NBA TV Canada to Broadcast BCLA Games Featuring CEBL Champion Honey Badgers in Competition from Brampton
The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced Friday that NBA TV Canada will nationally televise both games featuring the CEBL’s Brampton Honey Badgers during the upcoming third window of group stage play in the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) being held at the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ontario. The games will be shown live as Brampton host Real Estelí of Nicaragua at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, February 7 and Libertadores of Mexico at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 9.
“FIBA’s BCLA competition showcases some of the most exciting basketball being played outside of the NBA with top pro level national team talent hitting the court. Hosting these games in Brampton and having it televised across Canada on NBA TV is an exciting opportunity for the CEBL and for basketball fans from coast to coast,” said Mike Morreale, commissioner and co-founder of the CEBL. “We’ve put together a strong all-Canadian roster of CEBL stars to represent the Honey Badgers and Canada and look forward to celebrating this moment as we play against top players from Mexico, Nicaragua and other countries.”
Owned primarily and operated by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., NBA TV Canada broadcasts programming focused on the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Toronto Raptors. The national channel broadcasts live NBA, NBA G League, and WNBA games as well as NBA TV series and studio programs.
The Honey Badgers are representing the CEBL by virtue of having won the 2022 CEBL Championship and will go into this upcoming window in search of their first win in this BCLA group stage competition. The BCLA brings together 12 teams representing seven countries from the Americas, competing over the course of four months to win a berth in the 2024 FIBA International Cup, one of professional basketball’s most prestigious international championship events.
The fifth season of the CEBL tips off May 24. A league created by Canadians for Canadians with a mission to develop Canadian players, coaches, sports executives and referees, the CEBL boasts the highest percentage of Canadian players of any pro league in the country with 71 percent of its 2022 rosters being Canadian. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international pro leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. Nine players have moved from the CEBL into the NBA following a CEBL season, and 28 CEBL players attended NBA G League training camps during October. The CEBL season runs May through August.
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