Kansas Cagerz
| Kansas Cagerz | |
|---|---|
| League | USBL 1998–2007 |
| Founded | 1998 |
| History | Columbus Cagerz 1998 Kansas Cagerz 1999–2007 |
| Arena | Bicentennial Center |
| Location | Salina, Kansas |
| Team colors | Red, white, black |
| Head coach | Francis Flax |
| Ownership | Kansas Sportz, LLC |
| Championships | 1 (2007) |
The Kansas Cagerz were a United States Basketball League team based in Salina, Kansas beginning in 1999.
During the 1997 United States Basketball League season, the ownership group Sports Management Professionals (SMP), led by Richard J. Donovan and James I. Williamson, assumed ownership of the Tampa Bay Windjammers. In response to this effort by SMP, the United States Basketball League awarded a franchise for the 1998 season to SMP. That franchise would become known as the Columbus Cagerz,playing for one year in Columbus, Ohio. Following that inaugural season, the franchise was moved to Salina, Kansas.
SMP managed the Kansas Cagerz franchise for two years (1999 and 2000) in Kansas. The last head coach was Francis Flax. The Kansas Cagerz won the final championship of the USBL in 2007, defeating the Brooklyn Kings 95–92 in Enid, Oklahoma. The USBL did not return after the 2007 season.
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