2020 TBL season
# 2020 TBL season

The 2020 TBL season is the third season of The Basketball League (TBL). In March 18, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled without completion.

## League changes

### Organization

On June 29, 2019, league CEO Evelyn Magley announced Kayla Crosby as the director of team development for approving new teams. Crosby is the owner and founder of the Jamestown Jackals.

### Teams

It was announced that the Albany Patroons had been sold to new ownership. The Yakima SunKings were not included as 2020 member and the Mesquite Desert Dogs withdrew due to the travel constraints as the only remaining west coast team.

The league also added the Columbus Condors, Dayton Flight, Dallas Skyline, Gulf Coast Lions, Indy Express, Lewisville Yellow Jackets, and the Tri-State Admirals as expansion teams. The TBL added the Gulf Coast Lions, based in the Bradenton/Sarasota area, as the league's seventh new team for the 2020 season. The San Diego Waves were replaced by expansion San Diego Armada while the Waves were being relocated, but neither team would make the 2020 schedule.

## Standings

Final standings:

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| - | - | - | - |
| Indy Express | 9 | 2 | .818 |
| Jamestown Jackals | 8 | 3 | .727 |
| Tri-State Admirals | 7 | 3 | .700 |
| Dallas Skyline | 9 | 4 | .692 |
| Albany Patroons | 6 | 3 | .667 |
| Columbus Condors | 6 | 3 | .667 |
| Gulf Coast Lions | 4 | 4 | .500 |
| Owensboro Thoroughbreds | 6 | 7 | .462 |
| Tampa Bay Titans | 4 | 7 | .364 |
| Raleigh Firebirds | 2 | 8 | .200 |
| Lewisville Yellow Jackets | 1 | 9 | .100 |
| Dayton Flight | 1 | 10 | .091 |

## Awards

All-TBL Awards 2020:

Player of the Year: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals) Guard of the Year: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals) Forward of the Year: Ricardo Artis III (Dallas Skyline) Center of the Year: Terry Maston (Dallas Skyline)

### All-League 1st Team

PG: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals) PG: Daylon Guy (Dallas Skyline) SG: Bassel Harfouch (Tampa Bay Titans) F: Ricardo Artis III (Dallas Skyline) F/C: Terry Maston (Dallas Skyline)

### All-League 2nd Team

G: Shadell Millinghaus (Albany Patroons) G: Joe Retic (Indy Express) G: Andy Bosley (Columbus Condors) G/F: Robert Vaden (Indy Express) F/C: Anthony-Moe (Albany Patroons)

### All-League 3rd Team

PG: Taishaun Johnson (Dayton Flight) PG: Micheal Lenoir (Lewisville Yellow Jackets) G/F: Davon Hayes (Owensboro Thoroughbreds) F: Balsa Bazovic (Lewisville Yellow Jackets) F: James Currington (Tri-State Admirals)

## Draft

The 2020 player draft for the league was held on December 8, 2019. The first overall TBL selection Rahim Williams was taken by Gulf Coast Lions.

Although some of the players chosen in the draft had played semi-professional or professional basketball after college graduation, only the United States colleges they attended are listed.

| Pos. | G | F | C |
| - | - | - | - |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | College | Year graduated |
| 1 | 1 | Rahim Williams | G | Canada | Gulf Coast Lions | Shaw University | 2018 |
| 1 | 2 | Kris Bell | F | United States | Tampa Bay Titans | Fort Valley State University | 2017 |
| 1 | 3 | Lloyd Burgess | C | United States | Lewisville Yellow Jackets | UNC-Greensboro | 2019 |
| 1 | 4 | Filip Serwatka | F | United States | Owensboro Thoroughbreds | Fort Wayne | 2019 |
| 1 | 5 | Chandler Levingston Simon | F | United States | Tri-State Admirals | Valparaiso | 2018 |
| 1 | 6 | Xavier Keeling | F | United States | Dayton Flight | Indiana | 2011 |
| 1 | 7 | Tyrone Marshall | C | United States | Jamestown Jackals | CSU-Pueblo | 2015 |
| 1 | 8 | Jalen Mitchell | SF | United States | Dallas Skyline | Clark Atlanta University | 2019 |
| 1 | 9 | Zavier Turner | PG | United States | Indy Express | Manhattan College | 2018 |
| 1 | 10 | Damon Garrett | SG | United States | Raleigh Firebirds | Portland University | 2018 |
| 1 | 11 | Tevin Farris | F | United States | Columbus Condors | Arkansas Baptist College | 2019 |
| 1 | 12 | Rob Shaw | PG | United States | Albany Patroons | Chicago State University | 2019 |
| 2 | 1 | Deverell Biggs | G | United States | Albany Patroons | Texas Southern University | 2015 |
| 2 | 2 | Derrod Blakey | F | United States | Columbus Condors | Central State University | 2015 |
| 2 | 3 | Justin Vaughan | G | United States | Raleigh Firebirds | Roberts Wesleyan University | 2019 |
| 2 | 4 | Davone Daniels | SG | United States | Indy Express | Central State University | 2018 |
| 2 | 5 | Joshua Keyes | F | United States | Dallas Skyline | Muskingum University | 2017 |
| 2 | 6 | Larry Bush | G | United States | Jamestown Jackals | University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo | 2019 |
| 2 | 7 | Brandon Berry | G | United States | Dayton Flight | Lindsey Wilson College | 2017 |
| 2 | 8 | Corey Taite | PG | United States | Tri-State Admirals | Goldey–Beacom College | 2019 |
| 2 | 9 | Joel Anderson | G | United States | Owensboro Thoroughbreds | Eastern Oregon University | 2019 |
| 2 | 10 | Shawn Duhon | F | United States | Lewisville Yellow Jackets | Bluefield State University | 2019 |
| 2 | 11 | Aluk Adub | F | United States | Tampa Bay Titans | Florida Memorial University | 2019 |
| 2 | 12 | Jamal Gaines | G | United States | Gulf Coast Lions | Bethune–Cookman University | 2019 |
