Utah Snowbears
Founded	2004
Team History	Utah Snowbears (2004–2005)
Arena	Lifetime Activities Center at the Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake Community College is the largest higher education institution with the most diverse student body in Utah . The College offers and operates throughout the Salt Lake valley. Even with its large student body, the College maintains a student to faculty ratio of just 20 to 1...
Team Colors	NA
Championships	0
Conference Titles	1
Owner	Isaac "Ike" Austin Isaac Austin Isaac Edward "Ike" Austin is a retired American professional basketball player. He is also the uncle of the top 2012 college basketball recruit, Isaiah Austin....
Head Coach	Isaac "Ike" Austin Isaac Austin Isaac Edward "Ike" Austin is a retired American professional basketball player. He is also the uncle of the top 2012 college basketball recruit, Isaiah Austin....
Cheerleaders	Snowbears Dance Team
Mascot	None

The Utah Snowbears were a basketball

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 in the revived 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...

 based in Taylorsville, Utah

Taylorsville, Utah

Taylorsville is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 57,439 at the 2000 census...

 for the 2004-2005 season. The team played its home games in the Lifetime Activities Center on the Redwood Campus of Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake Community College is the largest higher education institution with the most diverse student body in Utah . The College offers and operates throughout the Salt Lake valley. Even with its large student body, the College maintains a student to faculty ratio of just 20 to 1...

. The owner and head coach of the team was former NBA player Isaac Austin

Isaac Austin

Isaac Edward "Ike" Austin is a retired American professional basketball player. He is also the uncle of the top 2012 college basketball recruit, Isaiah Austin....

.

Led by guard Clay Tucker

Clay Tucker

Clay Tucker is an American professional basketball player. Currently he plays as shooting guard for Virtus Roma in the Italian top division.-College career:...

 and forward Harold Arceneaux

Harold Arceneaux

Harold Arceneaux is an American professional basketball player who gained national attention during his collegiate career at Weber State University . His nickname is "The Show". He currently plays for Lechugueros De Leon in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.-Early career:Harold Arceneaux grew up in the B.W...

, the Snowbears finished the regular season with a 25-1 record, then won two playoff games to qualify for ABA's championship round. However, despite a 27-1 record, the franchise folded before the season ended. The new Snowbears were successful on the floor, but struggled in other ways: poor attendance, financial difficulties, and lack of coverage in local media outlets.

In 2005, a new ABA team in the Salt Lake City market was announced, the Salt Lake Dream

Salt Lake Dream

The Salt Lake Dream was an American Basketball Association team in Salt Lake City. The team's inaugural season was slated to begin November 2006 as a member of the Red Conference...

 scheduled to play the 2006-2007 season. But the Dream also folded before playing a single game after experiencing financial problems of its own. The prospects for a new ABA franchise appeared dim with a Continental Basketball Association

Continental Basketball Association

The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

 franchise, the Utah Eagles

Utah Eagles

The Utah Eagles were a basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association. They played their games in Taylorsville, Utah, and although they started play in the 2006-2007 season, they folded in mid-season....

, coming to Taylorsville and a NBA D-League franchise, the Utah Flash

Utah Flash

The Utah Flash was a team of the NBA Development League that began playing in 2007 and folded in 2011. They played their home games at the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah...

 starting up in Orem, Utah

Orem, Utah

Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and...

 prior to the 2007-08 season. But a third try at starting up a ABA team commenced with the entry of the Salt Lake City Saints

Salt Lake City Saints

The Salt Lake City Saints are a basketball team in the American Basketball Association set to begin play in 2008-09. The Saints are owned by Kenny Wamsley, who was previously owner to the failed ABA expansion team the Salt Lake Dream...

into the league for the 2008-09 season.