Other basketball leagues in 1916:    
IBL  ·  PSL  ·  NYSL
IBL Champ.
Semi-Finals
World Series
z: best record, c: conference winner, y: division winner, w: wildcard, x: clinched playoff spot
The three major leagues agreed to a post-season series of games to determine an undisputed professional champion. The season drew to an indecisive conclusion when Wilkes-Barre and Greystock could not settle on a format for the finals.

IBL Championship Series

Best of 5-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
???Kingston 23-24 Paterson PAT 1-0
???Paterson 10-13 Kingston Tied 1-1
???Kingston 25-27 Paterson PAT 2-1
???Paterson 14-16 Kingston Tied 2-2
???Paterson 23-17 Kingston PAT 3-2

Semi-Finals

Best of 3-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
4/7 (IBL) Paterson 16-38 Greystock (EBL) GRY 1-0
4/8 (EBL) Greystock 17-30 Paterson (IBL) Tied 1-1
4/10 (IBL) Paterson ?-?
FF
Greystock (EBL) GRY 2-1

Semi-Finals

Best of 3-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
4/12 (IBL) Paterson 22-31 Wilkes-Barre (PSL) WB 1-0
4/15 (PSL) Wilkes-Barre 22-17 Paterson (IBL) WB 2-0

World Series of Basketball

Best of 3-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (PSL) Wilkes-Barre ?-? Greystock (EBL) Tied 0-0

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