CBL WEEKLY RELEASE AND INFORMATION

My apologies for not posting last week, but things have been hectic with the long awaited release of our schedule and the first edition of “This Week in the CBL” on Blog Talk Radio. With the season just 25 days away, there is much to report from the league office.

First of all, our schedule has been completed, signed off on, and should be on the website by the end of the day on Monday. We will play a 16 game schedule leading off with Georgia at Savannah at 7:00 on April 30^th. We did the best we could to create a balanced and fair schedule and believe we have done just that. The season will conclude with a four team tournament with the winners of the first round facing off for the league title. The site of the tournament has yet to be determined.

“This Week in the CBL” kicked off on Blog Talk Radio (www.blogtalkradio.com) last Tuesday night and was a huge success. On the show we had Director of Basketball Operations Gary Perry, Carolina Cougarz owner Wayne Washington and CBL commissioner Dennis Truax. Other than the fact Chris couldn’t operate the control panel on the Blog Talk interface, the show went very well. We had people in the chat room asking questions and we hope the show will just get bigger and better. Make sure to catch the show this Tuesday at 7:00 EDT as Lamont has a ton of great guests lined up. Now the interesting thing will be is to see if Lamont can handle doing the show on his own as Chris has to work the University of North Florida/Florida State baseball game in downtown Jacksonville. To listen to the show, go to www.blogtalkradio.com or go to www.cblhoopsonline.com. “This Week in the CBL is presented by Our Sports Central.

Speaking of Lamont Moreno, his Savannah Wildcats will be holding open tryouts this coming Saturday at the Savannah YMCA located at 1110 May Street. Registration starts at noon with the tryout starting promptly at 1:00. The cost to tryout is $50.00 and can be paid with cash, money order or certified check. For information on the tryout, or to pre-register, contact Lamont Moreno at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Director of Basketball Operations Gary Perry and Director of Media and Public Relations Chris Munson will be in attendance. I talked to Lamont the other day and he told me, “Chris, you have no idea how excited I am about the tryouts. We have some great talent lined up and there is going to be serious competition for the ten spots we have available on the team.” Lamont continued to say, “This is where it all starts for us and I can’t wait.”

The Carolina Cougarz have been busy establishing themselves in the Fayetteville area with a couple of events coming up. On Wednesday April 7^th, the team will be appearing at a blood drive at Methodist University starting at 9:00 am. Methodist University is located at 5400 Ramsey Street in Fayetteville. On Wednesday April 21^st, the team will be helping out with the Special Olympics Spring Games at Methodist University from 8-1. The team will be assisting with setup for the event as well as assisting athletes during their competitions. For more information on the Special Olympics and the Cougarz efforts, please contact Jamie Scruggins at 910-433-1000.

The Birmingham Steel will be holding their final set of tryouts on Sunday April 18^th at Jackson-Olin High School located at 1300 Avenue F in Birmingham. Registration for the tryout starts at 5:45 pm with the tryout starting at 6:30. The cost to tryout is $50.00. Prior to the tryout, interested players must submit a bio complete with playing experience, stats (if available) and references. Interested players can submit their bios to Coach Ashmon at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

There is the latest from the CBL. For more information on each team, go to www.cblhoopsonline.com and then click on your team’s logo. Until next time………….