The Bluegrass Stallions are a basketball team in the Premier Basketball League. They debuted in the American Basketball Association in 2009-10. The Stallions' first head coach was Kyle Macy, a former Kentucky Wildcats three-time All-American college basketball player.
[edit] 2009-2010 season
Based in Lexington, Kentucky, the Stallions began playing at the indoor arena at the Kentucky Horse Park [1], but moved home games in January 2010 first to Corbin, KY and then to Lexington Christian Academy high school gymnasium due to conflicts with Horse Park management. [2]. They finished their turbulent inaugural season by losing in the playoff semifinals [3], and placing guard Bobby Perry as second team and center Lukasz Obrzut as third team all-ABA [4].
[edit] 2010-2011 season
After the season, the Stallions attempted to form the Basketball Federation of America after a dispute with the ABA, where Stallions then-owner Tony Chase stated "The ABA will still exist, but I do not intend to be a part of that disorganized league next year. That is why this league has been formed."[5] However, Chase sold his interest in the team to his partners, joined the PBL as CEO[6] and the Stallions went with him to the new league.[7] The team moved their home games to Georgetown College, in Georgetown, Kentucky.[8]
On 19 April 2011, in a post on the forums about basketball at the Our Sports Central website, a poster who had previously been identified as the Bluegrass Stallions's Tony Chase stated that the Stallions had formally withdrawn from the league privately earlier.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ http://bluegrassstallions.com/news/press/index.html?article_id=6
- ^ "Bluegrass Stallions basketball team to leave Horse Park arena". Lexington Herald-Leader. 2010-01-08. http://www.kentucky.com/2010/01/08/1086832/bluegrass-stallions-basketball.html. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ^ http://blog.kentuckysportszone.com/2010/03/19/stallions-fall-in-aba-final-four.aspx
- ^ "ABA Names Outstanding People Awards and 2010 All-ABA Teams". 2010-04-11. http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=ABALIVE&t=c&s=basketball&p=newsstory&newsID=9844. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ^ http://blog.kentuckysportszone.com/2010/03/30/bluegrass-stallions-to-leave-aba-join-bfa-ok.aspx
- ^ Anthony Chase Named PBL CEO, Our Sports Central, 2010-08-03, http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4063516, retrieved 2010-08-10
- ^ Matthews, Bob (2010-08-10), Mike Ryba also an amazing Red Wing, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100810/SPORTS0101/8100317/1007/sports/Mike-Ryba-also-an-amazing-Red-Wing, retrieved 2010-08-10
- ^ Holland, Joshua (2010-10-16), Stallions Basketball: Stallions make Georgetown new home, Georgetown News-Graphic, http://www.georgetownnews.com/articles/2010/10/16/sports/doc4cb9185d0d3da823801502.txt, retrieved 2010-10-17
- ^ Chase, Tony (2011-04-19), Stallions, Our Sports Central, http://www.oursportscentral.com/boards/showthread.php?p=151365, retrieved 2011-04-19
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