36ers survive second overtime thriller to outlast Breakers
ADELAIDE 36ers are proving to be the masters of overtime games, winning their second National Basketball League (NBL) match in a week that went longer than the prescribed 40 minutes. In a topsy-turvy game, Adelaide outlasted New Zealand Breakers to win 94-91, including a 12-9 overtime period to secure the win. Boom recruit Lamar Patterson […]
2021 VJBL Grading Phase One: Under 16 Boys & Girls Pool 1 groups
AFTER a postponed then cancelled 2020 season, the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) will tip-off on Friday night with the first phase of the 2021 grading. In this article we explain how the grading works, with the teams sorted into pools and over the next couple of months will earn places in either the Championship […]
2021 VJBL Grading Phase One: Under 18 Boys & Girls Pool 1 groups
AFTER a postponed, then cancelled 2020 season, the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) will tip-off on Friday night with the first phase of the 2021 grading. In this article we explain how the grading works, with the teams sorted into pools and over the next couple of months will earn places in either the Championship […]
Phoenix turn tables on 36ers to claim first win
SOUTH East Melbourne Phoenix are on the board in the 2021 National Basketball League (NBL) season, downing Adelaide 36ers by six points to reverse the result of their Round 1 clash. In that encounter, it took double-overtime for the 36ers to pull through with a win, but this time it was the Phoenix that managed […]
CBL South West: Even competition to start new season
IN the most even Country Basketball League (CBL) region to-date, the South West Men have seen five of the six teams already collect a victory in the opening two rounds. South West Men: Only Bellarine Storm is yet to taste victory in the CBL, picking up a couple of narrow defeats at the hands of […]
NBL21 Round 2 preview: Rematches galore, while Breakers and Wildcats enter the fray
ROUND 2 of the National Basketball League (NBL) tips off tonight, with several games rematches of Round 1 contests throughout the week. With one game on every night, basketball fans will be treated to some high-class matches, and it all begins back in Adelaide with the 36ers and Phoenix locking horns. Adelaide 36ers vs. South […]
CBL North West: Blazers and Braves have perfect start to the season
MARYBOROUGH Blazers and Bendigo Spirit have made the perfect start in both the men’s and women’s Country Basketball League (CBL) competition in 2021. NORTH WEST MEN: Bendigo Braves and Maryborough Blazers have made a ripping start to the 2021 North West Men’s CBL competition, winning all of their games thus far to sit on top […]
CBL Gippsland: Maffra men and Korumburra women tip-off season in style
TWO rounds down and the Country Basketball League (CBL) teams are starting to get a feel for the 2021 action. After a challenging 2020 year, the multiple leagues across Victoria have started, and each week we will focus on a different competition. This week, we take a look at how Gippsland is fairing following the […]
Hawks make it back-to-back wins with upset on the road
ANOTHER impressive road win has last year’s wooden spooners, The Hawks sitting atop of the National Basketball League (NBL) table after the completion of Round 1. Coming up against the highly fancied Cairns Taipans who were also coming off a win and had back-to-back games at home over the first weekend, The Hawks showed they […]
CBL North East: Seymour blast their way through opening rounds
SEYMOUR Blasters have established themselves as one of the teams to beat in both the North East Men’s and Women’s competitions in this year’s Country Basketball League (CBL). They are undefeated in both leagues thus far, though a number of teams have also had impressive one-off games to set up an entertaining third round of […]
Giddey up: Adelaide 36ers get the win thanks to future star
NATIONAL Basketball League (NBL) Next Star young gun Josh Giddey has guided the Adelaide 36ers to their first win of the season in a tense double overtime victory against South East Melbourne Phoenix last night. Following the 36ers’ defeat at the hands of Melbourne United on Friday night, the team returned to the Adelaide Entertainment […]
United opens season with 24-point road win over 36ers
MELBOURNE United have opened their season with style, claiming a 24-point victory over Adelaide 36ers at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre last night. United did not have it all their own way, with the nominal National Basketball League (NBL) title favourites defeating the 36ers on opening night, 89-65. United loaded up on star power over the […]
