Louisville Alumnites
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Louisville Alumnites were a team in the National Professional Basketball League (1950-1951), based in Louisville, Kentucky
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The Alumnites competed in the Eastern Division of the NPBL. They compiled a record of 18 wins and 17 losses (.514), and finished in second place in the Eastern Division behind the Sheboygan Redskins
(at 29-16, .644). The Alumnites were one of only three teams in the NPBL to finish with a winning record, the other two being Sheboygan and the Western Division's Waterloo Hawks
(32-24, .571).
The Alumnites actually folded before the season ended, a fate shared by the Grand Rapids Hornets, St. Paul Lights and Kansas City Hi-Spots.
After the demise of the Alumnites, professional basketball did not return to Louisville until the Kentucky Colonels
became a charter member of the American Basketball Association
in 1967.
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
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The Alumnites competed in the Eastern Division of the NPBL. They compiled a record of 18 wins and 17 losses (.514), and finished in second place in the Eastern Division behind the Sheboygan Redskins
Sheboygan Redskins
The Sheboygan Red Skins were a National Basketball League, National Basketball Association, National Professional Basketball League and professional independent team based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.- Barnstorming roots :...
(at 29-16, .644). The Alumnites were one of only three teams in the NPBL to finish with a winning record, the other two being Sheboygan and the Western Division's Waterloo Hawks
Waterloo Hawks
The Waterloo Hawks were a National Basketball League and National Basketball Association team based in Waterloo, Iowa. The Hawks remain the only sports franchise ever based in Iowa from any of the Big Four Leagues.- Franchise history :...
(32-24, .571).
The Alumnites actually folded before the season ended, a fate shared by the Grand Rapids Hornets, St. Paul Lights and Kansas City Hi-Spots.
After the demise of the Alumnites, professional basketball did not return to Louisville until the Kentucky Colonels
Kentucky Colonels
The Kentucky Colonels were a member of the American Basketball Association for all of the league's nine years. The name is derived from the historic Kentucky colonels. The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history, but the team did...
became a charter member of the American Basketball Association
American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976.-League history:...
in 1967.