Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry
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| Founded | 1990 | ||
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CBA 1990–1997 CBA 2007–2009 PBL 2009–2011 |
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| Team history | Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry (2008–2011) Oklahoma Cavalry (2007–2008) Oklahoma City Cavalry (1990–1997) |
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| Based in | Lawton, Oklahoma | ||
| Arena | Great Plains Coliseum | ||
| Colors | blue, white | ||
| Head coach | Micheal Ray Richardson | ||
| Championships | 4 (CBA: 1997, 2008, 2009; PBL: 2010) | ||
| Dancers | Cavalry Dance Team | ||
| Mascot | Crash | ||
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The Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry was a professional basketball team based in Lawton, Oklahoma. They played in the Premier Basketball League after having been in the Continental Basketball Association. They have one PBL championship and also were the two time champions of the CBA. The original team was known as the Oklahoma City Cavalry, which competed in the CBA in Oklahoma City from 1990 to 1997 – when they were league champions. Rochester won the first game of the best of three 2011 championship series 105–101 (in Rochester on April 15, 2011).
The new Oklahoma Cavalry, which was originally supposed to be a reincarnation of the original team and called the Oklahoma City Cavalry, began play in 2007. The team was originally scheduled to play in the American Basketball Association. The team wanted to play at Abe Lemons Arena on the campus of Oklahoma City University; however, the university backed out. Due to the lack of support from Oklahoma City and city officials' desire for a permanent NBA franchise, the owners decided to look elsewhere to place the new Cavalry franchise. The team then decided to move operations to Lawton, Oklahoma, and to play at the Great Plains Coliseum.
Less than one year later, Oklahoma City got their NBA team, the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The team was coached by Micheal Ray Richardson. Richardson was a former Albany Patroons coach and was fired for his offensive comments using Jewish stereotypes in the first year. Cliff Levingston was hired as the new coach. After an ownership change during the season, Richardson was rehired.
In their inaugural season, the Cavs compiled a 30–18 record and made the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. Following an upset win in the Western Conference championship game over the two-time defending CBA champion Yakima Sun Kings, the Cavalry earned a bid in the CBA Finals against the Eastern Conference champion Minot SkyRockets, where they won the series three games to two.
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