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Article: A brief history of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association - 1973 to present. (part 2)
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- Palaestra
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- June 22, 1996
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The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) began its 26th season in the fall of 1973 with 91 teams as members, distributed among 15 conferences. A new Commissioner, Stan Labanowich, was in office having succeeded the retiring founder and Commissioner, Tim Nugent, for the remaining two years of his last 5-year term.
The NWBA faced two impending crises. there was no site for the 26th national tournament as late as November 1; and the federal government, in dealing with the energy crisis that gripped the country, caused the closing of gas stations on Sundays. The first crisis was averted with the willingness of the University of Illinois to host the ...