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