Heaves to change leagues

According to a source close to the team and several blogs the Vermont Frost Heaves will not defend their two American Basketball Association championships next season and will change leagues to the Premier Basketball League.

The PBL was a new league for the 2007-2008 season and included 10 teams, several that played in the ABA the previous season. The PBL plans to add expansion franchises next season in Buffalo, Toronto and Detroit, but is likely to lose franchises in Arkansas, Dallas and Jacksonville. The Rochester RazorSharks, one of the teams that beat the Frost Heaves in their inaugural season but did not compete in the '06-'07 playoffs, won the PBL's initial championship earlier this spring.

Since winning their second ABA championship the Frost Heaves management has said that options for the '08-'09 season were being considered. More information on the change of leagues was expected later Friday. Frost Heaves owner Alex Wolff has also said previously that he expected the Vermont, Manchester and Quebec ABA franchises to work together on plans for the future. According to contributers to the www.oursportscentral.com minor league basketball blogs Manchester and Quebec will join Vermont in moving to the PBL. The logo on the Manchester Millrats website features a change in the colors of the basketball from the ABA's red, white and blue ball.

The Premier Basketball League, in its inaugural season, scheduled 20-game seasons for its teams.

Comments

[Eric Kingsley]

It is now official.

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