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Central Basketball Association (CBA)
SportBasketball
Founded2013
First season2013
No. of teams12
Country United States
ContinentFIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)		Fort Wayne Flite (2016)
Most titles4 teams (1 each)
Official websitewww.playCBA.com

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 relocated to Memphis. Expansion teams Columbus Condors and Indianapolis Blaze were added 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
Columbus Condors Columbus, Ohio Otterbein University 2015 2016
Fort Wayne Flite Fort Wayne, Indiana McMillen Center 2014 2014
Illinois Coal Miners Danville, Illinois TBD 2016 2017
Indianapolis Blaze Indianapolis, Indiana Shortridge High School 2015 2016
Memphis Rail Runners Memphis, Tennessee JIFF Center 2014 2014
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
Washington Stars Washington D.C. Stoddert Recreation Center 2009 2017

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

  1. ^ "Central Basketball Association Expands To 9 Teams For 2015 Season". The Chattanoogan. 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Middle Tennessee Storm are 2014 CBA Champions". CBA. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  3. ^ "USBasket.com All-CBA Awards 2014". USbasket. 30 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Fort Wayne Flite capture CBA title". 21 Alive. 22 May 2016.
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