2019 CEBL Entry Draft

2019 CEBL Entry Draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	March 23, 2019
Location	Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Overview
78 total selections in 13 rounds
League	Canadian Elite Basketball League
Teams	6
First selection	Joel Friesen, Fraser Valley Bandits
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The 2019 CEBL Entry Draft was the inaugural CEBL Entry Draft, held on March 23, 2019, at the Art Gallery of Hamilton in Hamilton, Ontario. Six Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) teams selected 78 athletes in total.

A blind draw was used to determine the draft order for the first round. A "snake draft" was used, with the order reversing in even-numbered rounds, and the original order in odd-numbered rounds. The draft order for the first round was drawn as follows:^[1]

1. Fraser Valley Bandits
2. Edmonton Stingers
3. Guelph Nighthawks
4. Saskatchewan Rattlers
5. Hamilton Honey Badgers
6. Niagara River Lions

The first four rounds were regional rounds, in which teams selected players from their region. The three eastern teams had to choose players from Eastern Canada and the western teams from Western Canada. The next seven rounds were open rounds, with teams able to select players from any region of the world. The final two rounds were U Sports rounds, in which teams selected players playing in U Sports, Canada's university basketball program.^[2]

Source:^[3]

Pick	Team	Player	Hometown	School team
1	Fraser Valley Bandits	Joel Friesen	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Alberta
2	Edmonton Stingers	Mamadou Gueye	Quebec City, Quebec	Alberta
3	Guelph Nighthawks	Connor Wood	Guelph, Ontario	Carleton
4	Saskatchewan Rattlers	Denzel James	Edmonton, Alberta	MacEwan
5	Hamilton Honey Badgers	MiKyle McIntosh	Toronto, Ontario	Oregon
6	Niagara River Lions	Kaza Kajami-Keane	Ajax, Ontario	Carleton

Pick	Team	Player	Hometown	School team
7	Niagara River Lions	Kassius Robertson	Toronto, Ontario	Missouri State
8	Hamilton Honey Badgers	Erik Nissen	Quispamsis, New Brunswick	Acadia
9	Saskatchewan Rattlers	Jelane Pryce	Innisfil, Ontario	Winnipeg
10	Guelph Nighthawks	Jevohn Shepherd	Toronto, Ontario	Michigan State
11	Edmonton Stingers	Mathieu Kamba	Calgary, Alberta	Central Arkansas
12	Fraser Valley Bandits	Marek Klassen	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Point Loma Nazarene

Pick	Team	Player	Hometown	School team
13	Fraser Valley Bandits	Diego Kapelan	Vancouver, British Columbia	McNeese State
14	Edmonton Stingers	Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Calgary
15	Guelph Nighthawks	Marvin Binney	Toronto, Ontario	Saint Mary's
16	Saskatchewan Rattlers	Justus Alleyn	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Manitoba
17	Hamilton Honey Badgers	Duane Notice	Toronto, Ontario	South Carolina
18	Niagara River Lions	Guillaume Boucard	Montreal, Quebec	Carleton

Pick	Team	Player	Hometown	School team
19	Niagara River Lions	Tyrone Watson	Hamilton, Ontario	New Mexico State
20	Hamilton Honey Badgers	Junior Cadougan	Toronto, Ontario	Marquette
21	Saskatchewan Rattlers	Thomas Cooper	Chattanooga, United States	Calgary
22	Guelph Nighthawks	Emanual Shepherd	Toronto, Ontario	Southern
23	Edmonton Stingers	Jordan Baker	Edmonton, Alberta	Alberta
24	Fraser Valley Bandits	Dallin Bachynski	Calgary, Alberta	Utah