the best debut season in Pittsburgh pro sports history belongs not to the Steelers, the Penguins or the Pirates, but to the Pipers. In a city where two pro basketball teams — the Ironmen and the ...

So, with basketball insanity still in the air ... He was selected by the Pittsburgh Ironmen, but chose to pursue a high school coaching career. That was wise as the Ironmen, coming off a 15-45 ...

The first, the Pittsburgh Ironmen, were charter members of the Basketball Association of America (which would later become the NBA) in 1946. They folded only one year into their tenure after ...

Pittsburgh Ironmen (1946-1947) The Ironmen were also inaugural members of the Basketball Association of America. They only played one season at Duquesne Gardens in Pittsburgh. Founded in 2004 ...

Thousands of players have been selected in the annual event that dates back to 1947, when the Pittsburgh Ironmen tabbed Texas Wesleyan forward Clifton McNeeley with the first-ever pick.