METROPOLITAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE 1921-22 TO 1927-28
Contributed by John Grasso and Robert Bradley
Albany Senators 1927-28
Brooklyn Dodgers 1921-22 to 1922-23
[Brooklyn] Greenspoint Knights of St. Anthony 1921-22 to 1926-27
Brooklyn Prospect Big Five [Pros] 1921-22 to 1922-23
Brooklyn Visitations [Triangles] 1921-22 to 1927-28
Catskill 1927-28
Elizabeth 1922-23
Hudson 1927-28
Kingston Colonials 1923-24 to 1924-25
1926-27 to 1927-28
New York Celtics 1922-23
New York MacDowell Lyceum [Macs] 1921-22 to 1922-23
New York Pros 1925-26
Newark Bears 1925-26
Passaic Panthers 1924-25
Passaic Mets 1925-26 to 1927-28
Paterson Crescents 1926-27
Paterson Legionaries 1922-23 to 1925-26
Paterson Pats 1927-28
Paterson Power Brothers Five 1921-22
Perth Amboy Mets 1925-26
Trenton Royal Bengals 1923-24 to 1924-25
Troy Trojans 1927-28
Yonkers Indians 1925-26 to 1926-27
Yonkers Chippewas [Leaguers] 1922-23 to 1924-25
West Brooklyn Assumption Triangles 1926-27
MBL 1921-22 W L PCT.
Brooklyn Dodgers 12 8 .600
New York MacDowell Lyceum 12 8 .600
Brooklyn Prospect Big Five 11 9 .550
Brooklyn Visitations 9 11 .450
Greenspoint Knights of St. Anthony 9 11 .450
Paterson Power Brothers Five 7 13 .350
MBL CHAMPIONSHIP
Brooklyn awardded championship when New York players went on strike
MBL 1922-23
FIRST HALF W L PCT. SECOND HALF W L PCT.
Elizabeth 9 3 .750 Paterson Legionaries** 18 10 .643
Greenspoint Knights of St. Anthony 7 5 .583 Brooklyn Pros** 18 10 .643
Brooklyn Visitations 8 6 .571 Greenspoint Knights of St. Anthony 16 12 .571
Brooklyn Pros 4 7 .364 Yonkers Chippewas 15 13 .833
Paterson Legionaries 4 8 .333 Brooklyn Visitations 14 13 .519
New York MacDowell Lyceum 5 10 .333 Elizabeth 9 14 .391
Brooklyn Dodgers 2 12 .143 Brooklyn Dodgers 10 16 .385
New York Celtics* 12 0 1.000 New York MacDowell Lyceum 7 19 .269
*New York dropped out on 17Nov22 during the first half and was replaced by Yonkers
**Paterson defeated Brooklyn in a second half playoff 2 games to 1
MBL SECOND HALF PLAYOFF
31Mar23 at Paterson - Paterson 42, Brooklyn Pros 39
1Apr23 at Brooklyn - Brooklyn Pros 37, Paterson 23
4Apr23 at Paterson - Paterson 32, Brooklyn Pros 24
MBL CHAMPIONSHIP
14Apr23 at Brooklyn - Paterson 45, Elizabeth 31
15Apr23 at Paterson - Elizabeth 30, Paterson 22
18Apr23 at Paterson - Paterson 51, Elizabeth 34
NBL 1923-24
FIRST HALF W L PCT. SECOND HALF W L PCT.
Brooklyn Visitations 13 7 .650 Brooklyn Visitations 13 7 .650
Kingston Colonials 12 8 .600 Paterson Legionaries 12 8 .600
Trenton Royal Bengals 11 9 .550 Trenton Royal Bengals 10 10 .500
Paterson Legionaries 10 10 .500 Greenpoint Knights of St. Anthony 9 11 .450
Greenpoint Knights of St. Anthony 7 13 .350 Kingston Colonials 9 11 .450
Yonkers Chippewas 7 13 .350 Yonkers Chippewas 7 13 .350
MBL 1924-25
FIRST HALF W L PCT. SECOND HALF W L PCT.
Passaic/Kingston* 13 7 .650 Brooklyn Visitations 14 5 .737
Greenpoint Knights of St. Anthony 12 8 .600 Paterson Legionaries 11 7 .611
Brooklyn Visitations 10 10 .500 Greenpoint Knights of St. Anthony 9 8 .529
Yonkers Chippewas 8 10 .444 Kingston Colonials 8 9 .471
Trenton Royal Bengals 8 11 .421 Trenton Royal Bengals 5 11 .312
Paterson Legionaries 7 12 .368 Yonkers Chippewas 4 11 .267
*The Passaic Panthers moved to the Kingston Colonials 23Nov23 during the first half
NBL CHAMPIONSHIP
at Brooklyn - Brooklyn 25, Kingston 20
at Greenpoint - Kingston 31, Brooklyn 14
at Paterson - Brooklyn 33, Kingston 29
MBL 1925-26
FIRST HALF W L PCT. SECOND HALF W L PCT.
Yonkers Indians 15 6 .714 Greenspoint Knights of St. Anthony 10 1 .909
Paterson Legionaries 14 7 .667 Brooklyn Visitations 8 3 .727
Greenspoint Knights of St. Anthony 11 10 .524 Yonkers Indians 4 5 .444
Perth Amboy Mets** 8 11 .421 Paterson Legionaries 4 6 .400
Brooklyn Visitations 8 13 .381 Newark Bears 1 7 .125
Newark Bears 4 14 .222 Passaic Mets 0 5 .000
New York Pros* 5 4 .556
*New York dropped out during the first half
**Perth Amboy moved to Passaic Jan26
MBL CHAMPIONSHIP
27Mar26 at Yonkers - Yonkers 25, Greenpoint 23
28Mar26 at Greenpoint - Greenpoint 28, Yonkers 23
6Apr26 at Brooklyn - Greenpoint 28, Yonkers 26
MBL 1926-27
FIRST HALF W L PCT. SECOND HALF W L PCT.
Brooklyn Visitations 8 2 .800 Paterson Crescents 7 0 1.000
West Brooklyn Assumption Triangles 7 3 .700 Brooklyn Visitations 3 3 .500
Paterson Crescents 6 4 .600 Kingston Colonials 0 3 .000
Yonkers Indians 4 6 .400 West Brooklyn A.T.** 0 2 .000
Kingston Colonials 0 7 .000 Yonkers Indians*** 0 2 .000
Greenspoint Knights of St. Anthony* 2 5 .286
*Greenspoint dropped out during the first half
**West Brooklyn dropped out during the second half
***Yonkers dropped out during the second half
MBL CHAMPIONSHIP
Brooklyn defeated Paterson 3 games to 0
MBL 1927-28 W L PCT.
Kingston Colonials 13 4 .765
Catskill 11 5 .688
Brooklyn Visitations 9 6 .600
Hudson 7 9 .438
Albany Senators 3 8 .273
Troy Trojans 1 11 .083
Paterson Pats* 0 1 .000
*Paterson dropped out during the season