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2006 CBA playoffs set to begin

March 14, 2006 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release


The first round of the 2006 Continental Basketball Association Playoffs tips off Tuesday, March 14, in Yakima, Wash., where the Western Conference Champion Yakama Sun Kings will host the Rockford Lightning. The Gary Steelheads, the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, will begin their postseason run on Thursday, March 16, when they entertain Yakama. The nine-game, first-round schedule will take place over the next eight days with no games scheduled for Friday, March 17, and Sunday, March 19. The CBA Finals schedule will be released via the league office by Wednesday, March 14.

While the field of 65 for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was announced on Sunday, the CBA had its own anticipation and drama on the final day of the league's 60th anniversary regular season.

The six teams who were going to compete in the 2006 CBA postseason had been known since last week. However, the determination of the exact seedings came down to the last quarter of the 192nd and final game of the regular season. It was the closest finish between the top four teams in the CBA since the league began the quarter point system 25 years ago.

The top four seeds ended the regular season separated by only 5.0 quarter points.

The Gary Steelheads clinched the Eastern Conference crown on Saturday, March 11, with its 104- 94 victory over the Michigan Mayhem. Gary recorded 5.5 quarter points in the win to finish the regular season 29-19 overall with 197.0 total quarter points and a 4.10 quarter point average. Whether Gary would be the top seed for the postseason, though, would not be decided until the final quarter in the final league game of the year between the Yakama Sun Kings and the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

Sioux Falls traveled to Washington on Sunday following a 114-101 (6,1) loss to the Idaho Stampede on Saturday. That forced the Skyforce to record 2.0 quarter points to win the Western Conference and 4.0 quarter points to earn the overall top seed in the playoffs. Yakama captured the first two quarters of the game, holding a 64-56 lead at halftime. Sioux Falls came out strong in the second half, winning the third quarter, 22-15, and cutting its deficit to one, 79-78, heading into the fourth quarter. However, Yakama took care of business in the fourth quarter, downing the Skyforce 25-15 for the period and 104-93 for the game, garnering 6.0 quarter points to Sioux Falls' 1.0. Therefore, Gary will be the No. 1 overall seed for the 2006 CBA Playoffs, followed by Yakama (1B), Sioux Falls (2A), Rockford (2B), Idaho (3A) and Albany (3B).



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