Short-lived minor league basketball franchise that made its home in Rochester, Minnesota, not New York. The Rochester Flyers posted losing seasons in both years of operation, including a last place 16-38 record in the Continental Basketball Association season during the 1988-89 season. The team moved to Omaha, Nebraska following that last place campaign.
Continental Basketball Association (1987-1995) Born: March 16, 1987 – The Tampa Bay Thrillers relocate to Rapid City, SD Moved: July 18, 1995 (Florida Beachdogs) First Game: Last Game:
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.
The Charleston Gunners were a West Virginia-based minor league basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association from 1986 to 1989. In three years, the Gunners never finished with a winning record and they posted a CBA-record 17-game losing streak during the 1987-88 season.. The franchise was sold off and moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1989.
The Mississippi Jets were a chaotic, Biloxi-based minor league basketball team that played parts of two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association in 1987 and 1988. The team’s dysfunction encompassed the front office, headed by the notorious and disruptive former Cleveland Cavaliers owner Ted Stepien, and several talented but troubled scoring stars on the Jets’ roster. The team moved to Wichita Falls, Texas in 1988.
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