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==New Orleans Buccaneers 1967–1970==
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The [[New Orleans Buccaneers]] were a charter member of the ABA. The Buccaneers were coached by [[Babe McCarthy]], who was famous for two reasons. One was that he had coached [[Mississippi State University]] to a [[Southeastern Conference]] championship in an era when that league's [[basketball]] was dominated by the [[University of Kentucky]]. The other was when the then all-white [[Mississippi]] state legislature forbade the team to participate in the racially integrated [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Tournament. McCarthy took the team out-of-state in the dead of night and had them participate anyway, which gave him a near-legend status in the eyes of some (and the undying hatred of others).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.remembertheaba.com/New-Orleans-Buccaneers.html |title=New Orleans Buccaneers |publisher=Remember the ABA |access-date=2015-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717063835/http://www.remembertheaba.com/new-orleans-buccaneers.html |archive-date=2015-07-17 }}</ref> Originally, in 1970, the Buccaneers had originally planned to rename their franchise to the ''Louisiana Buccaneers'' in order to gain a more regional fanbase within the state of Louisiana instead of limiting their popularity to just within the New Orleans area.