Continental Basketball League

Continental Basketball League (CBL)

Logo Continental Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Founded	October 30, 2009
No. of teams	6
Country	USA
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent champion(s)	Cary Invasion
Most titles	tie Cary Invasion, Savannah Wildcats (1)
Official website	[1]

The Continental Basketball League (CBL) was a men's basketball minor league in the United States that began play in April 2010. The league is headquartered in Florida.

In 2009, Dennis Truax, who was previously affiliated with the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), was named the first commissioner of the CBL. Gary Perry, an owner of the Augusta Groove when it was in the Premier Basketball League (PBL) was named the first director of basketball operations.

On November 2, 2009, the Wilmington Sea Dawgs were the first team to announce joining the league. On February 16, 2010, the Carolina Cougarz became the second team to join the CBL. On February 18, 2010, the Savannah Wildcats became the third team in the CBL. and the Georgia Gwizzlies left the ABA to become the fourth. On March 5, 2010, the Birmingham Steel joined the league.

Two weeks into the 2010 season, the Steel left the league for the World Basketball Association (WBA) and was replaced by the Birmingham Sabers On 1 June 2010, the Georgia Gwizzlies were removed from the league for failure to meet operating standards, after having missed games against Birmingham and Wilmington

The league championship in 2010 was to be decided by a single elimination tournament in June. However, after the removal of the Gwizzlies, the schedule and playoff structure were truncated and adjusted. The playoffs became a one game championship between the first and second place teams, the Sea Dawgs and Wildcats respectively, which was won by the Wildcats 96-86 in overtime.

In July 2010 the Florida Flight moved from the WBA to the CBL. In September 2010, the Miami Stars and Palm Beach Titans joined. On March 28, 2011, the Heartland Prowl announced they had left the ABA to join the CBL. In the announcement of the Prowl, the absence of the Carolina Cougarz as a listed team coupled with their removal from the CBL website indicated that they had folded.