Continental Basketball Association (1979-1980)
Tombstone
Born: 1979 – CBA expansion franchise
Moved: Postseason 1980 (Atlantic City Hi Rollers)
First Game: November 17, 1979 (L 108-105 vs. Lancaster Red Roses)
Last Game: March 20, 1980 (W 128-101 vs. Maine Lumberjacks)
CBA Championships: None
Arena
Utica Memorial Auditorium (5,90011979-80 Continental Basketball Association Official Guide)
Opened: 1960
Marketing
Team Colors: Red, Black & White21979-80 Continental Basketball Association Official Guide)
Radio: WIBX (950 AM)
Broadcaster: Tim Roye
Ownership
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Background
The Utica Olympics were a short-lived minor league basketball team in upstate New York. The club existed for just a single season in the winter of 1979-80, competing in the Continental Basketball Association.
The Olympics finished in last place in the CBA’s Southern Division with a 15-31 record. Guard Andre McCarter led the CBA in assists (8.7 per game) in 1979-80 and was named a 2nd Team All-Star at season’s end.
Professional basketball has never returned to Utica since the Olympics’ demise in 1980.
Trivia
Tim Roye, who broadcast Olympics games on WIBX radio while a student a Utica College, went on to a long and distinguished sports broadcasting career. He has been the radio play-by-play voice of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors since 1995.
Utica Olympics Shop
CBA Logo T from Old School Shirts
Links
Continental Basketball Association Media Guides
Continental Basketball Association Programs
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