Despite their success, Drive owner Jim Bob Morris decided he no longer wanted to own the team after just one season.
[2] Prior to the start of the 2013 season, the PBL merged with the Independent Basketball Association (IBA), to create the IBA-PBL.
The Flex then dropped their home opener on March 29 to the Gary Splash, spoiling their championship banner-raising ceremony.
In the two wins, the Flex defense held in check the RazorSharks high-scoring offense, which had averaged 118.5 points per game in the regular season.
The Flex finished the 2014 season with a perfect 18–0 record, winning the PBL Midwest Division championship and earning the top seed and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.
The change resulted in a facility conflict for the second place team in the East Division, the Carolina Pee Dee Vipers.
The league canceled the entire first round of the playoffs, including the Midwest series between the Indianapolis Diesels and Bloomington Flex, and announced the finals would start April 6 in Rochester.