2023–24 T1 League season

The 2023–24 T1 League season is the third season of the T1 League, with the Kaohsiung Aquas, the New Taipei CTBC DEA, the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, the Taipei Taishin Mars, and the TaiwanBeer Leopards participating in this competition. The regular season starts on October 28, 2023 and is scheduled to end on April 28, 2024.[1]

2023–24 T1 League season
LeagueT1 League
SportBasketball
Duration
  • October 28, 2023 – April 28, 2024 (regular season)
  • TBD (all-star game)
  • TBD (semifinals)
  • TBD (finals)
Number of games28
Number of teams5
TV partner(s)VL Sports, ELTA TV
Draft
Top draft pickLin Sin-Kuan
Picked byTaiwanBeer Leopards
Regular season
Playoffs
Finals

Teams
TeamChinese NameLocationArenaMap
Kaohsiung Aquas高雄全家海神Kaohsiung CityKaohsiung Arena
Fengshan Gymnasium
New Taipei CTBC DEA新北中信特攻New Taipei CityXinzhuang Gymnasium
Tainan TSG GhostHawks臺南台鋼獵鷹Tainan CityChia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
Taipei Taishin Mars臺北台新戰神Taipei CityTaipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
TaiwanBeer Leopards台啤永豐雲豹Taoyuan CityTaoyuan Arena

Season Format
  • Each team plays against another seven times. And each team plays 28 matches total in the regular season.[1]
  • Semifinals Series: Best-of-five series. Matchup is decided by seeding in regular season. The first seed plays against the fourth seed, and the second seed plays against the third seed. The winners can qualify for the finals series.[2][1]
  • Finals Series: Best-of-seven series. The series are contested by the winners of semifinals series.[2]

Import Players Restrictions
  • Each team is able to register 3 or 4 general import players.[2]
  • Each team is able to select 2 or 3 import players into active roster in each match.[2]
  • 8-Imports-In-4-Quarters Rule : each quarter can have 2 import players on the court.[2]

Import players
Team Import players Former import players
Kaohsiung Aquas PhilippinesUnited States Jason Brickman
Lithuania Mindaugas Kupšas
United KingdomIran Aaron Geramipoor
United States Perry Jones
New Taipei CTBC DEA Lithuania Edgaras Želionis
Croatia Kristijan Krajina
Sweden Viktor Gaddefors
MontenegroSerbia Dragan Zeković
Tainan TSG GhostHawks United States Robert Upshaw
United States Nick King
Canada Sim Bhullar
MaltaItaly Samuel Deguara
Taipei Taishin Mars United States Erik McCree
United States Jaylen Johnson
United States Matt Mobley
Senegal Youssou Ndoye
TaiwanBeer Leopards The Gambia Joof Alasan
United States Justyn Hamilton
LiberiaUnited States Lasan Kromah
United States Devin Williams

Transactions
Main article: List of 2023–24 T1 League transactions

Retirement
  • On April 16, 2023, Lung Hung-Yuan announced his retirement from professional basketball.[3]

Draft

The 2023 T1 League draft was held on July 14, 2023, at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park Warehouse 1 in Taipei City.[4][5][6][7]

Coaching changes
Coaching changes
Team2022–23 season2023–24 season
Off-season
Taichung SunsChris GavinaAnthony Tucker
TaiwanBeer LeopardsJohn BennettMichael Olson
Taipei Taishin Mars—Brian Adams
Taichung SunsAnthony Tucker—

Off-season

2023 Interleague Play

There is only 1 team, the Taipei Taishin Mars, participated in these invitational games individually.[13]

Preseason

The preseason started on October 13, 2023, and ended on October 15. The T1 League held the preseason matches at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium.[14]

October 13, 2023 Tainan TSG GhostHawks 108–114 New Taipei CTBC DEA Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
18:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 29–28, 32–36, 29–19
Pts: Deguara 27
Rebs: King, Deguara 8
Asts: three players 5		 boxscore Pts: Gaddefors 28
Rebs: Krajina, Huang Hung-Han 6
Asts: Liu Jen-Hao 8		 Attendance: 753
Referees: Lin Chien-Hung, Hsieh Shang-Chien, Chen Chien-Lin
October 14, 2023 Kaohsiung Aquas 98–94 TaiwanBeer Leopards Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
14:30 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–14, 30–30, 20–30
Pts: Jones 24
Rebs: Kupšas 7
Asts: Brickman 13		 boxscore Pts: Hamilton 23
Rebs: Williams 15
Asts: Kromah 7		 Attendance: 1,236
Referees: Lan Wei-Hsiung, Lai Chien-Hao, Liu Nai-Wei
October 14, 2023 Taipei Taishin Mars 91–100 Tainan TSG GhostHawks Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
17:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 29–28, 28–25, 11–23, 23–24
Pts: McCree 23
Rebs: Johnson 15
Asts: Lin Ping-Sheng, Ting Sheng-Ju 4		 boxscore Pts: Deguara 45
Rebs: Deguara 25
Asts: King, Hu Kai-Hsiang 9		 Attendance: 2,876
Referees: Yu Jung, Chien Chun-Yen, Lin Yu-Hsuan
October 15, 2023 New Taipei CTBC DEA 80–87 Kaohsiung Aquas Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
14:30 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 28–20, 19–19, 14–17, 19–31
Pts: Zeković 21
Rebs: Gaddefors 15
Asts: Gaddefors 7		 boxscore Pts: Brickman 19
Rebs: Jones 15
Asts: Brickman 7		 Attendance: 1,932
Referees: Chuang Chih-Chun, Huang Po-Wei, Chen Chien-Lin
October 15, 2023 TaiwanBeer Leopards 95–85 Taipei Taishin Mars Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
17:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 33–22, 15–24, 23–16
Pts: Kromah 29
Rebs: Williams 22
Asts: Chiang Yu-An 8		 boxscore Pts: Johnson 23
Rebs: Johnson 16
Asts: Lin Ping-Sheng, Mobley 4		 Attendance: 3,198
Referees: Lin Chien-Hung, Wu Pei-Jung, Hsieh Chieh-Lung

Regular season
Main article: 2023–24 T1 League regular season

The regular season starts on October 28, 2023 and is scheduled to end on April 28, 2024.[1] On October 28, the 2023–24 season opening game, matched by the Tainan TSG GhostHawks and the New Taipei CTBC DEA, is played at Xinzhuang Gymnasium.

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Kaohsiung Aquas 0 0 0 — — Advance to Semifinals
2 New Taipei CTBC DEA 0 0 0 — —
3 Tainan TSG GhostHawks 0 0 0 — —
4 Taipei Taishin Mars 0 0 0 — —
5 TaiwanBeer Leopards 0 0 0 — —
Source: T1 League

All-Star Game
TBD
TBD (UTC+8)
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Playoffs
  • Semifinals Series: The top four seeds play the best-of-five semifinals series. The winners can qualify the finals series.[2][1]
  • Finals Series: The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series.[2]

Bracket
Semifinals Finals
      
1 –
4   –
TBD   –
TBD   –
2 –
3   –

Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders
CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Steals per game
Blocks per game
Turnovers per game
Fouls per game
Minutes per game
FG%
3P%
FT%

Individual game highs
CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Turnovers
Three pointers

Team statistic leaders
CategoryTeamStatistic
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Steals per game
Blocks per game
Turnovers per game
Fouls per game
FG%
3P%
FT%

Awards

Yearly awards
2023–24 T1 League awards
AwardRecipientTeamRef
Most Valuable Player
Most Valuable Import
Most Popular Player of the Year
Best Home-Court of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Sixth Man of the Year
Most Improved Player
Coach of the Year
General Manager of the Year
Referees of the Year
  • All-T1 League First Team:
  • All-Defensive First Team:

Statistical awards
2023–24 T1 League statistical awards
AwardPlayerTeamStatisticRef
Points Leader
Rebounds Leader
Assists Leader
Steals Leader
Blocks Leader

All-Star Game
2024 T1 League All-Star Game awards
AwardRecipientTeamRef
All-Star Game Most Famous Player
All-Star Game MVP
Three-Point Contest Champion
Slam Dunk Contest Champion

Finals
2024 T1 League Finals awards
AwardRecipientTeamRef
Champion
Finals MVP

MVP of the Month

MVP of the Month awards were only for local players.

Month Player Team Ref
2023
November
December
2024
January
February
March
April

Import of the Month

Import of the Month awards were only for import players.

Month Player Team Ref
2023
November
December
2024
January
February
March
April

Arenas


Media
  • The games will be broadcast on television via VL Sports and ELTA TV, and online via YouTube and Twitch.[18]

Notable occurrences
  • On June 26, 2023, the T1 League announced that the Taishin Sports Entertainment Co., Ltd. took over the participation rights of the TaiwanBeer HeroBears.[19]
  • On July 4, 2023, the Taoyuan Leopards announced to cooperate with the Taiwan Beer basketball association, and the Taoyuan Leopards were renamed to the TaiwanBeer Leopards.[20]
  • On July 12, 2023, the TaiwanBeer Leopards became the first team to have the first and second overall draft picks of one draft in Taiwanese professional basketball history.[21]
  • On July 14, 2023, Lin Sin-Kuan became the first player of the first overall draft picks in T1 League history.[7]
  • On August 18, 2023, the T1 League announced that Chang Shu-Jen, the secretary general of the league, left the league.[22]
  • On August 21, 2023, the T1 League announced that Wang Chih-Chun was the new secretary general of the league.[23]
  • On August 24, 2023, the name of Taipei Taishin basketball team was announced as the Taipei Taishin Mars.[24]
  • On September 15, 2023, the T1 League announced that the 2023–24 season participation rights of the Taichung Suns was cancelled due to financial qualification.[25]
  • On October 11, 2023, the T1 League announced that the play-in series of the 2023–24 season was cancelled.[1]
  • On October 12, 2023, Tsai Shang-Hua, the strategic marketing director of the T1 League, announced to leave the league.[26]
  • On October 16, 2023, the Taichung Suns announced to fold officially.[27]

See also

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