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Shaun Livingston to play for AJ Guyton's Central Illinois Drive

The Central Illinois Drive are part of the PBL (Premiere Basketball League). There has never been any public discussion of anyone starting a PBL team in Peoria, though if it can be financially successful in Bloomington, I do not see why it couldn't work in Peoria. Let's hope someone gives it a try.

Peoria did have a recent semi-pro backetball team in the ABA (American Basketball League). The Peoria Flames were formed last spring, but things deteriorated as they tried to put the team together, and the franchise folded last month-
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18465

AJ Guyton was hired as the coach of the Peoria Flames, and when they folded, he immediately got the job as the coach of the Drive.

Back in 2006, another Peoria pro team emerged as part of the ABA, the Peoria Kings. They run by out-of-town owners, and were coached by Sergio McClain. They lasted parts of 2 terrible seasons, then folded.
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8750

I do think pro basketball could thrive in Peoria if it was owned by locals and run properly.
 
Hopefully if the League keeps attracting players like Livingston this year investors in P Town will take up the reins!
 
OrangeandBlack74 said:
There appears to be a home game scheduled for December 31...

Sauk Valley Predators at Central Illinois Drive
December 31, 2011 - 5:00 PM
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That's strange. Could the 12/31 game be a preseason game since the January 8 game at STL as the first one on the schedule? Their schedule page also lists the January 12, 2012 game as "Opening Night", the first home game, and their season ticket promotion lists 10 home games, which doesn't include the one 12/31.
http://drivehoops.com/schedule/pdf/

And yet they are promoting the 12/31 game as a regular game.
http://drivehoops.com/news/index.html?article_id=14
 
I don't know if any newer threads was posted about this but Livingston is now playing for the Milwaukee Bucks. Played a healthy 25 minutes in yesterdays pre-season game.

Jason
 
Here are some stats from the Drive's first game - a 125-95 win over St. Louis..
Daniel Ruffin had 6 pts, 5 asst
Rodney Edgerson 25 pts
Josh Edmonds 4 pts, 3 asst, 2 rebs
Matt Salley 2 pts, 5 rebs
Todd Peterson 18 pts, 8 rebs

Carlton Fay (SIU) is playing for the Sauk Valley Predators and had a very nice game in his debut with them...
22 pts on 7-10, with 12 rebounds as the Predators beat the Indiana Diesels 140-95
Teammates Justin Tubbs and Desmond Holloway both scored 27 while Devan Bawinkel was scoreless

Ex-ISU Redbird Rico Hill had 20 on 10-11 in his first game with the Chicago Muscle but then followed with a 7 pt game Saturday on 3-9.

Ex-Illini Rodney Alexander went for 27 in his first game for the Lake Michigan Admirals
 
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