Tags: Basketball League, Sports League.
The International Basketball Association (IBA) was founded by Alexandria Minnesota entrepreneur Thomas Anderson in 1995. Anderson traveled the Upper Midwest searching for franchise owners for a couple of years before the league began play with five teams in the 1995-1996 season. The original owners of franchises in the league were George Daniel (Black Hills Posse-Rapid City SD) John Korsmo Al Gardner and Al Hovland (Fargo Beez) Jeff McCarron (St.