2008–09 ABA season
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The 2008–09 ABA season was the eighth season of the American Basketball Association that lasted from November 2008 and ended with the championship game in March 2009 between the Kentucky Bisons and the Maywood Buzz. The Kentucky Bisons won their first title after defeating the Buzz, 127–120.
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 2008 – March 2009
Season MVPDeRon Rutledge, Southeast Texas Mustangs; Co-MVP Boris Siakom, Kentucky Bisons
| 2008–09 ABA season | |
|---|---|
| League | American Basketball Association |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | November 2008 – March 2009 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | DeRon Rutledge, Southeast Texas Mustangs; Co-MVP Boris Siakom, Kentucky Bisons |
| 2009 ABA Playoffs | |
| champions | Maywood Buzz |
| runners-up | Nashville Broncs |
| champions | Kentucky Bisons |
| runners-up | Southeast Texas Mustangs |
| 2009 ABA Championship | |
| Champions | Kentucky Bisons |
| Runners-up | Maywood Buzz |
| Finals MVP | Michael James, Kentucky Bisons |
The 2008–09 season was scheduled to host over 50 teams, but travelling costs doomed most teams and resulted in many franchises folding.
Regular season standings
The following are the final regular season standings of the 2008–09 season.[1] Some teams folded during the regular season and did not complete all of their scheduled games.
| Northeast | W | L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Rockers (ABA) | 22 | 4 | 0.846 |
| Chicago Steam | 14 | 4 | 0.778 |
| Jersey Express | 13 | 8 | 0.619 |
| West Virginia Blazers | 11 | 14 | 0.440 |
| New York City Internationalz | 3 | 7 | 0.300 |
| NYC Thunder | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Aurora Force | 1 | 4 | 0.200 |
| West Virginia Wild | 0 | 2 | 0.000 |
| Detroit Hoops | 0 | 6 | 0.000 |
| Northwest Division | W | L | Win % |
| Maywood Buzz | 18 | 3 | 0.857 |
| Beijing Aoshen Olympians | 14 | 6 | 0.700 |
| Los Angeles Push | 7 | 6 | 0.538 |
| San Francisco Rumble | 7 | 7 | 0.500 |
| Salt Lake City Saints | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Washington Raptors | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
| Modesto Bearcats | 1 | 6 | 0.143 |
| Sacramento Heatwave | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Southeast Division | W | L | Win % |
| Kentucky Bisons | 13 | 2 | 0.867 |
| Kansas City Spartans | 7 | 3 | 0.700 |
| Nashville Broncs | 6 | 5 | 0.545 |
| Knoxville Thunderbolts | 5 | 5 | 0.500 |
| Atlanta Vision | 1 | 5 | 0.167 |
| Bahama All-Pro Show | 0 | 4 | 0.000 |
| Georgia Gwizzlies | 0 | 9 | 0.000 |
| Southwest Division | W | L | Win % |
| Southeast Texas Mavericks | 24 | 1 | 0.960 |
| Las Vegas Aces | 8 | 2 | 0.800 |
| Texas Fuel | 8 | 7 | 0.533 |
| Houston Takers | 7 | 10 | 0.412 |
| West Texas Whirlwinds | 4 | 3 | 0.571 |
| Mississippi Blues | 4 | 8 | 0.333 |
| Arizona Rhinos | 3 | 5 | 0.375 |
| Phoenix Fury | 2 | 3 | 0.400 |
| Texas City Rangers | 2 | 12 | 0.143 |
| Gallup Talons | 0 | 3 | 0.000 |
Postseason
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ABA Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Southeast Texas Mustangs | 121 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Knoxville Thunderbolts | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Southeast Texas Mustangs | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Kentucky Bisons | 107 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Kentucky Bisons | 106 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Beijing Aoshen Olympian | 104 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Kentucky Bisons | 127 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maywood Buzz | 120 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Nashville Broncs | 118 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Jersey Express | 99 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Nashville Broncs | 111 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maywood Buzz | 120 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maywood Buzz | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Chicago Steam | 82 | ||||||||||||