Metropolitan Basketball League (MBL)
Teams 1922-1928 (7 seasons)

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F i l t e r & S o r t

a.k.a. Colonials
1924-1928 5 1

Had great success throughout the 1910s and 1920s, winning championships in several leagues. Eventuall faded and were absorbed into the Troy Celtics on December 19, 1939.

Paterson Legionnaires -

1923-1928 6 1

Catskill Howitzers -

1928-1928 1

Albany Senators -

1928-1928 1

Troy Trojans

1928-1928 1

Hudson Metropolitans -

1928-1928 1

Brooklyn Visitations

1922-1928 7 3

Also known as the "Triangles", franchise played in for nearly 20 years in both the ABL and MBL with tremendous success, including six championships.

Greenpoint Knights -

1922-1927 6 1

Yonkers Chippewas -

a.k.a. Leaguers
1923-1927 5

West Brooklyn Assumption Triangles -

1927-1927 1

Newark Mets -

1926-1926 1

New York Pros -

1926-1926 1

Perth Amboyans -

a.k.a. Mets
1926-1926 1

Trenton Royal Bengals

1924-1925 2

Known as the Trenton Potters in early 1900s, the Trenton Bengals (aka Royal Bengals) in the 1920s and 30s, and eventually as the Trenton Tigers in the 1940s before fading along with the ABL.