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Shiny, bright, and golden, too, just like the gold-coloured trim of the winning team’s jerseys.

The Canadian Elite Basketball League trophy — as new as the league itself — found a home Sunday.

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The maple-leaf-crested trophy, a golden basketball crowning it like a cherry on top, was hoisted by the host Saskatchewan Rattlers on Sunday to cap off the CEBL championship weekend and inaugural season.

Saskatchewan downed the Hamilton Honey Badgers 94-83 before 3,119 enthusiastic fans at SaskTel Centre.

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“This,” said CEBL commissioner and CEO Mike Morreale, proudly pointing to the golden trophy, “is what I want to become iconic. Call me crazy. I am a little crazy, but I’m going to continue to do everything to make this (league) work.”

Golden confetti rained down on the victorious hometown squad.

Rattlers head coach and general manager Greg Jockims and point guard Michael Linklater — who won a Canadian university championship together in 2010 — reunited for yet another national championship, this one at the pro level.