The Mississippi Blues are a basketball team in the American Basketball Association who began play in 2008-09. Now based in Biloxi, the Blues play at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and are the first ABA team in Mississippi since the Mississippi Miracles folded after the 2006-07 season.
The Blues spent its first season playing in Jackson, Mississippi at Tougaloo College. In the first season, the Blues advanced to the East Divisional semifinals. While based in Jackson, the Blues were the first basketball team in Jackson since the Jackson Wildcats of the USBL folded mid season in 2007.
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Famous quotes containing the words mississippi and/or blues:
“Listen, my friend, I’ve just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.”
—Patrick Buchanan (b. 1938)
“Holly Golightly: You know those days when you’ve got the mean reds?
Paul: The mean reds? You mean like the blues?
Holly Golightly: No, the blues are because you’re getting fat or maybe it’s been raining too long. You’re just sad, that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you’re afraid and you don’t know what you’re afraid of.”
—George Axelrod (b. 1922)