The league started with eight teams: Asheville Altitude, Columbus Riverdragons, Fayetteville Patriots, Greenville Groove, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, North Charleston Lowgators and Roanoke Dazzle.
The season ended with the Groove defeating the Lowgators 2–0 in the best-of-three Finals series to win the inaugural NBDL championship.
For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four.
Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
List of Playoff games Greenville defeated North Charleston on April 10 to win the first NBDL championship.