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Professional Basketball Leagues pages on Rauzulu's Street:
• Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
• Eastern Basketball
Alliance
• American Basketball
Association
• National
Basketball Development League
• United States
Basketball League
•
National Women's Basketball
League
• Women's
National Basketball
Association
The Continental Basketball Association, which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in February 2001, started up again in November, 2001.
Old Press Release:
The CBA will tip-off its 56th consecutive season on November 16, 2001. A combination of seven teams from the CBA and the International Basketball Association (IBA), including three franchises with more than 10 years of history in the CBA, will compete in the 2001-2002 season. All of those teams are also committed to play in the 2002-2003 season.
Hunter said that final negotiations are underway with owners in four markets, whose teams also may launch play this season. Agreements are finalized with franchises in Gary, Indiana; Grand Rapids and Flint, Michigan; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Rockford, Illinois; and Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota. Negotiations continue with owners in Boise; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Winnipeg, Manitoba; and La Crosse, Wisconsin, but CBA officials said play may not begin in those markets until next year.
The CBA, which will be based in Boise, suspended operations in February and five teams later joined the International Basketball League. The move came two years after NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas agreed to buy the league for $9 million. He paid half up front, but never paid the rest of the fee.
The league was restarted Nov 2001. Some of the teams listed below were slated to be in the league after various reorganizations through 2001, but may not have actually been in the league when restarted.
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Dakota
Wizards Bismarck Civic Center 601 E. Sweet Ave. Bismarck, ND 58504 Phone: 701.258.2255 Fax: 701.255.7967 Website: http://www.dakotawizards.com |
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Gary
Steelheads 1 Genesis Center Plaza Gary, IN 46402 Phone: 219.882.4222 Fax: 219.882.4667 Website: www.steelheadshoops.com |
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Great
Lakes Storm Birch Run Expo Center 11600 North Beyer Rd, Birch Run, MI 48415 Phone: 989.624.4665 Fax: 989.624.5002 Website: www.greatlakesstorm.com |
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Grand Rapid Hoops The Delta Plex Entertainment & Expo Center 2500 Turner NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49544 Phone: 616.559.7936 Fax: 616.559.7935 Website: www.grandrapidshoops.com |
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Idaho
Stampede 1412 W. Idaho St., Suite 240 Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.388.4667 Fax: 208.388.3845 Website: www.388hoop.com |
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Rockford
Lightning P.O. Box 6386 3660 Publishers Drive, Rockford, IL 61109 Phone: 815.874.4232 Fax: 815.874.3421 Website: www.rockfordlightning.com |
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Sioux
Falls Skyforce Sky’s The Limit, LLC 2101 West 41st Street, Suite 39 Sioux Falls, SD 57105 Phone: 605.332.0605 Fax: 605.332.2305 Website: www.skyforceonline.com |
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Connecticut Pride Team Established 1982 Location: 21 Waterville Road Avon, CT 06001 Phone: (860) 678-8156 Fax: (860) 674-2639 Team Colors Purple & Hunter Green Website: www.ctpride.com/ Email: ctpride@snet.com |
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Fort Wayne Fury Location: 5310 Merchandise Drive Fort Wayne, IN 46825 Phone: (219) 471-3879 Fax: (219) 471-9716 Arena: Memorial Coliseum (6,723) Website: www.furyhoops.com Email: info@furyhoops.com |
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La Crosse Bobcats Location: 112 South 5th Street La Crosse, WI 54601 Phone: (608) 796-2600 Fax: (608) 796-2614 Arena: La Crosse Center (6,091) Website: www.laxbobcats.com Email: info@laxbobcats.com |
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Quad City Thunder Location: 1614 Second Avenue Rock Island, IL 61201 Phone: (309) 788-2255 Fax: (309) 786-4519 Arena: The Mark of the Quad Cities Website: Email: QCThunder@CBAHoops.com |
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Fargo-Moorhead Beez
3309 Feichtner Suite E Fargo, ND 58103 Website: www.fmbeez.com/ |
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Flint Fuze 3501 Lapeer Rd. IMA Sports Arena Flint, MI 48503 Website: http://www.flintfuze.net/ |
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Saskatchewan Hawks 900-606 Spadina Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K3HI Website: http://www.saskhawks.net/ |