The newest ABA Power Rankings are out and the Steel City Yellow Jackets have jumped from 19th to 6th place on the heels of two opening week wins. Steel City took down the previously 9th ranked Baltimore Hawks 127-119 and demolished Team Network 170-118.
Here are all the top 32 teams as voted on by the league.
1. Shreveport/Bossier Mavericks (1-0)
2. Jacksonville Giants (0-0)
3. South Florida Gold (4-0)
4. Chicago Steam (0-0)
5. Atlanta Wildcats (0-0)
6. Steel City Yellow Jackets (2-0)
7. Texas FUEL (3-0)
8. Central Valley Titans (2-0)
9. Arizona Scorpions (2-0)
10. Motor City Firebirds (2-0)
11. Coast II Coast All Stars (2-0)
12. Richmond Elite (1-0)
13. Indy Naptown All Stars (1-0)
14. Philadelphia Spirit (1-0)
15. Baytown Bombers (1-0)
16. West Texas Whirlwinds (1-0)
17. Bowling Green Bandits (1-0)
18. San Diego Surf (1-0)
19. Mobile Bay Tornados (1-0)
20. Baltimore Hawks (1-1)
21. Carolina Coyotes (1-1)
22. Colorado Kings (0-1)
23. Jersey Express (0-1)
24. West Michigan Lake Hawks (0-0)
25. Providence Sky Chiefs (1-1)
26. Austin Boom (1-1)
27. Fayetteville Flight (1-1)
28. Kitsap Admirals (1-1)
29. Bay Area Matrix (0-0)
30. Charleston Lions (1-1)
31. Missouri Rhythm (1-1)
32. Calgary Crush (0-0)
Steel City will hit the road for two games against the Brooklyn Skyrockets this week. The first game on Saturday will be the ABA Game Of The Week and will be televised live on ESPN3. National Recording artist and Yellow Jacket owner Tjuan Benafactor will be the halftime show & Arucca Flyboy Ric-A-SHA will be the pregame performer. Tjuan Benefactor will be accompanied by the Steel City Honeybee dancers and the entire game will be DJed by DJ Mello. All entertainment is scheduled to be part of the broadcast.
Steel City will play a second game on Sunday. For more information on the team visit their website at www.catchthebuzz.net.
