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They were also the first winner of the National Basketball League, which later formed the NBA. National Basketball League: 1 (1937–1938) FIBA Intercontinental Cup: 3 (1967, 1968, 1969) AAU National Tournament: 2 (1964, 1967) National AAU Basketball League: 3 (1967, 1968, 1969) Midwest Basketball Conference: 1 (1937) National Industrial League ...
The Pipers are mostly known for having played in the short-lived American Basketball League from 1961–62. They were also a power in the day's Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball and the National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL) which peaked in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
AAU basketball was particularly strong in the Midwest, Southwest and West Coast, where the NBA had not yet established a presence. [3] [4] The top teams also played in the National Industrial Basketball League, which began play in the 1947–48 season, [5] two years before the establishment of the NBA. The NIBL had as many as eleven teams for ...
Amateur Athletic Association Basketball (AAU), 1897–1982; National Basketball League (NBL), 1898–99 to 1903-04; Philadelphia Basketball League (PBL), 1902–1909;
The AAU James E. Sullivan Award has been presented annually since 1930 to the best collegiate or Olympic-level athlete in the United States – making this award older than the Heisman Trophy (1935). [39] The AAU Sullivan Award is a salute to founder and past president of the Amateur Athletic Union, and a pioneer in amateur sports, James E ...
The Associated Press releases its weekly rankings of Ohio boys high school basketball teams with its fourth state poll of the 2023-24 season.
The remaining NBL teams reformed and changed the name to the National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL) where teams such as the Denver Truckers, Chicago Jamaco Saints, Akron Wingfoots, Phillips 66ers, Peoria Cats, Philadelphia Tapers, Lexington Marathon Oilers and Cleveland Pipers thrived as club teams. In the 1960s the league recognized the ...
There are plenty of high school basketball showcase events involving central Ohio teams for the 2024-25 season. Here is a schedule. ... Ohio high school basketball showcases in 2024-2025 OHSAA ...