Any news.........................?

[Paul S]

Any news..........................?

Anything..........................?

Anyone out there................?

Stocks still trading, website's still up,

If a USBL tree falls in the forest, does anyone hear?


TEN- help us out, whats up?

[tops804]

...The USBL team page is touched up.

No Gary or Delaware. But they forgot to remove Albany. Its seems like they're
at least going to try and start back up next season. We probably won't
really know whats going on until March or April.

[nksports]

I'm not sure who they'd have to start back up with. Oklahoma, Kansas and Dodge City all seem to be done with the USBL.

[tops804]

I'm not sure who they'd have to start back up with. Oklahoma, Kansas and Dodge City all seem to be done with the USBL.

To bad they lost them...Had the league done a better job promoting the
south central region, it may have been a different story. It seems like the
USBL has gotten kind of ABA'ish with the way it treats its fans and "model"
franchises.

[TEN]

The midwest is done with the USBL and trying to put together a midwest league...time is a wastin' though and it's looking more and more like Oklahoma, Dodge City and Kansas will be a victim of a collapsing league.

[panchess]

With his competitive playing days dwindling (he said he might return to the Albany Patroons during the United States Basketball League' summer season, as long as it doesn't conflict with his responsibilities at school), Forth is focused on guiding others. Through seven games, the Blue Devils are 6-1 and have hopes of repeating a 19-1 season from last year.


This is the first evidence (if it is really any evidence) that the Patroons might actually consider returning to the USBL. I assume they haven't been taken off the website became they haven't formally said they are leaving the league.

[HAC]

Story in the Salina Journal mentions Dodge, Kansas, Oklahoma, a couple teams from Nebraska and somebody else (Wichita? Iowa?) putting together the Midwest Professional Basketball League.

That name itself is a turn off.

I've been a big USBL/Cagerz fan since Day 1, but I would say Salina isn't going to buy into this new league, especially if games are held at Kansas Wesleyan instead of the BiCenter.

[robster2001]

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3575166

From Dan Krieger:


United States Basketball League: The USBL announced it will not play a 2008 season, but the league plans to pursue expansion franchises for its start up the following season. Apparently, only the Brooklyn Kings franchise was committed to returning in 2008. The teams from Kansas (Salina), Oklahoma (Enid) and Dodge City were trying to form a six-team league in the Midwest that could include the cities of Wichita (KS), Kearney (NE) and Omaha (NE).

[tbayz1]

The BK Kings are going to be playing in the NPBL this spring from what I've heard.

www.npbl-ball.com

[HAC]

Heard today that the Cagerz are done as well as a possible new league that included them and some other former USBL teams.

Bummer.

Not sure what I'll do with my free time now. I only missed two home games in their entire stay in Salina and even hit a few road games to Dodge, Oklahoma and Kearney NE.

[Ken, Steelheads fan]

Heard today that the Cagerz are done as well as a possible new league that included them and some other former USBL teams.

Bummer.

Not sure what I'll do with my free time now. I only missed two home games in their entire stay in Salina and even hit a few road games to Dodge, Oklahoma and Kearney NE.

Is there anybody in town willing to buy the team?

[MJHankel]

I thought that the Cagerz were a pretty successful team. Am I wrong? Why wouldn't they DC, and OK be able to jump as a group to a league that already existed? I just don't get it. IBL, UBL, WBA? None of them? They had to try for a new league and fall apart?

[HAC]

Is there anybody in town willing to buy the team?

That's not the problem. The Cagerz are done because they and the other ex-Midwest USBL team could not finalize their plans for a new league.

I think the talk of starting a new league was mostly talk. The other leagues did not interest them for various reasons.

Cagerz won the final USBL championship and will now fade into the sunset.

The Cagerz being successful was based solely on the fact that they weren't as unsuccessful as everyone else. They never made money and attendence dwindled every season. They just did a much better job of hanging in there and putting out a quality product every year.

[TEN]

Yeah HAC....To me it seems like Dodge City is the only team that really wants to come back. The ownership group here in Oklahoma is lukewarm at best...I think that Carroll has a lot going on with his own business. Reni Mason at Dodge City is trying to make something happen because he is out in Dodge City and doesn't have a team to work for.

It's very hard to put a whole league together in such a short amount of time. Hopefully something can happen in 2009....

[HAC]

Me, personally, would like to see them come back in 2009.

I just think taking a year off is a killer with a majority of fans and sponsors.

People move on to other interests -- and they were already doing that anyway.

[nksports]

What's the timetable on the new Dodge City arena?

[TEN]

The timetable for the new arena? HAH!

Last June was the 10 year anniversary of the vote that passed that authorized the arena...I remember starting the Legend in 2000 and telling people that we would play our home games at the Dodge City Civic Center until the new arena was built....in 2001!

I'm convinced that the arena will never be built....That's one of the reasons I "got the heck out of Dodge." I was tired of living as a minority in a south of the border Mayberry!

Now, I can look at the trainwreck that is going on there and laugh!