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AUSTRALIA WELL REPRESENTED IN 2018 NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT Baylor BearsA beast at both ends of the floor for Baylor, Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. has averaged 14 points on 51% shooting as well as 8.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks which are both team highs. He has collected 14 double-doubles with a season-best 31 points and 21 rebounds…

AUSSIES SET FOR BATTLE IN THE 2018 NCAA TOURNAMENT Sara AnastasieskaOnly playing ten games this season for the California Golden Bears, Anastasieska (who has been a more than capable three-point shooter at times) has not hit the court since January and is unlikely to see any court time during the tournament. First Round Opponent: Virginia…

BV Coaching Podcast S2 Ep5 – Take that for Data This week we touch on NBL Coach of the Year Dean Vickerman, the FIBA Qualifiers series, and focus on the use of data and analytics in basketball, how you can use it to help your team and some resources you can use. Justin is torn…

AUSSIES HEADS TO GERMANY FOR 2018 ALBERT SCHWEITZER TOURNAMENT Held since 1958 and now run every two years, the Albert Schweitzer Tournament brings the best Under-18 junior national teams together from 16 countries to compete for the international title. In the past, the likes of Andrew Bogut, Matthew Dellavedova, Patty Mills, Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan…

Vale Chris Pearce Chris, 49, passed whilst playing the game he loved at Moe in the local veteran’s competition. He has an outstanding junior career with Morwell before representing Victoria and Victoria Country from 1986-1988, culminating in an under-20 gold medal. From there he went on to represent Kilsyth, Nunawading and Knox in the Victorian…

CHAMBERS EXALTS WNBL CONNECTION IN OPALS COMMONWEALTH GAMES TEAM Following the announcement of the team by Commonwealth Games Australia, the Opals now have just under a month to prepare before their first game on April 6 with the tournament running until April 15. 11 members of the side played in the WNBL last season and…

FIXTURE RELEASED FOR FIBA UNDER-17 WORLD CUP Drawn into Group D, Australia (who are ranked seventh in the world for juniors) will take on Angola (ranked 34th), Latvia (24th) and Canada (4th) in the group stage across four days. All 16 teams at the World Cup will qualify for the Round of 16 but from…

Basketball Victoria “The Love of the Game” Shooting Clinics NBA Shooting Coach Dave Love has worked with the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the past four seasons with the Orlando Magic, and such players as Aaron Gordon, Tristan Thompson, Elfrid Payton and Bismack Biyombo. Coach Love will be in Melbourne for three days running clinics…

BOOMERS AND OPALS TEAM NAMED FOR GOLD COAST 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES The teams were announced by Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games star Lauren Jackson. In the Boomers side – a familiar line-up from the FIBA World Cup qualifiers has been announced, with Chris Goulding and Damian Martin added to the team. bRAD Newley is the only…

BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA INTRODUCES COURTSIDING POLICY The policy reflects Basketball Australia’s position that there is no legitimate purpose for courtsiders to be present at Australian basketball matches. Under the policy, courtsiders, which includes data scouts, data journalists and data commentators, will be prohibited from basketball venues under the terms of entry or ticketing terms and conditions….