[3] Finally, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers moved within the urban area at the southernmost end of Texas, going from Hidalgo to nearby Edinburg with the opening of Bert Ogden Arena.
[4] With the addition of the Go-Go, the league slightly realigned its six divisions.
[5] During the season, league president Malcolm Turner stepped down to become the athletics director at Vanderbilt University.
[6] Final standings:[7] x – qualified for playoffs; y – Division champion; z – Conference champion For the second straight season, the league enacted a six-team playoff, with one-game series for the first three rounds and first-round byes for the top two seeds in each conference.
For the Finals, a tiebreaker was required since both teams had the same record, for which there existed three tiebreakers: best winning percentage against each other, record against the other conference, or random drawing, which resulted in the Long Island Nets hosting the first and last game of the Finals against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.