Furry Basketball Association

The Furry Basketball Association (FBA) is a fictional/fantasy basketball league consisting of furry participants. It was initially organized by Mitchell Redding in 2009, and it has developed a fictional history which dates the beginning of the league back to 1961.

On March 13, 2011, the FBA was announced as a finalist in the Best Game category for the Ursa Major Awards.

Howlereen

Every FBA season begins with the Howlereen Invitational, the league's customary first pre-season match. Howlereen is always played on October 31st in Montana against an invited opponent, usually the defending league champions.

The first Howlereen Invitational was played in 1968 in the inaugural year of the Montana Howlers. Being the first expansion team of the league, the introduction of the Howlers franchise unbalanced the conferences by putting 4 teams in the Western Conference with 3 teams in the Eastern Conference. As an effort by team management to ease tensions in the league over the unbalance, the Howlers held the league's first ever pre-season match on October 31st, 1968. The event was such a success, the Howlers held a pre-season match on Halloween every year, until it's become the FBA tradition it is today.

In 2014 under new Commissioner Stefan Calico, the Howlereen Invitational switched to be come the league's first regular season match.

Teams

The FBA currently consists of 24 extant teams. 22 are from the United States and 2 from Canada.

Historical Teams

St. Paul Mayors (founded in 1961, moved to Huntsville in 1983)
Hamilton Mariners (founded in 1920 as part of the Great Lakes Basketball League, joined the FBA in 1979, moved to Albany and renamed to Alphas in 1994)
El Paso Whips (founded in 1983, moved to Santa Fe in 2004)
Santa Cruz Clefs (founded in 1961, moved to Kansas City in 2009)
Tucson Demons (founded in 1961, moved to Galveston and renamed to Sand Dollars in 2009)
Springfield Fusion (founded in 1995, moved to Pittsburgh and renamed to Keystones in 2010)
Rocky Mountain Royals (founded in 1974 as a semi-professional team named the Rocky Mountain House Royals, dropped the "House" part upon joining the FBA in 1979, sent to FBA D-League in 2011)
Bradford Bantams (founded in 2006, moved to Bangor and renamed to Tides in 2011)
Idaho Mounties (founded in 2006, moved to Las Vegas and renamed to Wildcards in 2012)
Biloxi Mudpuppies (founded in 1961, renamed to Voodoo in 2012)
Des Moines Blanks (founded in 1983, moved to Edmonton and renamed to Totems in 2012)
Stanislaus Thrust (founded in 1994, moved to San Jose in 2012)
Galveston Sand Dollars (moved to Hawaii and renamed to Kahunas in 2013)
Kansas City Clefs (moved to Texas and renamed to Lone Stars in 2013)
Spokane Rapids (moved to Seattle and renamed to Summit in 2014)
Santa Fe Whips (moved to Flagstaff, Arizona in 2015)
Newark Pride (moved to Queens, New York in 2015)

Retconned Teams

Bangor Bantams (Original name of the Bangor franchise in 2011, retconned to Bangor Tides for easier documentation)
Rocky Mountain Rabble (Rename of the Royals in 2004, retconned out for storyline purposes)