Bellevue Blackhawks advance to Final Four of ABA playoffs with all local players and coaches
March 20, 2005 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Bellevue Blackhawks News Release
(Bellevue, WA)âForty-one teams started the 2004-05 American Basketball Association (ABA) season. Three remain. The #13 Bellevue Blackhawks travel to #5 Maryland on Tuesday, March 22nd. The two winners will meet at Arkansas to play for the ABA championship.
Earlier in the playoffs, the top-seeded Utah Snowbears defeated the defending ABA champions, the Long Beach Jam. On Monday, March 14th, Utah surprising withdrew from the ABA playoffs. The departure of Utah means the winner of next Tuesday's Bellevue--Maryland game will go to the American Basketball Association finals. Bellevue upset the Texas Tycoons in the first round of the playoffs, 101-94.
The roster for the Blackhawks is comprised of all local players and coaches:
Jimmie Haywood Franklin High School/Oregon State University
Tim Ellis Rainier Beach High School/Kansas State
Lavell Brown Garfield High School
Brian Dennis Western Washington University
Matt Glynn University of Puget Sound
Dontay Harris Tacoma/Drake University
Justin Murray Tacoma/Washington State
Jim Rainwater Chief Sealth High School/Univ. of Portland
Jujuan Winesberry Tacoma/University of Washington
Head coach Rick Turner Former head coach Bellevue Community College
Assist. coach Harold Wright Washington State University
Assist coach Russ Schoene Former Sonics player/UW assistant coach
Visit our website: www.blackhawkshoops.com
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