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 […]
Taipans slither away from the Kings, steal one-point victory in final minute
NORTH Queensland witnessed a theft last night as the Cairns Taipans snatched a Round 1 victory last night against reigning grand finalist Sydney Kings, 87-86, at the Cairns Pop Up Arena. The result was decided thanks to a last second miss at the buzzer by Casper Ware which bounced off the back of the rim. […]
Hawks make statement win over Bullets, Goorjian finds instant results
AS a part of an entertaining twist to the start of the season for last year’s wooden spooners, The Hawks toppled the Brisbane Bullets, 90-84, and consolidated their first win on their first attempt in hostile territory, thus ending a losing streak that dated back to middle stages of the 2019/20 campaign. In front of […]
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 […]
NBL21 season previews: Sydney Kings
ARGUABLY the best performing side during the 2019/20 regular season, the Sydney Kings have perhaps the biggest level of motivation going into NBL21, despite not finding championship glory in last year’s Grand Final series. Finishing a game above the eventual reigning champion Perth Wildcats after 28 regular season outings and a record of 20 wins […]
NBL21 Round 1 preview: Taipans, Hawks and 36ers to double up in opening round
A FIVE-game opening round which features seven of the nine teams was eventually indicative of what became of the 2020 season. Just when it looked like 2021 was going to be a better version on its predecessor, the global pandemic reared its head once again, and the National Basketball League (NBL) was forced to make […]
