Billings RimRockers
Encyclopedia
The Billings RimRockers was a professional basketball
club based in Billings
, Montana
that competed in the International Basketball Association
beginning in the 1998-1999 season. The team folded along with the IBA after the 2000-2001 season. A promotional billboard for the team, featuring a cartoon owl and the slogan "OWL'S ABOUT PLAYING SOME BASKETB-OWL?", is still visible in central Billings.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club based in Billings
Billings
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, Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
that competed in the International Basketball Association
International Basketball Association
The International Basketball Association was founded by Alexandria, Minnesota entrepreneur Thomas Anderson in 1995. Anderson traveled the Upper Midwest searching for franchise owners for a couple of years before the league began play with five teams in the 1995-1996 season...
beginning in the 1998-1999 season. The team folded along with the IBA after the 2000-2001 season. A promotional billboard for the team, featuring a cartoon owl and the slogan "OWL'S ABOUT PLAYING SOME BASKETB-OWL?", is still visible in central Billings.