United States Basketball League
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| sport | basketball |
| abbreviation | USBL |
| League foundation | 1985 |
| League dissolution | 2008 |
| Teams | 6th |
| Country countries |
 United States
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| Title holder | Kansas Cagerz |
The United States Basketball League ( USBL ) was a professional basketball league in the United States . The league was founded in 1985 and ran a championship every year until its dissolution, with the exception of the 1989 season. The last champions were the Kansas Cagerz , who won the final on July 1, 2007.
League rules
The same rules as those of the NBA apply to the course of a game. There are also some provisions such as B .:
- The United States Basketball League runs from late April to late June so that the summer leagues (such as those of the NBA) do not coincide with the USBL season.
- Each team must have at least two rookies (newcomers) in their ranks.
- A draft for young talents is held every year
Teams of the 2007 season
The USBL originally began with ten teams, which were divided into two divisions of five teams each. But with the failure of the New Jersey Meteors , Delaware Stars and Jackson Wildcats (and the brief failure of Long Island PrimeTime ) the league was divided into a single division.
Only six clubs finished the 2007 season:
USBL champions
- Year Champion, score runner-up, score
- 1985: Springfield Fame (19-6), Won regular season, No Playoffs
- 1986: Tampa Bay Flash (22-8), Won regular season, No playoffs
- 1987: Miami Tropics 103 Rhode Island Gulls 99
- 1988: New Haven Skyhawks 134 Palm Beach Stingrays 126
- 1989: USBL Suspended Operations
- 1990: Jacksonville Hooters (15-1) Won regular season, No Playoffs
- 1991: Philadelphia Spirit 110 Miami Tropics 108
- 1992: Miami Tropics 116 Philadelphia Spirit 114
- 1993: Miami Tropics 139 Westchester Stallions 127
- 1994: Jacksonville Hooters 117 Atlanta Trojans 109
- 1995: Florida Sharks 109 Atlanta Trojans 104
- 1996: Florida Sharks 118 Atlantic City Seagulls 115
- 1997: Atlantic City Seagulls 114 Long Island Surf 112
- 1998: Atlantic City Seagulls 100 Long Island Surf 96
- 1999: Atlantic City Seagulls 83 Connecticut Skyhawks 77
- 2000: Dodge City Legend 89 Oklahoma Storm 86
- 2001: Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs 100 Dodge City Legend 91
- 2002: Oklahoma Storm 122 Kansas Cagerz 109
- 2003: Dodge City Legend 97 Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs 96
- 2004: Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs 118 Brooklyn Kings 116
- 2005: Dodge City Legend 97 Kansas Cagerz 84
- 2006: Nebraska Cranes 100 Dodge City Legend 92
- 2007: Kansas Cagerz 95 Brooklyn Kings 92