Simon Miles got probably all awards any player could get this
year in the CBA.
Play-Offs – April 9, 2002
In their first season in the CBA the Dakota Wizards
defeated the Rockford Lightning 116-109 in the one game CBA
championship before a packed Rockford MetroCentre crowd of 7,201.
Newcomer of the Year and regular season MVP Miles Simon picked up more
hardware earning Playoff Most Valuable Player honors for his team high
19.5 points in four playoff games.
Finals:
Dakota Wizards - Rockford Lightning 116-109
(Michael Johnson 1-6 6-6 8. Wayne Turner 4-5 5-8 13. Miles Simon 8-16
7-8 24. Chris Porter 9-11 3-6 21. Andy Panko 3-8 8-10 14. Kevin Rice
2-10 5-5 9. Danny Johnson 1-2 2-2 4. Ken Johnson 0-2 0-0 0. Courtney
James 6-13 3-4 15. Shawn Daniels 4-4 0-0 8 - Kelley McClure 4-13 1-3
10. Ray Weathers 7-12 4-4 18. Emmett Hall 2-5 2-2 6. Jeff Sanders 3-8
0-0 6. Dickey Simpkins 8-14 16-21 32. Scott Knapp 3-6 0-0 8. Terrence
Shannon 3-6 0-2 6. Lazarus Sims 0-3 5-6 5. Versile Shaw 8-14 2-2 18) Semis:
Dakota - Wizards - Fargo-Moorhead Beez 3-0
Rockford Lightning - Sioux Falls Skyforce 3-1
Newcomer of the Year: Miles Simon
Regular Season MVP: Miles Simon
Playoff Most Valuable Player: Miles Simon
CBA Play-Offs – April 4, 2002
The Championship match-up for the 2001/2002 CBA season
is now set. The Dakota Wizards will play the Rockford Lightening, in
Rockford, on April 6th. The Wizards advanced to the final series by
sweeping the Fargo-Moorhead Beez via winning three straight games in
the best-of-five series. The Lightening advanced after losing only the
first game to Sioux Falls in their best-of-five series. American Conference
Game 4
Rockford 104, Sioux Falls 93
Game 3
Rockford 92, Sioux Falls 89
Game 2
Rockford 110, Sioux Falls 106
Game 1
Sioux Falls 95, Rockford 87 National Conference
Game 3
Dakota 113, Fargo-Moorhead 101
Play-Offs Semifinals – April 1, 2002
The CBA is currently conducting it's post-season
play-offs. The top two teams (determined by average quarter points
won) of each four-team division qualified for the play-offs.
Representing the American Conference is the Rockford Lightening and
the Sioux Falls Skyforce. The National Conference is represented by
the Dakota Wizards and the Fargo-Moorhead Beez. The following games
are in a best of five series. The series stand as such:
Sioux Falls leads Rockford 1-0
Dakota leads Fargo-Moorhead 2-0
The first game of the Sioux Falls/Rockford series was played in
Rockford. Sioux Falls came out victourous. Details follow:
http://www.cbahoopsonline.com/news/news.php?story=241&team=sfs
The second game of the Dakota/F-M series was played in Bismark. The
Wizards gave their fans a thrill with another to-the-wire game.
Details follow:
http://www.cbahoopsonline.com/news/news.php?story=239&team=dak
The first game of the Dakota/F-M series was played in Fargo due to the
fact that Dakota's home court had a scheduling conflict. Dakota pulled
out the game in true play-off fashion with a last minute win. Details
follow:
http://www.cbahoopsonline.com/news/news.php?story=238&team=dak