Bergen Travel Basketball League (BTBL)

Welcome to the website of the Bergen Travel Basketball League (BTBL). BTBL provides an organized league format for Northern Jersey boys and girls TOWN travel teams to represent their towns by playing in a competitive environment against neighboring towns. 2024 was BTBL’s 22nd year. 2024 was highly successful based on feedback from coaches, players, parents as well as additional towns who have joined in 2024. In 2024, 357 Travel Teams competed in BTBL. Boys Grades 3rd – 8^th had 5 competitive levels and the Girls 4^th – 8^th had multiple flights as well. Boys 2^nd and Girls 3^rd grade have minimal playing time rules. Over 3000 games were played. BTBL thanks each town, its coordinators and its coaches for their commitment to competitive youth basketball and most importantly for their support of BTBL. Special thanks to all parents for making it possible for their child to play in BTBL.

Divisions

Boys and girls will compete in competitive flights from second grade through eight. Each boys division (4^th – 8^th) has a minimum of 5 flights. All divisions (2^th – 8^th) play a 14 game schedule beginning in early December and ending on the second Sunday in March. Playoffs leading to flight Championships take place in 4^th – 8^th grades. 3000+ games will be played in over 100 gyms in the BTBL in 2024-25. Each flight represents a different competitive level of competition.

We keep it simple

The use of Referee Assignors (3) assures a fair and simple environment for teams to compete. Two Referees per game and Assignor fees are included in BTBL’s Registration fee. To serve its member towns BTBL has expanded its Administration to three Directors including Jay Shevins, Mike Pero and Norbert Wnuk. We've also added a preseason scheduler to facilitate creation of the season schedules, so we can publish them sooner for everyone's convenience.