The Kentucky Pro Cats was an American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association (21st century)

The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976...

 (ABA) team based in Covington, Kentucky

Covington, Kentucky

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...

. The team began play in the fall of 2001 and played in the Connor Convocation Center on the campus of Thomas More College

Thomas More College

Thomas More College is a liberal arts college located in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, USA. Located just ten minutes from Cincinnati, Ohio, the Roman Catholic school serves 1,900 full and part-time students...

. Covington is part of the Northern Kentucky

Northern Kentucky

Northern Kentucky is the name often given to the northernmost counties in Kentucky...

 portion of the greater Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

metro area. However, the team failed to garner significant support from either Northern Kentucky or Southern Ohio and soon thereafter disbanded.