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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 2021 |
Folded | 2024 |
League | ABA |
Based in | Willoughby |
Championships | 1 (2023) |
Mascot | Buster the Bucket [1] |
The Burning River Buckets were a professional basketball team based in Willoughby, Ohio from 2021 to 2024. [2] The team was a member of the American Basketball Association. [3]
In their second season, the Burning River Buckets captured the 2023 ABA championship, being declared co-champions with the Indiana Lyons. [4] [5]
Season | W | L | Result | Playoffs |
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2021–22 | 1st in North Central | Lost quarter-finals (Team Trouble) | ||
2022–23 | 11 | 4 | 1st in North Central | Won quarter-finals 100–92 (Team Trouble) Won semi-finals 103–99 (Suns) ABA Co-Champions |
2023–24 | 6 | 6 | 1st in Blue Central | Won division semi-finals 110–99 (Aviators) Won division finals 101–84 (Wizards) Lost region semi-finals 90–117 (Fury) |