Miners to host CBA Draft Party at Applebee's
September 20, 2007 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1)
East Kentucky Miners News Release
PIKEVILLE, KY. - The East Kentucky Miners will host a CBA Draft Party at Applebee's in Pikeville on Tuesday, Sept. 25, and everyone is invited. East Kentucky, one of four expansion teams in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), holds the third pick in each of the 22nd Annual CBA Draft's six rounds. The draft order is determined by the final quarter point average from the 2006-07 season of the returning CBA teams. Among the 2007-08 expansion squads, draft order was determined by announced entry into the CBA. Oklahoma is first in the CBA Draft order. East Kentucky is sandwiched between Rio Grande Valley (2nd) and Atlanta (4th) in the 10-team draft. This year's CBA Draft is scheduled to get underway at 8 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday and run until 11 p.m.
Any player who was eligible to be selected in the NBA Draft on June 28 is eligible to be picked in the 2007 CBA Draft. This year's draft, originating from Pittsburgh, will again be staged via teleconference from each CBA city. The Pittsburgh Xplosion will host this year's draft.The webcast will be shown live on TV monitors throughout Applebee's.
The Draft Party will also feature the Diamond Girls Dance Team, official dance squad of the East Kentucky Miners. East Kentucky fans who attend the party will also receive a 2007 CBA Draft Scoreboard and be able to chart the selections.
"Tuesday night is when much of what we're doing on the basketball operations side of the franchise becomes real to the basketball fans of Eastern Kentucky," said Miners Coach Kevin Keathley. "Myself and Bandon Paquin, our Director of Basketball Operations, have been working really hard to evaluate the outgoing college class. What we found is not only are there several players on the Division 1 level, but there's also some individuals from the NAIA and NCAA Division 2 levels that we feel may be able to help us."
Fans who attend Tuesday's CBA Draft Party at Applebee's will see a portion of the East Kentucky professional basketball franchise form before their eyes.
"Tuesday night at Applebee's in Pikeville is the place to be to find out who we've drafted," Keathley confided. "This isn't just a normal draft party. While you're there being entertained by our dance team, we will actually be conducting our draft selections live. You will know who we pick the same time the other teams across the country find out. Eastern Kentucky has a chance to be a part of history Tuesday night."
During the CBA Draft, each team will receive a maximum of five minutes to make its selection in rounds one and two. However, teams are not allowed to select for three minutes following the previous team's selection. Once time has elapsed, the next team in the selection order will be notified that it has two minutes left. In the third-sixth rounds, each team will receive three minutes to make its selection and must wait two minutes prior to announcing its selection.
2007 CBA DRAFT ORDER
No. Team
1. Oklahoma Calvary (expansion)
2. Rio Grande Valley Silverados (expansion)
3. East Kentucky Miners (expansion)
4. Atlanta Krunk (expansion)
5. Pittsburgh Xplosion
6. Butte Daredevils
7. Great Falls Explorers
8. Minot Skyrockets
9. Albany Patroons
10. Yakama Sun Kings
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