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Elkhart Express

Founded	2006
League	IBL 2006-2008
Team history	Elkhart Express 2006-2008
Based in	Elkhart, Indiana
Arena	North Side Gymnasium 2006-2008 TBA 2010
Colors	Black, Royal Blue & Trophy Gold
Owner	Pro Basketball Elkhart, LLC
President	Daimon Beathea
Head coach	Daimon Beathea
Championships	2 (2006, 2007)
Division titles	3 (2006, 2007, 2008)
Dancers	LocoMotion
Mascot	Ernie Express

The Elkhart Express were an International Basketball League team based in Elkhart, Indiana. The team won the 2006 and 2007 IBL championships. The Express officially released that they were folding on January 5, 2009. On January 18, 2010, head coach and founder Daimon Beathea announced that the team would return for the 2010 season, but gym agreements had not been finalized.

2006 season

The Express played home games at North Side Gym in Elkhart, which was the home for the IBL Championship and All-Star game. The Express dominated the league for most of the season, and crowds of over 2,000 were routine. At home, the Express won the championship 119-108 over the Columbus Cyclones.

Roster

Season-by-season

2006 and 2007 IBL Champions

All-stars

2006

• Eric Brand
• Cedric Moodie

2007

• Coleco Buie
• Cedric Moodie
• Tim Pledger

References

1. Elkhart Express is ending its run: Elkhart's IBL team bankrupt South Bend Tribune
2. Elkhart Express will re-start its engines in April Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine Elkhart Truth

External links

• Team page on IBL Website

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