Yulon named Chiu Chi-yi new coach

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Yulon Luxgen, which finished a disappointing 2011 season after losing in the first round playoff, fired its head coach Zhang Xuelei and named former Yulon player Chiu Chi-yi as its new head coach last week.

2011 Taiwan women's NT rosters

The CTBA announced preliminary rosters of Taiwan women's NT, Taiwan U19 women's NT and Taiwan U16 women's NT, which are listed as follow.

SBL History

(Last updated: May 6, 2011)

Accumulative W-L, winning percentages
1. Yulon 168-66 .718
2. Taiwan Beer 143-91 .611
3. Dacin 139-95 .594
4. KKL (Jutai/ETSN/dmedia) 110-124 .470
5. Taiwan Mobile (Mars/Videoland) 108-126 .462
6. Pure Youth (Sina/YMY/Azio) 92-142 .393
7. Bank of Taiwan 59-175 .252

Regular season champions
2003-04 Yulon Dinos (19-5)
2004-05 Yulon Dinos (25-5)
2005-06 Yulon Dinos (24-6)
2006-07 Yulon Dinos (22-8)
2007-08 Yulon Dinos (23-7)
2008-09 Dacin Tigers (23-7)
2010 Dacin Tigers (19-11)
2010-11 Taiwan Beer (22-8)

Champions (Finals results, losers)
2003-04 Yulon Dinos (3-0, Sina)
2004-05 Yulon Dinos (3-0, Dacin)
2005-06 Yulon Dinos (4-1, Taiwan Beer)
2006-07 Taiwan Beer (4-2, Dacin)
2007-08 Taiwan Beer (4-2, Yulon)
2008-09 Dacin Tigers (4-3, Taiwan Beer)
2010 Yulon Luxgen (4-2, Dacin Tigers)
2010-11 Taiwan Beer (4-1, Dacin Tigers)

Regular season MVP
2003-04 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2004-05 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2005-06 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2006-07 Lin Chih-chieh (TB)
2007-08 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
2008-09 Chang Chih-feng (Dacin)
2010 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2010-11 Rashad Jones-Jennings (PY)

Finals MVP
2003-04 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
2004-05 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2005-06 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2006-07 Lin Chih-chieh (TB)
2007-08 Lin Chih-chieh (TB)
2008-09 Chang Chih-feng (Dacin)
2010 Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)
2010-11 Yang Chin-min (TB)

All-Star Games MVP
2003-04 Lo Hsing-liang (Sina)
2004-05 Lo Hsing-liang (Sina)
2005-06 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2006-07 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2007-08 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
2008-09 Ho Shou-cheng (TB)
2010 Game Cancelled
2010-11 Not held

Scoring Leader
2003-04 Lin Chih-chieh (TB)
2004-05 Lin Chih-chieh (TB)
2005-06 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2006-07 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2007-08 Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
2008-09 Yang Chin-min (TB)
2010 Shawn Hawkins (KKL)
2010-11 Shawn Hawkins (KKL)

Rebounding Leader
2003-04 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2004-05 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2005-06 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2006-07 Jonathan Sanders (Videoland)
2007-08 Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
2008-09 Byron Allen (Dacin)
2010 Jonathan Sanders (PY)
2010-11 Rashad Jones-Jennings (PY)

Assists Leader
2003-04 Chen Shih-nian (TB)
2004-05 Chen Hui (Videoland)
2005-06 Wu Yung-jen (Videoland)
2006-07 Su Yi-chieh (Dacin)
2007-08 Jonathan Sanders (dmedia)
2008-09 Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)
2010 Jonathan Sanders (PY)
2010-11 Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)

Blocks Leader
2003-04 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2004-05 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2005-06 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2006-07 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2007-08 Wu Tai-hao (TB)
2008-09 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2010 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2010-11 Marcus Dove (TM)

Steals Leader
2003-04 Tien Lei (Dacin)
2004-05 Chou Shih-yuan (Yulon)
2005-06 Chien Ming-fu (BOT)
2006-07 Wang Chih-chun (Dacin)
2007-08 Wang Chih-chun (Dacin)
2008-09 Lin Chih-lung (BOT)
2010 Chang Chih-feng (Dacin)
2010-11 Marcus Dove (TM)

Coach of the Year
2003-04 Chien Yi-fei (Yulon)
2004-05 Lee Yun-kwang (Yulon)
2005-06 Wei Chen-ming (BOT)
2006-07 Liu Chih-wei (Videoland)
2007-08 Hsu Ching-tse (PY)
2008-09 Chiu Da-tsun (Dacin)
2010 Hsu Chin-tse (PY)
2010-11 Hsu Ching-tse (PY)

Rookie of the Year
2003-04 None
2004-05 Lu Cheng-ju (Yulon)
2005-06 Su Yi-chieh (Dacin)
2006-07 Yao Chun-chieh (Dacin)
2007-08 Lin Ching-pang (PY)
2008-09 Yen Cheng-hong (Taiwan Mobile)
2010 Sun Hwan-po (BOT)
2010-11 None

Defensive Player of the Year
2003-04 None
2004-05 Chang Chih-feng (Dacin)
2005-06 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2006-07 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2007-08 Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)
2008-09 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2010 Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
2010-11 Marcus Dove (TM)

Most Improved Player of the Year
2003-04 None
2004-05 None
2005-06 Lin Chun-feng (BOT)
2006-07 Chien Chia-hung (Azio)
2007-08 Hsu Chih-chan (BOT)
2008-09 Chen Ching-hwan (KKL)
2010 Cheng jen-wei (KKL)
2010-11 Chang Jung-hsuan (KKL)

Sixthman of the Year
2003-04 None
2004-05 None
2005-06 None
2006-07 Lee Wei-min (Videoland)
2007-08 Chen Tzu-wei (Dacin) / Wu Chien-lung (PY)
2008-09 Wu Chih-wei (Yulon)
2010 Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)
2010-11 Chien Chia-hung (PY)

Year-by-Year

2010-11
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Regular season final standing
1. Taiwan Beer 22-8
2. Pure Youth 19-11
3. Dacin Tigers 17-13
4. Yulon Luxgen 15-15
5. Taiwan Mobile 11-19
5. Bank of Taiwan 11-19
7. Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor 10-20
MVP: Rashad Jones-Jennings (PY)
SBL First Team: Rashad Jones-Jennings (PY), Tien Lei (Dacin), Chen Chih-chung (Yulon), Chen Shun-hsiang (BOT), Chen Ching-huan (KKL)

First round playoffs (best-of-five)
(1) TB 4-0 (4) Yulon
Game 1: TB 94-87 Yulon
Game 2: TB 85-74 Yulon
Game 3: TB 92-74 Yulon
Game 4: TB 76-75 Yulon

(3) Dacin 4-1 (2) PY
Game 1: Dacin 80-73 PY
Game 2: Dacin 66-53 PY
Game 3: Dacin 76-67 PY
Game 4: PY 84-79 (OT) Dacin
Game 5: Dacin 83-76 PY

Finals (best-of-seven)
TB 4-1 Dacin
Game 1: TB 62-59 Dacin
Game 2: TB 80-75 Dacin
Game 3: TB 94-89 Dacin
Game 4: Dacin 76-73 TB
Game 5: TB 62-59 Dacin

2010
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Regular season final standing
1. Dacin Tigers 19-11
2. Yulon Luxgen 19-11
3. Pure Youth 17-13
4. Taiwan Beer 17-13
5. Taiwan Mobile 15-15
6. Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor 14-16
7. Bank of Taiwan 4-26
MVP: Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon)
SBL First Team: Chang Chih-feng (Dacin), Jonathan Sander (PY), Chen Chih-chung (Yulon), Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon), Cheng Jen-wei (KKL)

First round playoffs (best-of-five)
(1) Dacin 3-2 (4) TB
Game 1: TB 91-86 Dacin
Game 2: Dacin 84-70 TB
Game 3: TB 67-65 Dacin
Game 4: Dacin 76-70 TB
Game 5: Dacin 57-55 TB

(2) Yulon 3-2 (3) PY
Game 1: Yulon 77-60 PY
Game 2: PY 75-62 Yulon
Game 3: Yulon 78-68 PY
Game 4: PY 87-78 Yulon
Game 5: Yulon 76-69 PY

Finals (best-of-seven)
Yulon 4-2 Dacin
Game 1: Yulon 70-66 Dacin
Game 2: Dacin 79-65 Yulon
Game 3: Yulon 72-71 Dacin
Game 4: Yulon 87-81 Dacin
Game 5: Dacin 89-76 Yulon
Game 6: Yulon 71-70 Dacin

2008-09
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Regular season final standing
1. Dacin Tigers 23-7
2. Yulon Luxgen 21-9
3. Taiwan Beer 20-10
4. Pure Youth 14-16
5. Kinmen Kaoliang Liquors 13-17
6. Taiwan Mobile 9-21
7. Bank of Taiwan 5-25
MVP: Chang Chih-feng (Dacin)
SBL First Team: Chang Chih-feng (Dacin), Byron Allen (Dacin), Chen Chih-chung (Yulon), Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon), Yang Ching-min (TB)

First round playoffs (best-of-five)
(1) Dacin 3-0 (4) Pure Youth
Game 1: Dacin 88-70 PY
Game 2: Dacin 96-93 PY
Game 3: Dacin 97-88 PY

(3) Taiwan Beer 3-0 (2) Yulon
Game 1: TB 78-68 Yulon
Game 2: 87-82 (OT) Yulon
Game 3: TB 89-79 Yulon

Finals (best-of-seven)
Dacin 4-3 TB
Game 1: TB 95-76 Dacin
Game 2: TB 88-81 Dacin
Game 3: Dacin 89-68 TB
Game 4: Dacin 89-75 TB
Game 5: Dacin 81-63 TB
Game 6: TB 87-85 Dacin
Game 7: Dacin 81-64 TB

2007-08
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Regular season final standing
1. Yulon Dinos 23-7
2. Taiwan Beer 20-10
3. dmedia Numen 19-11
4. Pure Youth 15-15
5. Dacin Tigers 13-17
6. Taiwan Mobile 9-21
7. Bank of Taiwan 6-24
MVP: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
SBL First Team: Chen Hsin-an, Jon Sanders (dmedia), Wu Tai-hao (TB), CHen Chih-chung (Yulon), Wu Yung-jen (TM)

First round playoffs (best-of-five)
(1) Yulon 3-1 (4) Pure Youth
Game 1: Yulon 95-87 PY
Game 2: Yulon 88-75 PY
Game 3: PY 86-84 Yulon
Game 4: Yulon 98-78 PY
(3) Taiwan Beer 3-0 (2) dmedia
Game 1: TB 90-73 dmedia
Game 2: TB 101-74 dmedia
Game 3: TB 79-75 dmedia

Finals (best-of-seven)
Taiwan Beer 4-2 Yulon
Game 1: TB 80-64 Yulon
Game 2: Yulon 79-68 TB
Game 3: TB 81-64 Yulon
Game 4: TB 73-66 Yulon
Game 5: Yulon 87-85 TB
Game 6: TB 89-67 Yulon


2006-07
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Regular season final standing
1. Yulon Dinos 22-8
2. Videoland Hunters 21-9
3. Taiwan Beer 19-11
4. Dacin Tigers 17-13
5. ETSN Antelopes 15-15
6. Azio Eagles 7-23
7. Bank of Taiwan 4-26
MVP: Lin Chih-chieh
SBL First Team: Tien Lei (Dacin), Lin Chih-chieh (TB), Jonathan Sanders (Videoland), Wang Chih-chun (Dacin), Lee Hsueh-lin (Yulon)

First round playoffs (best-of-five)
Dacin 3-2 Yulon
#1: Dacin 89, Yulon 88 (OT)
#2: Dacin 81, Yulon 80
#3: Yulon 111, Dacin 93
#4: Yulon 77, Dacin 74
#5: Dacin 77, Yulon 75

TB 3-1 VL
#1: TB 86, VL 81
#2: VL 94, TB 88
#3: TB 80, VL 73
#4: TB 86, VL 84

3rd-place series(best-of-five)
VL 3-1 Yulon
#1: VL 95, Yulon 86
#2: Yulon 77, VL 72
#3: VL 79, Yulon 65
#4: VL 94, Yulon 85

Finals (best-of-seven)
TB 4-2 Dacin
#1: TB 83, Dacin 70
#2: Dacin 84, TB 78
#3: Dacin 89, TB 71
#4: TB 79, Dacin 66
#5: TB 78, Dacin 70
#6: TB 69, Dacin 68
MVP: Lin Chih-chieh


2005-06
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Regular season final standing
1. Yulon 24-6
2. Taiwan Beer 20-10
3. Dacin 19-11
4. Bank of Taiwan 15-15
5. Videoland 13-17
6. ETSN 11-19
7. YMY 3-27
MVP: Tien Lei
SBL First Team: Tien Lei (Dacin), Lin Chih-chieh (TB), Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon), Lo Hsing-liang (YMY), Chien Ming-fu (BOT)

First round playoffs (best-of-five)
Yulon 3-1 BOT
TB 3-2 Dacin

Finals (best-of-seven)
Yulon 4-1 TB
MVP: Tseng Wen-ting


2004-05
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Regular season final standing
1. Yulon 25-5
2. Videoland 18-12
3. Dacin 18-12
4. Taiwan Beer 16-14
5. ETSN 16-14
6. Bank of Taiwan 9-21
7. Sina 3-27
MVP: Tien Lei
SBL First Team: Tien Lei (Dacin), Lin Chih-chieh (TB), Tseng Wen-ting (Yulon), Chou Shih-yuan (Yulon), Chen Hui (Videoland)

First round playoffs (best-of-three)
Yulon 2-0 TB
Dacin 2-1 Videoland

Finals (best-of-five)
Yulon 3-0 Dacin
MVP: Tseng Wen-ting


2003-04
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Regular season final standing
1. Yulon 19-5
2. Sina 14-10
3. Dacin 13-11
4. BCC Mars 12-12
5. Jutai 12-12
6. Taiwan Beer 9-15
7. Bank of Taiwan 5-19
MVP: Tien Lei
SBL First Team: None

First round playoffs (best-of-three)
Yulon 2-1 BCC Mars
Sina 2-1 Dacin

Finals (best-of-five)
Yulon 3-0 Sina
MVP: Chen Hsin-an

CTBA reaffirms Chou appointment

CTBA reaffirmed the appointment of Chou Jun-san as the Taiwan men's national team head coach as local media reported that a local sports firm was pressing the association to hire a foreign coach.

Taiwan NT head coaches announced

Women's NT

FIBA Asia Women's Championship: Chang Hui-ying, Taipower

**Chang replaced Cathay Life's Hung Ling-yao, who resigned from her post citing family business one week after her nomination, as the head coach. Chang will be making her debut as the NT head coach.

FIBA U19 Women's Championship: Chen Mei-li, Tamsui High School

FIBA Asia U16 Women's Championship: Shi Chao-chieh, Yung-jen Junior High School

Men's NT

FIBA Asia Men's Championship: Chou Jun-san, Taiwan Beer

FIBA U19 Men's Championship: Huang Wan-lung, Song-shan High School

FIBA Asia U16 Men's Championship: Lin Cheng-ming, Nen-ren High School

Review: 2010-11 SBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Rashad Jones-Jennings, Pure Youth
All-SBL Team:
Rashad Jones-Jennings, Pure Youth
Tien Lei, Dacin
Chen Chih-chung, Yulon
Chen Shun-hsiang, Bank of Taiwan
Chen Ching-huan, KKL

Chou named Taiwan NT head coach

[Yen Chia-hua]
The Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) named Taiwan Beer assistant coach Chou Jun-san as the new head coach of the Taiwan national team this past Sunday, sending a shockwave to the local basketball community.

Taiwan Beer wins 2011 SBL title

Taiwan Beer beat Dacin Tigers 83-78 in overtime in Game 5 of the 2011 SBL Finals Friday night to win its third title in team history and its first title in three years.
Taiwan Beer, which won the best-of-seven series 4-1, won its first title after completing a back-to-back title run in 2007-2008 with its head coach Yen Chia-hua becoming the first SBL coach winning three titles.

Confession

I'm sorry for not posting anything to the blog for almost the entire March. I visited New Zealand for 10 days for a business trip and the heavy work load had kept me from writing basketball regularly.

I begin to wonder whether I should stop posting those game stats, which took me a lot of time, because the SBL now (finally) has an efficient stats webpage where you can find anything if you can read Chinese.

The final decision has not been made yet. The most important thing is whether I will have enough time to keep writing the reports I have been writing for more than 10 years. However, I do think that there should be someone writing about Taiwanese basketball in English regularly so local basketball can be understood and recognized by English-speaking fans.

As I write now Taiwan Beer and Dacin Tigers have booked their appearances in the 2011 SBL Finals. On paper, TB is too strong to lose in a best-of-seven series, given that it features almost half of the national team lineup.

However, I have made it a habit not to support teams which only improve themselves by accumulating top players. My love goes to teams like Butler or VCU, lesser known teams or underdogs. That said, I hope Dacin can pull off an upset to make local basketball much more excited.

Dacin, Taiwan Beer to meet in SBL Finals

Dacin Tigers will meet Taiwan Beer in Taiwan's 2011 Super Basketball League (SBL) Finals after eliminating Pure Youth Construction 4-1 in the best-of-seven first round playoffs Friday.

The best-of-seven Finals will be played from April 8-17 at Hsinjhuang Stadium in New Taipei City.

The two teams will meet in the finals for the third time after splitting the previous two meetings with Taiwan Beer defeating Dacin 4-2 in 2007 and Dacin winning 4-3 in 2009.

Led by star forward Tien Lei and import Alexus Foyle from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Tigers made the playoffs as the No. 3 seed after a 17-13 regular season and upset the No. 2 seed Pure Youth in five games.

Dacin will be looking for redemption after losing to Yulon Luxgen 4-2 in the title series last year.

Taiwan Beer, which led the seven-team league in the regular season with 22 wins and 8 losses, swept the defending champion Yulon 4-0 in the first round and was able to enjoy an 11-day rest before Game 1 of the Finals.

The regular season champion, which won back-to-back titles in 2007-2008, advanced to the finals for the first time in two years. It features arguably the best lineup in the league which includes American forward Emmanuel Jones and local players Wu Tai-hao and Yang Ching-min.

The SBL, the top tier basketball competition in Taiwan, was established in 2003. Yulon won four titles in the league's first seven years.