2020 FBA Season

The 2019–20 FBA season is the IC 59th/OOC 11th season of the Furry Basketball Association (FBA). The league was overseen by Commissioner Hugo Livingstone for a third season. The regular season begins on Thursday, October 31st, 2019 with the traditional Howlereen Invitational game, and ended on Thursday, April 30th, 2020, with the 2020 FBA All-Star Game scheduled at the end of February.

Transactions

Main article: 2020 Transactions

Retirements

The following players declared their retirement from active player status in the league:

• Cliff Matthiews
• Margaret Walters
• Tobias Macklin
• Bruce Bounder
• Doug Dramson
• Rachelynne Stubb
• Niran Panichkul
• Jake Velox
• Tina McCall
• Richard Maxwell
• Ozzie Templeton
• Nikki Holmes
• Nickie Robespierre
• Marron Gwosdz
• Jason Peterson
• Ivana Tretiak
• Eleanor Rigby
• Clarice Hart
• Aisha Melbourne
• Godfrey Zindendel
• Greg Saffiren
• Helen Prescott
• Jeremiah Asenta
• Wesley Madder
• Shou Masaru
• Michelle Sundos
• Ahti Nereus

Free agency

Free agency offers open shortly after 12:01am CDT on Saturday September 1st. Players will be able to begin accepting offers after the end of the first round of the 2019 FBA Draft on Saturday September 7th. The offer window closed at 11:59pm PDT on Sunday September 30th, 2019, while players had until 11:59pm PDT on Monday October 14th, 2019, to finalize their contract decisions.

Preseason

The preseason will be held from October 16th through October 29th, 2019, with a maximum of 6 preseason games allowed per team.

Win	Western Conference												Eastern Conference
Loss	Pacific Rim				Mountain				Plains				Northern				Central				Southern
Pre-season	ALK	HWI	SAS	SJT	EDM	LVG	MON	SEA	AZW	DAK	TXS	WPG	ALB	BGR	PLY	QNS	BAL	LOR	PIT	WIL	BLV	HNT	TAL	TEN
Wed 10/16		BAL1				TEN2				@BLV	@ALB	@HNT	TXS	PLY	@BGR		@HWI1				DAK	WPG		@LVG2
Thu 10/17				TXS			@PIT				@SJT					WIL		@HNT	MON	@QNS		LOR
Fri 10/18		SEA3			@TEN4			@HWI3																EDM4
Sat 10/19	LOR										HNT	PLY	BGR	@ALB	@WPG			@ALK	WIL	@PIT		@TXS
Sun 10/20		BLV5				HNT	TXS				@MON						TEN3				@HWI5	@LVG		@BAL3
Mon 10/21	TAL			@BGR6		@LOR		DAK7	WPG	@SEA7		@AZW		SJT6				LVG					@ALK
Tue 10/22	ALB												@ALK		TEN	@HNT						QNS		@PLY
Wed 10/23				@LOR														SJT		TAL			@WIL
Thu 10/24		@TXS8		@DAK			BLV	@PLY		SJT	HWI8	@BAL	@LOR9	@WIL	SEA		WPG	ALB9		BGR	@MON
Fri 10/25						@AZW			LVG							@TAL							QNS
Sat 10/26		@MON10	@DAK			WIL	HWI10			SAS			PLY	@BAL11	@ALB		BGR11			@LVG
Sun 10/27				AZW12				WPG13	@SJT12			@SEA13										@TAL	HNT
Mon 10/28	@HWI	ALK													LOR			@PLY		BLV	@WIL
Tue 10/29	@SJT			ALK				ALB	TEN		BGR14		@SEA	@TXS14							TAL		@BLV	@AZW

¹: Madrid Tacodrome, Madrid, Spain

²: Croc City Hall, Moscow, Russia

³: Carrefur Arena, Paris, France

⁴: Flock In Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel

⁵: Turkish Furry Airlines Arena, Istanbul, Turkey

⁶: Blue Yonder Arena in Magnolia Bend, Louisiana

⁷: Appalachian Academy, WV

⁸: Sheikh Abdul Lateef bin Yaqoub Al Tayer Sports Complex, Dubai, UAE

⁹: Cincy University

¹⁰: Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore

¹¹: Ocean City, Maryland

¹²: Venice, Italy

¹³: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

¹⁴: SLICER Detector cavern, Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Waxahachie, Texas

Regular season

Main article: 2020 Schedule

The regular season began on Thursday, October 31st, 2019 and ended on Thursday, April 30th, 2020. For the majority of the season, teams alternated which days they would be playing games, with some extended breaks in between matches. Every team had at least one set of back-to-back home games, while half of the Western Conference teams also had a set of back-to-back home games.

Standings

League Standings as of 26 February 2020 21:24:56 GMT Rk Team Rec L10 Streak Long 1 38-12 9-1 Won 8 Won 9 2 35-15 7-3 Won 2 Won 6 3 35-15 6-4 Lost 1 Won 11 4 34-16 4-6 Won 2 Won 13 5 33-17 5-5 Lost 2 Won 12 6 32-18 6-4 Lost 1 Won 7 7 31-19 7-3 Won 1 Won 5 8 30-20 7-3 Won 2 Won 6 9 29-21 6-4 Won 3 Won 5 10 28-22 6-4 Won 1 Won 3 11 28-22 7-3 Won 3 Won 6 12 27-23 5-5 Lost 2 Won 4 13 24-26 5-5 Lost 3 Won 7 14 23-27 5-5 Won 2 Lost 5 15 23-28 6-4 Won 1 Lost 6 16 22-28 4-6 Lost 2 Lost 5 17 21-29 5-5 Lost 3 Lost 6 18 18-32 5-5 Won 1 Lost 9 19 18-33 4-6 Won 1 Lost 5 20 17-33 2-8 Lost 2 Lost 7 21 15-35 2-8 Lost 2 Lost 10 22 15-35 2-8 Lost 1 Lost 11 23 14-36 4-6 Lost 1 Lost 9 24 11-39 2-8 Lost 1 Lost 8

By division

Team Record Conf. Div. GB Plains Division Dakota Bikers 35-15 25-10 11-4 - Winnipeg Voyageurs 27-23 18-17 10-5 8 Texas Lone Stars 17-33 13-22 6-9 18 Arizona Whips 11-39 8-27 3-12 24 Team Record Conf. Div. GB Mountain Division Seattle Summit 33-17 23-12 11-4 - Montana Howlers 29-21 20-15 7-8 4 Las Vegas Wildcards 23-28 14-21 6-9 10.5 Edmonton Totems 18-32 14-21 6-9 15 Team Record Conf. Div. GB Pacific Rim Division Hawaii Kahunas 35-15 24-11 11-4 - Santa Ana Spectrums 30-20 22-13 7-8 5 San Jose Thrust 28-22 21-14 10-5 7 Alaska Arctics 14-36 8-27 2-13 21

Team Record Conf. Div. GB Northern Division Plymouth Taproots 38-12 25-10 11-4 - Bangor Tides 28-22 19-16 9-6 10 Queens Pride 22-28 13-22 4-11 16 Albany Alphas 18-33 14-21 6-9 20.5 Team Record Conf. Div. GB Central Division Baltimore Spirits 32-18 25-10 11-4 - Williamsburg Minutemen 31-19 21-14 10-5 1 Lorain Firestorm 21-29 13-22 4-11 11 Pittsburgh Keystones 15-35 11-24 5-10 17 Team Record Conf. Div. GB Southern Division Biloxi Voodoo 34-16 26-9 10-5 - Huntsville Mayors 24-26 15-20 7-8 10 Tennessee Moonshiners 23-27 15-20 7-8 11 Tallahassee Typhoons 15-35 13-22 6-9 19

By conference

# Western Conference Team Record Conf. GB 1 Dakota Bikers 35-15 25-10 0 2 Hawaii Kahunas 35-15 24-11 0 3 Seattle Summit 33-17 23-12 2 4 Santa Ana Spectrums 30-20 22-13 5 5 Montana Howlers 29-21 20-15 6 6 San Jose Thrust 28-22 21-14 7 7 Winnipeg Voyageurs 27-23 18-17 8 8 Las Vegas Wildcards 23-28 14-21 12.5 9 Edmonton Totems 18-32 14-21 17 10 Texas Lone Stars 17-33 13-22 18 11 Alaska Arctics 14-36 8-27 21 12 Arizona Whips 11-39 8-27 24

# Eastern Conference Team Record Conf. GB 1 Plymouth Taproots 38-12 25-10 0 2 Biloxi Voodoo 34-16 26-9 4 3 Baltimore Spirits 32-18 25-10 6 4 Williamsburg Minutemen 31-19 21-14 7 5 Bangor Tides 28-22 19-16 10 6 Huntsville Mayors 24-26 15-20 14 7 Tennessee Moonshiners 23-27 15-20 15 8 Queens Pride 22-28 13-22 16 9 Lorain Firestorm 21-29 13-22 17 10 Albany Alphas 18-33 14-21 20.5 11 Tallahassee Typhoons 15-35 13-22 23 12 Pittsburgh Keystones 15-35 11-24 23

Notes

• (#) - Magic number for team to clinch division/conference
• z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
• c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
• y – Clinched division title
• x – Clinched playoff spot
• † – teams banned from this season's playoffs due to rule violations

Weekly Honors

One player from the Eastern Conference and one from the Western Conference are chosen for the Player of the Week title.

Week	Eastern Conference	Western Conference
Week 1 (10/31-11/6)	Sterling Bengtzing (Marbled Polecat, C/F, BLV)	Daniel Quvianuq (Polar Bear, C, SEA)
Week 2 (11/7-11/13)	Jake Turner (Red Fox, C/F, PLY)	Lee Jin-Sung (Black Bear, F, SAS)
Week 3 (11/14-11/20)	Dylan Redfield (Red Deer, F, HNT)	Leon Delmont (Cougar, G, SEA)
Week 4 (11/21-11/27)	Edwin Griega (Canada Goose, F, LOR)	Matthew Silvius (Long-Tailed Weasel, G, DAK)
Week 5 (11/28-12/4)	Lee Evans (Great Dane, F, BGR)	Luukas Hirvonen (Cougar, G, EDM)
Week 6 (12/5-12/11)	Akiak Pratt (Husky, G, LOR)	Aditya Anggun (Balinese Civet, G, SAS)
Week 7 (12/12-12/18)	Alessandro Serra (Weasel, G, BAL)	Ogun Okayu (Rhinoceros, C/F, ALK)
Week 8 (12/19-12/25)	Renee Fiora (Malamute, F, WIL)	Jonathan Lawyer (Meerkat, F/G, DAK)

Postseason

Main article: 2020 FBA Playoffs

The playoffs began in May 2020 and will conclude with the 2020 Finals.