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This is the year to year membership and makeup of the [[Premier Basketball League]], including league divisional alignment and the circumstances of teams no longer in the league.
This is the year-to-year membership and makeup of the [[Premier Basketball League]], including league divisional alignment and the circumstances of teams no longer in the league.


==Alignments==
==Alignments==

===2008===
===2008===
{| class=wikitable
{{Table
! East Division!!West Division
|type= class=wikitable
|-
|hdrs=East Division!!West Division
|row1=[[Jacksonville JAM]]/<br/>[[Jacksonville SLAM]]{{!!}}[[Arkansas Impact]]
| [[Jacksonville JAM]]/<br/>[[Jacksonville SLAM]] || [[Arkansas Impact]]
|-
|row2=[[Maryland Nighthawks]]{{!!}}[[Chicago Throwbacks]]
| [[Maryland Nighthawks]] || [[Chicago Throwbacks]]
|row3=[[Reading Railers]]{{!!}}[[Dallas Defenders]]
|-
|row4=[[Rochester Razorsharks]]{{!!}}[[Quad City Riverhawks]]
| [[Reading Railers]] || [[Dallas Defenders]]
|row5=[[Wilmington Sea Dawgs]]{{!!}}[[Rockford Fury]]
|-
}}
| [[Rochester Razorsharks]] || [[Quad City Riverhawks]]
|-
| [[Wilmington Sea Dawgs]] || [[Rockford Fury]]
|}

===2009===
===2009===
{| class=wikitable
{{Table
! Atlantic Division!!East Division!!Midwest Division
|type= class=wikitable
|-
|hdrs=Atlantic Division!!East Division!!Midwest Division
|row1=[[Halifax Rainmen]]{{!!}}[[Augusta Groove]]{{!!}}[[Battle Creek Knights]]
| [[Halifax Rainmen]] || [[Augusta Groove]] || [[Battle Creek Knights]]
|-
|row2=[[Manchester Millrats]]{{!!}}[[Buffalo Stampede]]{{!!}}[[Chicago Throwbacks]]
| [[Manchester Millrats]] || [[Buffalo Stampede]] || [[Chicago Throwbacks]]
|row3=[[Montreal Sasquatch]]{{!!}}[[Rochester Razorsharks]]{{!!}}[[Detroit Panthers]]
|-
|row4=[[Quebec Kebs]]{{!!}}[[Wilmington Sea Dawgs]]{{!!}}[[Mid-Michigan Destroyers]]
| [[Montreal Sasquatch]] || [[Rochester Razorsharks]] || [[Detroit Panthers (PBL)|Detroit Panthers]]
|row5=[[Vermont Frost Heaves]]{{!!}}{{!!}}
|-
}}
| [[Quebec Kebs]] || [[Wilmington Sea Dawgs]] || [[Mid-Michigan Destroyers]]
|-
| [[Vermont Frost Heaves]] || ||
|}


===2010===
===2010===
{| class=wikitable
{{Table
! Premier Basketball League
|type= class=wikitable
|-
|hdrs=Premier Basketball League
|row1=[[Buffalo Stampede]]
| [[Buffalo Stampede]]
|-
|row2=[[Halifax Rainmen]]
| [[Halifax Rainmen]]
|row3=[[Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry]]
|-
|row4=[[Manchester Millrats]]
| [[Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry]]
|row5=[[Maryland GreenHawks]]
|-
|row6=[[Capitanes de Arecibo|Puerto Rico Capitanes]]
| [[Saint John Mill Rats]]
|row7=[[Quebec Kebs]]
|-
|row8=[[Rochester Razorsharks]]
| [[Maryland GreenHawks]]
|row9=[[Vermont Frost Heaves]]
|-
}}
| [[Capitanes de Arecibo|Puerto Rico Capitanes]]
|-
| [[Quebec Kebs]]
|-
| [[Rochester Razorsharks]]
|-
| [[Vermont Frost Heaves]]
|}

===2011===
===2011===
{| class=wikitable
{{Table
! East Division || West Division
|type= class=wikitable
|-
|hdrs=East Division{{!!}}West Division
|row1=[[Halifax Rainmen]]{{!!}}[[Bluegrass Stallions]]
| [[Halifax Rainmen]] || [[Bluegrass Stallions]]
|-
|row2=[[Quebec Kebs]]{{!!}}[[Dayton Air Strikers]]
| [[Quebec Kebs]] || [[Dayton Air Strikers]]
|row3=[[Saint John Mill Rats]]{{!!}}[[Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry]]
|-
|row4=[[Vermont Frost Heaves]]*{{!!}}[[Rochester Razorsharks]]
| [[Saint John Mill Rats]] || [[Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry]]
}}
|-
*The Frost Heaves folded partway through the 2011 season.
| [[Vermont Frost Heaves]]* || [[Rochester Razorsharks]]
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>The Frost Heaves folded partway through the 2011 season.

===2012===
{| class=wikitable
! Eastern Division!!Central Division
|-
| [[Charleston Gunners]] || [[Central Illinois Drive]]
|-
| [[Dayton Air Strikers]] || [[Chicago Muscle]]
|-
| [[Lake Michigan Admirals]] || [[Indiana Diesels]]
|-
| [[Rochester Razorsharks]] || [[Northwest Indiana Stars]]
|-
| [[Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Steamers|Scranton/Wilkes-<br/>Barre Steamers]] || [[Sauk Valley Predators]]
|-
| &nbsp; || St. Louis Phoenix
|}


==Defunct Teams/Failed Expansion==
==Defunct Teams/Failed Expansion==
*[[Arkansas Impact]]<ref name="teams" />
*[[Arkansas Impact]]<ref name="teams" /> (2008)
*[[Augusta Groove]]<ref name="end">{{citation | url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/03/nba_554304.shtml | title=Augusta loses its Groove | last=Byler | first=Billy | publisher=[[Augusta Chronicle]] | date=2009-11-03 | accessdate=2009-11-04}}</ref>
*[[Augusta Groove]]<ref name="end">{{citation | url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/03/nba_554304.shtml | title=Augusta loses its Groove | last=Byler | first=Billy | publisher=[[Augusta Chronicle]] | date=2009-11-03 | access-date=2009-11-04}}</ref> (2008-09)
*Bridgeport, Connecticut<ref name=bri>{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3474612 | title = Premier Basketball League heads to Las Vegas for SGMA show | accessdate = 2008-05-20 | date = 2007-05-23 | publisher = Our Sports Central }}</ref>
*Bridgeport, Connecticut<ref name=bri>{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3474612 | title = Premier Basketball League heads to Las Vegas for SGMA show | access-date = 2008-05-20 | date = 2007-05-23 | publisher = Our Sports Central }}</ref>
*[[Buffalo Stampede (PBL)|Buffalo Dragons]] - sold to the management of the [[Buffalo Sharks]] of the [[American Basketball Association (2000–)|ABA]] to form the [[Buffalo Stampede (PBL)|Buffalo Stampede]].<ref name = merge>{{citation | url = http://www.buffalonews.com/291/story/442767.html | title = Teams merge to form Stampede | last = McKissic | first = Rodney | publisher = [[The Buffalo News]] | date = 2008-09-19 | accessdate = 2008-09-19 }}</ref>
*[[Buffalo Stampede (PBL)|Buffalo Dragons]] (2008-10) - sold to the management of the [[Buffalo Sharks]] of the [[American Basketball Association (2000–)|ABA]] to form the [[Buffalo Stampede (PBL)|Buffalo Stampede]].<ref name = merge>{{citation | url = http://www.buffalonews.com/291/story/442767.html | title = Teams merge to form Stampede | last = McKissic | first = Rodney | publisher = [[The Buffalo News]] | date = 2008-09-19 | access-date = 2008-09-19 }}</ref>
*Chicago Aztecas <ref name="azt">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3549692 | title = Maryland Nighthawks Announce 2008 Regular Season Schedule | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2007-10-17 | accessdate = 2009-07-29}}</ref>
*Chicago Aztecas<ref name="azt">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3549692 | title = Maryland Nighthawks Announce 2008 Regular Season Schedule | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2007-10-17 | access-date = 2009-07-29}}</ref>
*[[Chicago Throwbacks]]
*[[Chicago Throwbacks]] (2008-09)
*[[Dallas Defenders]] - ownership revoked mid-season,<ref name="dal1">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3591633 | title = Dallas Defenders Cease Operations In PBL | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-02-11 | accessdate = 2009-07-29}}</ref> replaced by league-run replacement,<ref name="dal2">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3595296 | title = PBL at the Halfway Pole | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-02-20 | accessdate = 2009-07-29 | last = Munson | first = Chris}}</ref> folded when no outside owner could be found
*[[Dallas Defenders]] (2008) - ownership revoked mid-season,<ref name="dal1">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3591633 | title = Dallas Defenders Cease Operations In PBL | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-02-11 | access-date = 2009-07-29}}</ref> replaced by league-run replacement,<ref name="dal2">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3595296 | title = PBL at the Halfway Pole | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-02-20 | access-date = 2009-07-29 | last = Munson | first = Chris}}</ref> folded when no outside owner could be found
*[[Detroit Panthers]]
*[[Detroit Panthers (PBL)|Detroit Panthers]] (2008-09)
*[[Jacksonville JAM]] - expelled by league, searching for other options<ref name=jam>{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3588882 | title = Premier Basketball League Takes Over Operations In Jacksonville | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-02-04 | accessdate = 2008-02-05 }}</ref>
*[[Jacksonville JAM]] - expelled by league<ref name=jam>{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3588882 | title = Premier Basketball League Takes Over Operations In Jacksonville | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-02-04 | access-date = 2008-02-05 }}</ref>
*[[Jacksonville SLAM]] - league-run replacement for JAM, folded when no outside owner could be found <ref name="teams">{{citation | url=http://www.thepbl.com | title=teams | publisher=thepbl.com | accessdate=2010-05-28}}</ref>
*[[Jacksonville SLAM]] (2008) - league-run replacement for JAM; folded when no outside owner could be found<ref name="teams">{{citation | url=http://www.thepbl.com/ | title=teams | publisher=thepbl.com | access-date=2010-05-28 | archive-date=2012-01-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127081726/http://www.thepbl.com/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry]]-(2009-11) left after losing in the controversial 2011 PBL Finals. Suspended operations.<ref name=lfsBye>{{citation | title = Cavs fall to RazorSharks in PBL Finals | url = http://www.swoknews.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=84&ArticleID=34176&TM=13843 | publisher = [[Lawton Constitution]] | date = 2011-04-19 | access-date = 2011-04-19 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110419185724/http://swoknews.com/main.asp?SectionID=7 | archive-date = 2011-04-19 }}</ref>
*[[Las Vegas Thunderbirds]] - Announced but never played a game.
*[[Mid-Michigan Destroyers]]<ref name="teams" />
*[[Mid-Michigan Destroyers]]<ref name="teams" /> (2009)
*[[Montreal Sasquatch]]<ref name="teams" />
*[[Montreal Sasquatch]]<ref name="teams" /> (2009)
*[[Pee Dee Vipers]] (2014)
*[[Quad City Riverhawks]]<ref name="teams" />
*Philadelphia Flight (2014)
*[[Reading Railers]]<ref name="teams" />
*[[Quad City Riverhawks]]<ref name="teams" /> (2007-08)
*[[Rockford Fury]] - folded when the PBL instituted a "one team per owner" rule <ref>{{citation | title = Fury Finished | publisher = MyStateline.com | date = 2008-08-08 | accessdate = 2010-10-12 | url = http://mystateline.com/search-fulltext?nxd_id=18671 }}</ref>
*[[Reading Railers]]<ref name="teams" /> (2007-08)
*Southeast Asian All-Stars - previously announced by PBL, have not been heard from since and not on official website's team roster.<ref name="sea">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3624368 | title = Southeast Asian All-Star Team to Join the Premier Basketball League | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-04-16 | accessdate = 2009-07-29}}</ref>
*[[Rockford Fury]] (2007-08) - folded when the PBL instituted a "one team per owner" rule<ref>{{citation | title = Fury Finished | publisher = MyStateline.com | date = 2008-08-08 | access-date = 2010-10-12 | url = http://mystateline.com/search-fulltext?nxd_id=18671 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714144750/http://mystateline.com/search-fulltext?nxd_id=18671 | archive-date = 2011-07-14 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*Toronto Lazers - PBL announced a Toronto expansion team but the team did not join the league for the 2009 season. No update from the league on their status.<ref name="tor">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3625019 | title = Toronto Lazers Join Premier Basketball League | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-04-17 | accessdate = 2009-07-29}}</ref>
*[[Vermont Frost Heaves]] - folded from lack of funds.<ref name=vfold>{{citation | title=Vermont Frost Heaves hoops team folds | url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110126/NEWS02/110126028/Vermont-Frost-Heaves-hoops-team-folds | publisher=[[Burlington Free Press]] | date=2011-01-26 | accessdate=2011-01-26}}</ref>
*Southeast Asian All-Stars - announced by PBL, have not been heard from since and not on official website's team roster.<ref name="sea">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3624368 | title = Southeast Asian All-Star Team to Join the Premier Basketball League | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-04-16 | access-date = 2009-07-29}}</ref>
*Toronto Lazers - PBL announced a Toronto expansion team but the team did not join the league for the 2009 season. No update from the league on their status.<ref name="tor">{{citation | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3625019 | title = Toronto Lazers Join Premier Basketball League | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2008-04-17 | access-date = 2009-07-29}}</ref>
*[[Vermont Frost Heaves]] (2009-11) - folded from lack of funds.<ref name="vfold">{{citation | title=Vermont Frost Heaves hoops team folds | url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110126/NEWS02/110126028/Vermont-Frost-Heaves-hoops-team-folds | publisher=[[Burlington Free Press]] | date=2011-01-26 | access-date=2011-01-26 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Teams that left the PBL for another league==
==Teams that left the PBL for another league==
* [[Battle Creek Knights]] - rejoined [[International Basketball League]]<ref name=bckq>{{citation | title= Knights to sit out next year | url= http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20090703/SPORTS/907030318/1006/Knights-to-sit-out-next-year | publisher=Battle Creek Enquirer | last=Broderick | first=Bill | date=2009-07-03 | accessdate=2009-09-07 }}</ref>
* [[Battle Creek Knights]] - rejoined [[International Basketball League]]<ref name=bckq>{{citation | title= Knights to sit out next year | url= http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20090703/SPORTS/907030318/1006/Knights-to-sit-out-next-year | publisher=Battle Creek Enquirer | last=Broderick | first=Bill | date=2009-07-03 | access-date=2009-09-07 }}</ref>
* [[Bluegrass Stallions]]- left under unspecified circumstances.<ref name=chasepost>{{citation | url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/boards/showthread.php?p=151365 | title=Stallions | last=Chase | first=Tony | publisher=[[Our Sports Central]] | date=2011-04-19 | accessdate = 2011-04-19}}</ref>
* [[Bluegrass Stallions]]- left under unspecified circumstances.<ref name=chasepost>{{citation | url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/boards/showthread.php?p=151365 | title=Stallions | last=Chase | first=Tony | publisher=[[Our Sports Central]] | date=2011-04-19 | access-date=2011-04-19 | archive-date=2012-10-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008090930/http://www.oursportscentral.com/boards/showthread.php?p=151365 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Buffalo Stampede]] - removed by the league for failure to adhere to operating standards<ref name=byePBL>{{citation | title=Premier Basketball League Reorganizes | url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4015785 | publisher=[[Our Sports Central]] | date=2010-05-24 |accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref>, joined [[Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League]] <ref name="ACPBL">{{citation | title = Buffalo Stampede Join the ACPBL | publisher = [[Our Sports Central]] | date = 2010-08-10 | accessdate = 2010-08-10 | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4068348 }}</ref>
* [[Buffalo Stampede]] - removed by the league for failure to adhere to operating standards,<ref name=byePBL>{{citation | title=Premier Basketball League Reorganizes | url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4015785 | publisher=[[Our Sports Central]] | date=2010-05-24 |access-date=2010-05-24}}</ref> joined [[Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League]]<ref name="ACPBL">{{citation | title = Buffalo Stampede Join the ACPBL | publisher = [[Our Sports Central]] | date = 2010-08-10 | access-date = 2010-08-10 | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4068348 }}</ref>
* [[Capitanes de Arecibo]] - rejoined [[Baloncesto Superior Nacional]]
* [[Capitanes de Arecibo]] - rejoined [[Baloncesto Superior Nacional]]
* [[Dayton Air Strikers]] - joined [[International Basketball League]] <ref>{{citation | url = http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/air-strikers-to-play-eight-games-in-ibl-1136673.html | title = Air Strikers to play eight games in IBL | publisher = [[Dayton Daily News]] | date = | accessdate = 2011-04-19}}</ref>
* [[Dayton Air Strikers]]-(2011-12) joined [[International Basketball League]],<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/air-strikers-to-play-eight-games-in-ibl-1136673.html | title = Air Strikers to play eight games in IBL | publisher = [[Dayton Daily News]] | access-date = 2011-04-19}}</ref> returned to PBL for 2012 season<ref name="strikeback">{{citation | title = PBL Welcomes Back Dayton Air Strikers | publisher = [[Our Sports Central]] | date = 2011-07-18 | access-date = 2011-08-15 | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4253169 }}</ref>
* [[Halifax Rainmen]] - left after controversial 2011 playoffs. <ref name=hrBye>{{citation | title = Halifax Rainmen Exit Premier Basketball League | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4187405 | publisher = [[Our Sports Central]] | date = 2011-04-18 | accessdate = 2011-04-19}}</ref>
* [[Halifax Rainmen]] (2009-11) - left after controversial 2011 playoffs for [[National Basketball League of Canada]].<ref name=hrBye>{{citation | title = Halifax Rainmen Exit Premier Basketball League | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4187405 | publisher = [[Our Sports Central]] | date = 2011-04-18 | access-date = 2011-04-19}}</ref>
* [[Louisiana Soul|Lafayette Legends]] - announced, never played a PBL game. Joined [[Independent Basketball Association]] (also never played).
* [[Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry]] - left after controversial 2011 PBL Finals, in which they were the losing team. <ref name=lfsBye>{{citation | title = Cavs fall to RazorSharks in PBL Finals | url = http://www.swoknews.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=84&ArticleID=34176&TM=13843 | publisher = [[Lawton Constitution]] | date = 2011-04-19 | accessdate = 2011-04-19}}</ref>
* [[Maryland GreenHawks]] - joined [[Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League]] as [[Washington GreenHawks]],<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.acpbl.com/latest-news/34-greenhawks-move-to-nations-capital-and-join-acpbl.html | title = GreenHawks Move To Nations Capitol and Join ACPBL! | accessdate = 2010-08-20 }}</ref> folded.
* [[Maryland GreenHawks]] (2007-09) - joined [[Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League]] as [[Washington GreenHawks]],<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.acpbl.com/latest-news/34-greenhawks-move-to-nations-capital-and-join-acpbl.html | title = GreenHawks Move To Nations Capitol and Join ACPBL! | access-date = 2010-08-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110707080929/http://www.acpbl.com/latest-news/34-greenhawks-move-to-nations-capital-and-join-acpbl.html | archive-date = 2011-07-07 | url-status = dead }}</ref> folded.
* [[Minnesota Ripknees]] - returned to [[American Basketball Association (2000–)|American Basketball Association]],<ref name=rip1>{{citation| title = Premiere Basketball League Wishes Ripknees the best | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2007-10-23 | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3551789 | accessdate = 2009-02-10}}</ref> folded shortly afterward.<ref name=rip2>{{citation | title = Frustrations mount in ABA | last = Reeths | first = Paul | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3578849 | publisher = Our Sports Central | accessdate = 2008-01-21 | date = 2008-01-18}}</ref>
* [[Minnesota Ripknees]] (2007) - returned to [[American Basketball Association (2000–)|American Basketball Association]],<ref name=rip1>{{citation| title = Premiere Basketball League Wishes Ripknees the best | publisher = Our Sports Central | date = 2007-10-23 | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3551789 | access-date = 2009-02-10}}</ref> folded shortly afterward.<ref name=rip2>{{citation | title = Frustrations mount in ABA | last = Reeths | first = Paul | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3578849 | publisher = Our Sports Central | access-date = 2008-01-21 | date = 2008-01-18}}</ref>
* [[Quebec Kebs]] - left after controversial 2011 playoffs <ref name=quBye>{{citation | title = Les Kebs quittent la PBL | url = http://www.quebechebdo.com/Sports/Basketball/2011-04-19/article-2439938/Les-Kebs-quittent-la-PBL/1 | publisher = Québec Hebdo | date = 2011-04-19 | accessdate = 2011-04-19 | last = Martel | first = Thais }}</ref>
* [[Quebec Kebs]] (2009-11) - left after controversial 2011 playoffs for [[National Basketball League of Canada]]<ref name=quBye>{{citation | title = Les Kebs quittent la PBL | url = http://www.quebechebdo.com/Sports/Basketball/2011-04-19/article-2439938/Les-Kebs-quittent-la-PBL/1 | publisher = Québec Hebdo | date = 2011-04-19 | access-date = 2011-04-19 | last = Martel | first = Thais | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120908044416/http://www.quebechebdo.com/Sports/Basketball/2011-04-19/article-2439938/Les-Kebs-quittent-la-PBL/1 | archive-date = 2012-09-08 }}</ref>
* Racine Storm (2014-16) - played three games in 2016 before leaving PBL; ceasing operations
* [[Saint John Mill Rats]] - left after controversial 2011 playoffs. <ref name=sjBye>{{citation | title = Saint John Mill Rats Disassociate from PBL | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4187310 | publisher = [[Our Sports Central]] | date = 2011-04-18 | accessdate = 2011-04-19}}</ref>
* [[Wilmington Sea Dawgs]] - joined [[Continental Basketball League]]<ref name=dawgs>{{citation | url=http://capefearbusiness.com/?p=2872 | title=Sea Dawgs Join Continental Basketball League | publisher=Cape Fear Business News | date=2009-11-03 | accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>
* [[Saint John Mill Rats]] (2009-11) - left after controversial 2011 playoffs for [[National Basketball League of Canada]]<ref name=sjBye>{{citation | title = Saint John Mill Rats Disassociate from PBL | url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4187310 | publisher = [[Our Sports Central]] | date = 2011-04-18 | access-date = 2011-04-19}}</ref>


==Timeline==
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bar:2 color:barcolor from:01/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Chicago Throwbacks]] (2007-2008)
bar:2 color:barcolor from:12/01/2007 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Chicago Throwbacks]] (2007-2008)
bar:3 color:barcolor from:01/01/2007 till:end text:[[Rochester Razorsharks]] (2007-Present)
bar:2 color:barcolor from:07/14/2011 till:04/11/2011 text:[[Chicago Muscle]] (2011-2012)
bar:4 color:barcolor from:01/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Reading Railers]] (2007-2008)
bar:2 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Chicago Redline]] (2012-2013)
bar:5 color:barcolor from:01/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Quad City Riverhawks]] (2007-2008)
bar:2 color:barcolor from:12/01/2013 till:04/11/2014 text:[[Chicago Tide]] (2013-2014)
bar:6 color:barcolor from:01/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Rockford Fury]] (2007-2008)
bar:3 color:barcolor from:12/01/2007 till:end text:[[Rochester Razorsharks]] (2007-Present)
bar:7 color:barcolor from:01/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Maryland Nighthawks]] (2007-2010)
bar:4 color:barcolor from:12/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Reading Railers]] (2007-2008)
bar:7 color:barcolor from:01/01/2010 till:04/01/2010 text:[[Maryland GreenHawks]] (2010)
bar:5 color:barcolor from:12/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Quad City Riverhawks]] (2007-2008)
bar:8 color:barcolor from:01/01/2007 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Wilmington Sea Dawgs]] (2007-2009)
bar:6 color:barcolor from:12/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Rockford Fury]] (2007-2008)
bar:9 color:barcolor from:01/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Dallas Defenders]] (2007-2008)
bar:7 color:barcolor from:12/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Maryland Nighthawks]] (2007-2008)
bar:10 color:barcolor from:01/01/2007 till:02/04/2008 text:[[Jacksonville JAM]] (2007-2008)
bar:7 color:barcolor from:12/01/2009 till:04/01/2010 text:[[Maryland GreenHawks]] (2008-2009)
bar:8 color:barcolor from:12/01/2007 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Wilmington Sea Dawgs]] (2007-2009)
bar:9 color:barcolor from:12/01/2007 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Dallas Defenders]] (2007-2008)
bar:10 color:barcolor from:12/01/2007 till:02/04/2008 text:[[Jacksonville JAM]] (2007-2008)
bar:11 color:barcolor from:02/04/2008 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Jacksonville SLAM]] (2008)
bar:11 color:barcolor from:02/04/2008 till:04/01/2008 text:[[Jacksonville SLAM]] (2008)
bar:12 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:04/18/2011 text:[[Halifax Rainmen]] (2008-2011)
bar:12 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:04/18/2011 text:[[Halifax Rainmen]] (2008-2011)
bar:13 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:06/21/2010 text:[[Manchester Millrats]] (2008-2010)
bar:13 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:06/21/2010 text:[[Manchester Millrats]] (2008-2010)
bar:13 color:barcolor from:06/21/2010 till:04/18/2011 text:[[Saint John Mill Rats]](2010-2011)
bar:13 color:barcolor from:06/21/2010 till:04/18/2011 text:[[Saint John Mill Rats]](2010-2011)
bar:14 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:04/19/2011 text:[[Quebec Kebs]] (2008-2011)
bar:14 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:04/19/2011 text:[[Quebec Kebs]] (2008-2011)
bar:15 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Montreal Sasquatch]] (2008-2009)
bar:15 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:02/01/2009 text:[[Montreal Sasquatch]] (2008-2009)
bar:16 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:01/26/2011 text:[[Vermont Frost Heaves]] (2008-2011)
bar:16 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:01/26/2011 text:[[Vermont Frost Heaves]] (2008-2011)
bar:17 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Augusta Groove]] (2008-2009)
bar:17 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Augusta Groove]] (2008-2009)
bar:18 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Battle Creek Knights]] (2008-2009)
bar:18 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Battle Creek Knights]] (2008-2009)
bar:19 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Detroit Panthers]] (2008-2009)
bar:19 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Detroit Panthers (PBL)|Detroit Panthers]] (2008-2009)
bar:20 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:04/01/2009 text:[[Mid-Michigan Destroyers]] (2008-2009)
bar:20 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:02/01/2009 text:[[Mid-Michigan Destroyers]] (2008-2009)
bar:21 color:barcolor from:04/01/2008 till:04/01/2010 text:[[Buffalo Stampede]] (2008-2010)
bar:21 color:barcolor from:12/01/2008 till:04/01/2010 text:[[Buffalo Stampede]] (2008-2010)
bar:22 color:barcolor from:01/01/2010 till:04/01/2010 text:[[Capitanes de Arecibo | Puerto Rico Capitanes]] (2010)
bar:21 color:barcolor from:12/01/2013 till:04/01/2015 text:[[Buffalo 716ers]] (2013-2015)
bar:23 color:barcolor from:01/01/2010 till:04/19/2011 text:[[Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry]] (2010-2011)
bar:22 color:barcolor from:12/01/2009 till:04/01/2010 text:[[Capitanes de Arecibo | Puerto Rico Capitanes]] (2010)
bar:24 color:barcolor from:08/10/2010 till:04/11/2011 text:[[Bluegrass Stallions]] (2010–2011)
bar:23 color:barcolor from:12/01/2009 till:04/19/2011 text:[[Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry]] (2010-2011)
bar:25 color:barcolor from:09/15/2010 till:04/11/2011 text:[[Dayton Air Strikers]] (2010-2011)
bar:24 color:barcolor from:12/01/2010 till:04/11/2011 text:[[Bluegrass Stallions]] (2010–2011)
bar:25 color:barcolor from:12/01/2010 till:04/11/2012 text:[[Dayton Air Strikers]] (2010-2012)
bar:26 color:barcolor from:07/07/2011 till:04/11/2012 text:[[Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Steamers]] (2011-present)
bar:27 color:barcolor from:10/13/2011 till:04/11/2012 text:[[St. Louis Phoenix]] (2011-present)
bar:28 color:barcolor from:07/26/2011 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Sauk Valley Predators]] (2011-present)
bar:29 color:barcolor from:08/24/2011 till:04/11/2012 text:[[Charleston Gunners]] (2011-2012)
bar:29 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[West Virginia Miners]] (2012-2013)
bar:30 color:barcolor from:09/15/2011 till:04/11/2012 text:[[Northwest Indiana Stars]] (2011-2012)
bar:31 color:barcolor from:09/21/2011 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Lake Michigan Admirals]] (2011-2015)
bar:32 color:barcolor from:09/23/2011 till:04/11/2012 text:[[Central Illinois Drive]] (2011-2012)
bar:32 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2014 text:[[Bloomington Flex]] (2012-2014)
bar:33 color:barcolor from:10/12/2011 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Indiana Diesels]] (2011-2015)
bar:34 color:barcolor from:10/13/2011 till:04/11/2012 text:[[St. Louis Phoenix]] (2011-2012)
bar:34 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[St. Louis Trotters]] (2012-2013)
bar:35 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Kankakee County Soldiers]] (2012-2013)
bar:36 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Kenosha Ballers]] (2012-2013)
bar:37 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Lansing Capitals]] (2012-2013)
bar:38 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Gary Splash]] (2012-2013)
bar:39 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Holland Dream]] (2012-2013)
bar:40 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Springfield Xpress]] (2012-2013)
bar:41 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Lake County Stars]] (2012-2013)
bar:42 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[New Jersey G-Force]] (2012-2013)
bar:43 color:barcolor from:12/01/2012 till:04/11/2013 text:[[Albany Legends]] (2012-2013)
bar:44 color:barcolor from:12/01/2013 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Carolina Pee Dee Vipers]] (2013-2015)
bar:45 color:barcolor from:12/01/2013 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Lynchburg Titans]] (2013-2015)
bar:46 color:barcolor from:12/01/2013 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Erie Hurricane]] (2013-2015)
bar:47 color:barcolor from:12/01/2013 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Ohio Lima Express]] (2013-2015)
bar:48 color:barcolor from:12/01/2014 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Philadelphia Flight]] (2014-2015)
bar:49 color:barcolor from:12/01/2014 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Racine Storm]] (2014-2015)
bar:50 color:barcolor from:12/01/2014 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Danville Riverhawks]] (2014-2015)
bar:51 color:barcolor from:12/01/2014 till:04/11/2015 text:[[Grand Rapids Cyclones]] (2014-2015)


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Latest revision as of 05:13, 15 August 2024

This is the year-to-year membership and makeup of the Premier Basketball League, including league divisional alignment and the circumstances of teams no longer in the league.

Alignments

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2008

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East Division West Division
Jacksonville JAM/
Jacksonville SLAM		 Arkansas Impact
Maryland Nighthawks Chicago Throwbacks
Reading Railers Dallas Defenders
Rochester Razorsharks Quad City Riverhawks
Wilmington Sea Dawgs Rockford Fury

2009

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Atlantic Division East Division Midwest Division
Halifax Rainmen Augusta Groove Battle Creek Knights
Manchester Millrats Buffalo Stampede Chicago Throwbacks
Montreal Sasquatch Rochester Razorsharks Detroit Panthers
Quebec Kebs Wilmington Sea Dawgs Mid-Michigan Destroyers
Vermont Frost Heaves

2010

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Premier Basketball League
Buffalo Stampede
Halifax Rainmen
Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry
Saint John Mill Rats
Maryland GreenHawks
Puerto Rico Capitanes
Quebec Kebs
Rochester Razorsharks
Vermont Frost Heaves

2011

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East Division West Division
Halifax Rainmen Bluegrass Stallions
Quebec Kebs Dayton Air Strikers
Saint John Mill Rats Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry
Vermont Frost Heaves* Rochester Razorsharks

*The Frost Heaves folded partway through the 2011 season.

2012

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Eastern Division Central Division
Charleston Gunners Central Illinois Drive
Dayton Air Strikers Chicago Muscle
Lake Michigan Admirals Indiana Diesels
Rochester Razorsharks Northwest Indiana Stars
Scranton/Wilkes-
Barre Steamers		 Sauk Valley Predators
  St. Louis Phoenix

Defunct Teams/Failed Expansion

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Teams that left the PBL for another league

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Timeline

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Grand Rapids CyclonesDanville RiverhawksRacine StormPhiladelphia FlightOhio Lima ExpressErie HurricaneLynchburg TitansCarolina Pee Dee VipersAlbany LegendsNew Jersey G-ForceLake County StarsSpringfield XpressHolland DreamGary SplashLansing CapitalsKenosha BallersKankakee County SoldiersSt. Louis TrottersSt. Louis PhoenixIndiana DieselsBloomington FlexCentral Illinois DriveLake Michigan AdmiralsNorthwest Indiana StarsWest Virginia MinersCharleston GunnersSauk Valley PredatorsSt. Louis PhoenixScranton/Wilkes-Barre SteamersDayton Air StrikersBluegrass StallionsLawton-Fort Sill CavalryCapitanes de AreciboBuffalo 716ersBuffalo StampedeMid-Michigan DestroyersDetroit Panthers (PBL)Battle Creek KnightsAugusta GrooveVermont Frost HeavesMontreal SasquatchQuebec KebsSaint John Mill RatsManchester MillratsHalifax RainmenJacksonville SLAMJacksonville JAMDallas DefendersWilmington Sea DawgsMaryland GreenHawksMaryland NighthawksRockford FuryQuad City RiverhawksReading RailersRochester RazorsharksChicago TideChicago RedlineChicago MuscleChicago ThrowbacksArkansas Impact

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