Kansas City Knights
Founded	2000
Team History	Kansas City Knights (2000–2006)
Arenas	Kemper Arena Kemper Arena Kemper Arena is a 19,500 seat indoor arena, in Kansas City, Missouri.It is named for R. Crosby Kemper Sr., a member of the powerful Kemper financial clan and who donated $3.2 million, from his estate for the arena... , Hale Arena Hale Arena Hale Arena is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Kansas City, Missouri. It was built in 1992 and was home to the Kansas City Knights basketball team after they moved from Kemper Arena in 2003. It was named in honor of H.D. "Joe" Hale and his wife Joyce for their financial contribution....
Team Colors	Purple, Green, Black, Silver and white
Championships	1
Division Titles	0
Owner	Jim Clark
Head Coach	NA
Cheerleaders	None
Mascot	Knight

The Kansas City Knights was the name of an American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association (21st century)

The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976...

 minor league basketball

Basketball

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 team based in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

. They have not played since the 2004/2005 season.

Founded: 2000

Team Owner: Jim Clark

Head Coach: Bob Sundvold

Home Arenas: Kemper Arena

Kemper Arena

Kemper Arena is a 19,500 seat indoor arena, in Kansas City, Missouri.It is named for R. Crosby Kemper Sr., a member of the powerful Kemper financial clan and who donated $3.2 million, from his estate for the arena...

, Hale Arena

Hale Arena

Hale Arena is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Kansas City, Missouri. It was built in 1992 and was home to the Kansas City Knights basketball team after they moved from Kemper Arena in 2003. It was named in honor of H.D. "Joe" Hale and his wife Joyce for their financial contribution....

Uniform colors:

ABA Championships: 2001-2002

Franchise History

The Knights were one of the ABA's charter franchises and began play during the 2000-01 season. In 2001-2002, the following season, the Knights posted a league best 35-5 record that year and ended up winning the ABA championship under head coach and University of Kansas

University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

 alumnus Kevin Pritchard

Kevin Pritchard

Kevin Lee Pritchard is a retired American professional basketball player.- College career :Pritchard played college basketball for the University of Kansas, where he was the starting point guard on the Jayhawks team that defeated the Oklahoma Sooners for the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball...

.

Soon after winning the title, the ABA took the year off to re-organize. The ABA then resumed play in the 2003-2004 season. The Knights competed in the ABA for the 2003-04 and the 2004-05 seasons before going dark for 2005-06. It was announced via a press release on the team's website that the team would suspend operations until a suburban arena was built in Johnson County, KS. The team intended to play at an interim location once ground was broken on the new arena, but plans for the arena remain in limbo and there has been no word from the team's owners since. However, operation of the youth developmental "Knights Academy" program is ongoing.

Since the Knights folded, several ABA teams have appeared and disappeared in the Kansas City area.
None of these teams are related to the Knights or have been as successful.

Season	Record	Result
2000–2001	24-17 (.585)
2001–2002	35-5 (.865)	Champions
2002–2003	ABA suspended operations
2003–2004	23-9 (.719)
2004–2005	17-8 (.680)
2005–2006	Took Year Off
Overall	99-39 (.717)

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