The Champaign Swarm are a professional minor league basketball team that plays in the
Midwest Professional Basketball Association
The Midwest Professional Basketball Association (MPBA) was a professional men's basketball league that began play in January 2015. The six charter members were: Bloomington Flex, Champaign Swarm, Chicago Force, Gateway Steam, St. Louis RiverShar ...
(MPBA). Based in
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metro ...
, the Swarm play their home games at
Parkland College
Parkland College is a public community college in Champaign, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System serving Community College District 505 which includes parts of Coles, Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquo ...
.
History
Champaign won the inaugural MPBA championship defeating Bloomington Flex in a semifinal before a victory over St. Louis RiverSharks in the final 115-106. Avery Smith, who played three seasons at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...
.
The Swarm were coached in 2015 by Chris Daleo.
Season-by-season
References
External links
Champaign Swarm website
{{Illinois Sports
2014 establishments in Illinois
Basketball teams established in 2014
Basketball teams in Illinois
Champaign, Illinois
Sports teams in Champaign–Urbana, Illinois