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The 2018–19 NBL Canada season is the eighth season of the National Basketball League of Canada. The regular season ran from November 15, 2018, to March 31, 2019.

League changes

The league originally intended to move the St. John's Edge to the Atlantic Division following the addition of the expansion Sudbury Five. However, after the NBL lost the Niagara River Lions and was back to four teams in Ontario, the league decided to play as a single table for the regular season schedule to ease the Edge's travel. The league still uses each team's overall record in a divisional table for playoff qualification as done in previous seasons.[1]

Offseason coaching changes

Midseason coaching changes

  • The London Lightning fired Keith Vassell following a 4–4 start to the season after leading the team to a championship the previous season. He was replaced by Elliott Etherington.[6]
  • The St. John's Edge head coach Doug Plumb resigned in March 2019 and was replaced by assistant Steven Marcus as interim head coach.[7]

Regular season

Standings as of 31 March 2019:[8]

Atlantic Division GP W L PCT GB Div
z — Moncton Magic 40 27 13 .675 — 18–7
x — Halifax Hurricanes 40 25 15 .625 2 13–11
x — Cape Breton Highlanders 40 19 21 .475 8 13–9
x — Saint John Riptide 40 17 23 .425 10 10–15
Island Storm 40 12 28 .300 15 7–19
Central Division GP W L PCT GB Div
c — London Lightning 40 22 18 .550 — 16–11
x — St. John's Edge 40 21 19 .525 1 7–7
x — Sudbury Five 40 21 19 .525 1 14–14
x — KW Titans 40 19 21 .475 3 14–12
Windsor Express 40 17 23 .425 5 10–17

Notes

  • z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
  • c – Clinched home court advantage for the division playoffs
  • x – Clinched playoff spot

Attendance

As of the end of the regular season

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 St. John's Edge 75,884 6,080 2,156 3,794 +11.6%†
2 London Lightning 60,799 8,024 1,324 3,040 −27.7%†
3 Halifax Hurricanes 41,894 4,473 1,123 2,095 +7.0%†
4 Sudbury Five1 40,952 3,480 1,299 2,048 n/a†
5 Saint John Riptide 31,453 4,012 471 1,573 −16.5%†
6 KW Titans 26,022 5,036 499 1,301 +2.9%†
7 Cape Breton Highlanders 24,762 4,108 576 1,238 −8.6%†
8 Island Storm 24,482 1,825 899 1,224 −34.7%†
9 Windsor Express 23,056 1,624 650 1,153 +18.3%†
10 Moncton Magic 23,048 1,964 862 1,152 +7.6%†
League total 372,352 8,024 471 1,862 −7.1%†

Source: [1]
Notes:
1: New team.

Playoffs

Division Semifinals Division Finals NBL Canada Finals
         
A1 Moncton 3
A4 Saint John 0
A1 Moncton 4
Atlantic Division
A2 Halifax 3
A2 Halifax 3
A3 Cape Breton 2
A1 Moncton 4
C2 St. John's 0
C1 London 2
C4 Kitchener–Waterloo 3
C4 Kitchener–Waterloo 2
Central Division
C2 St. John's 4
C2 St. John's 3
C3 Sudbury 2

Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

As of games played 31 March 2019

Individual statistic leaders

Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game Braylon Rayson Sudbury Five 25.0
Rebounds per game Bryce Washington Saint John Riptide 11.25
Assists per game Cliff Clinkscales Halifax Hurricanes 6.80
Blocks per game Ty Walker Windsor Express 2.23
Three pointers Jaylen Bland Sudbury Five 4.54

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Statistic
Points Braylon Rayson Sudbury Five 49
Rebounds Obinna Oleka St. John's Edge 24
Assists Cliff Clinkscales Halifax Hurricanes 18

Awards

Player of the Week award

For games
in week ending 		Player of the week Canadian player of the week
Player Team Player Team
November 18, 2018 Jaylen Bland Sudbury Five Gentrey Thomas Moncton Magic
November 25, 2018 Bruce Massey Cape Breton Highlanders Jamal Reynolds Cape Breton Highlanders
December 2, 2018 Gabe Freeman Halifax Hurricanes Tyler Scott Island Storm
December 9, 2018 Maurice Jones St. John's Edge Joel Friesen KW Titans
December 16, 2018 Doug Herring Jr. Moncton Magic Grandy Glaze Sudbury Five
December 23, 2018 Joel Kindred Halifax Hurricanes Aaron Redpath Cape Breton Highlanders
December 30, 2018 Bruce Massey (2) Cape Breton Highlanders Garrett Williamson London Lightning
January 6, 2019 Mike Poole Halifax Hurricanes Junior Cadougan St. John's Edge
January 13, 2019 Bruce Massey (3) Cape Breton Highlanders Guillaume Boucard Island Storm
January 20, 2019 Juan Patillo Windsor Express Garrett Williamson (2) London Lightning
January 27, 2019 Cory Dixon Sudbury Five Tyrrel Tate Windsor Express
February 3, 2019 Glen Davis St. John's Edge Terry Thomas Halifax Hurricanes
February 10, 2019 Mike Poole (2) Halifax Hurricanes Mamadou Gueye Sudbury Five
February 17, 2019 Frank Bartley Saint John Riptide Junior Cadougan (2) St. John's Edge
February 24, 2019 Trey Kell Moncton Magic Junior Cadougan (3) St. John's Edge
March 3, 2019 Braylon Rayson Sudbury Five Guillaume Boucard (2) Island Storm
March 10, 2019 Chris Jones Windsor Express Yohanny Dalembert Sudbury Five
March 17, 2019 Frank Bartley (2) Saint John Riptide Alex Campbell Island Storm
March 24, 2019 Braylon Rayson (2) Sudbury Five Terry Thomas (2) Halifax Hurricanes
March 31, 2019 Marcus Capers London Lightning Jamal Reynolds (2) Cape Breton Highlanders

Coach of the Month award

Month Player Team
November Joe Salerno Moncton Magic
December Bernado Fitz-Gonzalez Cape Breton Highlanders
January Bill Jones Windsor Express
February Mike Leslie Halifax Hurricanes
March Joe Salerno (2) Moncton Magic

End-of-season awards

Source:[9]

Draft

The 2018–19 NBL Canada Draft and Combine was held on August 25–26.[10]

Rnd. Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
1 1 Miles Seward  Canada Moncton Magic Harcum College
1 2 Aaron Jackson  United States KW Titans East Carolina
1 3 Charles Boozer  United States Cape Breton Highlanders Iowa State
1 4 Brent Arrington  United States Saint John Riptide Morehead State
1 5 Darnell Landon  Canada Saint John Riptide Mayville State
1 6 Gabe McCray  United States Saint John Riptide South Carolina State
1 7 Edward Asamoah  Canada Moncton Magic Bridgeport
1 8 Funsho Dimeji  Canada Sudbury Five Durham
1 9 Chris Early  United States St. John's Edge Chattanooga
1 10 Jonathan Wallace  Canada London Lightning Guelph
1 11 Davon Eley  United States Halifax Hurricanes Lakeland
2 1 Miroslav Jaksic  Serbia Windsor Express Oklahoma Christian
2 2 Matthew Hart  United States KW Titans George Washington
2 3 Benjamin Batts Jr.  United States Cape Breton Highlanders LSU–Shreveport
2 4 Marcus Jones  Canada Cape Breton Highlanders Windsor
2 5 David Atkinson  United States Saint John Riptide Salem
2 6 Daniel Dooley  Canada Windsor Express Guelph
2 7 Aaron Edison  United States St. John's Edge Santa Monica
2 8 Jameel Williamson  Canada London Lightning St. Francis Xavier
2 9 Donell Tuff  United States Halifax Hurricanes Albany State

References

  1. ^ "NBLC's 2018-19 Schedule Features Strong Rivalries & Classic Matchups". NBLCanada.ca. September 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Fitz-Gonzalez named Highlanders coach". The Chronicle Herald. September 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "Jeff Dunlap Accepts New Coaching Role". NBL Canada. 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Doug Plumb Named Edge Head Coach". St. John's Edge. July 5, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Logan Stutz Named General Manager and Head Coach". OurSportsCentral.com. 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Lightning dump coach Vassell after lack-lustre start". The London Free Press. 11 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Edge Head Coach Doug Plumb Steps Down, Steven Marcus Named Interim Head Coach". St. John's Edge. March 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "2018–19 NBL Canada Standings". NBL Canada. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  9. ^ "NBLC Awards".
  10. ^ "NBL Canada 2018 draft results". November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NBL_Canada_season