Fort Wayne Mad Ants
| Fort Wayne Mad Ants | ||
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| founding | 2007 | |
| Stadion | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | |
| Location | Fort Wayne (IN) | |
| Club colors | Carmine, black, yellow, white | |
| league | NBA G-League | |
| Head coach | Conner Henry | |
| owner | John D. Zeglis and Jeff Potter | |
| Championships | 2014 | |
| Conference title | 2014 | |
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The Fort Wayne Mad Ants are a basketball team of NBA G-League , in Fort Wayne , Indiana , is resident.
history
The fans could decide on the name of the franchise themselves . On the team's website, you had to choose between the four names Lightning , Fire , Coyotes and Mad Ants . On June 18, 2007 it was announced that the team was called Mad Ants . The name was given to the team in honor of Mad Anthony Wayne , the namesake of Fort Wayne . The Mad Ants play their games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum .
On July 5, 2007, it was announced that the Mad Ants would be the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers farm team . The Detroit Pistons in Fort Wayne , under their then name Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons , were founded by Fred Zollner by chance . On September 3, 2008, it was announced that the Mad Ants would also be a Milwaukee Bucks farm team for the 2008-2009 season . Finally, in 2012, the Charlotte Bobcats joined the NBA as the fourth partner team .
The most successful season in club history so far was the 2013/14 season, when the Mad Ants moved into the play-off final series of the G-League and with, among others, the German international Tim Ohlbrecht , who had his second G-League after changing clubs Championship in a row, where they could defeat the re-runner-up Santa Cruz Warriors . This was the first championship in their history for the Mad Ants. With the start of the 2014/15 season, the Mad Ants are the only G-League farm team that, as an independent franchise, does not yet have an exclusive agreement with a single NBA club, but instead acts as a cooperation partner for 13 clubs, which in turn are not yet exclusive Have signed an agreement with a G-League franchise.
Web links
- NBA Development League: Fort Wayne Mad Ants - Home on the websites of the NBA (English)
- Allen County War Memorial Coliseum - home page of the venue and home game venue