Baloncesto Superior Nacional
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| Full name | Baloncesto Superior Nacional de Puerto Rico |
| Current season | BSN 2013 |
| sport | basketball |
| abbreviation | BSN, BSNPR |
| League foundation | 1930 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Country countries |
 Puerto Rico
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| Title holder | Indios de Mayagüez |
| Record champions | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| TV partner | DirecTV , DISH Network , teleIsla, MediaSports.tv |
| Website | bsnpr.com |
The Baloncesto Superior Nacional ( BSN ) is a professional basketball league based in Puerto Rico . She currently has ten active teams and seven inactive teams. The first championships were held in 1930 under the organization of the "Asociación Puertorriqueña de Baloncesto". The season usually starts in March and ends in summer. The league is thus a "summer league", which is also used by other professionals, often of Puerto Rican descent, provided that they are eliminated in European or North American leagues after the regular season or early in their play-offs in order to be in their to present play-free time. The league is thus similar to the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico , which plays its games in the off-season of the US baseball profiles. The club organizations often use the same names or nicknames for their teams in baseball as in basketball at the respective location.
In the regular season, either 30 or 32 games are played by each club. After this regular season, the so-called "round robin" will be continued , in which the best six teams of the regular season were admitted in 2011, whereby the last two places in the second group phase were played between four teams. This second phase is followed by the final series of the two best teams, which is carried out in a "best-of-seven" series.
The current record champions are the Vaqueros de Bayamón with fourteen titles. It is followed by the Atléticos de San Germán with thirteen and the Leones de Ponce with twelve championships.
history
The BSN was an economically struggling league until the 1980s, but with Genaro 'Tuto' Marchand as president, it brought about extreme basketball popularity. So basketball overtook baseball, the second most popular sport at the time, and only lagged behind the then most popular sport boxing. After Hetin Reyes took over management, economic problems arose again, but these were generally attributed to the rising cost of living. Nevertheless, the game was continued with 13 teams.
In 2005 the financial problems came to a head again, so that the number of participating teams was reduced to nine. However, two teams returned for the 2007 season, the Indios de Mayagüez and the Gigantes de Carolina.
2008-present
Before the start of the season, Henry Neumann resigned the post of league president and entered politics, whereupon Felix "Felo" Rivera, the owner of the Criollos de Caguas at the time, succeeded him. Right at the beginning of his term of office, two new regulations were introduced to ensure the stability of gaming operations. First, a salary cap of $ 500,000 was introduced. If this upper salary limit is violated, the teams that have adhered to the regulation are supported with the fines. On the other hand, the restriction of players without Puerto Rican citizenship per team has been abolished.
Teams
In the past, the individual teams did not take part continuously in the game, but are often reactivated. With almost full participation of the teams, the league was already divided into divisions, differentiated according to teams from the greater San Juan area and the rest of the island in particular to the west. The names listed are in Spanish, as is the representation of the league and the clubs in various media. Another official language of Puerto Rico is English, so that the English-language names of the teams are often also common in the Puerto Rican metropolitan area of the United States ; the German translation is given in brackets for further explanation. The full name of a team is in Spanish '<Name> de <Ort>' or in English '<Ort> <Name>' (e.g. 'Vaqueros de Bayamón' or 'Bayamón Cowboys'). Teams in italics not in bold have not entered for the 2012 season.
| division | Team name ( Spanish ) | english ( german ) | place | Team colors | arena |
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| metro | Polluelos | Poults ( chicks ) | Aibonito | ||
| Vaqueros | Cowboys (cattle herders) | Bayamón | Blue White | Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez | |
| Criollos | Creoles ( creoles ) | Caguas | Red, black, white | Coliseo Héctor Solá Besares | |
| Gigantes | Giants ( giant ) | Carolina | Red White | Coliseo Guillermo Angulo | |
| Cariduros | Cariduros (Cariduros * ) | Fajardo | Red Blue | Coliseo Tomas Dones | |
| Mets (formerly: Conquistadores) | Mets ( Metropolists ) | Guaynabo | Blue, silver | Coliseo Mario Morales | |
| Caciques (formerly: Toritos de Cavey ) | Caciques ( Kaziken ) | Humacao | Yellow, green, red | Coliseo Emilio E. Huyke | |
| Titans | Titans ( titans ) | Morovis | Yellow Red | Coliseo José P. Huyke | |
| Cangrejeros | Crabbers ( shrimp fishermen ) | Santurce | White, orange, blue | Coliseo José Miguel Agrelot | |
| Isla | Santeros | Saints ( Holy ) | Aguada | ||
| Capitanes | Captain ( masters ) | Arecibo | Blue yellow | Coliseo Manuel Iguina | |
| Taínos | Taínos ( Taínos ) | Cabo Rojo | Red Blue | Coliseo Rebekah Colberg | |
| Indians | Indians ( Indians ) | Canóvanas | Coliseo Ramón Ramos | ||
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Maratonistas (formerly: Cardenales de Río Piedras / Avancinos de Villalba ) |
Marathon runners ( marathon runners ) | Coamo | Black, red, yellow | Coliseo Edwin "Puruco" Nolasco | |
| Brujos | Wizards ( Sorcerer ) | Guayama | Brown, yellow | Coliseo Dr. Roque Nido Stella | |
| Gallitos | Bantams / Roosters (chicken, real fighting cocks ) |
Isabela | Yellow-green | Coliseo Jose "Buga" Abreu | |
| Indians | Indians ( Indians ) | Mayagüez | Green red | Palacio de los Deportes | |
| Leones | Lions ( Lion ) | Ponce | Red Black | Auditorio Juan Pachín Vicéns | |
| Piratas | Pirates ( pirates ) | Quebradillas | Red, black, white | Coliseo Raymond Dalmau | |
| Atléticos | Athletes ( Athletes ) | San Germán | Orange, black, white | Coliseo Arquelio Torres Ramírez |
* "Cariduros" is the nickname of the inhabitants of Fajardos. It is said that the "weathered faces" ( German weather-beaten faces alludes) of the residents.
Title holder
| year | master | Runner-up | year | master | Runner-up |
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| 1930 | Capitalinos de San Juan | Vaqueros de Bayamón | 1979 | Piratas de Quebradillas | Gigantes de Carolina |
| 1931 | Capitalinos de San Juan | Atléticos de San Germán | 1980 | Mets de Guaynabo | Piratas de Quebradillas |
| 1932 | Atléticos de San Germán | Capitanes de Arecibo | 1981 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Mets de Guaynabo |
| 1933 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Atléticos de San Germán | 1982 | Mets de Guaynabo | Piratas de Quebradillas |
| 1934 | Vega Baja | Vaqueros de Bayamón | 1983 | Indios de Canóvanas | Mets de Guaynabo |
| 1935 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Vega Baja | 1984 | Copa Olimpica / Indios de Canóvanas | Gallitos de Isabela |
| 1936 | Club Nautico de San Juan | Atléticos de la FCLA. Martin | 1985 | Atléticos de San Germán | Mets de Guaynabo |
| 1937 | Vega Baja | Piratas de Quebradillas | 1986 | Polluelos de Aibonito | Atléticos de San Germán |
| 1938 | Atléticos de San Germán | Atléticos de la FCLA. Martin | 1987 | Titanes de Morovis | Polluelos de Aibonito |
| 1939 | Atléticos de San Germán | Vega Baja | 1988 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Indios de Canovanas |
| 1940 | Capitalinos de San Juan | Atléticos de San Germán | 1989 | Mets de Guaynabo | Leones de Ponce |
| 1941 | Atléticos de San Germán | Cardenales de Río Piedras | 1990 | Leones de Ponce | Mets de Guaynabo |
| 1942 | Atléticos de San Germán | Cangrejeros de Santurce | 1991 | Atléticos de San Germán | Brujos de Guayama |
| 1942/43 | Atléticos de San Germán | Cangrejeros de Santurce | 1992 | Leones de Ponce | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| 1943 | Tortuguero | Capitalinos de San Juan | 1993 | Leones de Ponce | Mets de Guaynabo |
| 1944 | Gallitos de la UPR | Capitalinos de San Juan | 1994 | Atléticos de San Germán | Brujos de Guayama |
| 1945 | Capitalinos de San Juan | Gallitos de la UPR | 1995 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Leones de Ponce |
| 1946 | Cardenales de Río Piedras | Capitanes de Arecibo | 1996 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Leones de Ponce |
| 1947 | Atléticos de San Germán | Cardenales de Río Piedras | 1997 | Atléticos de San Germán | Gigantes de Carolina |
| 1948 | Atléticos de San Germán | Capitanes de Arecibo | 1998 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | Leones de Ponce |
| 1949 | Atléticos de San Germán | Leones de Ponce | 1999 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | Piratas de Quebradillas |
| 1950 | Atléticos de San Germán | Capitalinos de San Juan | 2000 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | Piratas de Quebradillas |
| 1951 | Gallitos de la UPR | Cangrejeros de Santurce | 2001 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| 1952 | Leones de Ponce | Cangrejeros de Santurce | 2002 | Leones de Ponce | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| 1953 | not finished final series: | Ponce vs. San Germán | 2003 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | Leones de Ponce |
| 1954 | Leones de Ponce | Atléticos de San Germán | 2004 | Leones de Ponce | Maratonistas de Coamo |
| 1955 | Cardenales de Río Piedras | Atléticos de San Germán | 2005 | Capitanes de Arecibo | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| 1956 | Cardenales de Río Piedras | Atléticos de San Germán | 2006 | Criollos de Caguas | Cangrejeros de Santurce |
| 1957 | Cardenales de Río Piedras | Atléticos de San Germán | 2007 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| 1958 | Capitalinos de San Juan | Leones de Ponce | 2008 | Capitanes de Arecibo | Gigantes de Carolina |
| 1959 | Capitanes de Arecibo | Cardenales de Río Piedras | 2009 | Vaqueros de Bayamon | Piratas de Quebradillas |
| 1960 | Leones de Ponce | Cardenales de Río Piedras | 2010 | Capitanes de Arecibo | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| 1961 | Leones de Ponce | Capitanes de Arecibo | 2011 | Capitanes de Arecibo | Piratas de Quebradillas |
| 1962 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | Cardenales de Río Piedras | 2012 | Indios de Mayagüez | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| 1963 | Cardenales de Río Piedras | Leones de Ponce | 2013 | ||
| 1964 | Leones de Ponce | Cangrejeros de Santurce | |||
| 1965 | Leones de Ponce | Atléticos de San Germán | |||
| 1966 | Leones de Ponce | Capitanes de Arecibo | |||
| 1967 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Leones de Ponce | |||
| 1968 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | Cardenales de Rio Piedras | |||
| 1969 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Cardenales de Rio Piedras | |||
| 1970 | Piratas de Quebradillas | Vaqueros de Bayamón | |||
| 1971 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Cardenales de Rio Piedras | |||
| 1972 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Piratas de Quebradillas | |||
| 1973 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Piratas de Quebradillas | |||
| 1974 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Capitalinos de San Juan | |||
| 1975 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | Piratas de Quebradillas | |||
| 1976 | Cardenales de Río Piedras | Piratas de Quebradillas | |||
| 1977 | Piratas de Quebradillas | Cardenales de Rio Piedras | |||
| 1978 | Piratas de Quebradillas | Mets de Guaynabo |