Bluegrass Stallions
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| Founded | 2009 |
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| League |
ABA (2009–2010) |
| Team history | Bluegrass Stallions (2009–) |
| Based in | Georgetown, Kentucky |
| Arena | Davis-Reid Alumni Gymnasium at Georgetown College |
| Colors | blue, white, red |
| Head coach | Jaron Brown |
| Dancers | Lady Stallions |
| Mascot | HOOPS |
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.
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]
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who had previously been identified as the Bluegrass Stallions's Tony Chase stated that the Stallions had formally withdrawn from the league privately earlier.[9]
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. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ↑ "ABA Names Outstanding People Awards and 2010 All-ABA Teams". 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ↑ Anthony Chase Na#ed PBL CEO, "Our Sports Central", 2010-08-03, retrieved 2010-08-10
- ↑ Matthews, Bob (2010-08-10), Mike Ryba also an amazing Red Wing Check
|url=value (help), Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, retrieved 2010-08-10 - ↑ Holland, Joshua (2010-10-16), Stallions Basketball: Stallions make Georgetown new home, "Georgetown News-Graphic", retrieved 2010-10-17
- ↑ Chase, Tony (2011-04-19), Stallions, ##Our Sports Central##, retrieved 2011-04-19
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