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Pensacola Tornados Continental Basketball Association

Pensacola Tornados

The Pensacola Tornados were actually two separate Continental Basketball Association franchises that operated in the Florida panhandle in the late 1980’s and early 90’s. The first Tornados team arrived abruptly in December 1985, when Ted Stepien, owner of the CBA’s Toronto Tornados, yanked his team out of Ontario and moved it south one month in the 1985-86 season.

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1991-92 Birmingham Bandits Pocket Schedule from the Continental Basketball Association

Birmingham Bandits

The Birmingham Bandits reside in our One-Year Wonder file of doomed minor league basketball teams. Competitive on the court, the Continental Basketball Association club averaged just 1,093 fans per game at Bill Harris State Fair Arena during the winter of 1991-92. The franchise moved to Rochester, Minnesota prior to the 1992-93 CBA season.

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Rochester Renegades Basketball

Rochester Renegade(s)

We’re talking Rochester, Minnesota – not New York – for this early Nineties minor league hoops entry from the Continental Basketball Association. This was the CBA’s second go-round at Rochester’s Mayo Civic Center, following the equally short-lived Flyers (1987-1989). The Renegade were notable mainly for posting the worst record (6-50) in the long history of the CBA during their debut season in 1993-94. Rochester’s second season saw the addition of an ‘s’ to the team’s name and a remarkable change in fortune on the court as the team improved to 31-25 under former Minnesota T-Wolves chief Bill Musselman.

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