Bay Area Shuckers
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The Bay Area Shuckers are an expansion team of the Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League
scheduled to begin play for the 2011-12 season. Based in Severn, Maryland
, the Shuckers will play their home games on the campus of Annapolis Area Christian School
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The Shuckers are named to honor the Chesapeake Bay
area's oyster
industry ("shucking" is a term for opening oysters).
Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League
The Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League is a professional men's basketball league set to begin play in late 2010. The league initially was made up of two teams formerly in the Premier Basketball League, three formerly of the Eastern Basketball Alliance, and three expansion teams...
scheduled to begin play for the 2011-12 season. Based in Severn, Maryland
Severn, Maryland
Severn is a census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 35,076 at the 2000 census, which is a 30 percent increase over the 24,499 population of 1990...
, the Shuckers will play their home games on the campus of Annapolis Area Christian School
Annapolis Area Christian School
Annapolis Area Christian School is a private, non-denominational Christian school located in Annapolis and Severn, Maryland. It serves grades pre-K through 12 and currently enrolls about 1000 students.It was founded in the Reformed tradition in 1971...
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The Shuckers are named to honor the Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West...
area's oyster
Oyster
The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified....
industry ("shucking" is a term for opening oysters).