The Ripknees briefly joined the Premier Basketball League after starting playing one season in the ABA.

Playing their home games at the Gangelhoff Center, Minnesota finished their inaugural 2006–07 season 24–8, good for first place in their division.

Jamel Staten of the Ripknees became the first and only player in ABA history to record a quadruple-double in their 125–107 victory over the St. Louis Stunners on February 1, 2007.

[1][2] After the season, the team announced they would switch their affiliation to the Premier Basketball League[3] and would now be playing at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium (which previously served as the alternate home of the Minneapolis Lakers) next to the Xcel Energy Center[4] in St.Paul.

Before the Ripknees could ever take a shot in the PBL,[5] they were sold to Jam Entertainment (owners of the Rochester Fire, Peoria Kings, and Rome Legions).