2019/20 NBL weekend preview: Round 7 – Throwdown III to light up Melbourne
WITH one game down and still plenty of action to come over the weekend, we preview Round 7 of the National Basketball League (NBL), with a wrap-up of these games and preview of the final game of the round on Monday. MELBOURNE UNITED v. SOUTH EAST MELBOURNE PHOENIX Saturday, November 16, 5.30pm Melbourne Arena In […]
2019/20 NBL weekend preview: Round 7 – Adelaide vs. Perth
IN a standalone Friday night game, two finals hopefuls go head-to-head with Adelaide 36ers hosting Perth Wildcats in a huge night of Round 7 action. The Wildcats dropped their first game after gaining some strong momentum, sitting two games adrift of top spot, while the 36ers languish in sixth place following three consecutive losses. It […]
2019/20 NBL Team of the Week: Round 6
IN the hardest week thus far to try and pick just four guards for our Draft Central National Basketball League (NBL) Team of the Week for Round 6, it was cellar dwellers, Illawarra Hawks who had an impressive three players in the team. The Hawks won their second game of the season in impressive fashion, […]
2019/20 WNBL Team of the Week: Round 5
UNIVERSITY of Canberra (UC) Capitals have broken a Draft Central Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) Team of the Week record in Round 5, having a massive four players in the 10-player side after a couple of impressive wins in Victoria. Along with the Capitals, Adelaide Lightning and Perth Lynx both had two players following their […]
Long way to the top as quartet maintain chase in DC Medal
FOUR players remain determined to catch Melbourne United’s Shawn Long at the top of the Draft Central (DC) Medal leaderboard, with the center siting three votes clear of his nearest rivals following Round 6 action. The DC Medal is a 3-2-1 vote award we give for every game to determine our Most Valuable Player (MVP) […]
NBL Round 6 review: Kings and United stand tall in big round of action
SYDNEY Kings and Melbourne United stood tall with a couple of wins across the weekend, emerging as two of the four teams to beat, with South East Melbourne Phoenix also getting a win and Perth suffering a loss to the Kings. New Zealand Breakers (101) defeated by Melbourne United (104) Last year’s grand finalists, Melbourne […]
WNBL Round 5 review: Final three games see UC capitalise in Melbourne
REIGNING premiers, University of Canberra (UC) Capitals made it a weekend away in Melbourne to remember, downing the Boomers on Saturday after also getting the better of the Flyers on Thursday night. They moved to second on the table, while other results on Saturday saw Adelaide Lightning smash Bendigo Spirit, and Perth Lynx win their […]
2019/20 WNBL review/preview: Round 5 – Midway point of round
WITH the split round taking place in Round 5 of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL), we recap the two games that took place overnight, while previewing the remaining three matches this weekend. Sydney Uni Flames (82) defeated Townsville Fire (73) Sydney Uni Flames have leapt past two sides on their way to sixth following […]
2019/20 WNBL preview: Round 5 – Thursday night action on the east coast
THE University of Canberra (UC) Capitals and Sydney Uni Flames do the double over Round 5, with just the two matchdays tonight and Saturday for five games. The teams then have a break for a week, before recommencing on Friday, November 22 with Round 6 tipping off. In this part we focus on the first […]
2019/20 NBL Team of the Week: Round 5
IN the most even spread of National Basketball League (NBL) Team of the Week’s for Draft Central, every single side has at least one nominee in the team for Round 5. The only team with two players is Sydney Kings, because of the 10-player squad and only nine teams, there had to be a double-up […]
2019/20 WNBL Team of the Week: Round 4
REIGNING premiers, University of Canberra (UC) Capitals were back on the board in a big way, both with an important win over Sydney Uni Flames, and in our Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) Team of the Week for Round 4. The Capitals had three players named in our 10-player team, one more than Perth Lynx […]
WNBL Round 4: Southside remains undefeated as Russell takes outright DC Medal lead
SOUTHSIDE Flyers are the last team standing in the undefeated race, following a tough seven-point win over state rivals, Melbourne Boomers last night. Rounding out Round 4 of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL), both teams headed into the clash undefeated, with arguably the most dominant starting fives in the competition. The top-of-the-table clash was […]
