La Crosse Bobcats

[3] In 1997, the Bobcats marketing campaign featured commercials depicting La Crosse players hawking sub-par team endorsed products in a home shopping parody.

[4] During the 1999 CBA draft, the Bobcats selected former Wisconsin Badgers forward Sam Okey in the eighth round.

Okey declined a contract from La Crosse, opting to play in a Turkish professional league.

Okey first received basketball notoriety in Wisconsin while attending a Cassville prep school.

Buried under a marble slab, the capsule is set to be opened for the city's bicentennial celebration in 2056.

Stephen Jackson played for the Bobcats in 1997 and 1998.
Mark Hendrickson had three separate stints with La Crosse (1997, 1999 and 2000).