History of PBL teams
# History of PBL teams

This is the year-to-year membership and makeup of the Premier Basketball League, including league divisional alignment and the circumstances of teams no longer in the league.

## Alignments

### 2008

| East Division | West Division |
| - | - |
| Jacksonville JAM/ Jacksonville SLAM | Arkansas Impact |
| Maryland Nighthawks | Chicago Throwbacks |
| Reading Railers | Dallas Defenders |
| Rochester Razorsharks | Quad City Riverhawks |
| Wilmington Sea Dawgs | Rockford Fury |

### 2009

| Atlantic Division | East Division | Midwest Division |
| - | - | - |
| Halifax Rainmen | Augusta Groove | Battle Creek Knights |
| Manchester Millrats | Buffalo Stampede | Chicago Throwbacks |
| Montreal Sasquatch | Rochester Razorsharks | Detroit Panthers |
| Quebec Kebs | Wilmington Sea Dawgs | Mid-Michigan Destroyers |
| Vermont Frost Heaves | | |

### 2010

* Premier Basketball League
* Buffalo Stampede
* Halifax Rainmen
* Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry
* Saint John Mill Rats
* Maryland GreenHawks
* Puerto Rico Capitanes
* Quebec Kebs
* Rochester Razorsharks
* Vermont Frost Heaves

### 2011

| East Division | West Division |
| - | - |
| Halifax Rainmen | Bluegrass Stallions |
| Quebec Kebs | Dayton Air Strikers |
| Saint John Mill Rats | Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry |
| Vermont Frost Heaves* | Rochester Razorsharks |

*The Frost Heaves folded partway through the 2011 season.

### 2012

| Eastern Division | Central Division |
| - | - |
| Charleston Gunners | Central Illinois Drive |
| Dayton Air Strikers | Chicago Muscle |
| Lake Michigan Admirals | Indiana Diesels |
| Rochester Razorsharks | Northwest Indiana Stars |
| Scranton/Wilkes- Barre Steamers | Sauk Valley Predators |
| | St. Louis Phoenix |

## Defunct Teams/Failed Expansion

* Arkansas Impact (2008)
* Augusta Groove (2008-09)
* Bridgeport, Connecticut
* Buffalo Dragons (2008-10) - sold to the management of the Buffalo Sharks of the ABA to form the Buffalo Stampede.
* Chicago Aztecas
* Chicago Throwbacks (2008-09)
* Dallas Defenders (2008) - ownership revoked mid-season, replaced by league-run replacement, folded when no outside owner could be found
* Detroit Panthers (2008-09)
* Jacksonville JAM - expelled by league
* Jacksonville SLAM (2008) - league-run replacement for JAM; folded when no outside owner could be found
* Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry-(2009-11) left after losing in the controversial 2011 PBL Finals. Suspended operations.
* Mid-Michigan Destroyers (2009)
* Montreal Sasquatch (2009)
* Pee Dee Vipers (2014)
* Philadelphia Flight (2014)
* Quad City Riverhawks (2007-08)
* Reading Railers (2007-08)
* Rockford Fury (2007-08) - folded when the PBL instituted a "one team per owner" rule
* Southeast Asian All-Stars - announced by PBL, have not been heard from since and not on official website's team roster.
* Toronto Lazers - PBL announced a Toronto expansion team but the team did not join the league for the 2009 season. No update from the league on their status.
* Vermont Frost Heaves (2009-11) - folded from lack of funds.

## Teams that left the PBL for another league

* Battle Creek Knights - rejoined International Basketball League
* Bluegrass Stallions- left under unspecified circumstances.
* Buffalo Stampede - removed by the league for failure to adhere to operating standards, joined Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League
* Capitanes de Arecibo - rejoined Baloncesto Superior Nacional
* Dayton Air Strikers-(2011-12) joined International Basketball League, returned to PBL for 2012 season
* Halifax Rainmen (2009-11) - left after controversial 2011 playoffs for National Basketball League of Canada.
* Lafayette Legends - announced, never played a PBL game. Joined Independent Basketball Association (also never played).
* Maryland GreenHawks (2007-09) - joined Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League as Washington GreenHawks, folded.
* Minnesota Ripknees (2007) - returned to American Basketball Association, folded shortly afterward.
* Quebec Kebs (2009-11) - left after controversial 2011 playoffs for National Basketball League of Canada
* Racine Storm (2014-16) - played three games in 2016 before leaving PBL; ceasing operations
* Saint John Mill Rats (2009-11) - left after controversial 2011 playoffs for National Basketball League of Canada
