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  Continental Basketball Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Continental Basketball Association or CBA is a professional men's basketball league in the United States.
In the fall of 2001, CBA and IBL teams merged with the International Basketball Association and purchased the assets of the defunct CBA, including its name, logo and records from the bankruptcy court and re-started operations, calling itself the CBA.
During the 1981-82 season, the CBA created a six-foot by five-foot "no call box", an area in front of the baskets in which any contact in the box betwen offensive and defensive players was to be an automatic defensive foul.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Continental_Basketball_Association   (3286 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Continental Basketball Association
The U.S. basketball court is a rectangular area ranging in size from 94 ft by 50 ft (29 m by 15 m) for college and professional games to 74 ft by 42 ft (22 m by 13 m) for junior high school games.
The regulation basketball is an inflated, leather- or nylon-covered sphere that weighs from 20 to 22 oz (567 to 624 g) and has a circumference of 30 in.
Basketball rules have changed over the years with the intent of speeding its action, increasing the scoring, and offsetting the advantages given to teams with extremely tall players.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Continental-Basketball-Association   (849 words)

  
 InsideHoops - CBA Basketball
The CBA is optimistic that the 2006-07 season will feature 10 to 12 teams in either two or three divisions, depending on geography and location of the member teams.
The Continental Basketball Association announced today that Albany Patroons forward James Thomas has been named the CBA Newcomer of the Year for the 2005-06 season, as voted on by the eight CBA head coaches.
Guard Ronnie Fields was named the CBA Player of the Week as he averaged 33.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and 2.3 steals for the Lightning for the week of February 20th through 26th.
www.insidehoops.com /cba.shtml   (3703 words)

  
 [0] Continental Basketball Association to Compete in China Against Chinese National Team. - Business Wire - HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The journey to China, a first for the CBA, was developed to increase international awareness of the League and provide top-level competition for the Chinese National Team as it prepares for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
The CBA team is comprised of players who were selected by the League, and is coached by Mark Hughes, head coach of the Grand Rapid Hoops.
The Continental Basketball Association was founded in 1946 as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and is the longest running professional basketball league in the United States.
highbeam.com /doc/1G1:66798654/[0]+Continental+Basketball+...   (463 words)

  
 Olden Polynice - A New Found Respect - Continental Basketball Association [CBA] - Top Stories - on MLN Sports Zone - A ...
Former Continental Basketball Association player Olden Polynice has proved once again that the CBA is an instrumental tool in helping players get to the NBA.
In addition to utilizing the CBA to complete their roster, the Clippers are also tapping the minors to fill out their coaching ranks.
Former Continental Basketball Association head coach Rory White was named as an assistant coach by the Los Angeles Clippers, joining new head coach Mike Dunleavy’s staff for the 2003-04 season.
www.minorleaguenews.com /basketball/aaa/cba/features/articles2003/101503.html   (468 words)

  
 SportsKnowHow.com - Basketball Rules - Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
Formerly known as the Eastern League, the Continental Basketball Association is the oldest professional basketball league in the world.
CBA is proud to have been a training ground for many basketball professionals who went on to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Since 1981, CBA veterans started to play in the NBA; and in the 1988-89 season, CBA recorded a new record of 29 CBA-to-NBA player call-ups and an all-time high of 54 CBA veterans in the NBA.
www.sportsknowhow.com /basketball/rules/continental-basketball-association.html   (353 words)

  
 Continental Basketball Association // News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The 60th anniversary season of the Continental Basketball Association is close to coming to an end with just 20 days left.
Former Continental Basketball Association head coach and current WNBA head coach, Mike Thibault, was named Feb. 16 to the coaching staff of the 2006 USA Women’s World Championship Team, which is headed by four-time Olympic team member and Seattle Storm head mentor Anne Donovan.
The Continental Basketball Association announced Feb. 20 that Yakama Sun Kings guard Anthony Goldwire was named the CBA Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 13 through Feb. 19.
www.cbahoopsonline.com /news_detail.html?newsid=736   (3648 words)

  
 USBasket - Continental Basketball Association
The former commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, Gary Hunter, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the NBA D-League's expansion team, the Colorado 14ers.
The 14ers were originally planned to be an expansion team for the CBA, but they decided to join the D-League the same day that the Dakota Wizards, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, and the Idaho Stampede left the CBA for the D-League.
The CBA was even was known as "The Official Developmental League of the NBA." David Stern probably wishes that were still the case, especially after spending the past few years trying to keep the poorly attended D-League afloat.
www.usbasket.com /cba/cba.asp   (2891 words)

  
 The Sports Network - Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - The Continental Basketball Association is in danger of folding in part because the NBA has chosen to operate its own developmental league.
On Thursday the CBA temporarily suspended play after eight of the league's 10 teams did not pay their players last Friday.
It was November 28 that the CBA signed an agreement with the National Basketball Association, extending its role as the Official Developmental League of the NBA.
www.sportsnetwork.com /default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=cba/news/BAN1481865.htm   (230 words)

  
 BirminghamSports
The fourteen team Continental Basketball League was originally founded on April 23, 1946 as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League.
On June 1, 1978, the EBA became the Continental Basketball Association to better reflect the geographical expansion of the league.
Since 1980, the CBA has been the official developmental league of the National Basketball Association.
www.birminghamprosports.com /otherteamscoquis.htm   (539 words)

  
 Basketball Digest: Empty Promises, Unfulfilled Dreams - basketball league management
One week later, five former CBA teams joined another minor league hoop circuit, the International Basketball League (which had shrunk to six teams and saw one of those six; the New Mexico Slam, nearly fold before the league took over its day-to-day operations).
CBA team travel in the 1980s meant riding buses and vans and taking airplane flights only when absolutely necessary.
Although the CBA Was known for giving deserving, hardworking minor league players a second chance to be discovered by NBA scouts, it was also known for unstable franchises that moved or folded nearly every year.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCJ/is_7_28/ai_74437540   (428 words)

  
 Continental Basketball Association // History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Twenty-four teams had two-or-more former CBA players, 18 had three-or-more, 12 had four-or-more, six had five-or-more, four had six-or-more, three had seven-or-more, two had 10 or-more, and the Houston Rockets had 11 former players on their roster in 1995-96.
The Golden State Warriors led the way with eight CBA players on their roster during the regular season, followed by the Los Angeles Clippers with seven and the Charlotte Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, and Washington Wizards with six apiece.
Twenty had two or more former CBA players, and 11 had three or more.The Atlanta Hawks led the way with five players on their rosters during the regular season, followed by the Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic and San Antonio Spurs with four.
www.cbahoopsonline.com /history_milestones.html   (5106 words)

  
 The Sports Network - Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
Principals of a new venture, Professional Basketball Associates LLC, met last weekend in Minneapolis to select new franchises, determine a commissioner and finalize financial commitments.
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.
The CBA, which will be based in Boise, suspended operations in February and five teams later joined the International Basketball League.
www.sportsnetwork.com /default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=cba/news/BAN1685386.htm   (266 words)

  
 SLAM! Sports Basketball - Continental Basketball Association
 Agreements have been finalized with seven teams for the upcoming season, and principals of franchises in four other cities are on the board of directors for the new Professional Basketball Associates LLC.
In only six days, it has nearly doubled its size with the absorption of five teams from the defunct Continental Basketball Association.
Negotiations, meanwhile, are continuing with a number of other former CBA teams, "which we hope will be joining us soon," IBL CEO Ralph Rossi Jr.
www.canoe.ca /BasketballCBA/home.html   (293 words)

  
 No Continental Basketball Association team here   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Although the deadline for arena dates passed nearly three months ago, the proponent of a potential Continental Basketball Association team in Pittsburgh said yesterday there won't be an expansion entry here this season.
Reynolds, who declines to name his potential co-owners, was involved in a group that failed in its attempt to bring an American Basketball Association expansion team to Pittsburgh in the summer of 2002.
The commissioner of the CBA, which went bankrupt in 2001 but is back operating in seven cities in the Pacific Northwest and Midwest, has said his league won't expand here if the HardHats are in place.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04146/321593.stm   (234 words)

  
 Continental Basketball Association // 2005-2006
ALBANY, NY (May 12, 2006): The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) announced Friday that the Board of Directors has approved Apex Sportstainment, L.L.C. for four franchises in the CBA.
(May 9, 2006) ALBANY, NY: The Continental Basketball Association today announced that plans for the league’s 2006-07 season are being finalized and that the CBA is currently in the process of reviewing over 20 expansion applications that have been submitted for next season.
Boise, ID (April 3, 2006) — Continental Basketball Association Commissioner Gary Hunter has announced that he will be taking on a new role with the league effective April 10, 2006, serving in the capacity of special consultant.
www.cbahoopsonline.com   (509 words)

  
 Continental Basketball Association - CBS SportsLine.com
The longtime LSU head coach learned in April she was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hall-of-Fame coach Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in women's college basketball, also was on hand for the ceremony.
Summitt played on the 1976 U.S. Olympic team on which Gunter served as an assistant, and she was an assistant to Gunter on the 1980 U.S. team.
cbs.sportsline.com /nba/story/8826665/rss   (507 words)

  
 Continental Basketball Association [CBA] - 2004 Season Preview - On MLN Sports Zone - A Minor League News Magazine
Get the inside info on each of the Continental Basketball Association's eight teams in our 2004 season preview.
It’s time to get out the air force ones and start working on your jumper; in other words, hoops are here.
As basketballs begin bouncing on courts around the country, minor league players are eager to show their skills and optimistic that this is the year they make it to the show.
www.minorleaguenews.com /basketball/aaa/cba/features/articles2004/120304.html   (195 words)

  
 Continental Basketball Association
Continental Basketball Association - Final CBA Standings CBA Playoffs CBA Annual Awards CBA Regular Season Individual Leaders...
CBA Suits Up in Rim Rocka Clothing for Upcoming Season; Continental Basketball Associations Taps Rim Rocka to Design Uniforms and Team Apparel.
Continental Basketball Association to Compete in China Against Chinese National Team.
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 Association for Professional Basketball Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We have members who run their own web sites, work for various basketball organizations, are published authors or basketball researchers, former players, media members and writers, and everyday basketball fans.
Basketball and the military have enjoyed a long partnership.
Hundreds of men who served in the Armed Forces and contributed to our great game of basketball, as well as providing the morale, recreation and diversion for their fellow service personnel and the general public who watched the games.
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 Continental Basketball Association information and related industry information from Hoover's
The Continental Basketball Association is the grand daddy of pro hoops worldwide.
The CBA, founded in 1946, is the oldest professional basketball league in the world, predating the NBA by just a few months.
Most CBA players try to use the league as a launching pad into the NBA, about 600 have succeeded.
www.hoovers.com /cba/--ID__116359--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (338 words)

  
 USBasket - Continental Basketball Association
Teams of the cash-strapped Continental Basketball Association scrambled Friday to pin down their options for survival.
Reportedly at least $1.5-million in debt, the CBA's value plummeted when the NBA decided to operate its own developmental league rather than relying on the CBA.
Isiah Thomas, the former NBA star who is now head coach of the Indiana Pacers, bought the CBA in 1999 for slightly more than $9-million.
www.usbasket.com /cba/cba01.asp   (547 words)

  
 Continental Basketball Association - CBS SportsLine.com
AKRON, Ohio -- LeBron James' high school jersey is headed to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Zeysing said that even if James does not go on to have a hall of fame career, he would still be part of the history of basketball.
It may be that LeBron brought high school basketball to a whole new level.
www.sportsline.com /nba/story/6261011   (479 words)

  
 Continental Basketball Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Read about continental basketball association in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) announced Friday that the Board of Directors has approved Apex Sportstainment, L.L.C. for four franchises in the CBA.
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www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Continental_Basketball_Association   (276 words)

  
 OMGN: Nexus » Continental Basketball Association General Meeting
Budgets, expansion, exhibition games and business plans are on the agenda for the 2005 CBA Board of Directors Meeting.
From June 11-12, Lightning owner Judy Timpe and Lightning General Manager Michael Neville will meet representatives from every CBA franchise in Denver, Colorado to discuss the ins and outs of the CBA.
Besides the owners and general managers, CBA Commissioner Gary Hunter will be present to address many of the current facets of the CBA.
www.omgn.com /nexus?p=354   (248 words)

  
 HoopsVibe - News Continental Basketball Association
CBA All-Stars announced === Boise, ID (Basketball News) - The Continental Basketball Association on Tuesday announced the ten players who have been selected for the 2004 American (...)
Boise, ID (Basketball News) - Dakota Wizards forward Kaniel Dickens has earned league Player of the Week honors for the week of November 23-29, the Continental Basketball Association (...)
Boise, ID (Basketball News) - The Continental Basketball Association announced that it will use a new format for the 2006 playoffs, which includes a unique quarter point system.
www.hoopsvibe.com /basketball-sectionall-152-pa-30.html?debut_page=30   (218 words)

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