Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry
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| Leagues | CBA 1990-1997 CBA 2007-Present |
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| Founded | 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| History | Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry (2008-present) Oklahoma Cavalry (2007-2008) Oklahoma City Cavalry (1990-1997) |
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| Arena | Great Plains Coliseum (2007-current) Cox Convention Center (1990-1997) |
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| Location | Lawton, Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team colors | blue, white | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Head coach | Micheal Ray Richardson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Championships | 2 (1997, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry is a professional basketball team based in Lawton, Oklahoma and the current defending champions of the Continental Basketball Association. The original team was known as the Oklahoma City Cavalry, which competed in the CBA in Oklahoma City from 1990 to 1997 - when they were League Champions.
The new Oklahoma Cavalry, which incidentally was originally supposed to be a reincarnation and called Oklahoma City Cavalry, began play in 2007. The team was originally scheduled to play in the American Basketball Association. The team was coached by Micheal Ray Richardson. Richardson was a former Albany Patroons coach and was fired for his stereotypical Jewish comments. Richardson was later fired, and Cliff Levingston was hired as the new coach. After an ownership change, Richardson was rehired the same season.
The team originally wanted to play at Abe Lemons Arena on the campus of Oklahoma City University however the university backed out. Due to the lack of support from Oklahoma City and city official's desire for a permanent NBA franchise, the owners decided to look elsewhere to place the new Cavalry franchise.
The team will play in Lawton at the Great Plains Coliseum. [1]
In their inaugural season, the Cavs compiled a 30-18 record and made the playoffs as the #2 seed in the Western Conference. Following an upset win in the Western Conference championship game over the two-time defending CBA champion Yakama Sun Kings, the Cavalry earned a bid in the CBA Finals against the Eastern Conference champion Minot SkyRockets, where they won the series three games to two.
Starting with the CBA Finals, the team changed its name to the Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry. [2] [3]
[edit] Notable Former Players
- Voshon Lenard
- John Starks
- Isaac Austin
- Kermit Holmes
- Richard Dumas
- Ryan Minor
- Elmer Bennett
- Doug Smith
- Jimmy Oliver
- Erick Strickland
- James Martin
- Sam Mack
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