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| Articles, quotes, and interesting information concerning the Thrillers over the years |
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| How did the Thrillers get their name?? |
| Taken from the 1989-90 Official Program Book: When the CBA awarded the City of Tampa, Florida, a franchise in 1984, the team had no name. The Tampa Bay Suns was an early thought, but it didn't go over well since the CBA rules out any nickname already claimed - and the Phoenix Suns had dibs on "Suns." Then an article appeared in a Tampa newspaper about unusual nicknames of sports teams. The article suggested that singer Michael Jackson would name a team he owned the "Thrillers." The name stuck, and for good reason. It has universal appeal in terms of excitement. Thrillers basketball... Professional basketball at its best. |
| CBA 1993-94 Season League Attendance |
| Taken from the 1994-95 Official Program Book: Rapid City Thrillers 203,800 Oklahoma City Cavalry 136,985 Sioux Falls Skyforce 128,604 Fort Wayne Fury 118,512 Omaha Racers 109,299 Quad City Thunder 108,922 Yakima Sun Kings 108,688 La Crosse Catbirds 100,197 Tri-City Chinook 95,733 Rockford Lightning 86,397 Grand Rapids Hoops 79,033 Mexico City Aztecas n/a Shreveport Crawdads n/a Pittsburgh Pirannahs n/a Chicago Rockers n/a |
| CBA 1989-90 Season League Attendance |
| Taken from the 1990-91 Official Program Book: La Crosse Catbirds Rapid City Thrillers Quad City Thunder Rockford Lightning Tulsa Fast Breakers Albany Patroons Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets Grand Rapids Hoops Sioux Falls Skyforce Omaha Racers Columbus Horizon San Jose Jammers Wichita Falls Texans Pensacola Tornados Santa Barbara Islanders Topeka Sizzlers |
| 131,341 114,668 116,904 105,592 95,785 82,425 87,153 81,064 79,227 75,829 73,027 64,396 51,635 52,096 54,328 30,654 |
| CBA 1990-91 Season League Attendance |
| Taken from the 1991-92 Official Program Book: Oklahoma City Cavalry Rapid City Thrillers La Crosse Catbirds Quad City Thunder Albany Patroons Yakima Sunkings Omaha Racers Sioux Falls Skyforce Grand Rapids Hoops Rockford Lightning Tulsa Zone Columbus Horizon Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets San Jose Jammers Pensacola Tornados Wichita Falls Texans |
| 133,214 131,076 128,821 113,460 105,176 103,123 97,614 95,355 86,463 83,127 73,436 73,262 70,183 67,208 53,705 45,380 |
| CBA 1992-93 Season League Attendance |
| Taken from the 1993-94 Official Program Book: Rapid City Thrillers Fort Wayne Fury Oklahoma City Cavalry Yakima Sunkings La Crosse Catbirds Quad City Thunder Rockford Lightning Grand Rapids Hoops Omaha Racers Tri-City Chinook Sioux Falls Skyforce Fargo-Moorhead Fever Wichita Falls Texans Capital Region Pontiacs Columbus Horizon Rochester Renegades |
| 179,503 154,406 126,752 113,532 117,866 103,454 122,723 109,519 114,425 89,672 87,401 79,789 85,776 55,707 48,863 42,907 |
| "CBA is a Thriller for Some" by Terry Pluto of the Akron Beacon Journal "Crown Jewel of the CBA" by Jerry Bonkowski of the USA Today "Program Forward" by Head Coach Eric Musselman |
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