The Florida Makos were a basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team based in Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...

. They played one season in the new American Basketball Association in 2010–2011. After the season it was announced that the team's general manager

General manager

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 would be forming a new team, the Gainesville Galaxy

Gainesville Galaxy

The Gainesville Galaxy is a basketball team based in Gainesville, Florida. They are scheduled to begin play in the Continental Basketball League for the 2011 season. They will play their games at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center....

, in the summer Continental Basketball League

Continental Basketball League

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 for 2011, and retaining former Makos players. The team played their home games on the campus of St. Francis High School

St. Francis High School (Gainesville, Florida)

St. Francis Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Gainesville, Florida. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine.-Background:...

.

External links

• Florida Makos Official Website