International Basketball Association


The International Basketball Association was founded in 1995 by a group of businessmen led by Tom Anderson. The original owners of franchises in the league were George Daniel, John Korsmo, Al Gardner, and Al Hovland, Jeff McCarron, Bill Sorensen and Earl Barish. Earl Barish of Winnipeg directed the IBA as League President and the league eventually grew to ten franchises. On September 1, 2001, CBA and IBL teams merged with the IBA and purchased the assets of the defunct CBA, including its name, logo and records from the bankruptcy court and restarted operations, calling itself the CBA. This group continued to operate until June 2009, when it was forced to cease operations.

League personnel

League Commissioners
League Presidents

Teams

TeamCityYears
Billings RimRockersBillings, Montana1998–2001
Black Hills GoldRapid City, South Dakota1999–2000
Black Hills PosseRapid City, South Dakota1995–1998
Dakota WizardsBismarck, North Dakota1995–2001
Des Moines DragonsDes Moines, Iowa1997–2001
Fargo-Moorhead BeezFargo, North Dakota1995–2001
Mansfield HawksMansfield, Ohio1998–1999
Magic City SnowbearsMinot, North Dakota1996–2001
Rapid City ThrillersRapid City, South Dakota1998–1999
Rochester SkeetersRochester, Minnesota1998–2000
St. Cloud Rock'n RollersSt. Cloud, Minnesota1995–1996
St. Paul Slam!St. Paul, Minnesota1996–1998
Salina RattlersSalina, Kansas2000–2001
Saskatchewan HawksSaskatoon, Saskatchewan2000–2001
Siouxland BombersSioux City, Iowa1999–2001
South Dakota GoldMitchell, South Dakota2000–2001
Winnipeg CycloneWinnipeg, Manitoba1995–2001
Wisconsin BlastAppleton, Wisconsin1997–1999
Youngstown HawksYoungstown, Ohio1999–2000

Notable players

These players played at least 1 game in the NBA.