National Professional Basketball League (1950–51)
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1950 |
Ceased | 1951 |
Commissioner | Doxie Moore |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | United States |
Last champion(s) | none |
The National Professional Basketball League (NPBL) was a professional basketball league in the United States from 1950–51, serving as a successor league to the National Basketball League that operated from 1937 to 1949.
History
The
The National Professional Basketball League was formed around the former NBA teams, with teams added in new larger markets. The charter teams were the East Division:
The league played just one season, with no championship finals ever being staged. Doxie Moore served as commissioner. The Grand Rapids Hornets, Kansas City Hi-Spots, Louisville Alumnites and Saint Paul Lights franchised folded during the season and the Denver Refiners relocated to Evansville, Indiana to become the Evansville Agogans.
The Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks both claimed the championship because they were each in first in their divisions at the end of the season, but they never met in a playoff series.
1950–1951 Standings
Notes: *Disbanded during the season. **Denver moved to Evansville during the season.[3]
NBPL Eastern Division | W | L | PCT | GB |
Sheboygan Redskins
|
29 | 16 | 0.644 | – |
Anderson Packers | 22 | 22 | 0.500 | 6.5 |
Louisville Alumnites* | 18 | 17 | 0.514 | 6 |
Grand Rapids Hornets* | 6 | 13 | 0.316 | 10 |
Evansville Agogans | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 9.5 |
NBPL Western Division | W | L | PCT | GB |
Waterloo Hawks | 32 | 24 | 0.571 | – |
Denver Refiners** | 18 | 16 | 0.529 | 6 |
St. Paul Lights *
|
12 | 8 | 0.600 | 2 |
Kansas City High-Spots* | 4 | 19 | 0.174 | 11.5 |