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The Winnipeg Sea Bears are Winnipeg’s own professional basketball team, proud members of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. Founded in 2023, the Sea Bears bring big-time hoops energy to the Canada Life Centre every summer, backed by some of the most passionate fans in the country.
Inspired by Manitoba’s iconic polar bear, the team’s name represents strength, pride, and a true northern spirit, both on and off the court.
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Winnipeg, MB, May 14, 2026 — The Winnipeg Sea Bears today announced the club has signed point guard Trey McGowens for the upcoming Canadian Elite Basketball League season. McGowens (6-3, 190, University of Pittsburgh; born: May 15, 2000, in Pendleton, South Carolina) arrives in Winnipeg following a 2025–26 season with the NBA G League’s Austin Spurs, where he averaged 6.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. McGowens also competed in the EuroCup with the Trefl Sopot in Poland. In 2023–24, McGowens split time between three NBA G League teams; the Long Island Nets, College Park Skyhawks and Raptors 905, and made his first CEBL appearance with the Edmonton Stingers, where he led the team in scoring at 15.7 points per game while adding 4.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.2 steals. With the College Park Skyhawks in that same season, he averaged 12.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.9 steals across seven games. McGowens has also represented the United States on the international stage and was named MVP of the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup in Lublin, Poland, leading Team USA to a gold medal in the country’s first-ever U23 World Cup title. McGowens finished as the tournament’s top scorer with 54 points and starred in the gold-medal final with 10 points in a 21–3 victory over Israel. The point guard played four collegiate seasons across the University of Pittsburgh (2018-19) and the University of Nebraska. As a freshman at Pittsburgh, he set the freshman single-game records for points (33), steals (7) and free throws (18), and was named ACC Rookie of the Week in both December 2018 and January 2019. After transferring to Nebraska, he averaged 10.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game in 2020–21, ranking among the Big Ten leaders in scoring, assists and steals. The Sea Bears home opener is this Saturday, May 16 against the Saskatoon Mamba. Don't miss out, the first 5,000 fans through the doors get a free pair of Sea Bears Summer sunglasses. Get your tickets today.
Friday, May 16 | 7:00 p.m. CT | Canada Life Centre
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Winnipeg, MB, May 6, 2026 — The Winnipeg Sea Bears are set to begin the season on Saturday, May 9, against the Edmonton Stingers. Some things have changed. For example, Championship Weekend is no more, replaced instead by playoff tilts set at the higher seed’s venue and a three-game CEBL Finals. The Sea Bears answered fans’ call for change after a disappointing season as Championship Weekend hosts, tapping the University of Winnipeg’s Raimbault to lead their charges. Raimbault will have some talent to work with, too, in the form of former MVPs Xavier Moon and Teddy Allen, who are both making their CEBL returns. Moon, considered by some the greatest player in league history, last played in 2021, the last of his three consecutive MVP seasons with the Stingers before joining the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers. He’s averaged 20.9 points per game in his career, but he’ll have to share the ball with Allen, the 2023 MVP who’s back with Winnipeg after a year away. At 25 points per game, Allen sits third in CEBL history and first among those with more than 32 games played. Don't miss your Winnipeg Sea Bears in action this Saturday, May 9 — stream on the free CBC Gem streaming service, cbcsports.ca and CBC Sports YouTube channel .