{"id":38940,"date":"2024-03-26T15:14:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T05:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/?p=38940"},"modified":"2024-03-26T15:14:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T05:14:32","slug":"2023-24-wnbl-team-wrap-series-starts-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/2023-24-wnbl-team-wrap-series-starts-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"2023\/24 WNBL Team Wrap Series starts tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE Women&#8217;s National Basketball League (WNBL) season delivered one of the most exciting campaigns in recent memory, with the action going down to the wire in more than one aspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a thrilling race for the finals, that level of unpredictability rolled into the postseason, where there were upsets, big performances and even buzzer-beaters, as Australia&#8217;s premier female basketball competition delivered in a big way again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, the <a data-type=\"team\" data-id=\"7740\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/team\/southside-flyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southside Flyers<\/a> emerged champions of the 2023\/24 season, producing a dominant performance in game three of the Grand Final series, defeating the <a data-type=\"team\" data-id=\"168\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/team\/perth-lynx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perth Lynx<\/a>, who almost pulled off a heist from fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were some massive individual campaigns as well, with <a data-type=\"team\" data-id=\"166\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/team\/melbourne-boomers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melbourne Boomers<\/a> import <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"37471\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/player\/jordin-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordin Canada<\/a> taking out the Most Valuable Player Award. The guard averaged 15.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 7.6 assists across 18 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the season done and dusted, <em>Rookie Me Central <\/em>will begin its annual team wrap series, unpacking the performance of each club throughout the fixture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With an extremely tight competition throughout, each team will have plenty of positives, as even the bottom sides caused some stirring upsets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a similar vein to our NBL team wraps, we will be dissecting each team&#8217;s performance throughout the season, picking an MVP, analysing the team&#8217;s head coach, and judging where each club will go from here heading into next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first cab off the rank tomorrow will be the <a data-type=\"team\" data-id=\"175\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/team\/university-of-canberra-capitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UC Capitals<\/a>, who did have some bright moments in a tough campaign. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dc-block-dc-mention _dc_mention\"><div class=\"section-heading_wrap\"><span class=\"section-heading is-small\">Mentions<\/span><span class=\"hor-border\"><\/span><\/div><ul class=\"js-overflow-list overflow-list\"><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_t\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/team\/southside-flyers\/\">Southside Melbourne Flyers<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_t\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/team\/perth-lynx\/\">Perth Lynx<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_t\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/team\/melbourne-boomers\/\">Melbourne Boomers<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/player\/jordin-canada\/\">Jordin Canada<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_t\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/team\/university-of-canberra-capitals\/\">UC Capitals<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - plus circle - 20px-->\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n                        <path d=\"M15,9.28h-4.3V5h0A.72.72,0,1,0,9.28,5h0V9.28H5a.72.72,0,0,0,0,1.43H9.28V15a.72.72,0,0,0,1.43,0h0V10.71H15a.72.72,0,0,0,0-1.43Z\"\/>\n                        <path d=\"M10,0A10,10,0,1,0,20,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0Zm0,18.57A8.57,8.57,0,0,1,10,1.43h0a8.57,8.57,0,0,1,0,17.14Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/span><\/button><div class=\"popover\"><div class=\"popover-content\"><ul class=\"popover-menu\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Women&#8217;s National Basketball League (WNBL) season delivered one of the most exciting campaigns in recent memory, with the action going down to the wire in more than one aspect. 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