Wilkes-Barre Barons
Founded	1914
League	EPBL 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 :...  1946-1947 ABL American Basketball League (1925-1955) The American Basketball League was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States...  1947-1953 EPBL 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 :... , 1954-1970 EBA 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 :... , 1954-1978
Arena	Kingston Armory
Team History	Wilkes-Barre Barons 1914-1978
Championships	Pennsylvania State League 1916 American Basketball League 1948, 1949, 1952 Eastern Professional Basketball League 1947, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1969 Eastern Basketball Association 1973 Continental Basketball Association 1978
Division Titles	Several
Head Coach	Included Eddie White (team owner and founder)

The Wilkes-Barre Barons were a legendary 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 from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

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The Barons played between 1933 and 1972 in different American

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 leagues

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. The team won 11 titles during this time, and the most memorable are those were won while playing in the American Basketball League

American Basketball League (1925-1955)

The American Basketball League was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States...

 and the 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 :...

. The team was dissolved in 1973. The team was owned and coached by Eddie White, Sr. They played in the Kingston Armory, as well as Kings College and Coughlin High School, in their latter years.

Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL) I

The Wilkes-Barre Barons were an American 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 based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

 that was a member of the American Basketball League

American Basketball League (1925-1955)

The American Basketball League was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States...

.

During the 1939/40 season, the team dropped out of the league on February 2, 1940.

Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1938/39	ABL	5th	Did not qualify
1939/40	ABL	6th	N/A

Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL) II

The Wilkes-Barre Barons were an American 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 based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

 that was a member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League

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 :...

 and the American Basketball League

American Basketball League (1925-1955)

The American Basketball League was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States...

. The franchise was one of six original teams in the EPBL, and won the 1946-1947 President's Cup playoffs that season before moving to the American Basketball League. In 1955, the Barons returned to the Eastern League, and won seven more championships between 1955 and 1978.

Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1946/47	EPBL	1st	Champion
1947/48	ABL	1st	Champion
1948/49	ABL	1st	Champion
1949/50	ABL	3rd	Playoffs
1950/51	ABL	2nd	No playoff
1951/52	ABL	3rd	Champion
1952/53	ABL	2nd	Finals