Central Basketball Association

The Central Basketball Association, on the eve of commencing its 7th year of competition, has announced its league schedule for the upcoming 2019 season.

Featuring all but one of the teams from last year, the CBA will continue to have eight regular season games per team in March and April, followed by the top four squads advancing to the postseason knockout tournament in May.

The regular season will begin on Saturday, March 16, 2019 and conclude on Sunday, April 28, 2019. The semifinals and championship game will be held in Indianapolis during the weekend of May 4-5, 2019. 

Several teams will be utilizing a new home court this upcoming season, while others will remain at their traditional sites. The three-time defending league champions, Fort Wayne Flite, will play their home games at a new venue this year: Concordia Seminary (6600 N. Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana). The two-time defending regular season champions, Indianapolis Blaze, who last year became the second team in league history to finish with an undefeated regular season record (8-0) will also compete at a new high school this year: Riverside High School (3010 N White River Parkway E Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana). The Jackson Eagles, who will look to bounce back from their 1-7 record last year, will be playing at the Bolivar Municipal Center (211 N Washington Street, Bolivar, Tennessee). Finally, the Bowling Green Hornets will return back to Russellville High School (1101 W 9th Street, Russellville, Kentucky), where they last played during the 2013 and 2014 league seasons, which were also the same seasons the team participated in the championship game in back-to-back years, including winning the title in 2014. 

The Middle Tennessee Storm, who finished the 2018 season with a 7-1 record after a dismal 1-7 finish in 2017, will play their sixth consecutive season at Fisk University (1000 17th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee), and join Bowling Green as the only two teams that have played all seven years in the CBA. The Baltimore Shuckers, looking for their first playoff berth since they joined the CBA in 2017, will play their home schedule at Annapolis Area Christian School for a second consecutive year (109 Burns Crossing, Severn, Maryland), while the Memphis Rail Runners will also play at their home venue for a second straight year at the Jiff Center (254 S Lauderdale Street, Memphis, Tennessee). 

Registration for players shall begin on February 13, 2019 with the registration deadline for the first weekend of games set for March 13, 2019. Prospective athletes and rostered players can register at http://www.playcba.com/registration

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2019 CBA REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

 

WEEK 1

SATURDAY, MARCH 16

Fort Wayne at Indianapolis (6:00 P.M. ET)

Memphis at Baltimore (8:00 P.M. ET)

Bowling Green at Middle Tennessee (8:00 P.M. CT)

SUNDAY, MARCH 17

Middle Tennessee at Jackson (3:00 P.M. CT)

WEEK 2

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

Baltimore at Fort Wayne (7:00 P.M. ET)

Jackson at Memphis (8:00 P.M. ET)

SUNDAY, MARCH 31

Baltimore at Indianapolis (3:00 P.M. ET)

Bowling Green at Memphis (3:00 P.M. ET)

Middle Tennessee at Jackson (3:00 P.M. CT)

WEEK 3

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

Memphis at Fort Wayne (7:00 P.M. ET)

Middle Tennessee at Baltimore (8:00 P.M. ET)

SUNDAY, APRIL 7

Memphis at Indianapolis (3:00 P.M. ET)

Bowling Green at Jackson (3:00 P.M. CT)

WEEK 4

SATURDAY, APRIL 13

Fort Wayne at Bowling Green (7:00 P.M. CT)

Indianapolis at Middle Tennessee (8:00 P.M. CT)

SUNDAY, APRIL 14

Fort Wayne at Middle Tennessee (3:00 P.M. CT)

Indianapolis at Bowling Green (3:00 P.M. CT)

Memphis at Jackson (3:00 P.M. CT)

WEEK 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

Baltimore at Fort Wayne (7:00 P.M. ET)

SATURDAY, APRIL 20

Baltimore at Indianapolis (6:00 P.M. ET)

Jackson at Bowling Green (7:00 P.M. CT)

WEEK 6

FRIDAY, APRIL 26

Indianapolis at Fort Wayne (7:00 P.M. ET)

Jackson at Baltimore (8:00 P.M. ET)

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

Fort Wayne at Bowling Green (7:00 P.M. CT)

Jackson at Baltimore (8:00 P.M. ET)

Middle Tennessee at Memphis (8:00 P.M. CT)

SUNDAY, APRIL 28

Indianapolis at Middle Tennessee (3:00 P.M. CT)

Bowling Green at Memphis (3:00 P.M. CT)

 

PLAYOFFS

SATURDAY, MAY 4

Semifinals Game #1 (6:00 P.M. ET)

Semifinals Game #2 (8:00 P.M. ET)

SUNDAY, MAY 5

Championship (3:00 P.M. ET)