# 2019–20 NBL Canada season

The 2019–20 NBL Canada season was the ninth season of the National Basketball League of Canada. The regular season was supposed to run from December 26, 2019, to April 23, 2020. However, on March 12, the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
On April 1, the season was officially cancelled with the league saying they will "begin preparations for its tenth season in 2020–21". The 2020–21 season was also cancelled.

## League changes

Because of financial difficulties, two of the league's teams, Saint John Riptide and Cape Breton Highlanders, were granted a one-year sabbatical, with the goal of finding new sponsors in order to rejoin the league next season, reducing the league to eight teams. The decrease in the number of teams also caused a change in the playoff format with the top two teams in each division qualifying for the postseason.

### Offseason coaching changes

* The Halifax Hurricanes hired Ryan Marchand as head coach after the Hurricanes' head coach for the previous three seasons, Mike Leslie, was named team president and general manager.
* The London Lightning hired Doug Plumb, who had most recently been the head coach of the St. John's Edge. Plumb replaced Elliott Etherington who had been promoted during the previous season after the Lightning had fired Keith Vassell.
* The St. John's Edge removed the interim status of head coach Steven Marcus.

## Teams

2019-20 National Basketball League of Canada :
| Division | Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Atlantic | Halifax Hurricanes | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Scotiabank Centre | 10,500 |
| Atlantic | Island Storm | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | Eastlink Centre | 4,000 |
| Atlantic | Moncton Magic | Moncton, New Brunswick | Avenir Centre | 8,800 |
| Atlantic | St. John's Edge | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | Mile One Centre | 6,750 |
| Central | KW Titans | Kitchener, Ontario | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | 7,312 |
| Central | London Lightning | London, Ontario | Budweiser Gardens | 9,000 |
| Central | Sudbury Five | Sudbury, Ontario | Sudbury Community Arena | 4,640 |
| Central | Windsor Express | Windsor, Ontario | WFCU Centre | 6,500 |

### Map of teams
## Regular season

Standings as of March 11:
| Atlantic Division | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Div |
| Moncton Magic | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | — | 16–3 |
| St. John's Edge | 20 | 11 | 9 | .550 | 6.5 | 6–6 |
| Halifax Hurricanes | 24 | 8 | 16 | .333 | 11.5 | 4–10 |
| Island Storm | 23 | 6 | 17 | .261 | 13 | 4–11 |
| Central Division | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Div |
| London Lightning | 24 | 15 | 9 | .625 | — | 12–6 |
| Sudbury Five | 23 | 13 | 10 | .565 | 1.5 | 9–6 |
| Windsor Express | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3 | 7–9 |
| KW Titans | 25 | 9 | 16 | .360 | 6.5 | 4–10 |
* z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
* c – Clinched home court advantage for the division playoffs
* x – Clinched playoff spot

### Attendance

As of games played 11 March 2020
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | London Lightning | 42,245 | 7,914 | 1,244 | 3,250 | +6.9%$^†$ |
| 2 | St. John's Edge | 23,599 | 5,475 | 1,781 | 2,950 | −22.2%$^†$ |
| 3 | Sudbury Five | 19,094 | 3,027 | 1,523 | 2,387 | +16.6%$^†$ |
| 4 | Windsor Express | 21,121 | 4,136 | 600 | 1,760 | +52.6%$^†$ |
| 5 | Halifax Hurricanes | 22,869 | 4,249 | 1,123 | 1,759 | −16.0%$^†$ |
| 6 | Moncton Magic | 22,344 | 2,389 | 1,330 | 1,719 | +49.2%$^†$ |
| 7 | KW Titans | 17,452 | 3,766 | 938 | 1,587 | +22.0%$^†$ |
| 8 | Island Storm | 11,707 | 1,410 | 771 | 976 | −20.3%$^†$ |
| | League total | 178,252 | 7,914 | 600 | 1,981 | +6.4%$^†$ |
Source:

## Awards
### Player of the Week award

| For games in week ending | Player of the week | Player of the week | Canadian player of the week | Canadian player of the week |
| For games in week ending | Player | Team | Player | Team |
| December 29, 2019 | Damon Lynn | KW Titans | Alex Campbell | Island Storm |
| January 5, 2020 | Xavier Moon | London Lightning | Alex Campbell (2) | Island Storm |
| January 12, 2020 | Karrington Ward | St. John's Edge | Garrett Williamson | London Lightning |
| January 19, 2020 | Chris Jones | Windsor Express | Shaquille Keith | Windsor Express |
| January 26, 2020 | Billy White | Moncton Magic | Junior Cadougan | St. John's Edge |
| February 2, 2020 | Akeem Ellis | KW Titans | Jarryn Skeete | Sudbury Five |
| February 9, 2020 | A.J. Gaines | London Lightning | Alex Campbell (3) | Island Storm |
| February 16, 2020 | Cane Broome | St. John's Edge | Marvell Waithe | Halifax Hurricanes |
| February 23, 2020 | Billy White (2) | Moncton Magic | Kemy Osse | Windsor Express |
| March 1, 2020 | Cameron Forte | London Lightning | Tyrell Green | London Lightning |

### Coach of the Month award

| Month | Coach | Team |
| January | Joe Salerno | Moncton Magic |
| February | Joe Salerno (2) | Moncton Magic |