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Central Basketball Association From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  1. The Central Basketball Association (CBA) is a semi-professional men's basketball league that began play in the spring of 2013. The league schedule typically begins in March and ends in June.

    History

    The four charter members are Bowling Green Hornets, Middle Tennessee Storm, River City Panthers, St. Louis Hawks (all formerly of the Central Basketball League).
    Three teams (Chattanooga Rail Runners, Fort Wayne Flite and Memphis Soul Kings) were added for the 2014 season. After the second CBA season St. Louis Hawks ceased operations. An original member of the league, St. Louis went 10-7 over two regular seasons, capturing the first-ever CBA championship.
    For 2015, CBA added three expansion teams: Indianapolis Briks, Mississippi Eagles and Springfield Sentinels.[1]
    After the 2015 season Memphis Soul Kings ceased operations. Chattanooga Rail Runners moved to Memphis. Columbus Condors and Indianapolis Blaze were added as expansion teams for the 2016 season.

    Teams

    Team City Arena Founded First season in CBA
    Baltimore Shuckers Baltimore, Maryland Anne Arundel Community College 2011 2017
    Bowling Green Hornets Russellville, Kentucky Logan County High School 2013 2013
    Memphis Rail Runners Memphis, Tennessee JIFF Center 2014 2014
    Columbus Condors Columbus, Ohio Otterbein University 2015 2016
    Fort Wayne Flite Fort Wayne, Indiana McMillen Center 2014 2014
    Indianapolis Blaze Indianapolis, Indiana Shortridge High School 2015 2016
    Middle Tennessee Storm Nashville, Tennessee Fisk University 2014 2014
    Mississippi Eagles Southaven, Mississippi Streets Ministries Center 2014 2015
    Peoria Panthers Peoria, Illinois George Washington Carver Center 2013 2013
    Springfield Sentinels Springfield, Illinois Lutheran High School 2014 2015

    Former Teams

    Team City Arena Founded First season in CBA
    Indianapolis Briks Indianapolis, Indiana Thomas Carr High School 2014 2015
    Memphis Soul Kings Memphis, Tennessee World Overcomers Outreach 2014 2014
    St. Louis Hawks St. Louis, Missouri Vashon High School 2013 2013

    Champions

    Season Champion Runner-up Result
    2013 St. Louis Hawks Bowling Green Hornets 107-96
    2014 Middle Tennessee Storm St. Louis Hawks (CBA) 106-103 [2][3]
    2015 Bowling Green Hornets Fort Wayne Flite 97-95
    2016 Fort Wayne Flite Middle Tennessee Storm 110-83 [4]

    References


  2. "Central Basketball Association Expands To 9 Teams For 2015 Season". The Chattanoogan. 10 December 2014.

  4. "Middle Tennessee Storm are 2014 CBA Champions". CBA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

  6. "USBasket.com All-CBA Awards 2014". USbasket. 30 August 2014.

    8. "Fort Wayne Flite capture CBA title". 21 Alive. 22 May 2016.
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