All-American Basketball Alliance
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An unrelated new league named the All-American Basketball Alliance
All-American Basketball Alliance (2010)
The All-American Basketball Alliance was announced on January 19, 2010 by Don "Moose" Lewis as an all-white basketball league, with players reportedly required to be "natural-born United States citizens", and whose parents must both be "of the Caucasian race". The initial roster of the league was...

 was announced in 2010.


The All-American Basketball Alliance was formed in 1977, with the intention of competing with the established Continental Basketball Association
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

 as the premier basketball
Basketball
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 minor league
Minor league
Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities. This term is used in North America with regard to several organizations competing in...

 in the United States
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. Eight teams competed in the only season of the AABA, which consisted of forty games and ran from 6 January 1978 until 2 February 1978.

Teams

The teams were divided into two divisions, shown below with their win-loss records at the time of dispersion.

North Division
  • Rochester Zeniths
    Rochester Zeniths
    The Rochester Zeniths was a professional basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association. They played in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester at the Dome Arena and in downtown Rochester, New York at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial...

     (10–1)
  • Kentucky Stallions (7–5)
  • New York Guard (4–5)
  • Indiana Wizards (0–8)


South Division
  • Carolina Lightning (8–2)
  • Georgia Titans (5–3)
  • Richmord Virginians (3–8)
  • West Virginia Wheels (3–8)


The Zeniths, with the best record in the league, went on to join the established Continental Basketball Association (CBA), which they won twice. Eddie Owens of the Zenith scored the most points in the league with 282, while the Stallions' Bobby Wilson
Bobby Wilson (basketball)
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netted the most points per game with 26.6.

A number of phantom franchises were also signed up for the Alliance, but never actually played a game; these were:
  • Alabama Aces
  • Baton Rouge
  • Carolina Dragons
  • Indiana Impalas
  • Massachusetts Rifles
  • New York Greyhounds
  • Ohio Orbits
  • Rhode Island Devils
  • Springfield
  • Toronto
  • Virginia Sailors
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