The club was established in 2005 as Royal Hoopers, with former Nigeria national team player Ogoh Odaudu at the reins as head coach.

[4] To strengthen the team for the inaugural BAL season, the Hoopers acquired former NBA-players Ben Uzoh and Festus Ezeli.

[6] In the 2021 season, the Hoopers won the Premier League for a fourth time after edging Gombe Bulls in the final.

However, the Hoopers were denied to play in the BAL by FIBA Africa, because the league was organised by the Nigerian Ministry of Youth and Sports instead of the official administrator Nigeria Basketball Federation.

[9] In the BAL, the Hoopers won the Sahara Conference title and qualified for the playoffs as the fourth seed, eventually finishing in third place.