2015 NBL Canada draft

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2015 NBL Canada draft
General information
Date(s)November 28, 2015
Time7:00 PM ET
LocationAthlete Institute (Mono, Ontario)
Overview
First selectionErik Copes, Niagara River Lions
← 2014

The 2015 NBL Canada draft was held on November 28, 2015, at the Athlete Institute in Mono, Ontario. During the event, National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players. The new expansion team, the Niagara River Lions, were awarded the first overall pick and selected Erik Copes, a power forward from George Mason in the NCAA Division I. The eighth overall pick in the draft was defunct, due to the folding of the Mississauga Power team during the offseason.[1] Both the River Lions and the Halifax Hurricanes made their first draft picks in franchise history.[2] Matt McLean, out of Bishop's University, was the sole Canadian to be selected. The rest of the field was made up of Americans.[3]

Draft selections[edit]

Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School / club team
1 1 Erik Copes F  United States Niagara River Lions George Mason
1 2 Brandan Kearney G  United States Moncton Miracles Detroit
1 3 Corey Spence G  United States Saint John Mill Rats Northern Colorado
1 4 Greg Foster G  United States Halifax Hurricanes Saginaw Valley State
1 5 Koron Reed F  United States London Lightning Shaw
1 6 Nick Carter G  United States Island Storm LIU Post
1 7 Matt McLean F  Canada London Lightning Bishop's University
1 8 Derek Thompson G  United States Windsor Express Eastern Michigan
2 1 Kyle Meyer F  United States Niagara River Lions Ohio Northern
2 2 Trevor Gruis C  United States Moncton Miracles South Dakota
2 3 David Seagers G  United States Saint John Mill Rats Dowling
2 4 Ryan Sypkens G  United States London Lightning UC Davis
2 5 Bilal Benn F  United States Orangeville A's Niagara
2 6 Robert Diggs F  United States Orangeville A's George Washington
2 7 Antonio Garrett F  United States Halifax Hurricanes College of Idaho
2 8 Jamil Dudley F  United States Halifax Hurricanes Lake Erie
3 1 Uchechi Ogbonna F  United States Niagara River Lions Daemen
3 2 Julian Lewis F  United States Moncton Miracles Lewis
3 3 Akeem Bennett G  United States Saint John Mill Rats St. Francis Brooklyn
3 4 Garland Judkins G  United States London Lightning Texas A&M–CC
3 5 Kenneth Green F  United States Orangeville A's Clark Atlanta
3 6 Daniel O'Keefe F  United States Orangeville A's Keiser
3 7 Armani Cotton G  United States Halifax Hurricanes Yale
3 8 Ahman Fells F  United States Saint John Mill Rats Illinois–Chicago

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2015 NBL Canada Entry Draft". NBL Canada. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Hurricanes take Greg Foster with their first pick in NBL of Canada draft". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ "NBL Canada Draft 2015". NBL Canada. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

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