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The Fort Wayne Mad Ants are a team of the NBA Development League who began play in November 2007. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The D-League team is the first minor league basketball team to play in Fort Wayne since the Fort Wayne Fury.
The team held a name-the-team contest on their website where fans could vote on one of the four finalists: Lightning, Fire, Coyotes, and Mad Ants. [1] The winning name of Mad Ants [2] was announced on June 18th, and is a salute to the city's and fort's namesake, General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. [3]
On May 23, 2007, it was announced that former Fort Wayne Fury coach Kent Davison would be the team's first head coach. [4]
On July 5, 2007, it was announced by the NBA that the Mad Ants will be affiliated with the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers. Coincidentially, the Pistons were founded in Fort Wayne by Fred Zollner as the Zollner Pistons, before moving to Detroit in 1957.
[edit] Season-By-Season
| Year |
GP |
W |
L |
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Finish |
Playoffs |
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50 |
17 |
33 |
.340 |
4th, Central |
Out of Playoffs |
Mad Ants Current Roster
Earl Calloway
Nate Gerwig
Ron Howard
Dahntay Jones
Anthony Kyle
James Peters
Jeremy Richardson
Eric Smith
Larry Turner
Roderick Wilmont
[edit] External links
- ^ NBA Development League: FORT WAYNE: WE NEED YOUR HELP!
- ^ WANE-TV Coverage You Can Count On: Our Apologies
- ^ http://aol.nba.com/dleague/fortwayne/ The Ants Are Coming!
- ^ http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/sports/17273761.htm
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