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AUSSIES SET TO FEATURE IN 2019 NCAA TOURNAMENTS By Liam Ellison. No. 2 Michigan St. vs. No. 15 BradleyMarch 22, 5:45am AEDT Jayden Hodgson (Bradley) – 1.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and one assist per game. The Junior out of Gosford, NSW is not likely to play a heavy role in Bradley’s first-round match-up against Michigan…

Grade 1 Referee Coach Course This course is ideal for people who are interested in becoming a Referee Coach and mentoring beginner/less experienced referees. Before applying it is recommended that applicants contact their Referee Advisor prior to the commencement of the course, to obtain an understanding of referee coaching and/or mentoring. Date & Time: Wednesday…

Referees use AGSV basketball for three-person officiating development Basketball Victoria would like to thank the Associated Grammar Schools Victoria (AGSV) and Troy Rowe for allowing us to use their 1st Division Basketball Boys competition to appoint a 3-person officiating roster to their games. We would like to thank and congratulate the following referees for an…

UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIPS AND KEVIN COOMBS CUP PREVIEW- TASMANIA Under-18 Men’s Tas Team List: Taran Armstrong, Sejr Deans, Thomas Foster, Marshall Madden-Evans, Jai Lette, Jackson Lowe, Jordan Mayes, Angus Kitson, Reyne Smith, Fletcher Wescombe. With a strong guard combination and a plethora of ball-carriers, Tasmania will be relying on their back court to lead them to…

BA CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE PREPARING FOR INAUGURAL NBL1 SEASON CoE Men’s Roster: Taran Armstrong, Josh Bannan, Kyle Bowen, Hunter Clarke, Bol Dengdit, Kian Dennis, Alex Ducas, Francisco Farabello, Josh Giddey, Hunter Goodrick, Blake Jones, Josh Kunen, Mojavee King, Isaiah Lee, Lucas Schmidt, Banjo Talbot, Wil Tattersall, Kane Waters, Tamuri Wigness. As with previous SEABL seasons,…

2019 FIBA WORLD CUP DRAW REACTIONS The Boomers (ranked 11th in the world) have been drawn into Group H where they will face Lithuania (ranked 6th), Canada (ranked 23rd) and Senegal (ranked 37th). “The reality of the World Cup is that you are going to play against good teams,” said Boomers head coach Andrej Lemanis….

BOOMERS DRAWN INTO GROUP H FOR 2019 FIBA WORLD CUP China will host the tournament from August 31-September 15 and the Boomers’ group stage games will be played in Dongguan on the South-East side of the country. The replay of the draw ceremony can be seen below. Australia (ranked 11th in the world) will face…

EMUS TEAM SELECTED FOR FIBA UNDER-19 WORLD CUP Ten players from the Emus team that won gold at last year’s Under-18 Asian Championships and qualified them for the Under-19 World Cup have been named with Wani Swaka Lo Buluk and Alex Ducas joining them. “We had a really competitive selection camp,” said Emus head coach…

AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS TO REPRESENT AT IWBF U25 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Held in Thailand between May 23-28, the third edition of the tournament has seen Don Perriman appointed as Chairman of the Tournament Technical Committee, Lisa Chaffey as a classifier, Matt Wells as lead referee supervisor/instructor and Helen Rosenberg named as a tournament referee. One of the…