 the dakota wizards were an american basketball team in the nba development league, based in bismarck, north dakota. they played their home games at the bismarck civic center. the team relocated to santa cruz, california for the 2012-2013 season to become the santa cruz warriors. ==history== ===beginnings in iba=== the team was originally formed in 1995 as a member of the international basketball association, a basketball circuit based in the northern united states and western canada. in the iba's final year of operation, the 2000-01 season, the wizards took the iba title. ===2001-02: cba merger and championship=== in 2001, the iba merged with several teams from the cba. while it was expected that the smaller, regional iba franchises would not survive against the stronger cba squads, the wizards performed well with a regular season record of 26-14, and a single-elimination 116-109 win over the rockford lightning in the cba's championship game. ===2002-03=== in the 2002-03 season, they were the favorites to win the title, but they lost in the semi-finals to the eventual champion, the yakama sun kings. ===2003-04: best season yet, another cba title=== in their best-yet third season, the wizards finished with a 34-14 regular season record, which placed them as the top team in the league. the wizards beat the rockford lightning 3-1 in
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