The United Professional Basketball League (UPBL) was an American professional basketball league that played for one season in 2003. It included teams from the states of Kentucky and Ohio. [1][ unreliable source?] After lasting one season, the league folded and its remaining teams joined the North American Basketball League (NABL).[ citation needed]
The league started play as a four-team league in January 2003, reorganized from a planned Pro Basketball USA league set to have six teams. [2] The four-teams were the Mansfield Hawks, Lexington (Kentucky Coyotes), Louisville Eagles, and Frankfort Statesmen. [2] [3] [4] The Charleston Miners and teams in Dayton, Ohio, and Crestview, Kentucky, set to play in the Pro Basketball USA league folded before play started. [2] The season ended by the end of March 2003. [3]
The United Professional Basketball League (UPBL) was an American professional basketball league that played for one season in 2003. It included teams from the states of Kentucky and Ohio. [1][ unreliable source?] After lasting one season, the league folded and its remaining teams joined the North American Basketball League (NABL).[ citation needed]
The league started play as a four-team league in January 2003, reorganized from a planned Pro Basketball USA league set to have six teams. [2] The four-teams were the Mansfield Hawks, Lexington (Kentucky Coyotes), Louisville Eagles, and Frankfort Statesmen. [2] [3] [4] The Charleston Miners and teams in Dayton, Ohio, and Crestview, Kentucky, set to play in the Pro Basketball USA league folded before play started. [2] The season ended by the end of March 2003. [3]