North Dallas Vandals
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The North Dallas Vandals are an expansion franchise in the American Basketball Association that are set to begin playing in 2010. The Vandals play in Dallas, Texas
. The team is owned by Casey Topletz and are coached by David Zimmerman. The Vandals compete in the Southwest Division.
2010-2011 Season
The Vandals inaugural season ended with a record of 12-7, losing in the second round of the Southwest division tournament to the Dallas Impact 116-123. The Vandals could not keep up their regular season winning ways against the Impact, going 4-1 against their cross-town rivals over the course of the campaign.
The Vandals also saw their first All-Star, as former Southern Methodist University standout Devon Pearson got the call to the Western Conference Squad. Pearson averaged a gaudy 23.3 points and 11.9 rebounds for the season, appearing in 12 games and starting 8.
History was also made when the Vandals suited up female basketball player Kavita Goss, making her the first female player in the ABA. Another notable appearance included Marc D of the hip-hop trio the G-Spot Boys, known for their hit single, "Stanky Legg".
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. The team is owned by Casey Topletz and are coached by David Zimmerman. The Vandals compete in the Southwest Division.
2010-2011 Season
The Vandals inaugural season ended with a record of 12-7, losing in the second round of the Southwest division tournament to the Dallas Impact 116-123. The Vandals could not keep up their regular season winning ways against the Impact, going 4-1 against their cross-town rivals over the course of the campaign.
The Vandals also saw their first All-Star, as former Southern Methodist University standout Devon Pearson got the call to the Western Conference Squad. Pearson averaged a gaudy 23.3 points and 11.9 rebounds for the season, appearing in 12 games and starting 8.
History was also made when the Vandals suited up female basketball player Kavita Goss, making her the first female player in the ABA. Another notable appearance included Marc D of the hip-hop trio the G-Spot Boys, known for their hit single, "Stanky Legg".
Roster
The North Dallas Vandals final game day roster contained eleven players on their roster, though many players came and went over the course of the season. Players such as Shondale Robinson, CJ Carter, Tearon Hill, Bright Ogbogu, Andre Mayo, Aaron Wade, Darius Howard, Michael Stearns, Maurice Williams, Antonio Odom, Ralph Johnson, and Jason Wern all saw playing time in at least one game. Owner/GM Casey Topletz also made a brief appearance in one game, though his stats are unavailable.Name | Position | Height | Weight (pounds) | Hometown |
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Matt Sayman | G/F | 6'5" | 225 | The Colony, Texas The Colony, Texas The city is bordered on the west by Lewisville Lake and Lewisville, Texas, on the north and east by Frisco, Texas and on the south by Carrollton, Texas and Plano, Texas... |
Arvin Zeinali | G | 5'11" | 180 | Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ... |
Blake Davenport | G/F | 6'5" | 205 | Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States... |
Paul Starr Paul Starr Paul Starr is a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University. He is also the co-editor and co-founder of The American Prospect, a notable liberal magazine which was created in 1990... |
G | 5'9" | 175 | Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States... |
Will Haynes | F/C | 6'9" | 205 | Rochester, New York Rochester, New York Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City... |
Brandon Lee Brandon Lee Brandon Bruce Lee was an American actor and martial artist. He was the son of martial arts film star Bruce Lee... |
PG | 6'2" | 185 | Mesquite, Texas Mesquite, Texas Mesquite is a city located within the Dallas/Ft.Worth area of Texas. As of the 2010 US Census, the population was 139,824.-History:The city was founded May 22, 1873, by a Texas & Pacific Railway engineer who purchased land along the Texas & Pacific line outside of Dallas... |
Al Anderson Al Anderson Al Anderson is an American-born songwriter and guitarist.Anderson attended Montclair High School where he learned to play the trombone. He later attended the Berklee College of Music, and took up bass guitar... |
C | 6'10" | 260 | Oakland, California Oakland, California Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724... |
Kavita Goss | SG | 5'9" | 155 | Newbury Park, California Newbury Park, California The community of Newbury Park, California is located in the western portion of the city of Thousand Oaks and Casa Conejo, an unincorporated area of southeastern Ventura County's Conejo Valley, which is also in the northwestern Greater Los Angeles Area... |
Devon Pearson | SF | 6'6" | 225 | Miami, Florida Miami, Florida Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625... |
Martin Salinas | SG | 6'1" | 195 | Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ... |
Jonathan Walker Jonathan Walker Jonathan Walker , aka "The Man with the Branded Hand", was an American reformer who became a national hero in 1844 when he was tried and sentenced as a slave stealer following his attempt to help seven runaway slaves find freedom. He was branded on his hand by the United States Government with the... |
SG | 6'3" | 204 | Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States... |
Bishop Wheatley | F | 6'6" | 215 | Cedar Hill, Texas Cedar Hill, Texas Cedar Hill is a city in Dallas and Ellis Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located approximately sixteen miles southwest of downtown Dallas and is situated along the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park. The population was 32,093 at the 2000 census... |