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The TV Advertising Basketball League is now the Sports & Media Basketball League of New York City. Same great league, new and improved name to better reflect the participating teams and the industry. The Sports & Media Basketball League will partner again with the New York Corporate Athletic League starting in late November for Season #6 of the largest basketball league dedicated to the media, sports and advertising industries.

ABOUT THE SEASON

All teams playing in the 2008-09 Sports & Media Basketball League season will have the opportunity of a lifetime…..to play hoops at the World's Most Famous Arena! - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. The two teams teams that advance to the Championship game will square off @ Madison Square Garden.

There will be an 11 game regular season tipping off in late November and culminating in a grand "March Madness" playoff tournament with all teams. Most games will be held at Martin Luther King Jr. High School (122 Amsterdam Ave, between 65th & 66th) and The Trinity School (139 W 91st Street). Games will be played Monday through Thursday and all teams will play one Friday night game during the season with plenty of notice to plan accordingly. Winning teams receive championship sweatshirts, trophies and bragging rights at Madison Square Garden.

Click here to watch a brief highlight video of the 2007/2008 championship game courtesy of SportsVite.com.

THE 2008/2009 TEAMS

East Division

West Division

Comcast Networks

ABC

Discovery Networks

CBS

ESPN/ABC Sports

Initiative

Horizon Media

Mediacom

NBA- Champions

Mediaedge:coa

Nickelodeon

MediaVest

OMD

Mindshare

Universal McCann

MTV

Young & Rubicam

SNY/NY Mets

Click here to register for the 2008/2009 season or for more information about the 2008/2009 season

e-mail: brett.ehrlich@gmail.com

2008-2009 Season Information

Updated 3/15/09

Some mild upsets in the second week of the playoffs but the three time defending champions from the NBA continue their march for their fourth title in the Primetime bracket. They will square off with the 5th seeded ABC team who knocked off #4 SNY/NY Mets in overtime. The defending runner-up and #2 seed will battle #6 ESPN/ABC Sports for the other spot in the championship game at MSG.

In the Daytime bracket, #1 Mindshare and #3 MediaVest will play for the championship this week.

Congratulations to our two division winners (also our two finalists last season)- the NBA in the East Division with a record of 9-1-1 and Mediacom in the West Division at 9-2.

Full playoff brackets can be viewed by clicking here or on the Playoff Page found on the left hand bar.

Gym Locations

MLK- 122 Amsterdam (between 65th & 66th)

Trinity- 139 West 91st Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus)

Playoffs Week #2 Results

Primetime Bracket

Quarterfinals (No Stats Available)

#1 NBA 66, #8 Mediaedge:cia 46

#2 Mediacom 59, #7 Nickelodeon 40

#5 ABC 54, #4 SNY/NY Mets 45

#6 ESPN/ABC Sports 66, #3 Young & Rubicam 57

Daytime Division

Semifinals (No Stats Available)

#1 Discovery 46, #4 Universal McCann 45

#3 MediaVest 65, #2 Discovery 43

Playoff Schedules- Week of 3/23

Primetime Division- Semifinals

3/26: #1 NBA vs #5 ABC 8:30pm at MLK

3/26: #2 Mediacom vs #6 ESPN/ABC Sports 6:30pm at MLK

Daytime Division- Finals

3/26: #1 Mindshare vs #3 MediaVest 7:30pm at MLK

Good luck to all teams this week.

Brett