NBL1 weekend preview: Round 14
A huge weekend of National Basketball League (NBL)1 kicks off tomorrow night with the 16th placed Eltham Wildcats hosting the Basketball Australia CoE in 15th at Eltham High School. With only two rounds left of the regular season, teams are more determined than ever to lock down a top-four position. The Bendigo Braves will follow […]
NBL1 Women’s Round 13 review: Bendigo Braves make it nine in a row
THE Geelong Supercats cleaned up their first game of the NBL (National Basketball League)1 for Round 13, against the Ballarat Rush – defeating the home side 82-70. The game opened very much in Geelong’s favour (19-10) but took a turn in the second and third with Ballarat snaring consecutive 23-point terms, compared to 19 and […]
NBL1 Women’s weekend preview: Round 13
ONE game is already in the books and another 10 are still to come in the National Basketball League (NBL)1 women’s competition over an extended round of action. Last night, Geelong Supercats knocked off a brave Ballarat Rush to triumph by 12 points and extend their lead on top, while extinguishing the Rush’s top eight […]
NBL1 Women’s Round 12 review: Top eight gap widens
THE gap between the top eight and bottom 10 in the National Basketball League (NBL)1 competition has increased, with Albury Wodonga Bandits’ victory over Frankston Blues, and losses to both Melbourne Tigers and Eltham Wildcats making it a six-point differential between the Bandits and Tigers. The Bandits proved to be more than a handful for […]
NBL1 weekend preview: Round 12
WITH four rounds remaining in the regular season, National Basketball League (NBL)1 sides have between three and six matches remaining for the 2019 season. In the men’s competition, Ballarat Miners, Nunawading Spectres and Geelong Supercats will be contesting finals, while Southern Sabres and Ringwood Hawks are two sides out of the running. The mid-table log-jam […]
NBL1 Women’s Round 11 review: Ringwood Hawks swoop into top four
RINGWOOD Hawks have snatched a top four spot in the National Basketball League (NBL)1 Women’s competition, following back-to-back wins over Round 11, and helped by losses to both Kilsyth Cobras and Nunawading Spectres. The Hawks triumphed over Eltham Wildcats and Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (CoE), both by 11 points. In the win over Eltham, […]
NBL1 weekend preview: Round 11
ROUND 11 marks an important time of the National Basketball League (NBL)1 competition with sides starting to drop out of the finals race, while others try and firm their place inside the top four ahead of finals. In the men’s competition, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence will likely need to win four of the remaining […]
NBL1 Women’s Round 10 review: Sabres, Eagles wreak havoc on top eight sides
GEELONG Supercats, Bendigo Braves and Kilsyth Cobras’ winning runs continued as Dandenong Rangers’ poor form stretched another week in a big round of National Basketball League (NBL)1 Women’s action. In the shocks of the round, bottom two sides Southern Sabres and Diamond Valley Eagles both picked up their third and second wins respectively to move […]
NBL1 weekend preview: Rivalry Round heats up
AFTER a week to refresh and prepare for the second half of the season, the National Basketball League (NBL)1 competition is back in a special Rivalry Round. While the Round 10 fixture features 20 games across both men’s and women’s competitions, less than most other rounds, it is one that will get plenty of fans […]
NBL1 mid-season review: Waverley Falcons
IN the mid-season break, Basketball Draft Central takes a look at each National Basketball League (NBL)1 team in both the men’s and women’s competition and will analyse how they have performed to date, some of their top performers, and the run home to see if they can make finals. Today we analyse the Waverley Falcons, […]
