East Coast Basketball League
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | June 2014 |
| No. of teams | 17 |
| Country | United States |
| Continent | FIBA Americas (Americas) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
PrimeTime Players (2016) |
| Most titles | PrimeTime Players (2) |
| Official website | EastCoastBasketballLeague.org |
East Coast Basketball League (ECBL) is a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States that began play in March 2015. The league is centered in the Carolinas with teams also in Georgia and Virginia.
Five of the teams (Carolina Gladiators, Fayetteville Crossover, PrimeTime Players, Queen City Express, South Carolina All-Stars) in the ECBL previously played in the Tobacco Road Basketball League. The teams broke away from the TRBL due to changes in the league format.
The ECBL will broadcast games live and delayed online via Chris Schieman Media & Marketing.
On August 16, 2014 the ECBL announced the addition of the Fort Gordon Eagles. A military team, the Eagles also compete in the Southeast Military Athletics Conference (SEMAC) from October to February.
Former American Basketball Association team Savannah Storm were named the 11th franchise to enter the ECBL.
The first-ever ECBL Championship was won by PrimeTime Players, 130-113 over the Fayetteville Crossover. The final was played on June 27, 2015 in Fort Mill, South Carolina and streamed live online. Former Catawba College forward Donald Rutherford scored 34 points while grabbing 16 rebounds for PrimeTime and was named game MVP.
Four new teams joined the ECBL for the 2016 season: expansion teams Carolina MPact, Petersburg Revolution, RDU Raptors and Winston-Salem Certified (formerly of the TRBL).
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