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PBA expands to 18 teams!

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Professional Basketball Association of Eboria | Expansion

As the new year (2020-21) begins, we officially have three new members in the league! All three were champions in the EPBL (Eborian Pro Basketball League) and have now stepped up a tier, to be playing at the top level in Eborian basketball. We’ll be interested to see how they fare, come October!

The New Guys

  • Oakland Owls
  • San Angelo Pirates
  • Victoria Lions

OAKLAND OWLS
The Owls are a very down-to-earth team. They play good, solid basketball (read tough defence) and are always hard-to-beat. No deficit is out of reach for them. The fans are excitable, having only has the team for eight years, it is still quite a novelty in the Oakland area.

SAN ANGELO PIRATES
Please don’t adjust your set, yes, they have the same name as the baseball team! San Angelo Sports, Inc. own both teams and field both under the Pirates banner and similar logo. The Pirates have a well-organised backroom and a decent talent level on the court. Not too much is known of their recruitment plans for 2020-21, so they may be a darkhorse for the playoffs.

VICTORIA LIONS
The Victoria Lions won two of the last three EPBL championships. They are the most established of the three and will bring a championship feel to the city of Victoria. The Lions play a good zone defence and hit on the break well. Can be undone by outside shooters, which there are more of at the PBA level. It will be great to see how the adjust to the next level of play.

Rebrands

The league logo has had a re-do, as has there been rebrands for the Mayona Magic and Eregon Express. With the league also re-signing the kit deal with Nike, the future looks great for the league.

League Format

For the first time since 1984, the league will be a quad-round robin, with the top eight teams making the play offs. There will be no division or conference set ups. With the league returning to this format, it will give everyone a truly equal chance. It also ups the number of games played from 64 per team to 68. The total regular season games increases from 480 (15 teams x 32 home games) to 612 (18 teams x 34 home games).