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538: 477: 340:(which, ironically, was actually the closest CBA city to Hawaii, at about 2,700 miles away). After Hawaii won two of the first three games, the Knights stormed back to take the next two and the best-of-five series (Anchorage would go on to win a seven-game final against Rochester to take the CBA crown). With attendance disappointing and travel costs very high—most of their opponents were over 5,000 miles from Hawaii—the Volcanos shifted to 33: 177: 335:
star Bobby Wilson with 28.3 points per game, the Volcanos managed a 20–25 record: a fourth-place finish, but good enough to qualify for the conference finals against Anchorage. Due to the tremendous travel costs between the nation's 49th and 50th states, however, the Volcanos agreed to play the
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in Billings, the Volcanos finished third in the Western Division with a 23–19 mark, then got revenge on Anchorage by knocking them off, two games to one, in the first round of the playoffs; they then succumbed to their in-state rival, the
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In 1981–82, Billings won the West with a 32–14 record, topped Montana in the Western finals, three games to one, before losing to the
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team that went all the way to the 1979 NCAA championship game) signed with the Volcanos after being released by the
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in Honolulu, the Conroy Bowl at Schofield Barracks, the gymnasium at
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in 1979, and placed in the CBA's North Division with the
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