173:. The Swarm won the championship of that league in the second season, and although the league had stated that it would return for a third season, this was not to be the case, and all the teams folded soon after the season ended, although the teams from the former CBA ultimately restarted the CBA the following year. Although the league had some innovations such as playing the international three-point line and trapezoid lane, and with the intention to offer professional basketball and more reasonable ticket prices, the cost structure of the league was simply too great for the revenue and attendance figures that it received.
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International Basketball League was founded in early 1999 and made plans to begin play in fall of that year. The first season did not quite meet expectations with attendance, but the league was still largely functional, with the Saint Louis Swarm winning the first championship. The second season
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A two-day meeting was held in St. Louis, Missouri on
January 19, 1999 with over 50 IBL owners, executives and advisers in attendance. They were briefed on several things including potential television contracts, the IBL draft and the playoffs.
187:, where they could not receive compensation for their play. NCAA spokesperson Katherine Rice responded to the IBL by saying, "As an educational program, we prefer young people to get an education as a basis for their sports activities."
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was significantly rougher, with the league losing the
Baltimore and San Diego franchises and merging with teams from the
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The
International Basketball League (IBL) was first proposed in 1996 as a single-structure organization similar to
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The only franchise from the IBL that is still in existence are the Sioux Falls
Skyforce, who now play in the
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The league sought to have college players or high school players join their league instead of playing in the
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This article is about the original
International Basketball League. For the unrelated later league, see
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Powell, Tom (February 15, 1999). "International
Basketball League To Debut In November With 12 Teams".
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The
Rockford Lightning joined the re-organized CBA in 2001 and played until 2006
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Locations of teams in the
International Basketball League from 1999 to 2001
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Sipe, Jefrey R. (January 6, 1997). "A 'minor' league with conscience".
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16:
Defunct professional men's basketball league in the US (1999–2001)
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announced the team would begin the season on
November 26, 1999.
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642:
The Gary Steelheads folded in 2008 after last playing in the
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served as the IBL vice president and general legal council.
1642:"International Basketball League to debut in 1997".
646:, which had no association with the 1999 to 2001 IBL
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93:
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49:
41:
31:
156:. The league started in 1999 and ended in 2001.
3880:Defunct basketball leagues in the United States
649:The Grand Rapids Hoops joined the re-organized
2116:FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
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1679:. Vol. 111, no. 2. VNU. p. 12.
8:
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3855:International Basketball League (1999–2001)
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1646:. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 18, 1996.
2222:FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
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209:
1726:INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE HISTORY
1691:"IBL LEADERS THROUGH GAMES OF 05/02/00"
1634:
137:) was a short-lived professional men's
1396:2000–01: Neil Edwards, Gary Steelheads
827:
763:
25:
1318:
1274:
1230:
1107:
1040:
989:
27:International Basketball League (IBL)
7:
3870:Organizations disestablished in 2001
1952:Basketball Champions League Americas
2121:Games of the Small States of Europe
653:(CBA) in 2001 and played until 2003
194:On February 15, 1999 IBL president
3885:2001 disestablishments in Maryland
3865:Sports leagues established in 1999
3860:Continental Basketball Association
3498:Latvian–Estonian Basketball League
731:
683:
651:Continental Basketball Association
169:after that league folded early in
167:Continental Basketball Association
14:
3417:Arab Club Basketball Championship
3361:Arab Club Basketball Championship
1514:Antonio Smith, Grand Rapids Hoops
843:
811:
3829:
3828:
3493:European North Basketball League
3401:Basketball Champions League Asia
2246:
2001:Basketball Champions League Asia
1884:
1520:Ray Tutt, Trenton Shooting Stars
1168:
910:
875:
874:
858:
842:
826:
810:
794:
778:
762:
746:
730:
714:
698:
682:
675:
80:
3875:1999 establishments in Maryland
2321:National Basketball Association
644:International Basketball League
148:. The IBL was headquartered in
131:International Basketball League
21:International Basketball League
3378:FIBA Champions League Americas
1517:Danny Johnson, St. Louis Swarm
1485:Alex Sanders, Cincinnati Stuff
1437:Danny Johnson, St. Louis Swarm
795:
1:
3538:FIBA Africa Basketball League
2586:Torneo Superior de Baloncesto
859:
747:
715:
699:
2202:Arab Basketball Championship
779:
3685:Chinese Basketball Alliance
3567:South American Championship
2326:NBA vs. international teams
2131:Basketball Champions League
1947:South American Championship
3901:
3488:Caucasus Basketball League
3384:FIBA South American League
1497:, Las Vegas Silver Bandits
1476:, Las Vegas Silver Bandits
1455:, Las Vegas Silver Bandits
69:
18:
3824:
3562:Pan American Championship
2316:FIBA Intercontinental Cup
2306:
2240:
2197:FIBA Intercontinental Cup
2154:FIBA Oceania Championship
1882:
1770:
1332:
1327:
1324:
1312:
1309:
1304:
1301:
1295:
1292:
1289:
1286:
1284:
1268:
1265:
1262:
1259:
1257:
1251:
1248:
1243:
1240:
1228:
1225:
1220:
1217:
1180:
1173:
1158:
1109:
1105:
1086:
1061:
970:
929:
922:
915:
345:Genesis Convention Center
229:
3355:Basketball Africa League
2386:Central African Republic
1875:Basketball Africa League
1491:, Trenton Shooting Stars
1443:, Trenton Shooting Stars
1030:Las Vegas Silver Bandits
923:Conference Championship
393:Las Vegas Silver Bandits
3748:Central European League
2059:ASEAN Basketball League
2044:West Asian Championship
2011:East Asian Championship
3412:West Asia Super League
3407:East Asia Super League
2910:Bosnia and Herzegovina
1795:World University Games
1329:Trenton Shooting Stars
1120:Trenton Shooting Stars
562:San Diego Sports Arena
517:Trenton Shooting Stars
500:BMO Harris Bank Center
407:Thomas and Mack Center
3778:Serbia and Montenegro
3758:North European League
3639:ABA Club Championship
3453:FIBA Champions League
2253:Basketball portal
2039:Southeast Asian Games
1823:TBF U-16 Invitational
1818:DBB U-18 Invitational
314:Hartford Civic Center
3556:FIBA Americas League
2843:United Arab Emirates
2101:Acropolis Tournament
1762:International men's
1613:Ryan Lorthridge, 8.6
1532:, Rockford Lightning
1347:Most valuable player
892:class=notpageimage|
610:Sioux Falls Skyforce
531:Sovereign Bank Arena
238:Baltimore Bayrunners
2232:Mediterranean Games
1996:FIBA Asia Challenge
1932:COCABA Championship
1659:Insight on the News
1610:Antonio Smith, 13.9
1539:Statistical leaders
1290:Grand Rapids Hoops
548:San Diego Stingrays
178:Major League Soccer
28:
3651:WABA Champions Cup
2582:Dominican Republic
2331:NBA vs. EuroLeague
2212:Commonwealth Games
2126:World Cup (Turkey)
2029:SEABA Championship
1977:(includes Oceania)
1942:Pan American Games
1677:Amusement Business
1526:, Cincinnati Stuff
1449:, Cincinnati Stuff
1415:Bernie Bickerstaff
1408:Bernie Bickerstaff
1384:Rookie of the year
1373:1999–00: not named
1306:Grand Rapids Hoops
1245:Rockford Lightning
902:Postseason results
486:Rockford Lightning
362:Grand Rapids Hoops
3842:
3841:
3820:
3819:
3737:EuroCup Challenge
3572:Torneo InterLigas
3516:
3515:
3508:VTB United League
2262:
2261:
2054:William Jones Cup
2034:South Asian Games
2024:SABA Championship
1626:
1625:
1482:, New Mexico Slam
1461:, St. Louis Swarm
1417:, St. Louis Swarm
1410:, St. Louis Swarm
1401:Coach of the year
1393:, St. Louis Swarm
1363:, St. Louis Swarm
1356:, St. Louis Swarm
1339:
1338:
1181:IBL Championship
1165:2001 IBL Playoffs
1162:
1161:
930:IBL Championship
907:2000 IBL Playoffs
639:
638:
624:Sioux Falls Arena
300:Connecticut Pride
127:
126:
3892:
3832:
3831:
3527:
3344:
2289:
2282:
2275:
2266:
2251:
2250:
2249:
2158:
2049:West Asian Games
2020:
2016:East Asian Games
1922:CBC Championship
1888:
1804:
1756:
1749:
1742:
1733:
1713:
1712:
1710:
1708:
1703:on June 19, 2000
1699:. Archived from
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1681:
1680:
1672:
1663:
1662:
1654:
1648:
1647:
1639:
1617:Roderick Blakney
1543:
1524:Roderick Blakney
1447:Tremaine Fowlkes
1263:St. Louis Swarm
1169:
1134:Richmond Rhythm
1097:Cincinnati Stuff
1075:Richmond Rhythm
1050:St. Louis Swarm
1014:New Mexico Slam
911:
878:
877:
862:
861:
846:
845:
830:
829:
814:
813:
798:
797:
782:
781:
766:
765:
750:
749:
734:
733:
718:
717:
702:
701:
686:
685:
679:
438:Tingley Coliseum
269:Cincinnati Stuff
232:
210:
86:
84:
83:
29:
3900:
3899:
3895:
3894:
3893:
3891:
3890:
3889:
3845:
3844:
3843:
3838:
3816:
3696:
3626:
3543:
3522:
3512:
3466:Adriatic League
3460:FIBA Europe Cup
3426:
3388:
3365:
3339:
3333:
3310:
3153:North Macedonia
2852:
2665:
2502:
2335:
2302:
2293:
2263:
2258:
2247:
2245:
2236:
2227:Lusophone Games
2188:
2181:
2156:
2136:
2111:Belgrade Trophy
2063:
2018:
1957:
1889:
1880:
1832:
1802:
1766:
1760:
1722:
1717:
1716:
1706:
1704:
1689:
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1684:
1674:
1673:
1666:
1656:
1655:
1651:
1641:
1640:
1636:
1631:
1594:Soumaila Samake
1582:Ryan Lorthridge
1570:J. R. Henderson
1541:
1506:
1453:J. R. Henderson
1441:Ryan Lorthridge
1429:
1424:
1403:
1386:
1370:
1349:
1344:
1222:St. Louis Swarm
1167:
1150:Richmond Rhythm
1000:New Mexico Slam
981:St. Louis Swarm
909:
904:
899:
898:
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894:
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703:
695:
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693:
687:
635:
630:
604:
599:
579:St. Louis Swarm
573:
568:
542:
537:
511:
506:
480:
475:
455:Richmond Rhythm
449:
444:
424:New Mexico Slam
418:
413:
387:
382:
376:DeltaPlex Arena
356:
351:
331:Gary Steelheads
325:
320:
294:
289:
263:
258:
252:Baltimore Arena
230:
208:
196:Thaxter Trafton
162:
121:St. Louis Swarm
110:St. Louis Swarm
105:
81:
79:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
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3763:Czechoslovakia
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3601:United States
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3490:
3485:
3480:
3478:Alpe Adria Cup
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3250:
3249:
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3211:
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3200:
3199:
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2994:
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2979:
2978:
2977:
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2962:
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2955:Czech Republic
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2769:PBA D-League
2760:Philippines
2649:NBA G League
2612:NBA G League
2550:NBA G League
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2217:Diamond Ball
2150:FIBA Oceania
1937:Marchand Cup
1927:Centrobasket
1705:. Retrieved
1701:the original
1696:usatoday.com
1694:
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1588:Isaac Burton
1530:Jeff Sanders
1509:
1480:Jason Sasser
1474:Isaac Burton
1469:Second team:
1468:
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1368:Playoffs MVP
916:First Round
661:NBA G League
619:South Dakota
593:Family Arena
367:Grand Rapids
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66:No. of teams
50:First season
3716:Saporta Cup
3709:SuproLeague
3523:tournaments
3340:tournaments
3329:New Zealand
3270:Switzerland
3148:Netherlands
2808:South Korea
2639:Puerto Rico
2597:El Salvador
2401:Ivory Coast
2189:tournaments
2077:FIBA Europe
1991:Asian Games
1846:FIBA Africa
1728:on apbr.org
1644:PR Newswire
1576:Rocky Walls
1510:First team:
1495:Rocky Walls
1433:First team:
1174:Semifinals
615:Sioux Falls
584:St. Charles
429:Albuquerque
309:Connecticut
200:Paul Martha
117:Most titles
112:(2nd title)
106:champion(s)
3849:Categories
3805:Yugoslavia
3503:Liga Unike
3439:EuroLeague
3422:AsiaBasket
3143:Montenegro
3133:Luxembourg
2895:Azerbaijan
2821:P. League+
2731:Kazakhstan
2463:Seychelles
2436:Mozambique
2421:Madagascar
2297:basketball
2207:Arab Games
2106:Adecco Cup
2081:EuroBasket
1850:AfroBasket
1764:basketball
1629:References
1459:Doug Smith
1354:Doug Smith
739:Steelheads
691:Bayrunners
557:California
526:New Jersey
433:New Mexico
274:Cincinnati
139:basketball
123:(2 titles)
36:Basketball
3753:Latin Cup
3723:Korać Cup
3690:T1 League
3660:bj league
3577:Argentina
3324:Australia
3116:Lithuania
2803:Singapore
2706:Indonesia
2696:Hong Kong
2661:Venezuela
2619:Nicaragua
2516:Argentina
2157:(defunct)
2019:(defunct)
1971:FIBA Asia
1803:(defunct)
1790:World Cup
1504:2000–2001
1427:1999–2000
1413:2000–01:
1406:1999–00:
1389:1999–00:
1376:2000–01:
1359:2000–01:
1352:1999–00:
851:Stingrays
819:Lightning
553:San Diego
243:Baltimore
219:Arena(s)
150:Baltimore
94:Continent
53:1999-2000
3834:Category
3548:Americas
3370:Americas
3231:Slovenia
3226:Slovakia
3175:Portugal
3031:Scotland
2926:Bulgaria
2838:Thailand
2751:Mongolia
2746:Malaysia
2629:Paraguay
2607:CIBACOPA
2572:Colombia
2508:Americas
2483:Tanzania
2476:National
2381:Cameroon
2371:Botswana
2152:–
2079:–
1973:–
1905:–
1895:Americas
1848:–
1785:Olympics
1707:July 26,
1605:Sam Mack
1552:Rebounds
1489:Ray Tutt
883:Skyforce
588:Missouri
495:Illinois
491:Rockford
464:Virginia
460:Richmond
398:Paradise
371:Michigan
305:Hartford
247:Maryland
154:Maryland
3768:England
3681:Taiwan
3622:Uruguay
3591:Canada
3521:Defunct
3446:EuroCup
3316:Oceania
3299:Ukraine
3187:Romania
3138:Moldova
3060:Ireland
3055:Iceland
3050:Hungary
3026:England
3004:Germany
2999:Georgia
2970:Finland
2965:Estonia
2960:Denmark
2931:Croatia
2905:Belgium
2900:Belarus
2890:Armenia
2878:Austria
2866:Albania
2848:Vietnam
2817:Taiwan
2741:Lebanon
2679:Bahrain
2656:Uruguay
2592:Ecuador
2528:Bolivia
2488:Tunisia
2458:Senegal
2441:Nigeria
2431:Morocco
2411:Liberia
2376:Burundi
2349:Algeria
2300:leagues
2142:Oceania
1855:AfroCan
1601:2000–01
1566:1999–00
1561:Blocks
1555:Assists
522:Trenton
340:Indiana
225:Folded
222:Joined
160:History
144:in the
76:Country
42:Founded
3800:Turkey
3773:Russia
3701:Europe
3656:Japan
3582:Brazil
3530:Africa
3431:Europe
3347:Africa
3282:Turkey
3253:Sweden
3204:Serbia
3192:Russia
3163:Poland
3158:Norway
3111:Latvia
3099:Kosovo
3065:Israel
3038:Greece
2982:France
2943:Cyprus
2858:Europe
2736:Kuwait
2726:Jordan
2624:Panama
2602:Mexico
2545:Canada
2533:Brazil
2498:Zambia
2493:Uganda
2446:Rwanda
2396:Guinea
2354:Angola
2341:Africa
2295:Men's
2069:Europe
1954:(BCLA)
1838:Africa
1607:, 23.1
1596:, 2.7
1578:, 12.3
1572:, 22.6
1558:Steals
1549:Points
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803:Rhythm
402:Nevada
142:league
85:
58:Ceased
3790:Spain
3587:Chile
3236:Spain
3082:Italy
2948:North
2813:Syria
2793:Qatar
2721:Japan
2701:India
2684:China
2567:Chile
2416:Libya
2406:Kenya
2391:Egypt
2366:Benin
2187:Other
2133:(BCL)
1877:(BAL)
1619:, 2.4
1590:, 2.5
1584:, 7.8
867:Swarm
755:Hoops
723:Pride
707:Stuff
216:City
213:Team
206:Clubs
32:Sport
3670:NBDL
3631:Asia
3615:USBL
3595:NBLC
3393:Asia
2826:TPBL
2776:MPBL
2756:Oman
2716:Iraq
2711:Iran
2671:Asia
2634:Peru
2577:Cuba
2560:CEBL
2426:Mali
2311:FIBA
2172:U-15
2167:U-17
2162:U-20
2096:U-16
2091:U-18
2086:U-20
1986:U-16
1981:U-18
1963:Asia
1917:U-16
1912:U-18
1865:U-16
1860:U-18
1775:FIBA
1709:2020
1622:N/A
1546:Year
787:Slam
629:2001
603:2001
598:1999
572:2001
567:1999
541:2001
536:1999
510:2006
505:2001
479:2001
474:1999
448:2001
443:1999
417:2001
412:1999
386:2003
381:2001
355:2008
350:2001
336:Gary
324:2001
319:2001
293:2001
288:1999
278:Ohio
262:2000
257:1999
185:NCAA
171:2000
129:The
104:Last
61:2001
45:1999
3810:2nd
3783:2nd
3675:JBL
3665:NBL
3610:CBA
3605:ABA
3471:2nd
3304:2nd
3292:3rd
3287:2nd
3275:2nd
3263:3rd
3258:2nd
3246:3rd
3241:2nd
3219:4th
3214:3rd
3209:2nd
3197:2nd
3180:2nd
3168:2nd
3126:3rd
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3104:2nd
3092:3rd
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3043:2nd
3014:3rd
3009:2nd
2992:3rd
2987:2nd
2975:2nd
2936:2nd
2915:2nd
2883:2nd
2871:2nd
2831:SBL
2786:PSL
2764:PBA
2689:NBL
2555:BSL
2538:2nd
2521:2nd
2471:BNL
2451:2nd
2359:2nd
668:Map
135:IBL
3851::
2919:RS
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