The Pensacola Tornados are a defunct basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1985- .
The Tornados moved to Pensacola during the 1985-86 season from Toronto, owned by
The 1985-1986 season
[edit] League moves
During the season, the Toronto Tornados (owned by former NBA owner Ted Stepien) moved to Pensacola. During the off-season, they became the Jacksonville Jets. It was a turbulent off-season in general, as the CBA shrunk to 12 teams. Evansville and Maine folded. The Bay State Bombardiers moved to Pensacola, to become the second version of the Tornados. The Florida Stingers became the Charleston Gunners, the Detroit Spirits moved to Savannah, the Kansas City Sizzlers moved to Topeka and the Baltimore Lightning moved to Rockford