| Bluegrass Stallions | |
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| Founded | 2009 |
| League |
ABA (2009–2010) |
| Team history | Bluegrass Stallions (2009–) |
| Arena | Davis-Reid Alumni Gymnasium at Georgetown College |
| Based in | Georgetown, Kentucky |
| Team colors | blue, white, red |
| Head coach | Jaron Brown |
| Dancers | Lady Stallions |
| Mascot | HOOPS |
The Bluegrass Stallions are a basketball team in the Premier Basketball League. They debuted in the American Basketball Association in 2009-10. The Stallions' first head coach was Kyle Macy, a former Kentucky Wildcats three-time All-American college basketball player.
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Based in Lexington, Kentucky, the Stallions began playing at the indoor arena at the Kentucky Horse Park [1], but moved home games in January 2010 first to Corbin, KY and then to Lexington Christian Academy high school gymnasium due to conflicts with Horse Park management. [2]. They finished their turbulent inaugural season by losing in the playoff semifinals [3], and placing guard Bobby Perry as second team and center Lukasz Obrzut as third team all-ABA [4].
After the season, the Stallions attempted to form the Basketball Federation of America after a dispute with the ABA, where Stallions then-owner Tony Chase stated "The ABA will still exist, but I do not intend to be a part of that disorganized league next year. That is why this league has been formed."[5] However, Chase sold his interest in the team to his partners, joined the PBL as CEO[6] and the Stallions went with him to the new league.[7] The team moved their home games to Georgetown College, in Georgetown, Kentucky.[8]
On 19 April 2011, in a post on the forums about basketball at the Our Sports Central website, a poster who had previously been identified as the Bluegrass Stallions's Tony Chase stated that the Stallions had formally withdrawn from the league privately earlier.[9]
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