This article is about the original National Professional Basketball League. See National Professional Basketball League (2007-)

National Professional Basketball League (2007-)

The National Professional Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NPBL, was an American men's professional basketball minor league featuring teams from the East Coast of the United States which played for two seasons....

 for information on an unrelated league which is currently active.

National Professional Basketball League was a pro basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 league in the USA in (1950-51). The league played just one season, with no championship finals ever being staged. Grand Rapids, Kansas City, Louisville and Saint Paul all disbanded during the season; Denver moved to Evansville. The Sheboygan Redskins and Waterloo Hawks both claimed the championship because they were each in first in their divisions at the end of the season but they never met in a playoff series.

EASTERN DIVISION

• Sheboygan Red Skins
• Louisville Alumnites
  Louisville Alumnites
  Louisville Alumnites were a team in the National Professional Basketball League , based in Louisville, Kentucky.The Alumnites competed in the Eastern Division of the NPBL. They compiled a record of 18 wins and 17 losses , and finished in second place in the Eastern Division behind the Sheboygan...
  
  
• Anderson Packers
  Anderson Packers
  The Anderson Packers also known as the Anderson Duffy Packers was a professional basketball team based in Anderson, Indiana, in the 1940s and 1950s....
  
  
• Grand Rapids Hornets

WESTERN DIVISION

• Waterloo Hawks
  Waterloo Hawks
  The Waterloo Hawks were a National Basketball League and National Basketball Association team based in Waterloo, Iowa. The Hawks remain the only sports franchise ever based in Iowa from any of the Big Four Leagues.- Franchise history :...
  
  
• Denver Refiners
  Denver Refiners
  The Denver Refinders were a professional basketball team who played in Denver, Colorado in 1950 and were a member of the Western Division of the National Professional Basketball League....
  
  /Evansville Agogans
  Evansville Agogans
  The Evansville Agogans were a professional basketball team who played in Evansville, Indiana from 1950 to 1951 and were a member of the Western Division of the National Professional Basketball League. Games were typically played at the old Evansville Central High School gym, now home to the...
  
  
• Saint Paul Lights
• Kansas City Hi-Spots