2009–10 ABA season

August 2023 2009–10 ABA season American Basketball Association Basketball November 2009 – March 2010 Regular season Playoffs Eastern Kentucky Bisons Bluegrass Stallions Western Southeast Texas Mavericks San Francisco Rumble 2010 ABA Championship Southeast Texas Mavericks Southeast Texas Mavericks Kentucky Bisons List of ABA seasons ABA 2008–09 ABA season 2008–09 2010–11 ABA season 2010–11 The 2009–10 ABA season was the ninth season of the American Basketball Association that lasted from November 2009 and ended with the three-game championship series between the Kentucky Bisons and the Southeast Texas Mavericks at the end of March 2010. The Mavericks won the championship series, two games to one after an 85–76 win March 30 for their first title.http://www.kfdm.com/articles/aba-37243-finals-championship.html Mavericks win first title 2010-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20110719060932/http://www.kfdm.com/articles/aba-37243-finals-championship.html 2011-07-19 dead League changes For the first time, the league championship was played in a three-game series, between the Kentucky Bisons and Southeast Texas Mavericks, a series in which was won by the Mavericks, two games to one. Regular season standings These are the 2009-2010 regular season standings.2009-10 ABA Regular Season Standings Many franchises folded during the season, resulting in very few games being played for a lot of teams. North California W L Win % San Francisco Rumble 22 8 0.733 Clayton Showtime 16 7 0.696 California Sea Kings 16 12 0.571 Sacramento Heatwave 13 12 0.520 North Central Division W L Win % Chicago Steam 16 4 0.800 Lake Michigan Admirals 13 6 0.684 Columbus Crush 8 3 0.727 Pittsburgh Phantoms (ABA) 6 2 0.750 Detroit Hoops 6 5 0.545 Kansas City Stars 4 0 1.000 Cleveland Rockers (ABA) 2 2 0.500 Grand Rapids Flight 0 2 0.000 Youngstown Swish 0 2 0.000 Akron Rise 0 5 0.000 Northeast Division W L Win % Jersey Express 12 4 0.750 NYC Thunder 9 3 0.750 Maryland Marvels 7 10 0.412 New York Red Riders 6 9 0.400 Tri-City Suns 5 9 0.357 Pacific Northwest Division W L Win % Seattle Mountaineers 9 8 0.529 Seattle Zhen Gan 3 0 1.000 Everett Longshoremen 2 2 0.500 Spokane Sunz 1 1 0.500 Washington Rapids 1 6 0.143 Southern California Division W L Win % Riverside Rainmakers 9 3 0.750 Los Angeles Slam 6 9 0.400 San Diego Surf 5 8 0.385 Compton Cobras 4 2 0.667 Central Valley Dawgs 4 10 0.286 Las Vegas Aces 3 0 1.000 California Beach Ballers 2 6 0.250 Honolulu Pegasus 1 1 0.500 South Central Division W L Win % Kentucky Bluegrass Stallions 13 7 0.650 Kentucky Bisons 12 7 0.632 West Virginia Blazers 6 10 0.375 St. Louis Stunners 0 3 0.000 Southeast Division W L Win % Music City Stars 9 3 0.750 Mississippi Blues 4 6 0.400 Columbus Life 3 5 0.375 Florida Thundercats 1 0 1.000 Charlotte Crossovers 1 3 0.250 Carolina Kings 0 0 0.000 Georgia PROWL 0 1 0.000 Southwest Division W L Win % Southeast Texas Mustangs 23 3 0.885 North Texas Fresh 10 4 0.714 West Texas Whirlwinds 7 6 0.538 Texas Fuel 3 11 0.214 Dallas Generals 2 1 0.667 Texas Chaparrals 0 2 0.000 Houston Takers 0 6 0.000 Exhibition Teams W L Win % Play2Win Rimrockers 10 4 0.714 Postseason Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals ABA Championship 3 Bluegrass Stallions Elmira Red Riders 2 Chicago Steam 9 Lake Michigan Admirals 4 Kentucky Bisons 14 West Virginia Blazers 8 West Texas Whirlwinds Texas Fuel 10 Los Angeles Slam So Cal Tournament Winner 6 San Francisco Rumble Sacramento Heatwave 5 Jersey Express 91 Bluegrass Stallions 99 Chicago Steam 106 Kentucky Bisons 114 1 Southeast Texas Mavericks 146 Texas Fuel 84 Los Angeles Slam San Francisco Rumble Bluegrass Stallions 100 Kentucky Bisons 91 Southeast Texas Mavericks San Francisco Rumble Forfeit Kentucky Bisons 99, 83, 76 Southeast Texas Mavericks 96, 104, 85 Note: Finals was a best of 3 series. Note: ABA did not release the game results for the first round or the winners of the regional first round tournaments. References Category:American Basketball Association (2000–present) seasons ABA