The CEBL Show

This week Sean Woodley and Amy Audibert the most recent set of free agent signing across the CEBL before chatting with Guelph Nighthawks head coach and GM Charles Kissi about the preparations for this coming season, the USports Draft, his coaching philosophies and much more. 

This week Sean Woodley and Amy Audibert hit on some news from around the CEBL, including the announcement of the U SPORTS Draft on April 14th, some key signings of players fresh out of the NCAA, and Commissioner Morreale's recent comments on expansion in the Ottawa Sun.

This week Sean Woodley and Amy Audibert run through some of the biggest free agency moves of the off-season so far, including Travis Daniels' surprise signing in Saskatchewan, and Olu Ashaolu's move to Niagara from Fraser Valley.

The podcast is back! To kick off an exciting third season of the podcast, Sean Woodley chats with the boss man, CEO & Commissioner, Mike Morreale, about the moves made by the CEBL in the off-season, rumblings out of Montréal, the possibility of the Olympics drawing from the CEBL player pool, and so much more to get you primed for the season to come!

This week Sean Woodley is joined by CEBL sideline reporter Amy Audibert to recap championship weekend in the CEBL Summer Series. They quickly hit on the semi final games before talking at length about Fraser Valley's impressive run in St. Catherine's. Then they discuss the winning formula they have brewing in Edmonton, as a 7-1 Summer Series and championship game victory brings them to 21-4 under Jermaine Small, with no slowing down in sight. Lastly they make their final picks for USports Player of the Year, Canadian of the Year, and League MVP. 

This week Sean Woodley and Joe Raso recap the CEBL Summer Series quarterfinals from Thursday night, and offer up a post-mortem on the River Lions, Nighthawks and Rattlers before turning their attention to Saturday's semifinals. Bandits vs. Honey Badgers; Stingers vs. Blackjacks. Who will come out on top and why? They also discuss the front runners for the Canadian of the Year and USports Players of the Year awards ahead of a pivotal final weekend in the Summer Series. 

This week we've got real games to talk about! Sean is joined by his broadcast partner Jevohn Shepherd to chat about what they've learned from the first week of the CEBL Summer Series. They chat about the surprising Fraser Valley Bandits, a tough injury sustained by Duane Notice of the Honey Badgers, slow starts for the Ottawa BlackJacks and Niagara River Lions, and some steady play from Edmonton, Guelph and Saskatchewan. They also pick their early Series MVP and look ahead to the weekend's slate of games.

This week Sean Woodley chats with Jason Thom and Jevohn Shepherd offer a full preview of each team taking part in the CEBL Summer Series, which gets rolling on Saturday July 25th. They also offer up their predictions for who will reach the Final, who may miss the knockout round, and much more. 

This week, Sean Woodley is joined by Dr. Nick Elam, originator of the Elam Ending format for ending basketball games -- a format which as been adopted by the CEBL for this month's Summer Series tournament in St. Catherine's. Sean chats with Nick about why the Elam Ending is a superior way to conclude a game, which typical late-game annoyances it helps eradicate, how it alters the complexion of closing time to turn out a more compelling product, and the extremely exciting finish it produced in the final of The Basketball Tournament this week. They also chat about how the Elam Ending affects coaches, and take a look at what leagues may be next to adopt some version of it. 

This week Sean Woodley is joined by former Canadian national team player Jevohn Shepherd to discuss the CEBL's long-awaited return in the form of the CEBL Summer Series, set to go down in St. Catherine's from July 25th to August 9th at Meridian Centre. Sean and Jevohn start out by addressing some of the big recent signings around the league, including a quartet of star additions in Ottawa, before diving into the format and health protocols for the two-week tournament as well as the challenges teams and players are set to face.