Bloomington Flex set 2015 schedule

Posted on December 22, 2014

The Bloomington Flex begin play in the Midwest Professional Basketball Association in 2015. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Bloomington Flex)

By WJBC Staff

BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Flex opener in the inaugural season of the Midwest Professional Basketball Association is set for Jan. 4, as they travel to suburban St. Louis to take on the St. Louis RiverSharks at Family Arena at 1:00 p.m., the team announced Monday.

The home opener at U.S. Cellular Coliseum follows one week later on January 11 at 2:05 p.m. against the Gateway Steam. The Flex, coming off back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013 and an overall 19-0 record in 2014, will play each of the five other MPBA teams four times, twice on each other’s home floor.

“We’ve actually had the schedule for some time,” said Operations Director Craig Fata. “It’s been up on the league website, but there were still some tipoff times on the road that were being finalized, and we just had one change come through from the Coliseum last week, so we haven’t been able to publicize it until now,” Fata said.

The Flex wind up the regular season on April 2 in Chicago against the Windy City Groove. 

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