Winnipeg Sea Bears

Winnipeg Sea Bears
Winnipeg Sea Bears
Leagues	CEBL
Founded	2022
History	Winnipeg Sea Bears; (2022–present)
Arena	Canada Life Centre
Capacity	15,321
Location	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Team colours	Black, teal, white ;
President	Jason Smith
Head coach	Mike Taylor
Ownership	David Asper
Website	seabears.ca

The Winnipeg Sea Bears are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that competes in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). They play their home games at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg.

History

On November 9, 2022, the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced that its 10th franchise would be in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[3]^[4]

On November 30, 2022, the Winnipeg franchise officially unveiled their branding, announcing their name and logo as the Winnipeg Sea Bears. It was announced they would be playing at the Canada Life Centre.^[5]^[6]

On December 14, 2022, the Sea Bears announced that Mike Taylor was hired as the team’s inaugural head coach.^[7]^[8]

On May 27, 2023, the Sea Bears played their inaugural game in front of 7,303 fans,^[9] shattering the previous league attendance record by nearly 3,000. They won the game 90–85 over the Vancouver Bandits. The Sea Bears finished their inaugural season with a 12–8 record for second in the Western Conference and a home playoff game against the Edmonton Stingers. Winnipeg set another attendance record for their first playoff game with 10580 spectators. ^[10]

Players

Current roster

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Winnipeg Sea Bears roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G/F	7	Akot, Emmanuel	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	25 – (1999-03-17)17 March 1999
G	24	Bourcier, Mason	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	24 – (1999-08-31)31 August 1999
G	6	Campbell, Alex	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	31 – (1993-01-22)22 January 1993
F	15	Hildebrandt, Simon	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	21 – (2003-03-17)17 March 2003
G	10	Lindsey, Scottie	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	28 – (1996-05-20)20 May 1996
G	5	Maranan, Shawn	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	24 – (2000-05-27)27 May 2000
F	55	Muenkat, David	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	23 – (2000-07-02)2 July 2000
F/C	0	Mullens, Byron	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	35 – (1989-02-14)14 February 1989
G	3	Ogungbemi-Jackson, Jarred	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	32 – (1991-08-11)11 August 1991
F/C	25	Osayande, Shane	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	31 – (1993-01-20)20 January 1993
F/C	33	Posthumus, Chad	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	33 – (1991-02-12)12 February 1991
G	4	Sagl, Tyler	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	24 – (2000-03-29)29 March 2000
G	11	Watts, Daren	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	21 – (2003-04-02)2 April 2003
G	13	Wright-Foreman, Justin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	26 – (1997-10-27)27 October 1997