The 2023 CEBL season was the fifth season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). It began on May 24, 2023, and the regular season ended on July 30, 2023. It was the inaugural season for the Calgary Surge and the Winnipeg Sea Bears. The Calgary Surge relocated from Guelph while Winnipeg was added as an expansion franchise.
This year was the first season where the league was divided in two conferences. The top four teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs; had the Vancouver Bandits finished in fifth place in the Western Conference, the fourth-place team would have been eliminated instead; as hosts, the Bandits automatically qualify for the semi-finals as a de facto first-place team, along with the first-place team from the Eastern Conference. The playoffs commence with the third- and fourth-placed teams in play-in matches, with the winners facing their own conference's second-place teams in the quarterfinals. The quarterfinal winners will then face their respective division semi-final opponent.
On March 16, 2023, CEBL announced a television deal with TSN: TSN will televise weekly games and broadcast the rest of the games online, and they will also televise the championship weekend.
Teams 2023 Canadian Elite Basketball League Team City Arena Capacity Brampton Honey Badgers Brampton, Ontario CAA Centre 5,000 Montreal Alliance Montreal, Quebec Verdun Auditorium 4,100 Niagara River Lions St. Catharines, Ontario Meridian Centre 4,030 Ottawa BlackJacks Ottawa, Ontario TD Place Arena 9,500 Scarborough Shooting Stars Toronto, Ontario Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre 2,000 Calgary Surge Calgary, Alberta WinSport Event Centre 4,000 Edmonton Stingers Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton Expo Centre 4,000 Saskatchewan Rattlers Saskatoon, Saskatchewan SaskTel Centre 15,100 Vancouver Bandits Langley, British Columbia Langley Events Centre 5,276 Winnipeg Sea Bears Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Life Centre 15,321
Map of teams
Regular season
Standings Western Conference
Eastern Conference
Results
Attendance
Playoffs
Bracket
Play-in games Note: all times are local
Quarterfinals
Championship Weekend Semifinals
Championship
Awards Source: Most Valuable Player: Teddy Allen, Winnipeg Sea Bears Canadian Player of the Year: Kadre Gray, Ottawa BlackJacks U SPORTS Player of the Year: Simon Hildebrandt, Winnipeg Sea Bears Defensive Player of the Year: Khalil Ahmad, Niagara River Lions Clutch Player of the Year: Khalil Ahmad, Niagara River Lions Coach of the Year: Mike Taylor, Winnipeg Sea Bears Sixth Man of the Year: Jelani Watson-Gayle, Winnipeg Sea Bears CEBL Finals MVP: Isiaha Mike, Scarborough Shooting Stars
All-CEBL teams First Team Pos. Second Team Player Team Player Team Simisola Shittu Calgary Surge F Deng Adel Ottawa BlackJacks Teddy Allen Winnipeg Sea Bears G Kadre Gray Ottawa BlackJacks Justin Wright-Foreman Saskatchewan Rattlers G Christian Vital Brampton Honey Badgers Cat Barber Scarborough Shooting Stars G Ahmed Hill Montreal Alliance Khalil Ahmad Niagara River Lions G F E. J. Anosike Winnipeg Sea Bears
All-Canadian team
Pos. Player TeamFSimisola ShittuCalgary SurgeFThomas KennedyScarborough Shooting StarsFJackson RoweOttawa BlackJacksGKadre GrayOttawa BlackJacksGSean Miller-MooreCalgary Surge
Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team(s) Statistic Points per game Justin Wright-Foreman Saskatchewan Rattlers 29.2 Rebounds per game Simisola Shittu Calgary Surge 10.6 Assists per game Kadre Gray Ottawa BlackJacks 6.3 Steals per game Khalil Ahmad Niagara River Lions 2.4 Blocks per game EJ Onu Niagara River Lions 2.0 FG% Nick Ward Vancouver Bandits 61.9% 3P% Jelani Watson-Gayle Winnipeg Sea Bears 49.0%
CEBL Clash
The first CEBL Clash is a "showcase game featuring 20 players from around the league", scheduled to be played on August 26, 2023, at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec. Head coaches were announced on August 15, followed by rosters on August 18. Each team is represented by at least one player, with the nearby Montreal Alliance having a Clash-leading four players on Team East. Team West ended winning the Clash 107–102.
+Team West No Player Team 0 Sean Miller-Moore Calgary Surge 4 Cody John Brampton Honey Badgers 6 Alex Campbell Vancouver Bandits 11 Terry Henderson Jr. Calgary Surge 13 Marlon Johnson Jr. Vancouver Bandits 15 Malik Benlevi Saskatchewan Rattlers 16 Meshack Lufile Edmonton Stingers 21 Chad Posthumus Winnipeg Sea Bears 30 AJ Hess Winnipeg Sea Bears 32 Jordy Tshimanga Calgary SurgeHead coach: Nelson Terroba (Calgary Surge)
+Team East No Player Team 0 Jahvon Blair Niagara River Lions 8 Nathan Cayo Montreal Alliance 9 Ahmed Hill Montreal Alliance 14 Maxime Boursiquot Ottawa BlackJacks 16 Kyree Walker Scarborough Shooting Stars 21 Elijah Ifejeh Montreal Alliance 23 Alain Louis Montreal Alliance 30 Jackson Rowe Ottawa BlackJacks 32 Elijah Lufile Scarborough Shooting Stars 54 Prince Oduro Brampton Honey BadgersHead coach: Chris Exilus (Scarborough Shooting Stars)
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