Schedule announced for CBA's 59th season

Published on July 20, 2004 under Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release

Boise, ID (July 20, 2004) — The oldest professional basketball league in the world will begin its 59th consecutive season on Friday, November 19, as the Continental Basketball Association tips off the 2004-05 campaign with eight games scheduled for opening weekend.

The eight-team league will be divided into the Eastern (Gary, Great Lakes, Michigan, and Rockford) and Western (Dakota, Idaho, Sioux Falls, and Yakima) Conferences, and play a total of 192 regular season games. The 16-week season concludes on Sunday, March 13, and the 2005 CBA Playoffs commence on Tuesday, March 15. The fan-friendly schedule features 44 percent of its games played on Friday (45) and Saturday (37) nights.

"When faced with the task of building a regular season schedule each year, the League tries to achieve four basic goals," stated Deputy Commissioner Wade Morehead. "We strive to maximize weekend date submissions, minimize travel costs, maintain competitive integrity with a fair matrix of opponents, and design a player-friendly schedule guaranteeing an energetic product every game."

The season officially launches when the expansion Michigan Mayhem welcomes the Great Lakes Storm to the L.C. Walker Arena in Muskegon, Michigan, as the two Michigan-based teams fight for state supremacy. The opening night docket also features the Idaho Stampede and new Head Coach Joe Wolf traveling to Yakima to face the Sun Kings in the Yakima Valley SunDome. The game marks the return of Sun Kings Head Coach Paul Woolpert, who led the franchise to their second CBA title in 2000 and possesses an 89-71 (.556) record as the team's headman (1998 – 2001).

The defending champion Dakota Wizards begin their 2003-04 title defense Friday night as well, hosting the Sioux Falls Skyforce at the Bismarck Civic Center in Bismarck, North Dakota. After coaching the Wizards to the best regular season record in each of the past three seasons, and winning two Jay Ramsdell Trophies during that span (2001-02 and 2003-04 CBA Champions), Dave Joerger and Casey Owens will now be sitting on opposite benches. Joerger, the former head coach of the Wizards who won two CBA Coach of the Year Awards (2002 and 2004), will make his debut leading the Sioux Falls Skyforce in his fourth CBA season as head coach, while Owens will continue to roam the sidelines in Bismarck, but now as the first-year head coach of the Wizards.

On Saturday, November 20, the league features a full schedule of games as all eight teams take to the court. In Gary, Indiana, expect a packed Genesis Center crowd to cheer third-year Head Coach Duane Ticknor as he guides the Steelheads against regional-rival Rockford Lightning, led by 2002-03 CBA Coach of the Year Chris Daleo. Last season, the Steelhead faithful packed the Genesis Center to record the top two attended games of the 2003-04 CBA campaign. On November 14, a crowd of 5,823 fans attended the season home opener against Rockford, while the regular season concluded when the same two rivals battled in front of a CBA season-high 6,202 fans on March 6.

The first rematch of the 2004 CBA Finals will take place on Friday, December 3, as the Stampede face the Wizards in Bismarck, ND. On January 18 and 19, the Gary Steelheads will host the 21st CBA All-Star Classic, which features the Long Distance Shootout, the Slam Dunk Competition, and the CBA All-Star Game.

Due to the turnstile success that Sioux Falls has had on its annual Christmas-night game and the success of Dakota's New Year's Eve game, the CBA will again be active during the holiday season. Sioux Falls hosts Idaho in its traditional Christmas evening showdown, while the Mayhem begins a holiday tradition of its own hosting Great Lakes. Later that week, 2004 will be sent out in style with three New Year's Eve games on Friday, December 31: Rockford travels to Great Lakes; the Mayhem play at Gary; and the Wizards host Sioux Falls. The Sun Kings and Mayhem then tip-off 2005 in Muskegon on Saturday, January 1, in the first of two New Year's Day games, followed by Gary at the Rockford MetroCentre.

CONTINENTAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION 2004-2005 SCHEDULE

DATE GAME TIME NUM.

Fri. Nov. 19 Great Lakes at Michigan 7:05 1
Sioux Falls at Dakota 7:05 2
Idaho at Yakima 7:05 3

Sat. Nov. 20 Michigan at Great Lakes 7:05 4
Rockford at Gary 7:05 5
Dakota at Sioux Falls 7:05 6
Idaho at Yakima 7:05 7

Sun. Nov. 21 Gary at Rockford 5:05 8

Tue. Nov. 23 Michigan at Gary 7:05 9
Rockford at Sioux Falls 7:05 10

Wed. Nov. 24 Gary at Great Lakes 7:05 11

Fri. Nov. 26 Yakima at Sioux Falls 7:05 12
Michigan at Dakota 7:05 13
Great Lakes at Idaho 7:10 14

Sat. Nov. 27 Gary at Rockford 7:35 15
Yakima at Dakota 7:05 16
Great Lakes at Idaho 7:10 17

Sun. Nov. 28 Michigan at Sioux Falls 7:05 18

Tue. Nov. 30 Yakima at Dakota 7:05 19

Wed. Dec. 1 Sioux Falls at Idaho 7:10 20
Rockford at Great Lakes 7:05 21

Thu. Dec. 2 Rockford at Michigan 7:05 22

Fri. Dec. 3 Great Lakes at Michigan 7:05 23
Idaho at Dakota 7:05 24
Sioux Falls at Yakima 7:05 25

Sat. Dec. 4 Great Lakes at Gary 7:05 26

Sun. Dec. 5 Idaho at Sioux Falls 7:05 27

Tue. Dec. 7 Idaho at Dakota 7:05 28
Michigan at Rockford 7:05 29

Wed. Dec. 8 Sioux Falls at Great Lakes 7:05 30

Thu. Dec. 9 Sioux Falls at Rockford 7:05 31

Fri. Dec. 10 Michigan at Great Lakes 7:05 32
Dakota at Yakima 7:05 33
Gary at Idaho 7:10 34

Sat. Dec. 11 Rockford at Great Lakes 7:05 35
Sioux Falls at Michigan 7:05 36
Dakota at Yakima 7:05 37
Gary at Idaho 7:10 38

Sun. Dec. 12 Great Lakes at Michigan 7:05 39





DATE GAME TIME NUM.

Mon. Dec. 13 Gary at Yakima 7:05 40

Tue. Dec. 14 Gary at Yakima 7:05 41

Wed. Dec. 15 Sioux Falls at Dakota 7:05 42

Thu. Dec. 16 Great Lakes at Rockford 7:05 43
Idaho at Yakima 7:05 44

Fri. Dec. 17 Michigan at Gary 7:05 45
Yakima at Idaho 7:10 46

Sat. Dec. 18 Michigan at Rockford 7:35 47
Great Lakes at Dakota 7:05 48
Sioux Falls at Idaho 7:10 49

Sun. Dec. 19 Sioux Falls at Yakima 6:05 50
Michigan at Rockford 7:05 51

Mon. Dec. 20 Great Lakes at Dakota 7:05 52

Wed. Dec. 22 Gary at Michigan 7:05 53
Sioux Falls at Yakima 7:05 54
Great Lakes at Rockford 7:05 55

Thu. Dec. 23 Rockford at Gary 7:05 56
Sioux Falls at Idaho 7:10 57

Sat. Dec. 25 Great Lakes at Michigan 7:05 58
Idaho at Sioux Falls 7:05 59

Sun. Dec. 26 Idaho at Dakota 6:05 60
Great Lakes at Michigan 7:05 61
Gary at Rockford 5:05 62

Tue. Dec. 28 Great Lakes at Gary 7:05 63
Michigan at Rockford 7:05 64
Idaho at Dakota 7:05 65

Wed. Dec. 29 Rockford at Great Lakes 7:05 66
Dakota at Sioux Falls 7:05 67

Thu. Dec. 30 Yakima at Idaho 7:10 68

Fri. Dec. 31 Rockford at Great Lakes 7:05 69
Michigan at Gary 7:05 70
Sioux Falls at Dakota 7:05 71

Sat. Jan. 1 Yakima at Michigan 7:05 72
Gary at Rockford 7:35 73

Sun. Jan. 2 Yakima at Great Lakes 7:05 74

Mon. Jan. 3 Michigan at Gary 7:05 75
Dakota at Idaho 7:10 76

Tue. Jan. 4 Yakima at Rockford 7:05 77

Wed. Jan. 5 Dakota at Idaho 7:10 78

Thu. Jan. 6 Michigan at Great Lakes 7:05 79
Sioux Falls at Gary 7:05 80





DATE GAME TIME NUM.

Fri. Jan. 7 Sioux Falls at Michigan 7:05 81
Dakota at Yakima 7:05 82

Sat. Jan. 8 Sioux Falls at Great Lakes 7:05 83
Idaho at Michigan 7:05 84
Rockford at Gary 7:05 85
Dakota at Yakima 7:05 86

Sun. Jan. 9 Gary at Great Lakes 7:05 87
Idaho at Rockford 1:05 88

Tue. Jan. 11 Dakota at Michigan 7:05 89
Great Lakes at Sioux Falls 7:05 90
Idaho at Yakima 7:05 91

Wed. Jan. 12 Dakota at Michigan 7:05 92
Rockford at Gary 7:05 93
Great Lakes at Sioux Falls 7:05 94
Yakima at Idaho 7:10 95

Fri. Jan. 14 Michigan at Gary 7:05 96
Dakota at Sioux Falls 7:05 97
Rockford at Idaho 7:10 98

Sat. Jan. 15 Yakima at Sioux Falls 7:05 99
Rockford at Idaho 7:10 100

Sun. Jan. 16 Yakima at Dakota 6:05 101
Gary at Michigan 7:05 102

Tue. Jan. 18 ***** 2005 CBA ALL STAR CLASSIC - GARY, IN *****
Wed. Jan. 19 ***** 2005 CBA ALL STAR CLASSIC - GARY, IN *****

Fri. Jan. 21 Michigan at Sioux Falls 7:05 103
Idaho at Dakota 7:05 104
Rockford at Yakima 7:05 105

Sat. Jan. 22 Gary at Great Lakes 7:05 106
Idaho at Sioux Falls 7:05 107
Michigan at Dakota 7:05 108
Rockford at Yakima 7:05 109

Tue. Jan. 25 Great Lakes at Rockford 7:05 110
Dakota at Idaho 7:10 111

Wed. Jan. 26 Gary at Michigan 7:05 112
Dakota at Yakima 7:05 113

Thu. Jan. 27 Gary at Great Lakes 7:05 114

Fri. Jan. 28 Rockford at Dakota 7:05 115
Sioux Falls at Yakima 7:05 116
Michigan at Idaho 7:10 117

Sat. Jan. 29 Great Lakes at Gary 7:05 118
Rockford at Dakota 7:05 119
Sioux Falls at Yakima 7:05 120
Michigan at Idaho 7:10 121

Mon. Jan. 31 Great Lakes at Rockford 7:05 122
Michigan at Yakima 7:05 123
Sioux Falls at Idaho 7:10 124

Tue. Feb. 1 Gary at Rockford 7:05 125



DATE GAME TIME NUM.

Wed. Feb. 2 Sioux Falls at Dakota 7:05 126
Michigan at Yakima 7:05 127

Thu. Feb. 3 Great Lakes at Gary 7:05 128

Fri. Feb. 4 Yakima at Sioux Falls 7:05 129
Dakota at Idaho 7:10 130

Sat. Feb. 5 Michigan at Gary 7:05 131
Yakima at Sioux Falls 7:05 132
Dakota at Idaho 7:10 133

Mon. Feb. 7 Rockford at Great Lakes 11:05 134
Yakima at Idaho 7:10 135

Tue. Feb. 8 Rockford at Michigan 7:05 136

Wed. Feb. 9 Dakota at Great Lakes 7:05 137
Yakima at Michigan 7:05 138

Thu. Feb. 10 Dakota at Rockford 7:05 139

Fri. Feb. 11 Idaho at Great Lakes 7:05 140
Yakima at Gary 7:05 141

Sat. Feb. 12 Sioux Falls at Rockford 1:05 142
Idaho at Michigan 7:05 143

Sun. Feb. 13 Yakima at Rockford 3:05 144
Sioux Falls at Gary 3:05 145
Dakota at Great Lakes 7:05 146

Mon. Feb. 14 Idaho at Great Lakes 7:05 147
Gary at Michigan 11:05 148

Tue. Feb. 15 Sioux Falls at Yakima 7:05 149

Wed. Feb. 16 Great Lakes at Michigan 7:05 150
Sioux Falls at Idaho 7:10 151

Thu. Feb. 17 Gary at Michigan 7:05 152

Fri. Feb. 18 Idaho at Gary 7:05 153
Dakota at Sioux Falls 7:05 154

Sat. Feb. 19 Idaho at Gary 7:05 155
Yakima at Sioux Falls 7:05 156

Mon. Feb. 21 Yakima at Dakota 7:05 157

Tue. Feb. 22 Idaho at Rockford 7:05 158
Great Lakes at Gary 7:05 159

Wed. Feb. 23 Great Lakes at Rockford 7:05 160
Idaho at Sioux Falls 7:05 161
Yakima at Dakota 7:05 162

Fri. Feb. 25 Rockford at Michigan 7:05 163
Idaho at Sioux Falls 7:05 164
Gary at Dakota 7:05 165
Great Lakes at Yakima 7:05 166






DATE GAME TIME NUM.

Sat. Feb. 26 Gary at Sioux Falls 7:05 167
Idaho at Dakota 7:05 168
Great Lakes at Yakima 7:05 169

Sun. Feb. 27 Michigan at Rockford 3:05 170

Mon. Feb. 28 Michigan at Great Lakes 7:05 171

Tue. Mar. 1 Gary at Rockford 7:05 172

Wed. Mar. 2 Gary at Great Lakes 7:05 173
Rockford at Michigan 7:05 174
Sioux Falls at Dakota 7:05 175
Yakima at Idaho 7:10 176

Thu. Mar. 3 Dakota at Sioux Falls 7:05 177

Fri. Mar. 4 Rockford at Gary 7:05 178

Sat. Mar. 5 Rockford at Sioux Falls 7:05 179

Sun. Mar. 6 Idaho at Yakima 3:05 180
Gary at Dakota 6:05 181

Mon. Mar. 7 Michigan at Great Lakes 11:05 182
Dakota at Sioux Falls 7:05 183

Tue. Mar. 8 Gary at Sioux Falls 7:05 184
Yakima at Idaho 7:10 185

Wed. Mar. 9 Rockford at Great Lakes 7:05 186

Thu. Mar. 10 Yakima at Great Lakes 7:05 187
Rockford at Michigan 7:05 188
Dakota at Gary 7:05 189

Sat. Mar. 12 Dakota at Gary 7:05 190

Sun. Mar. 13 Dakota at Rockford 7:05 191
Yakima at Gary 3:05 192

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