# 2019 CEBL Entry Draft

The 2019 CEBL Entry Draft was the inaugural CEBL Entry Draft, held on March 23, 2019, at the Art Gallery of Hamilton in Hamilton, Ontario. Six Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) teams selected 78 athletes in total.

## Format

A blind draw was used to determine the draft order for the first round. A "snake draft" was used, with the order reversing in even-numbered rounds, and the original order in odd-numbered rounds. The draft order for the first round was drawn as follows:
* Fraser Valley Bandits
* Edmonton Stingers
* Guelph Nighthawks
* Saskatchewan Rattlers
* Hamilton Honey Badgers
* Niagara River Lions
The first four rounds were regional rounds, in which teams selected players from their region. The three eastern teams had to choose players from Eastern Canada and the western teams from Western Canada. The next seven rounds were open rounds, with teams able to select players from any region of the world. The final two rounds were U Sports rounds, in which teams selected players playing in U Sports, Canada's university basketball program.

## Player selection

Source:

### Regional rounds
#### Round 1

| Pick | Team | Player | Hometown | School team |
| 1 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Joel Friesen | Abbotsford, British Columbia | Alberta |
| 2 | Edmonton Stingers | Mamadou Gueye | Quebec City, Quebec | Alberta |
| 3 | Guelph Nighthawks | Connor Wood | Guelph, Ontario | Carleton |
| 4 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Denzel James | Edmonton, Alberta | MacEwan |
| 5 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | MiKyle McIntosh | Toronto, Ontario | Oregon |
| 6 | Niagara River Lions | Kaza Kajami-Keane | Ajax, Ontario | Carleton |

#### Round 2

| Pick | Team | Player | Hometown | School team |
| 7 | Niagara River Lions | Kassius Robertson | Toronto, Ontario | Missouri State |
| 8 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Erik Nissen | Quispamsis, New Brunswick | Acadia |
| 9 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Jelane Pryce | Innisfil, Ontario | Winnipeg |
| 10 | Guelph Nighthawks | Jevohn Shepherd | Toronto, Ontario | Michigan State |
| 11 | Edmonton Stingers | Mathieu Kamba | Calgary, Alberta | Central Arkansas |
| 12 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Marek Klassen | Abbotsford, British Columbia | Point Loma Nazarene |

#### Round 3

| Pick | Team | Player | Hometown | School team |
| 13 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Diego Kapelan | Vancouver, British Columbia | McNeese State |
| 14 | Edmonton Stingers | Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Calgary |
| 15 | Guelph Nighthawks | Marvin Binney | Toronto, Ontario | Saint Mary's |
| 16 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Justus Alleyn | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Manitoba |
| 17 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Duane Notice | Toronto, Ontario | South Carolina |
| 18 | Niagara River Lions | Guillaume Boucard | Montreal, Quebec | Carleton |

#### Round 4

| Pick | Team | Player | Hometown | School team |
| 19 | Niagara River Lions | Tyrone Watson | Hamilton, Ontario | New Mexico State |
| 20 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Junior Cadougan | Toronto, Ontario | Marquette |
| 21 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Thomas Cooper | Chattanooga, United States | Calgary |
| 22 | Guelph Nighthawks | Emanual Shepherd | Toronto, Ontario | Southern |
| 23 | Edmonton Stingers | Jordan Baker | Edmonton, Alberta | Alberta |
| 24 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Dallin Bachynski | Calgary, Alberta | Utah |

### Open rounds
#### Round 5

| Pick | Team | Player | School team |
| 25 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Conor Morgan | UBC |
| 26 | Edmonton Stingers | Adika Peter-McNeilly | Ryerson |
| 27 | Guelph Nighthawks | Chris Johnson | St. Bonaventure |
| 28 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Alex Campbell | Windsor |
| 29 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Murphy Burnatowski | Colgate |
| 30 | Niagara River Lions | Julian Boyd | LIU Brooklyn |

#### Round 6

| Pick | Team | Player | School team |
| 31 | Niagara River Lions | Nem Mitrovic | Portland |
| 32 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Derek Cooke, Jr. | Wyoming |
| 33 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Chad Posthumus | Morehead State |
| 34 | Guelph Nighthawks | Xavier Rathan-Mayes | Florida State |
| 35 | Edmonton Stingers | Akeem Ellis | Coppin State |
| 36 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Elijah Foster | Nevada |

#### Round 7

| Pick | Team | Player | School team |
| 37 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Levon Kendall | Pittsburgh |
| 38 | Edmonton Stingers | Ashton Smith | IUP |
| 39 | Guelph Nighthawks | Meshack Lufile | CBU |
| 40 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Gentrey Thomas | UC Riverside |
| 41 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Justin Edwards | Kansas State |
| 42 | Niagara River Lions | Alex Johnson | NC State |

#### Round 8

| Pick | Team | Player | School team |
| 43 | Niagara River Lions | Joel Kindred | St. Augustine's |
| 44 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Ryan Ejim | Carleton |
| 45 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Kevin Bercy | St. Francis Xavier |
| 46 | Guelph Nighthawks | Marvell Waithe | Arkansas |
| 47 | Edmonton Stingers | Christian Musoko | Southern Utah |
| 48 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Maurice Jones | Northwest Nazarene |

#### Round 9

| Pick | Team | Player | School team |
| 49 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Ransford Brempong | Western Carolina |
| 50 | Edmonton Stingers | Corey Allmond | Sam Houston State |
| 51 | Guelph Nighthawks | Meshack Lufile | Texas |
| 52 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Michael Linklater | Saskatchewan |
| 53 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Shaquille Keith | CBU |
| 54 | Niagara River Lions | Ryan Wright | Oklahoma State |

#### Round 10

| Pick | Team | Player | School team |
| 55 | Niagara River Lions | Rayvon Higdon | Redeemer |
| 56 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Joe Rocca | Carleton |
| 57 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Shane Osayande | Saskatchewan |
| 58 | Guelph Nighthawks | Jamal Reynolds | Canisius |
| 59 | Edmonton Stingers | Grandy Glaze | Grand Canyon |
| 60 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Rashaun Broadus | BYU |

#### Round 11

| Pick | Team | Player | School team |
| 61 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Troy Gottselig | Saskatchewan |
| 62 | Edmonton Stingers | Greg Morrow | Western |
| 63 | Guelph Nighthawks | Chadrack Lufile | Wichita State |
| 64 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Terry Thomas | Ottawa |
| 65 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Tramar Sutherland | Little Rock |
| 66 | Niagara River Lions | Jaylon Tate | Illinois |

### U-Sports rounds
#### Round 12

| Pick | Team | Player | School team |
| 67 | Niagara River Lions | Fil Vujadinovic | Ryerson |
| 68 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Connor Gilmore | McMaster |
| 69 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Chan De Ciman | Saskatchewan |
| 70 | Guelph Nighthawks | Malcolm Glanville | Guelph |
| 71 | Edmonton Stingers | Narcisse Ambanza | Winnipeg |
| 72 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Mason Bourcier | UBC |

#### Round 13

| Pick | Team | Player | School team |
| 73 | Fraser Valley Bandits | Grant Shephard | UBC |
| 74 | Edmonton Stingers | Brody Clarke | Alberta |
| 75 | Guelph Nighthawks | Myles Charvis | Ryerson |
| 76 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Jean-Victor Mukama | Ryerson |
| 77 | Hamilton Honey Badgers | Thomas Kennedy | Windsor |
| 78 | Niagara River Lions | Tyler Brown | Brock |