Anchorage Northern Knights

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Anchorage Northern Knights
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Founded	1977
League	EBA 1977-1978 CBA 1978-1982
Team History	Anchorage Northern Knights 1977-1982
Arena	West Anchorage High School Gym
Based in
Team Colors	Gold & Purple
Championships	1 1979-80
Division Titles	2 1978-79, 1979-80

The Anchorage Northern Knights were a team in the Eastern Basketball Association and the Continental Basketball Association from 1977 to 1981. They won the 1980 CBA Championship, and reached the 1979 CBA finals. They were, at the time, the only CBA team on the West Coast, as all the other squads were in the Pennsylvania-New York-New Jersey area. During the team's first two seasons, the Knights started their regular schedule with an extended homestand; then began a mid-season bus trip to every CBA team in the league; then finished out the season with another homestand. Brad Davis spent two years with the Northern Knights, and later played several seasons with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks where he became the first player to have his jersey number retired by the NBA team.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Record	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1977/78	EBA	24-7	1st, Western	Semifinals
1978/79	CBA	27-22	2nd, Northern	Finals
1979/80	CBA	29-16	2nd, Northern	Champion
1980/81	CBA	25-17	2nd, Western	Western Division Semifinals
1981/82	CBA	14-32	4th, Western	Did not qualify

[edit] Home court

The Northern Knights played their home games in Anchorage West High School's Gymnasium for the 77-78, 80-81, and 81-82 seasons. In the 78-79 & 79-80 seasons, they played in the Anchorage Civic Auditorium, but had to return to West High School when attandance sales began to drop