2024 CIBACOPA season
2024 CIBACOPA season | |
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Season | 22 |
Dates | 1 March 2024 – 18 May 2024 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | TVC Deportes |
← 2023 2025 → |
The 2024 CIBACOPA season is the 22nd season of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA), one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. The regular season began on 1 March 2024 and will end on 18 May 2024.[1]
Format
10 teams are participating in the 2024 season, playing in one single group.[2] The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs, which are three rounds in a best-of-7 format.
Teams
Changes from the previous season
- The Ángeles de la Ciudad de México joined the league as an expansion team.[3]
- The Frayles de Guasave returned to the league after a five-year hiatus, having last played in 2018.[4]
Venues and locations
Team | City | State | Arena | Capacity | Joined |
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Ángeles de la Ciudad de México | Mexico City | — | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera | 5,242 | 2024 |
Astros de Jalisco | Guadalajara | Jalisco | Arena Astros | 3,509 | 2019 |
Caballeros de Culiacán | Culiacán | Sinaloa | Polideportivo Juan S Millán [es] | 1,810 | 2001[a] |
Frayles de Guasave | Guasave | Sinaloa | Gimnasio Luis Estrada Medina [es] | 1,850 | 2001[b] |
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | Ciudad Obregón | Sonora | Arena ITSON | 3,500 | 2016 |
Ostioneros de Guaymas | Guaymas | Sonora | Gimnasio Municipal de Guaymas [es] | 1,200 | 2009 |
Pioneros de Los Mochis | Los Mochis | Sinaloa | Centro de Usos Múltiples de Los Mochis | 3,000 | 2001 |
Rayos de Hermosillo | Hermosillo | Sonora | Arena Sonora | 3,500 | 2009 |
Tijuana Zonkeys | Tijuana | Baja California | Auditorio Zonkeys | 2,500 | 2010 |
Venados de Mazatlán | Mazatlán | Sinaloa | Lobodome | 3,000 | 2015 |
Personnel
Team | Head coach | Captain |
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Ángeles de la Ciudad de México | ![]() | ![]() |
Astros de Jalisco | ![]() | ![]() |
Caballeros de Culiacán | ![]() | ![]() |
Frayles de Guasave | ![]() | ![]() |
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | ![]() | ![]() |
Ostioneros de Guaymas | ![]() | ![]() |
Pioneros de Los Mochis | ![]() | ![]() |
Rayos de Hermosillo | ![]() | ![]() |
Tijuana Zonkeys | ![]() | ![]() |
Venados de Mazatlán | ![]() | ![]() |
Transactions
Draft
The 2024 CIBACOPA draft was held on 17 January 2024.[5] Each team received one pick in a single round, though three teams declined to select a player.[5] The order of the draft was reverse order of finish in 2023 while the sole expansion team, the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México, received the first overall pick.[5]
Round | Pick # | Team | Player | Position |
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1 | 1 | Ángeles de la Ciudad de México | ![]() | G |
1 | 2 | Caballeros de Culiacán | ![]() | G |
1 | 3 | Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | ![]() | G |
1 | 4 | Pioneros de Los Mochis | – | – |
1 | 5 | Venados de Mazatlán | ![]() | F |
1 | 6 | Ostioneros de Guaymas | ![]() | G/F |
1 | 7 | Frayles de Guasave | – | – |
1 | 8 | Tijuana Zonkeys | ![]() | G |
1 | 9 | Rayos de Hermosillo | – | – |
1 | 10 | Astros de Jalisco | ![]() | C |
Coaching changes
Team | 2023 season | 2024 season |
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Off-season | ||
Caballeros de Culiacán | Froylán Verdugo (interim) | Bernardo Fitz-González |
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | Martin Knezevic | Guillermo Narvarte [es] |
Ostioneros de Guaymas | Pedro Carrillo [es] | Ben Sanders |
Pioneros de Los Mochis | Guillermo Vecchio | Derrick Alston |
Tijuana Zonkeys | Claudio Arrigoni | Enrique Zúñiga |
Venados de Mazatlán | Eric Weissling | Fernando Rivero |
In-season | ||
Venados de Mazatlán | Fernando Rivero | Gaston Essengué (interim) Derrick Allen |
Off-season
- On 23 November 2023, the Pioneros de Los Mochis fired head coach Guillermo Vecchio after two seasons with the team.[6]
- On 29 November 2023, the Pioneros de Los Mochis hired Derrick Alston as their head coach.[7]
- On 14 December 2023, the Caballeros de Culiacán hired Bernardo Fitz-González as their head coach.[8]
- On 20 December 2023, the Halcones de Ciudad Obregón hired Guillermo Narvarte [es] as their head coach.[9]
- On 22 December 2023, the Venados de Mazatlán hired Fernando Rivero as their head coach.[10]
- On 9 January 2024, the Tijuana Zonkeys hired Enrique Zúñiga as their head coach.[11]
- On 3 February 2024, the Ostioneros de Guaymas hired Ben Sanders as their head coach.
In-season
- On 26 March 2024, the Venados de Mazatlán fired Fernando Rivero.[12] Gaston Essengué and Leroy Davis, the team's assistant coaches, were named the interim head coaches.[12]
- On 3 April 2024, the Venados hired Derrick Allen as their head coach.[13]
Pre-season
- The Tijuana Zonkeys played the San Diego Sharks of The Basketball League (TBL) in the inaugural Border Bragging Rights Series – a cross-border home-and-home series – held on 10 and 17 February.[14] The Zonkeys beat the Sharks, 102–88, in the first matchup at Mira Mesa High School in San Diego before beating the Sharks, 91–61, a week later at the Arena Zonkeys in Tijuana.[15][16]
- The inaugural Copa de Básquetbol DIF Sinaloa was played from 19 to 20 February between the four teams from the state of Sinaloa: the Caballeros de Culiacán, the Frayles de Guasave, the Pioneros de Los Mochis, and the Venados de Mazatlán, with proceeds going to local wheelchair basketball teams.[17][18] The Caballeros beat the Venados, 102–98, in their first matchup in Mazatlán, while the Venados earned an 86–81 victory over the Caballeros a day later in Culiacán.[19][20] Notably, the latter was attended by the Governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya.[21] Meanwhile, the Pioneros beat the Frayles, 94–92, in their first matchup in Guasave before beating the Frayles again, 91–71, a day later in Los Mochis.[22][23]
- The second annual Copa Salsa Huichol was played from 22 to 24 February at the Mesón de los Deportes in Xalisco, Nayarit, with the six participating teams being the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México, the Astros de Jalisco, the Caballeros de Culiacán, the Frayles de Guasave, the Pioneros de Los Mochis, and the Venados de Mazatlán.[24][25] The Ángeles beat the Astros, 85–70, in the championship final and Will Yoakum was named the tournament MVP.[26]
Regular season
Standings
First round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Astros de Jalisco | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1646 | 1457 | +189 | 10 |
2 | Tijuana Zonkeys | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1609 | 1489 | +120 | 9 |
3 | Ángeles de la Ciudad de México | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1633 | 1552 | +81 | 8 |
4 | Rayos de Hermosillo | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1574 | 1519 | +55 | 7 |
5 | Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1592 | 1611 | −19 | 6 |
6 | Venados de Mazatlán | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1605 | 1625 | −20 | 5.5 |
7 | Ostioneros de Guaymas | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1577 | 1659 | −82 | 5 |
8 | Pioneros de Los Mochis | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1565 | 1622 | −57 | 4.5 |
9 | Frayles de Guasave | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1605 | 1709 | −104 | 4 |
10 | Caballeros de Culiacán | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1497 | 1660 | −163 | 3.5 |
Second round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tijuana Zonkeys | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1709 | 1533 | +176 | 10 |
2 | Astros de Jalisco | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1811 | 1660 | +151 | 9 |
3 | Rayos de Hermosillo | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1640 | 1589 | +51 | 8 |
4 | Venados de Mazatlán | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1610 | 1621 | −11 | 7 |
5 | Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1690 | 1656 | +34 | 6 |
6 | Ostioneros de Guaymas | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1714 | 1724 | −10 | 5.5 |
7 | Ángeles de la Ciudad de México | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1710 | 1758 | −48 | 5 |
8 | Caballeros de Culiacán | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1597 | 1674 | −77 | 4.5 |
9 | Pioneros de Los Mochis | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1610 | 1687 | −77 | 4 |
10 | Frayles de Guasave | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1733 | 1922 | −189 | 3.5 |
General table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Astros de Jalisco | 36 | 27 | 9 | 3457 | 3117 | +340 | 19 | Playoffs |
2 | Tijuana Zonkeys | 36 | 28 | 8 | 3318 | 3022 | +296 | 19 | |
3 | Rayos de Hermosillo | 36 | 23 | 13 | 3214 | 3108 | +106 | 15 | |
4 | Ángeles de la Ciudad de México | 36 | 21 | 15 | 3343 | 3310 | +33 | 13 | |
5 | Venados de Mazatlán | 36 | 18 | 18 | 3215 | 3246 | −31 | 12.5 | |
6 | Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | 36 | 17 | 19 | 3282 | 3267 | +15 | 12 | |
7 | Ostioneros de Guaymas | 36 | 15 | 21 | 3291 | 3383 | −92 | 10.5 | |
8 | Pioneros de Los Mochis | 36 | 14 | 22 | 3175 | 3309 | −134 | 8.5 | |
9 | Caballeros de Culiacán | 36 | 9 | 27 | 3094 | 3334 | −240 | 8 | |
10 | Frayles de Guasave | 36 | 8 | 28 | 3338 | 3631 | −293 | 7.5 |
Playoffs
The 2024 CIBACOPA playoffs were played from 23 May to 3 July, consisting of three rounds held in a best-of-seven format.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Astros | 4 | ||||||||||||
8 | Pioneros | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Astros | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ángeles | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Ángeles | 4 | ||||||||||||
5 | Venados | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Astros | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Rayos | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Zonkeys | 4 | ||||||||||||
7 | Ostioneros | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Zonkeys | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Rayos | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Rayos | 4 | ||||||||||||
6 | Halcones | 3 |
Statistics
Individual statistic leaders
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Points per game | ![]() | Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | 23.1 |
Rebounds per game | ![]() | Frayles de Guasave | 10.9 |
Assists per game | ![]() | Tijuana Zonkeys | 9.0 |
Steals per game | ![]() | Tijuana Zonkeys | 2.1 |
Blocks per game | ![]() | Pioneros de Los Mochis | 2.7 |
Minutes per game | ![]() | Tijuana Zonkeys | 35.9 |
FG% | ![]() | Venados de Mazatlán | 57.0% |
FT% | ![]() | Caballeros de Culiacán | 82.7% |
3FG% | ![]() | Astros de Jalisco | 48.2% |
Source: CIBACOPA
Team statistic leaders
Category | Team | Statistic |
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Points per game | Astros de Jalisco | 96.7 |
Rebounds per game | Astros de Jalisco | 35.1 |
Assists per game | Rayos de Hermosillo | 21.4[27] |
Steals per game | Tijuana Zonkeys | 8.2 |
Blocks per game | Astros de Jalisco | 4.1 |
FG% | Astros de Jalisco | 48.6 |
FT% | Halcones de Ciudad Obregón | 76.9 |
3P% | Astros de Jalisco | 37.9 |
Source: CIBACOPA
Note: Playoff statistics are included
All-Star Game
The 2024 CIBACOPA All-Star Game will be played on 20 April 2024 at Arena ITSON in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.[28] Aleks Syntek will perform during halftime.[28]
Notable occurrences
- On 2 March 2024, Jordan Allen of the Pioneros de Los Mochis set the league record for most three-pointers made in a game by making 13 (out of 20) in a 98–90 win over the Ángeles de la Ciudad de México.[29]
- On 12 April 2024, Wesley Saunders of the Ostioneros de Guaymas recorded a triple-double with 16 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists in a 104–90 win over the Astros de Jalisco.
- On 13 April 2024, Joshua Webster of the Tijuana Zonkeys recorded a triple-double with 19 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds in a 102–90 win over the Rayos de Hermosillo.[30]
Notes
References
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- ^ a b Moreno, Rafael (26 March 2024). "Venados Basketball destituye al coach Fernando 'Tulo' Rivero". Periódico Noroeste (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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External links
- 2024 season on Latinbasket.com
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- Astros de Jalisco
- Caballeros de Culiacán
- Frayles de Guasave
- Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
- Ostioneros de Guaymas
- Pioneros de Los Mochis
- Rayos de Hermosillo
- Tijuana Zonkeys
- Venados de Mazatlán
- Águilas Doradas de Durango
- Bomberos de Mexicali
- Bucaneros de Guaymas
- Calor de Mexicali
- Cañeros Dorados de Navolato
- Colorados de San Luis
- Coras de Nayarit
- Delfines de La Paz
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- Fuerza Guinda de Nogales
- Garra Cañera de Navolato
- Halcones de Guamúchil
- Industriales de Mexicali
- Lagartos UAN Tepic
- Lobos Marinos de La Paz
- Lobos UAD Mazatlán
- Mantarrayas de La Paz
- Marineros de Guaymas
- Mineros de Caborca
- Mineros de Cananea
- Mochomos de Guamúchil
- Naúticos de Mazatlán
- Paisas de Los Cabos
- Paskolas de Navojoa
- Pistones de Culiacán
- Soles de Hermosillo
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- Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
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