The 2023 CEBL–U Sports Draft is the Fifth CEBL Draft, being revealed on April 19. 10 Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) teams will select 20 athletes in total.
Format the draft order for the first round is determine by how the teams finished in the 2022 CEBL season and the 1 new expansion team order of joining the league, followed by Montreal Alliance finishing last place last season so they get 2nd overall. 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 determined as follows: Winnipeg Sea Bears Montreal Alliance Calgary Surge Edmonton Stingers Saskatchewan Rattlers Vancouver Bandits Ottawa Blackjacks Niagara River Lions Scarborough Shooting Stars Brampton Honey Badgers
Eligibility Players may completed their university eligibility in 2021–22, or they may be returning to their university team in the fall and be classified within the CEBL's U SPORTS Developmental player program. They must qualify as Canadian, and they must have completed at least one full year of eligibility at their U SPORTS institution. Each CEBL club must have at least one U SPORTS player on its 10-man active roster at all times.
Player selection Source:
Round 1 Team Player Hometown School team 1 Winnipeg Sea Bears Simon Hildebrandt Winnipeg, Manitoba University of Manitoba 2 Montreal Alliance Aryan Sharma Milton, Ontario Western University 3 Calgary Surge Mason Bourcier Kelowna, B.C. Trinity Western University 4 Edmonton Stingers Somto Dimanochie Kleinberg, Ontario York University 5 Saskatchewan Rattlers Anthony Tsegakele Gatineau, Quebec Brandon University 6 Vancouver Bandits Diego Maffia Victoria, B.C. University of Victoria 7 Ottawa Blackjacks Sukhman Sandhu Surrey, B.C. University of British Columbia 8 Niagara River Lions Aiden Warnholtz Ottawa, Ontario Carleton University 9 Scarborough Shooting Stars David Muenkat Brampton, Ontario STFX University 10 Brampton Honey Badgers Najee Brown-Henderson Windsor, Ontario University of Windsor
Round 2 Team Player Hometown School team 11 Brampton Honey Badgers Callum Baker-Magnaye Oakville, Ontario University of Toronto 12 Scarborough Shooting Stars David Walker Toronto, Ontario Toronto Metropolitan University 13 Niagara River Lions Jordan Tchuente Ottawa, Ontario Brock University 14 Ottawa Blackjacks Guillaume Pepin Montreal, Quebec University of Ottawa 15 Vancouver Bandits Brian Wallack Surrey, B.C. University of British Columbia 16 Saskatchewan Rattlers Issac Simon Regina, Saskatchewan University of Alberta 17 Edmonton Stingers Adam Paige White Rock, B.C. University of Alberta 18 Calgary Surge Deon Ejim Brampton, Ontario STFX University 19 Montreal Alliance Bahaide Haidara Montreal, Quebec Université du Québec à Montréal 20 Winnipeg Sea Bears Tyler Sagl Burlington, Ontario Lakehead University
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