Chicago Muscle
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The Chicago Muscle is a professional minor league basketball team in the Premier Basketball League
. The Muscle are set to begin play for the 2012 season. Based in Chicago
, Illinois
, the Muscle's home venue is Harper College
in Palatine
, Illinois
.
The Muscle plan to be the second PBL team to play out of Chicagoland
, following the Chicago Throwbacks
which played from 2008 until folding in 2009. In the planning stages, a team called the Chicago Aztecas was originally set to join, but they folded before tipping off.
Premier Basketball League
The Premier Basketball League, often abbreviated to the PBL, is a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States that began play in January 2008. The league had ten teams for the 2008 season and thirteen teams for the 2009 season. Nine teams from Canada and the United States...
. The Muscle are set to begin play for the 2012 season. Based in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, the Muscle's home venue is Harper College
Harper College
William Rainey Harper College is a comprehensive community college in Palatine, Illinois, United States. The college was established by referendum in 1965 and opened in September 1967. It is named for Dr. William Rainey Harper, a pioneer in the junior college movement in the United States and the...
in Palatine
Palatine
A palatine or palatinus is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
.
The Muscle plan to be the second PBL team to play out of Chicagoland
Chicagoland
The Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland as it is commonly called within the area, is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago, Illinois and its suburbs. It is the area that is closely linked to the city through social, economic, and cultural ties...
, following the Chicago Throwbacks
Chicago Throwbacks
The Chicago Throwbacks are a team of the Premier Basketball League that begin play in fall 2007. Their home arena is Attack Athletics on Chicago's West Side....
which played from 2008 until folding in 2009. In the planning stages, a team called the Chicago Aztecas was originally set to join, but they folded before tipping off.