ABA

[MikeCash]

Don't ask my why, but I was going through some of the ABA rosters and noticed Aaron Hogg (Wichita) was playing for the Indiana Valleycats or something like that. There are a ton of other teams (I haven't looked through them yet). Do you know of any Bradley players in that league? It doesn't look too prestigious, but it seems like the rosters are filled with guys from respectable college programs.

[BradleyBrave]

Re: ABA

Don't ask my why, but I was going through some of the ABA rosters and noticed Aaron Hogg (Wichita) was playing for the Indiana Valleycats or something like that. There are a ton of other teams (I haven't looked through them yet). Do you know of any Bradley players in that league? It doesn't look too prestigious, but it seems like the rosters are filled with guys from respectable college programs.

I think Rob Dye was playing in a similar league a few years back, and even led a team to a championship. I don't think it was the ABA, but I am not sure.

[BU Bill]

Didn't Dye play in the CBA? The CBA is a big notch above the ABA.

[mike radigan]

BU players in the pros:

http://www.usbasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=USA&Team=856&option=Bradley%20Unive rsity%20%20(USA-%20NCAA%20I)&logo=bradley.gif

You have to manually cut and paste the entire link in the address.

[AB99]

BU players in the pros:

http://www.usbasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=USA&Team=856&option=Bradley%20Unive rsity%20%20(USA-%20NCAA%20I)&logo=bradley.gif

You have to manually cut and paste the entire link in the address.

A couple corrections to that list, of course you have to add Cellus,
Patrick, but also maybe Danny Granger and Joah Tucker,
since they have Mike Suggs listed and he left to play elsewhere before finishing at BU.

and just who is VOICE Winters?

[thefish7]

Why don't we just use Bradley's listing of Braves in the pros?

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&KEY=&ATCLID=152044

[collegehoopjunkie]

Why don't we just use Bradley's listing of Braves in the pros?
http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle....&ATCLID=152044

It's still not complete, as some Bradley Basketball Braves played pro baseball (Eddie Mathews, Kerry Cook) and they don't list DG.

[BobbyG]

The ABA has announced that the Peoria franchise has invited 14 players back for a 2nd tryout session at the August 26.

Here are the players invited back--
Bennie Blackmon (Prairie View A & M), Carlon Butler (Urbana High, Parkland, Millikan), Willie Coleman (Peoria Manual, DePaul), Robert Davenport (Champaign Central), Julian Gorens (Springfield High, Wabash Valley, Arkansas Tech, Atlanta Hawks), Anton Hall (Chicago Manley, Kennedy King, Missouri (Kansas City) Kareem Leggette (Lakeland College), Howard Nathan (Peoria Manua, DePaul, Atlanta Hawks), Ahmid Palmer (Peoria High, Central Florida, Minnesota (Crookston), Anthony Richardson (Chicago Hirsch, Parkland College), Tyler Ryan (Rock Island Alleman, St. Amrose, Sauk Valley), Michael Stewart (Chicago King, Bradley), Ivan Watson (Peoria Manual, Illinois Central College, Tarleton State) and Michael Young (Peoria Manual).

http://oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3354136

Here is a list of the teams in the ABA-

http://www.oursportscentral.com/sports/?l_id=64

[BradleyBrave]

The ABA has announced that the Peoria franchise has invited 14 players back for a 2nd tryout session at the August 26.

Here are the players invited back--
Bennie Blackmon (Prairie View A & M), Carlon Butler (Urbana High, Parkland, Millikan), Willie Coleman (Peoria Manual, DePaul), Robert Davenport (Champaign Central), Julian Gorens (Springfield High, Wabash Valley, Arkansas Tech, Atlanta Hawks), Anton Hall (Chicago Manley, Kennedy King, Missouri (Kansas City) Kareem Leggette (Lakeland College), Howard Nathan (Peoria Manua, DePaul, Atlanta Hawks), Ahmid Palmer (Peoria High, Central Florida, Minnesota (Crookston), Anthony Richardson (Chicago Hirsch, Parkland College), Tyler Ryan (Rock Island Alleman, St. Amrose, Sauk Valley), Michael Stewart (Chicago King, Bradley), Ivan Watson (Peoria Manual, Illinois Central College, Tarleton State) and Michael Young (Peoria Manual).

http://oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3354136

Here is a list of the teams in the ABA-
http://www.oursportscentral.com/sports/?l_id=64

Wow. What a team of has-been's.

[BU Bill]

The next tryout is still open to new players, but I agree, the guys invited back don't excite me much. I thought I might be interested in going to see the Peoria team, but if this is the quality of player they'll have, forget it!

Other than Michael Stewart, not a single other player with even a remote connection to Bradley, Illinois, ISU or the MVC or Big Ten. Are they nuts? In fact, other than Howard Nathan and Willie Coleman who had remote connections to DePaul and the NBA, there aren't even any of those guys who played above the lowest level of Divsion I.

And who is Julian Gorens? And why do they list him as playing for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA? He must have played on a summer league team with an affiliation. When I looked him up in a google search, he looks like maybe one of the better prospects among that list.

[BradleyBrave]

The next tryout is still open to new players, but I agree, the guys invited back don't excite me much. I thought I might be interested in going to see the Peoria team, but if this is the quality of player they'll have, forget it!

Other than Michael Stewart, not a single other player with even a remote connection to Bradley, Illinois, ISU or the MVC or Big Ten. Are they nuts? In fact, other than Howard Nathan and Willie Coleman who had remote connections to DePaul and the NBA, there aren't even any of those guys who played above the lowest level of Divsion I.

And who is Julian Gorens? And why do they list him as playing for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA? He must have played on a summer league team with an affiliation. When I looked him up in a google search, he looks like maybe one of the better prospects among that list.

I have a feeling you'll still see better basketball up at Haussler at noon.

[Mikovio]

The LA Times did a story last week on what a joke the new ABA has become. More than 50 franchises have folded since 2000, five of its top teams defected last week for the CBA, and three vice-presidents have resigned their positions in the last three months....

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/clippers/la-sp-aba26jul26,1,4639554.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-nba-clippe&ctrack=1&cset=true

Interviews with about 20 former ABA owners, players and executives, as well as e-mails and legal documents show a league with little executive control. The ABA has no centralized record-keeping to track statistics, such as scoring averages, rebounds and assists. That chore, mandatory for all teams, was regularly ignored when teams couldn't afford stat-keeping software.

Last season, only seven of the 32 ABA teams finished their full 32-game schedule. Some teams, such as the Inglewood Cobras and Las Vegas Rattlers, played fewer than five games before folding.

Despite the league's requirement that teams play in venues with 3,000 seats or more, ABA clubs routinely book high school gymnasiums, play for fewer than 100 people each night and field rosters of players more suited for an after-school pick-up game than a professional contest.

[flipper]

why is sergio mcclain involved with this?

[TheHeemyMonster]

why is sergio mcclain involved with this?

what else does sergio have to do??? last few times ive saw him hes been playing ball at hausler and also told me he used to sell used cars.... doesnt sound like a promising career to me

[squeaky]

I would think with the connections Sergio and Wayne McLain have, Sergio could have gotten a decent college assistant job. That's how every young guy starts.
Nobody at Sergio's age expects to get offered a good head coaching job.
This ABA thing could be a career killer.

Can anyone find an example of a successful coach who got their start in the ABA?