Louisville Shooters was a team from Louisville, Kentucky

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...

 that competed in the Global Basketball Association

Global Basketball Association

The Global Basketball Association was a minor league with various franchises in the United States. Teams were located throughout the South and Midwest...

 during its inaugural 1991-1992 season and three games into its second season.

The Louisville Shooters played their home games in the Louisville Gardens

Louisville Gardens

Louisville Gardens is a multi-purpose, 6,000 seat arena, in Louisville, Kentucky, that opened in 1905, as the Jefferson County Armory. It recently celebrated its 100th anniversary as city mayor Jerry Abramson's official "Family-Friendly New Years Eve" celebration location...

 and their team colors were red

Red

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 and gold

Gold

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The Shooters played through the GBL's first season and ended with a record of 35-29 (.547) which put them in second place in the Western Division, 7 games behind the Mid-Michigan Great Lakers. The Shooters advanced to the playoffs but forfeited to the Mid-Michigan Great Lakers in the first round due to financial problems. Louisville's Alfredrick Hughes

Alfredrick Hughes

Alfredrick Hughes is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round in the 1985 NBA Draft. A 6'5" shooting guard from Loyola University Chicago, Hughes played in only one NBA season...

 made the All GBA team. Former Ole Miss and American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association

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 star Johnny Neumann

Johnny Neumann

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 was the head coach.

The Shooters began the 1992-1993 season with three straight losses before disbanding in midseason (the only GBL team to fold during that season). They had previously signed Sean Woods

Sean Woods

Sean Woods is an American former basketball player who is currently serving as thehead coach of the Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball team. He had previously been an assistant coach at Texas Christian University....

The Shooters never returned to league play.