ABA announces pre-season power rankings
November 5, 2008 - American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release
Atlanta, GA. The American Basketball Association (ABA) today released its pre-season Power Rankings, a listing of the top 24 teams for the upcoming season.
"This has been a very difficult process," stated ABA President Quentin Townsend. "It is really hard to know which teams are truly the strongest because there are so many new teams and so many new players on the returning teams. But, we looked at a variety of factors, put them all together, got out our trusty dart board, and this is what we came up with. We will watch the upcoming exhibition games and pre-season tournaments and make adjustments every week."
1. San Diego Wildcats
2. Beijing Aoshen Olympian
3. San Francisco Rumble
4. Jersey Express
5. Montreal Matrix
6. Atlanta Vision
7. Nashville Sound
8. Maywood Buzz
9. Knoxville Thunderbolt
10. Houston Takers
11. Winston-Salem Storm
12. West Virginia Blazers
13. Washington Raptors
14. Kentucky Bisons
15. Gallup Outlaws
16. Southeast Texas Mustangs
17. Arizona Rhinos
18. Cleveland Rockers
19. Modesto Bearcats
20. Las Vegas Aces
21. Alaska Dream
22. Westchester Phantoms
23. West Texas Whirlwind
24. Phoenix Fury
"I can only imagine my emails from Georgia, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Aurora, Mississippi, Phoenix, Bahamas and Sacramento," added Townsend. "They all have solid coaches with great experience and winning records and I know after a week or two, we'll have some serious shuffling. Sorry guys. Win a couple and show me how wrong we are." For more information, email qtownsend@abalive.com or visit www.abalive.com.
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