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COE FALL TO FRANKSTON IN FINAL HOME GAME FOR 2019 NBL1 SEASON Hosting the Blues on Saturday night, the CoE entered the clash only a game behind them on the ladder with the chance to move into the top eight if successful. They started well with a 27-20 opening term where Hyunjung Lee scored ten…

ALL THREE AUSSIES SELECTED TO ATTEND 2019 JR. NBA GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP Out of a group of 68 athletes and a handful of coaches from Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand, the Australian trio impressed selectors across a two-day camp and will now head to Florida for the second edition of…

Emerging Opals and Boomers name teams for 30th Summer Universiade Also known as the World University Games, the tournament is the largest multi-sport event apart from the Olympic Games and features almost 10,000 athletes who are currently completing university studies competing across 18 disciplines. The Emerging Opals welcome back Abigail Wehrung, Alex Sharp, Keely Froling…

Pearls Selection Camp at AIS Identified at the beginning of 2019 at the Ivor Burge Championships, the squad of over 20 athletes have been training as a group and with individual programs for the past four months. This coming weekend, the squad will be training at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, with the…

National Junior Classic – 2019 final standings Our 128 teams have finalised their standings with a number of incredible performances coming across the competition and not just from our eventual medallists. On behalf of Basketball Victoria and the Melbourne Utd. Victorian Junior Basketball League, we’d like to thank everyone who committed their time and energy…

POPOVICH LAUDS AUSTRALIAN BASKETBALL AHEAD OF #BOOMERSUSA Both representatives made themselves available following USA Basketball’s announcement this morning on their squad for the 2019 FIBA World Cup as well as the games against the Boomers. “I’m still a little stunned at the size of the arena we’ll be playing in and the amount of spectators…

BASKETBALL ICONS INCLUDED IN 2019 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS The awards have been handed out in Australia since 1975 and this year, Luc Longley, Bruce Spangler and Ricky Grace were honoured as Members (AM) in the General Division while Lorraine Crawford (Albury, NSW) and Gregory O’Neill (East Melbourne) were credited with Medals (OAM) in the General…

USA BASKETBALL ANNOUNCE 20-MAN SQUAD TO ATTEND FIBA WC TRAINING CAMP USA Basketball will head into the training camp from August 5-9 in Las Vegas, led by head coach Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs). The squad includes seven 2019 NBA All-Stars in Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards), Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans), James Harden (Houston Rockets), Damian Lillard (Portland…

Victorians selected for Australian 3×3 World Cup teams The men’s team features three players from last month’s FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup gold medal winning side in Tom Wright, Tim Coenraad and Greg Hire. Joining them will be Andrew Steel, the third ranked 3×3 player in the country, who previously won a bronze medal at the…