The 2019 CEBL Entry Draft was the inaugural CEBL Entry Draft, held on March 23, 2019, at the Art Gallery of Hamilton in Hamilton, Ontario. Six Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) teams selected 78 athletes in total.
Format A blind draw was used to determine the draft order for the first round. A "snake draft" was used, with the order reversing in even-numbered rounds, and the original order in odd-numbered rounds. The draft order for the first round was drawn as follows: Fraser Valley Bandits Edmonton Stingers Guelph Nighthawks Saskatchewan Rattlers Hamilton Honey Badgers Niagara River Lions
The first four rounds were regional rounds, in which teams selected players from their region. The three eastern teams had to choose players from Eastern Canada and the western teams from Western Canada. The next seven rounds were open rounds, with teams able to select players from any region of the world. The final two rounds were U Sports rounds, in which teams selected players playing in U Sports, Canada's university basketball program.
Player selection Source:
Regional rounds Round 1 Team Player Hometown School team 1 Fraser Valley Bandits Joel Friesen Abbotsford, British Columbia Alberta 2 Edmonton Stingers Mamadou Gueye Quebec City, Quebec Alberta 3 Guelph Nighthawks Connor Wood Guelph, Ontario Carleton 4 Saskatchewan Rattlers Denzel James Edmonton, Alberta MacEwan 5 Hamilton Honey Badgers MiKyle McIntosh Toronto, Ontario Oregon 6 Niagara River Lions Kaza Kajami-Keane Ajax, Ontario Carleton
Round 2 Team Player Hometown School team 7 Niagara River Lions Kassius Robertson Toronto, Ontario Missouri State 8 Hamilton Honey Badgers Erik Nissen Quispamsis, New Brunswick Acadia 9 Saskatchewan Rattlers Jelane Pryce Innisfil, Ontario Winnipeg 10 Guelph Nighthawks Jevohn Shepherd Toronto, Ontario Michigan State 11 Edmonton Stingers Mathieu Kamba Calgary, Alberta Central Arkansas 12 Fraser Valley Bandits Marek Klassen Abbotsford, British Columbia Point Loma Nazarene
Round 3 Team Player Hometown School team 13 Fraser Valley Bandits Diego Kapelan Vancouver, British Columbia McNeese State 14 Edmonton Stingers Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson Winnipeg, Manitoba Calgary 15 Guelph Nighthawks Marvin Binney Toronto, Ontario Saint Mary's 16 Saskatchewan Rattlers Justus Alleyn Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba 17 Hamilton Honey Badgers Duane Notice Toronto, Ontario South Carolina 18 Niagara River Lions Guillaume Boucard Montreal, Quebec Carleton
Round 4 Team Player Hometown School team 19 Niagara River Lions Tyrone Watson Hamilton, Ontario New Mexico State 20 Hamilton Honey Badgers Junior Cadougan Toronto, Ontario Marquette 21 Saskatchewan Rattlers Thomas Cooper Chattanooga, United States Calgary 22 Guelph Nighthawks Emanual Shepherd Toronto, Ontario Southern 23 Edmonton Stingers Jordan Baker Edmonton, Alberta Alberta 24 Fraser Valley Bandits Dallin Bachynski Calgary, Alberta Utah
Open rounds Round 5 Team Player School team 25 Fraser Valley Bandits Conor Morgan UBC 26 Edmonton Stingers Adika Peter-McNeilly Ryerson 27 Guelph Nighthawks Chris Johnson St. Bonaventure 28 Saskatchewan Rattlers Alex Campbell Windsor 29 Hamilton Honey Badgers Murphy Burnatowski Colgate 30 Niagara River Lions Julian Boyd LIU Brooklyn
Round 6 Team Player School team 31 Niagara River Lions Nem Mitrovic Portland 32 Hamilton Honey Badgers Derek Cooke, Jr. Wyoming 33 Saskatchewan Rattlers Chad Posthumus Morehead State 34 Guelph Nighthawks Xavier Rathan-Mayes Florida State 35 Edmonton Stingers Akeem Ellis Coppin State 36 Fraser Valley Bandits Elijah Foster Nevada
Round 7 Team Player School team 37 Fraser Valley Bandits Levon Kendall Pittsburgh 38 Edmonton Stingers Ashton Smith IUP 39 Guelph Nighthawks Meshack Lufile CBU 40 Saskatchewan Rattlers Gentrey Thomas UC Riverside 41 Hamilton Honey Badgers Justin Edwards Kansas State 42 Niagara River Lions Alex Johnson NC State
Round 8 Team Player School team 43 Niagara River Lions Joel Kindred St. Augustine's 44 Hamilton Honey Badgers Ryan Ejim Carleton 45 Saskatchewan Rattlers Kevin Bercy St. Francis Xavier 46 Guelph Nighthawks Marvell Waithe Arkansas 47 Edmonton Stingers Christian Musoko Southern Utah 48 Fraser Valley Bandits Maurice Jones Northwest Nazarene
Round 9 Team Player School team 49 Fraser Valley Bandits Ransford Brempong Western Carolina 50 Edmonton Stingers Corey Allmond Sam Houston State 51 Guelph Nighthawks Meshack Lufile Texas 52 Saskatchewan Rattlers Michael Linklater Saskatchewan 53 Hamilton Honey Badgers Shaquille Keith CBU 54 Niagara River Lions Ryan Wright Oklahoma State
Round 10 Team Player School team 55 Niagara River Lions Rayvon Higdon Redeemer 56 Hamilton Honey Badgers Joe Rocca Carleton 57 Saskatchewan Rattlers Shane Osayande Saskatchewan 58 Guelph Nighthawks Jamal Reynolds Canisius 59 Edmonton Stingers Grandy Glaze Grand Canyon 60 Fraser Valley Bandits Rashaun Broadus BYU
Round 11 Team Player School team 61 Fraser Valley Bandits Troy Gottselig Saskatchewan 62 Edmonton Stingers Greg Morrow Western 63 Guelph Nighthawks Chadrack Lufile Wichita State 64 Saskatchewan Rattlers Terry Thomas Ottawa 65 Hamilton Honey Badgers Tramar Sutherland Little Rock 66 Niagara River Lions Jaylon Tate Illinois
U-Sports rounds Round 12 Team Player School team 67 Niagara River Lions Fil Vujadinovic Ryerson 68 Hamilton Honey Badgers Connor Gilmore McMaster 69 Saskatchewan Rattlers Chan De Ciman Saskatchewan 70 Guelph Nighthawks Malcolm Glanville Guelph 71 Edmonton Stingers Narcisse Ambanza Winnipeg 72 Fraser Valley Bandits Mason Bourcier UBC
Round 13 Team Player School team 73 Fraser Valley Bandits Grant Shephard UBC 74 Edmonton Stingers Brody Clarke Alberta 75 Guelph Nighthawks Myles Charvis Ryerson 76 Saskatchewan Rattlers Jean-Victor Mukama Ryerson 77 Hamilton Honey Badgers Thomas Kennedy Windsor 78 Niagara River Lions Tyler Brown Brock
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