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3 Former teams  




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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
(Redirected from Southern Crescent Lightning)
World Basketball Association (WBA)
SportBasketball
Founded2004
Motto"The next best thing to the NBA"
No. of teams7
CountryUSA
ContinentFIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)		Anderson Upstate Heat
Most titlesGwinnett Majic (3)
Official websitewww.WBAball.net

The World Basketball Association (WBA) was a semi-professional men's spring basketball league in the United States. The league suspended operations after the 2013 season.

History[edit]

The WBA was conceived in 2009, with seven teams scheduled to play. One of those original seven, the Chattanooga Majic, did not start the season and was replaced by the Bristol Crusaders.

Final teams[edit]

Team City Arena Head Coach
Atlanta Blaze Brookhaven, Georgia Lynwood Gymnasium Lionel Garrett
Conyers Court Kings Conyers, Georgia J.P. Carr Gynmnasium Nolley Larry
Gastonia Gamers Gastonia, North Carolina Ashbrook High School Gymnasium TBA
Gwinnett Majic Gwinnett County, Georgia Bogan Park Gymnasium David Akin
Mauldin Stars Greenville, South Carolina TBA TBA
Rome Gladiators Rome, Georgia Winthrop-King Centre Jackie Copeland
Upstate Heat Anderson, South Carolina Anderson Recreation Center Frederick Summer

Former teams[edit]

Champions[edit]

Year Champion Runner-up Result
2004 Southern Crescent Lightning Jackson Rage 82-79
2005 Rome Gladiators Mississippi Hardhats 103-100
2006 Rome Gladiators Cartersville Warriors 125-114
2007 Mayas-USA Gwinnett Ravia-Rebels 114-104
2008 Decatur Court Kings Buford Majic 131-128 (2OT)
2009 Buford Majic Tupelo Rock-n-Rollers 95-93
2010 Gwinnett Majic Franklin Knights 133-113
2011 Gwinnett Majic Conyers Court Kings 113-91
2012 No championship
2013 Anderson Upstate Heat[1] Rome Gladiators

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WBA league Championship". USbasket.com. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

External links[edit]

Official WBA website


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