Minnesota Muskies (ABA)

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The Minnesota Muskies were a short-lived professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association based in Bloomington, Minnesota, that played only during the league’s inaugural 1967–68 season.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Basketball Association team
defunct basketball team
professional basketball team
category Basketball teams in Minnesota
Defunct American Basketball Association teams
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1968
Sports clubs and teams established in 1967
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1968
division Eastern Division
draftedPlayer Mel Daniels
firstSeason 1967–68 ABA season
founded 1967
headCoach Jim Pollard
homeArena Metropolitan Sports Center
homeCity Bloomington, Minnesota
homeState Minnesota
inauguralSeasonOfLeague American Basketball Association
lastSeason 1967–68 ABA season
league American Basketball Association
location Bloomington, Minnesota
madePlayoffs true
namedAfter muskellunge
notablePlayer Mel Daniels
playedOnlyOneSeason true
reasonForRelocation financial losses
poor attendance
regularSeasonRecord 50–28
relocatedTo Miami Floridians
seasonPlayed 1967–68 ABA season
shortLived true
sport basketball
stateRepresented Minnesota
successorTeam Miami Floridians
teamColors blue
green
white
wonRookieOfTheYearWith Mel Daniels

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Mel Daniels playedFor Minnesota Muskies (ABA)
1968 ABA Playoffs divisionFinalsMatchup Minnesota Muskies (ABA)
this entity surface form: Pittsburgh Pipers vs Minnesota Muskies