Roger Brown Division

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Bold textThe Roger Brown Division is a divisions in the Blue Conference (the east) in the ABA. All divisions in the league beginning in 2005 were named after a former American Basketball Association (ABA) outstanding player.

2005-2006 Season

The Roger Brown division included the Harlem Strong Dogs, the Strong Island Sound, the Montreal Matrix, the Newark Express and the Boston Frenzy during the 2005-2006 season.

Newark and Harlem were The Two strongest teams in the first half, but Harlem broke ahead for first place. Newark fell to Long Island and Montreal late in the season, but was able to catch up to Montreal once again. The Boston Frenzy, which was the only team that wasn't an expansion franchise this year only won two games. Despite their poor record, the Frenzy still got into the playoffs as a wildcard team because of the number of games they had played. Every team in this division made the playoffs this year, although only Newark got a bye week the first round (because the Tacoma Navigators, their first round opponent forfeited the game). Newark lost their playoff game to the 2005-2006 Champions, the Rochester Razorsharks. Long Island won their first two playoffs games against Harlem and then Indiana, but lost to the SoCal Legends in the semi-finals in Rochester. Montreal lost their first playoff game in their innagural season to the Maryland Nighthawks.

Final Standings

--Team------------ W--L---Win %------

  • Harlem------------- 19--- 13---- .594
  • Long Island-------- 16--- 14---- .533
  • Montreal----------- 15--- 16----.484
  • Newark------------- 14--- 16---- .467
  • Boston-------------- 2--- 21---- .087

2006-2007 Season

Division Changes

Changes to the teams that were in the division were: Harlem moved to Florida as the Tampa Bay Strong Dogs and Boston moved to Cape Cod as the Cape Cod Frenzy. As one of the teams in the Roger Brown Division was lost and new expansion teams have been added there will be division realignment in the league that will be announced during the offseason.