Santa Barbara Breakers
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The Santa Barbara Breakers are a team that plays in the West Coast Pro Basketball League
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They team's maiden season began on April 13, 2007http://www.montecitojournal.net/archive/13/12/862/ in the International Basketball League
. The team featured several former NBA players, such as Toby Bailey
, Fred Vinson
, Samaki Walker
and Lamond Murray
. Their regular season record was 17-6 and they lost in the IBL West Division Championship to the eventual 2007 IBL Champion, Portland.
In 2008, the Breakers Organization switched over to the newly formed WCBL, and provided the league's inaugural season an 18-0 undefeated champion. Former UCSB shooting guard Josh Merrill was named the league's regular season and playoff MVP as a member of the Breakers after their championship game.
West Coast Pro Basketball League
The West Coast Professional Basketball League, often abbreviated to the WCBL, is an international professional men's spring basketball league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States and China.-Current clubs:...
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They team's maiden season began on April 13, 2007http://www.montecitojournal.net/archive/13/12/862/ in the International Basketball League
International Basketball League
The International Basketball League was a short lived professional basketball league in the United States. The IBL was headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The league started in 1999 and ended in 2001.-History:...
. The team featured several former NBA players, such as Toby Bailey
Toby Bailey
John Garfield "Toby" Bailey is an American professional basketball player.-College career:Bailey played four years of college basketball at UCLA, being part of the Bruins squad that won the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In the championship game against Arkansas, Bailey scored...
, Fred Vinson
Fred Vinson (basketball)
Frederick O'Neal Vinson is a retired American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA. At 6'4" and 190 lb he played guard....
, Samaki Walker
Samaki Walker
Samaki Ijuma Walker is an American professional basketball power forward and center. Walker played college basketball at the University of Louisville and was drafted in 1996 by the Dallas Mavericks, where he played until 1999...
and Lamond Murray
Lamond Murray
Lamond Maurice Murray is an American professional basketball player who last played with the NBA's New Jersey Nets. In 2009, Lamond Murray joined the Bahrain Basketball Association in Bahrain...
. Their regular season record was 17-6 and they lost in the IBL West Division Championship to the eventual 2007 IBL Champion, Portland.
In 2008, the Breakers Organization switched over to the newly formed WCBL, and provided the league's inaugural season an 18-0 undefeated champion. Former UCSB shooting guard Josh Merrill was named the league's regular season and playoff MVP as a member of the Breakers after their championship game.