The International Basketball Association (IBA) was founded in 1995 by a group of businessmen led by Tom Anderson. The original owners of franchises in the league were George Daniel (Black Hills Posse-Rapid City, SD), John Korsmo, Al Gardner, and Al Hovland (Fargo Beez), Jeff McCarron (St. Cloud Rock 'n Rollers), Bill Sorensen (Dakota Wizards - Bismarck) and Earl Barish (Winnipeg Cyclones).

Earl Barish Earl Barish (born 1943 in Fort William, Ontario) is a businessman from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His family developed the Dickie Dee ice cream mobile brand. He also owned the IBA (the International Basketball Association) team, the Winnipeg C ...

of Winnipeg directed the IBA as League President and the league eventually grew to ten franchises. In the fall of 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.

Teams

League championships

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and the

Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ...

(CBA) to "restart" the CBA for the 2001–2002 season.''

Awards

Most Valuable Player

*1995–96 –

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(Black Hills Posse) *1996–97 – Dennis Edwards (Black Hills Posse) *1997–98 – Andrell Hoard (Winnipeg Cyclone) and Mike Lloyd (Mansfield Hawks) *1998–99 – Andrell Hoard (Winnipeg Cyclone) and Mike Lloyd (Mansfield Hawks) *1999–00 – Brian Green (Dakota Wizards) *2000–01 –

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(Des Moines Dragons)

Rookie of the Year

*1997–98 – Kenya Capers (St. Paul Slam!) *1998–99 –

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(Dakota Wizards) *1999–00 – Antonio Reynolds-Dean (Dakota Wizards) *2000–01 – Marcus Hicks (Siouxland Bombers)

Defensive Player of the Year

*1997–98 – Ron Bayless (Des Moines Dragons) *1998–99 – Roderick Blakney (Dakota Wizards) *1999–00 – Johnny McCrimmon (Fargo-Moorhead Beez) *2000–01 – Willie Murdaugh (Dakota Wizards)

Sixth Man of the Year

*1997–98 –

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(Black Hills Posse) *1998–99 –

Rob Feaster Robert M. Feaster (born May 15, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Holy Cross before playing professionally in Germany, Argentina, Australia and France, as well as playing two seasons in t ...

(Rochester Skeeters) *1999–00 – Kevin Beard (Dakota Wizards) *2000–01 – Rasheed Brokenborough (South Dakota Gold)

Coach of the Year

*1995–96 –

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(Black Hills Posse) *1996–97 – Duane Ticknor (Black Hills Posse) *1997–98 – Duane Ticknor (Black Hills Posse) *1998–99 –

Darryl Dawkins Darryl R. Dawkins (January 11, 1957 – August 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He was particularly known for his tenure with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he also ...

(Winnipeg Cyclone) and

Kevin Mackey Kevin Mackey (born August 21, 1946) is a former head coach of men's basketball at Cleveland State University. His CSU Vikings upset the Indiana Hoosiers and the Saint Joseph's Hawks to make the Sweet 16 in the 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketbal ...

(Mansfield Hawks) *1999–00 – Duane Ticknor (Dakota Wizards) *2000–01 –

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(Dakota Wizards) and Mike Born (Des Moines Dragons)

Statistical leaders

Notable players

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.'' *

Chris Andersen Christopher Claus Andersen (born July 7, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Birdman", Andersen was born in Long Beach, California, grew up in Iola, Texas, and played one year at Blinn College. Andersen began ...

* Nate Driggers *

Garth Joseph Garth McArthur Fitzgerald Joseph (born August 8, 1973) is a retired Dominican basketball player. At 7'2" and 315 pounds, his physique was often compared to that of Shaquille O'Neal, especially when he was a young and raw-skilled center at The Co ...

* Martin Lewis * Anthony Taylor *

Ime Udoka Ime Sunday Udoka ( ; born August 9, 1977) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), currently suspended by the team for the 2 ...

References

External links

International Basketball Association History
at Association for Professional Basketball Research Defunct basketball leagues in the United States Sports leagues established in 1995 Basketball leagues in Canada {{basketball-competition-stub