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Binghamton Triplets (basketball)

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The Binghamton Triplets was a short-lived professional basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association. It began as one of six founding teams of the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) for the 1946-47 season. The teamed moved to Pottsville, Pennsylvania in the middle of its first season and changed its name to the Pottsville Packers for the 1947-48 season. The team moved again before the 1952-53 season to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to become the Wilkes-Barre Aces and folded after four games into the season.

For many years, there was also a minor league baseball team known as the Binghamton Triplets.

Season-by-season record

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Season Wins Losses Pct. Finish Postseason Results
Binghamton Triplets/Pottsville Pros
1946-47 7 20 .259 6th Out of playoffs
Pottsville Packers
1947-48 19 9 .679 2nd Semifinalists
1948-49 16 14 .533 4th Champions
1949-50 16 12 .571 2nd Semifinalists
1950-51 12 16 .429 4th out of playoffs/missed playoffs/no playoffs/
1951-52 21 9 .700 1st Champions