Tacoma Thunder | 12 | 6 | .667 |
| Chico Force | 13 | 7 | .650 |
| Portland Chinooks | 14 | 8 | .636 |
| Des Moines Heat | 10 | 6 | .625 |
| Central Oregon Hotshots | 11 | 11 | .500 |
| San Jose Ballers | 10 | 10 | .500 |
| Oakland Slammers | 5 | 14 | .263 |
| Vancouver Volcanoes | 4 | 18 | .182 |
| Waterloo Kings | 3 | 14 | .177 |
2006
| Eastern Conference | W | L | Win % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Elkhart Express | 23 | 2 | .920 |
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| Columbus Cyclones | 20 | 3 | .869 |
| Elgin Racers | 16 | 6 | .727 | |
| Holland Blast | 14 | 8 | .636 |
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| Grand Rapids Flight | 11 | 10 | .523 |
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| Battle Creek Knights | 11 | 10 | .523 |
| Cedar Valley Jaguars | 9 | 10 | .473 |
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| Macomb County Mustangs | 5 | 8 | .384 |
| Cuyahoga Falls Cougars | 8 | 13 | .380 |
| Lansing Capitals | 5 | 17 | .227 |
| West Virginia Wild | 3 | 15 | .166 |
| Lake County Lakers | 2 | 14 | .125 |
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| Dayton Jets | 15 | 2 | .882 |
| Western Conference | W | L | Win % | |
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| Tri City Ballers | 14 | 4 | .777 |
| Seattle Mountaineers | 15 | 5 | .750 |
| Eugene Chargers | 13 | 7 | .650 |
| Aurora Cavalry | 13 | 7 | .650 |
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| Oakland Slammers | 10 | 9 | .526 |
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| Chico Force | 9 | 9 | .500 |
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| Tacoma Thunder | 11 | 11 | .500 |
| Salem Stampede | 10 | 10 | .500 |
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| Portland Chinooks | 9 | 11 | .450 |
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| Central Oregon Hotshots | 8 | 14 | .363 |
| Colorado Crossover | 6 | 14 | .300 |
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| Vancouver Volcanoes | 4 | 21 | .160 |
Defunct Teams
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