All-American Basketball Alliance

This article is about the league in existence from 1977–78. For the unrelated league of this name proposed in 2010, see All-American Basketball Alliance (2010).

The All-American Basketball Alliance was formed in 1977, with the intention of competing with the established Continental Basketball Association as the premier basketball minor league in the United States. Eight teams competed in the only season of the AABA, which consisted of forty games and ran from January 6, 1978 until February 2, 1978.

All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA)

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1977
First season	1977–78
Ceased	1978
No. of teams	8
Country	United States
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Last champion(s)	Rochester Zeniths (1st title)
Most titles	Rochester Zeniths (1 title)

Teams

The teams were divided into two divisions, shown below with their win–loss records at the time of dispersion.

North Division

• Rochester Zeniths (10–1)
• Kentucky Stallions (7–5)
• New York Guard (4–5)
• Indiana Wizards (0–8)

South Division

• Carolina Lightning (8–2)
• Georgia Titans (5–3)
• Richmond Virginians (3–8)
• West Virginia Wheels (3–8)

The Zeniths, with the best record in the league, went on to join the established Continental Basketball Association (CBA), which they won twice. Eddie Owens of the Zeniths scored the most points in the league with 282, while the Stallions' Bobby Wilson netted the most points per game with 26.6.

A number of phantom franchises were also signed up for the Alliance, but never actually played a game; these were:

• Alabama Aces
• Baton Rouge
• Carolina Dragons
• Indiana Impalas
• Massachusetts Rifles
• New York Greyhounds
• Ohio Orbits
• Rhode Island Devils
• Springfield
• Toronto
• Virginia Sailors

References

• History of the All-America Basketball Alliance, from apbr.org, contributed by John Duxbury and Shawn Oliver, retrieved February 1, 2006
• All-American Basketball Alliance 2004 from logoserver.com, retrieved February 1, 2006