Kentucky Retros

       Head coachRon GreeneOwnershipSteve Van Waes

The Kentucky Retros was a professional basketball team based in Louisville, Kentucky^[1] that was scheduled to begin play in the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 2007.^[2]

The team was originally located in Murray, Kentucky and named the Kentucky Colonels after the Louisville-based teams that had played in the ABA previously, but the name was changed in March 2007 in deference to the tradition of those teams.^[3] The original Kentucky Colonels were a part of the ABA from 1967 to 1976. On July 17, 1976, owner of the Colonels, John Y. Brown Jr., agreed to a deal worth $3,000,000 that saw the end of the team just ahead of the 1976 ABA–NBA merger.^[4]

Unlike their predecessors, the Retros did not stay around for a complete season. The team folded during the 2007–08 season.

Before the team was set to play in the 2007-08 ABA season, they played in basketball tournaments all around the United States.

In June 2007, the team was set to participate in the 2007 Hoops Kentucky Pro Am.^[5] There is no record available to know how the team fared in the tournament.

• Marco Killingsworth - played college basketball 2001–2006; played for Auburn University in his freshman through junior seasons; after the 2004 season, transferred to Indiana University, where he averaged 17.1 points per game.^{[citation needed]}

The Retros' logo was designed by graphic design student DeWayne Esson while he was still a student at Murray State University.^{[citation needed]} The colors were derived from those of the original Kentucky Colonels.

• Sports in Louisville, Kentucky