CBA Announces Changes to Playoff Format
Published on March 7, 2007 under Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release
ALBANY, NY (March 7, 2007) - The Continental Basketball Association has announced that there will be a modification to the playoff format this season.
Due to the lack of available arena dates amongst the member teams that would potentially qualify in the previous playoff format, the CBA has decided to switch to the following playoff format for the CBA playoffs and the right to play for the Jay Ramsdell Championship Trophy this spring.
The playoff qualifiers will consist of the two conference champions meeting in a five game series to decide the CBA Championship. The first two games will be played at the arena of the team with the lower amount of quarter points earned in the regular season, while the other team will host Games #3, #4 (if necessary) and #5 (if necessary). The winner will receive the Jay Ramsdell Trophy, symbolic of the league's playoff champion.
"This is an unfortunate turn of events that is regrettably out of our control as a league," said CBA Director of Operations Dennis Truax. "We were unable to secure the necessary dates from our member teams arenas to stage the playoffs in their full format as voted upon at the Winter League Meetings. Our teams decided that this was the best solution to the problem, having the divisional champions meeting in a best of five series to decide the CBA Championship."
Along with the change in the playoff schedule, the CBA League Office has made a final decision regarding the postponed February 15 contest between Pittsburgh Xplosion and the Albany Patroons. Due to the lack of available dates to play the contest, both teams will be awarded 3.5-quarter points each for the cancelled contest. The Xplosion will be awarded the victory, as they are the designated home team.
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