Being the defending champions doesn’t mean opening the next season at home!
That is the case for the Saslkatchewan Rattlers. The first Canadian Elite Basketball League titleists will open the 2020 campaign in Abbotsford, B-C on May 8th against the Fraser Valley Bandits. The Snakes will get to celebrate their championship, including a banner-raising, six days later on May 14th…once again against Fraser Valley at SaskTel Centre.
In addition, the C-E-B-L signed a three-year broadcast partnership with C-B-C Sports. C-B-C will live stream all 70 regular-season games plus all five playoff games, as well as the main C-B-C network will provide broadcast coverage of seven regular-season games plus the C-E-B-L championship. The news comes a week after the year-old league announced its first expansion franchise the Ottawa BlackJacks will begin play in the summer of 2020. Following are news releases from the Rattlers and the C-E-B-L…
SASKATOON, November 26, 2019 – The Saskatchewan Rattlers, member club of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), announced Tuesday its 2020 season schedule. The Rattlers open the CEBL campaign on the road May 8 against the Fraser Valley Bandits. One week later, the Rattlers CEBL Championship Banner will be raised at the Rattlers first home game of 2020 as the team plays host to the Fraser Valley Bandits on May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Since the launch, basketball fans in Saskatchewan joined the Rattlers leading the league in attendance during the 2019 regular season. Currently, season tickets are available for as little as $30/month when fans opt for equalized payments. For more information or to secure your seats to the 2020 Rattlers season, please visit www.therattlers.ca/tickets Flex and Voucher Packs, Group Tickets and Single-Game Tickets will go on sale soon, watch Rattlers social channels, and insider emails for full details. The Rattlers schedule was announced at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in downtown Toronto as part of the league’s complete 2020 schedule launch and the naming of CBC Sports as the CEBL premier media partner. All 20 regular season Rattlers games will be streamed live on CBC Gem, CEBL.tv and the Island Sports Network. Saskatchewan will also be part of a nationally televised broadcast as part of the CBC Game of the Week when the Rattlers host the Fraser Valley Bandits on July 18.
“The release of the 2020 season schedule is something that we are truly excited about,” said Rattlers President & COO Lee Genier. “To be announced in such a landmark way is a testament to the incredible growth of our league in such a short period of time. As we grow closer to the season, fans can rest assured that we are building another championship caliber team. I am excited to see the best fans in the CEBL join us for all 10 home games of the 2020 season as we march towards another historic season.” Highlights of the 2020 Saskatchewan Rattlers schedule include: A total of 20 regular season games during the 14-week campaign. Ten home games at the SaskTel Centre Four Thursday night games, three contests on Saturday, two Friday night games and one game on Sunday afternoon. The CEBL’s newest team, the Ottawa Blackjacks will enter the Snake Pit on June 27 Edmonton Stingers will visit the Snake Pit the most of any team in 2020 with three trips to Saskatoon The Rattlers will travel to Fraser Valley the most of any teams with three trips to Abbotsford All four Ontario teams will visit the Rattlers once this season, with Niagara coming to the prairies twice. The Rattlers will make two trips to Hamilton this season, while visiting the other Ontario teams once. The Rattlers will be away from the SaskTel Centre for three games from July 2 to July 18, the longest road trip of the season. The biggest stretch of home games lasts four contests from May 21 – June 4. One nationally televised game on CBC when the Rattlers travel to Fraser Valley on June 20, and one nationally televised home game versus Niagara on July 18.
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Like 2019, The team with the best regular season record will join host Edmonton with automatic berths into the four-team Championship Weekend showcase. New in 2020 – The next four teams in the standings will play quarter final games August 9 to determine which two will advance to Edmonton.
Note: GREEN = HOME GAME, WHITE = AWAY GAME, YELLOW = CBC GAME OF THE WEEK DATE AWAY HOME TIME 08-May-20 SSK FV 8:30 PM 14-May-20 FV SSK 7:30 PM 16-May-20 SSK HAM 5:00 PM 21-May-20 NIA SSK 7:30 PM 24-May-20 EDM SSK 2:00 PM 29-May-20 FV SSK 7:30 PM 04-Jun-20 EDM SSK 7:30 PM 07-Jun-20 SSK OTT 12:00 PM 10-Jun-20 SSK EDM 11:00 AM 12-Jun-20 GPH SSK 7:30 PM 18-Jun-20 EDM SSK 7:00 PM 20-Jun-20 SSK FV 2:00 PM 27-Jun-20 OTT SSK 7:30 PM 02-Jul-20 SSK GPH 5:00 PM 10-Jul-20 SSK EDM 7:00 PM 16-Jul-20 SSK NIA 5:00 PM 18-Jul-20 NIA SSK 2:00 PM 25-Jul-20 HAM SSK 7:00 PM 30-Jul-20 SSK FV 8:30 PM 05-Aug-20 SSK HAM 5:00 PM
