2008–09 NBL season

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Sport Basketball Runners-up Melbourne Tigers Dates 13 Sep 2008 – 14 Feb 2009 Season MVP Kirk Penney Finals champion South Dragons		Champions South Dragons Champion South Dragons Number of teams 10 Top seed South Dragons
League National Basketball League Duration 13 September 2008 – 14 February 200918 – 28 February 2009 (Finals)4 – 13 March 2009 (Grand Finals) TV partner(s) Fox Sports (Australia)Māori TV (New Zealand) Similar 2010–11 NBL season, 2011–12 NBL season, 2013–14 NBL season

The 2008–09 NBL season was the 31st season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

2008–09 league participants

On 30 June 2008 the Brisbane Bullets confirmed they would be handing back the team's license to the NBL. The NBL confirmed there will be no Brisbane team participating in the 2008/09 season.

On 2 July 2008 the NBL announced that two bids for the Sydney Kings license had failed and that there would be no second Sydney team in the 2008/09 season.

On 29 July 2008 the Singapore Slingers announced that they had decided to withdraw from the competition permanently due to the dramatic increase in international travel costs.

Home and away season

The home and away season will take place over 22 rounds between 13 September 2008 and 14 February 2009 with finals starting 18 February 2009. It has been confirmed that each team will still play 30 games in the season, with each team playing 15 home games.