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NBL1 mid-season review: Ballarat Miners/Rush

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 Ballarat Miners […]

NBL1 mid-season review: Albury Wodonga Bandits

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 Albury Wodonga […]

NBL1 adjusts women’s finals series to allow for Opals selection

AUSTRALIA’S top female basketballers will be able to still have an impact on the National Basketball League (NBL1) finals series after the league adjusted the 2019 post-season series. Previously the first round of NBL1 Women’s action was scheduled for the weekend of July 26-28, but with the Australian Opals camp running at the same time, […]

NBL1 Women’s Round 9 review: Supercats juggernaut continues to purr as four of top five extend winning streaks

THE remarkable run for Geelong Supercats, Bendigo Braves, Knox Raiders and Kilsyth Cobras continued in the National Basketball League (NBL)1 women’s competition over the weekend, with the respective sides extending their winning streaks to 11, five, five and seven games respectively. The most impressive of all winning streaks was the Supercats, who made it into […]

NBL1 Men’s Round 9 review: Supercats win down south as Spectres and Tigers continue good form

GEELONG Supercats, Nunawading Spectres and Melbourne Tigers all maintained their winning streaks with important wins as Ballarat Miners slipped up against the in-form Frankston Blues, and now sit just one win clear of the Spectres in the National Basketball League (NBL)1 men’s competition. The Spectres travelled up to the border to face Albury Wodonga Bandits […]

NBL1 Women’s preview: Round 9

THE National Basketball League (NBL)1 Women’s competition tips off with Round 9 tonight when eleventh placed Hobart Huskies have the tough ask of upsetting the red-hot ladder leaders, Geelong Supercats. With the Supercats having won 11 of a possible 12 games, and are on a nine-game winning streak, it will take more than home court […]

NBL1 Men’s preview: Round 9

NATIONAL Basketball League (NBL)1 players will eye off a break after Round 9 with the Queen’s Birthday long weekend a welcome rest from the competition past the midway point of the season. The final game before the break for Hobart Huskies is under lights tomorrow night at home, when the thirteenth placed Huskies take on […]

MUVJBL U16 Girls review: Hawthorn’s magical run to the championship

HAWTHORN Magic looked dead and buried three weeks ago with one win from six rounds, but three consecutive wins in an even Ashe Pool, and the Magic has snatched fifth spot from the jaws of defeat in the Melbourne United Victorian Junior Basketball League (MUVJBL) Under 16 Girls competition to qualify for the championship division […]

MUVJBL U18 Boys review: Tigers hold firm in big win to secure top five spot

THE top four Ashe Pool sides faced off in Round 9 of the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) Under 18 Boys competition, with Kilsyth stamping its claim as the team to beat. In the Watson Pool, Melbourne Tigers secured another big win, consolidating their top five spot as all the teams above them also won. […]

NBL1 Women’s Round 8 review: CoE, Rush surge with big wins

IT was a weekend to remember for the struggling Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (CoE) and Ballarat Rush, while one to forget for Launceston Tornadoes. The CoE played three games across the round, and having not won a game in 11 starts, were desperate to get on the board. They did just that not once, […]

NBL1 Men’s Round 8 review: Thrillers excite fans as top sides continue winning ways

A COUPLE of one-point thrillers, including one to open the round was what National Basketball League (NBL)1 spectators were treated to in a big Round 8 of action. With 14 games played across three days, plenty of sides travelled around the southern parts of Australia, with Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (CoE) playing three games, […]

MUVJBL U16 Boys review: Surprise results fail to shift top five sides

DESPITE some surprising results in the final round of the Melbourne United Victorian Junior Basketball League (MUVJBL) Under 16 Boys championship division, the top five teams in each pool at the start of Round 9 were the teams to advance through to the next stage. Everything was all but certain barring a massive win and […]

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