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.
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Notable occurrences
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(Returned in 2020-21 Season)- 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.
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| 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 |
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| 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
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
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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 |
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| 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
The playoffs began in May 2020 and will conclude with the 2020 Finals.
