September is quickly approaching and not long from now seasons in the NBA and Europe will begin. Players will begin reporting to camp and a new season will be upon us. Now as these winter teams are winding down their seasons OMT will be focusing on the beginning of the IBL season in May. OwnMyTeam […]
Could tonight be the final time that the Elkhart Express take to the North Side Gym hardwood?
Only time will tell on that one as an offer has been made to purchase the International Basketball League franchise.
For now, Express president/coach Daimon Beathea is concerned with tonight’s exhibition game versus the Wanma Cyclones of the Chinese Basketball […]
The United States Basketball League is a summer league that has suspended operations for the past 2008 summer season. It was a great league for players coming back from Europe or playing after their winter season ended. The USBL had a draft and they were a pretty legit league. Over the past few years basketball […]
About the IBL
The International Basketball League is a fifth year basketball league featuring two rules that reduce dead time: 1) one timeout per quarter 2) an immediate inbound. The result is an athletic game that is very fun to watch. The IBL scoring average per team in its first three seasons was over 126 pts […]
La Crosse, Wisconsin is a city along the Mississippi River and the southern Minnesota/ Wisconsin Border. La Crosse is a slightly longer drive to Chicago when compared to Dubuque, but it sits on Chicago and Milwaukee’s doorstep as well. Either city is well within driving distance of the entire midwest cluster of teams. Like Dubuque, […]
Welcome all new OMT members and perspective members. Together we are going to start an expansion IBL franchise and you are going to run it. These past few days we have been discussing potiental locations for our new team in the member’s forum. Newberg, Coeur D’Alene, and Dubuque are three cities that have been brought […]
The Premier Basketball League (PBL) announced that the Battle Creek Knights, headed by ownership group LN King Entertainment LLC, have been accepted into the league for play in the upcoming 2008-2009 PBL season. THe Knights have played the past four seasons in the International Basketball League, and subsequent to the conclusion of their season, were looking […]
Dubuque sits on Chicago’s doorstep and is right on the Mississippi River. The population is 57,000 in the city and 92,000 throughout the greater metropolitan area. The city also has two casinos including a riverboat. Dubuque surprisingly has several facilities that could host an IBL franchise. The Five Flags Civic Center holds over 5,000 basketball […]
IBL appears headed for Corvallis
By Tony Shick
The Portland Tribune
After being involved with International Basketball League franchises in both Vancouver and Portland, Terrence Dickens has turned his attention to Corvallis.
Dickens, coach of the IBL Portland Chinooks and head of league operations, wants to own a franchise.
Dickens visited Corvallis on Thursday, attempting to contact the mayor as […]
The IBL League Commissioner and another League official traveled to several potiental IBL cities to gauge the interest of the community. One city they looked at was Corvallis, Oregon a city with around 50,000 residents. Media coverage of an IBL team is very important, and the Corvallis Gazette Times actually covered the scouting trip by […]
