The 2009-2010 ABA season was the ninth season of the American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association (2000–present)

The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976...

 that lasted from November 2009 and ended with the three-game championship series between the Kentucky Bisons

Kentucky Bisons

The Kentucky Bisons were a basketball team in the American Basketball Association which began play in 2008-09, play in the South Central division. Although the management office for the Bisons is based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Bisons actually played their home games at the Owensboro...

 and the Southeast Texas Mavericks at the end of March 2010. The Mavericks won the championship series, two games to one after a 85-76 win March 30 for their first title.

League changes

For the first time, the league championship was played in a three game series, between the Kentucky Bisons

Kentucky Bisons

The Kentucky Bisons were a basketball team in the American Basketball Association which began play in 2008-09, play in the South Central division. Although the management office for the Bisons is based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Bisons actually played their home games at the Owensboro...

 and Southeast Texas Mavericks, a series in which was won by the Mavericks, two games to one.

Regular season standings

2009-2010 regular season standings. Many franchises folded during the season, resulting in very few games being played for a lot of teams.

North California	W	L	Win %
San Francisco Rumble	22	8	0.733 |-	Clayton Showtime	16	7	0.696 |-	California Sea Kings	16	12	0.571 |-	Sacramento Heatwave	13	12	0.520
North Central Division	W	L	Win %
Chicago Steam	16	4	0.800 |-	Lake Michigan Admirals	13	6	0.684 |-	Columbus Crush	8	3	0.727 |-	Pittsburgh Phantoms (ABA)	6	2	0.750 |-	Detroit Hoops	6	5	0.545 |-	Kansas City Stars	4	0	1.000 |-	Cleveland Rockers (ABA)	2	2	0.500 |-	Grand Rapids Flight	0	2	0.000 |-	Youngstown Swish	0	2	0.000 |-	Akron Rise	0	5	0.000
Northeast Division	W	L	Win %
Jersey Express	12	4	0.750 |-	NYC Thunder	9	3	0.750 |-	Maryland Marvels	7	10	0.412 |-	New York Red Riders	6	9	0.400 |-	Tri-City Suns	5	9	0.357 |-	Pacific Northwest Division	W	L	Win %
Seattle Mountaineers	9	8	0.529
Seattle Zhen Gan	3	0	1.000 |-	Everett Longshoremen	2	2	0.500 |-	Spokane Sunz	1	1	0.500 |-	Washington Rapids	1	6	0.143 |-	Southern California Division	W	L	Win %
Riverside Rainmakers	9	3	0.750 |-	Los Angeles Slam	6	9	0.400 |-	San Diego Surf	5	8	0.385 |-	Compton Cobras	4	2	0.667 |-	Central Valley Dawgs	4	10	0.286 |-	Las Vegas Aces	3	0	1.000 |-	California Beach Ballers	2	6	0.250 |-	Honolulu Pegasus	1	1	0.500 |-	South Central Division	W	L	Win %
Kentucky Bluegrass Stallions Bluegrass Stallions The Bluegrass Stallions are a basketball team in the Premier Basketball League. They debuted in the American Basketball Association in 2009-10...	13	7	0.650 |-	Kentucky Bisons	12	7	0.632 |-	West Virginia Blazers	6	10	0.375 |-	St. Louis Stunners	0	3	0.000 |-	Southeast Division	W	L	Win %
Music City Stars	9	3	0.750 |-	Mississippi Blues	4	6	0.400 |-	Columbus Life	3	5	0.375 |-	Florida Thundercats	1	0	1.000 |-	Charlotte Crossovers	1	3	0.250 |-	Carolina Kings	0	0	0.000 |-	Georgia PROWL	0	1	0.000
Southwest Division	W	L	Win %
Southeast Texas Mustangs	23	3	0.885 |-	North Texas Fresh	10	4	0.714 |-	West Texas Whirlwinds	7	6	0.538 |-	Texas Fuel	3	11	0.214 |-	Dallas Generals	2	1	0.667 |-	Texas Chaparrals	0	2	0.000 |-	Houston Takers	0	6	0.000
Exhibition Teams	W	L	Win %
Play2Win Rimrockers	10	4	0.714

Postseason

Note: Finals was a best of 3 series.

Note: ABA did not release the game results for the first round or the winners of the regional first round tournaments.