Gainesville Galaxy
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The Gainesville Galaxy is a basketball
team based in Gainesville, Florida
. They are scheduled to begin play in the Continental Basketball League
(CBL) for the 2011 season. They will play their games at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center.
The team was founded as an expansion team
in the CBL, a summer basketball league. The team's owner is Kristine Anderson, a Gainesville entrepreneur, educator, and former general manager
of the Florida Makos
, another Gainesville-based basketball team that played one season in the new American Basketball Association in 2010-2011. The Galaxy will retain former Makos players.
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...
team based in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
. They are scheduled to begin play in the Continental Basketball League
Continental Basketball League
The Continental Basketball League is a professional men's basketball minor league in the United States that began play in April of 2010. The league is headquartered in Florida.- History :...
(CBL) for the 2011 season. They will play their games at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center.
The team was founded as an expansion team
Expansion team
An expansion team is a brand new team in a sports league. The term is most commonly used in reference to the North American major professional sports leagues, but is applied to sports leagues worldwide that use a closed franchise system of league membership. The term comes from the expansion of the...
in the CBL, a summer basketball league. The team's owner is Kristine Anderson, a Gainesville entrepreneur, educator, and former general manager
General manager
General manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry.-Generic usage:...
of the Florida Makos
Florida Makos
The Florida Makos were a basketball team based in Gainesville, Florida. They played one season in the new American Basketball Association in 2010–2011. After the season it was announced that the team's general manager would be forming a new team, the Gainesville Galaxy, in the summer Continental...
, another Gainesville-based basketball team that played one season in the new American Basketball Association in 2010-2011. The Galaxy will retain former Makos players.