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Melbourne United to open NBL season in Bendigo Melbourne United have finalised an agreement with the City of Greater Bendigo to play their first three home games of the 2021 Hungry Jack’s NBL Season in one of Victoria’s premier regional cities. Due to the ongoing challenges of coronavirus and the Australian Open preparations in January,…

Help Parky Fight Cancer Parkinson, or “Parky” as everyone knows him, has been recently diagnosed with cancer and the Victorian basketball community has been called upon to support him and his family during this difficult period. 3on3 Hoops presents Clinics for Cancer, with these special Coaching Clinics run by different Celebrity Coaches including Andrew Gaze,…

State Basketball Centre expansion receives budget upgrade Basketball Victoria welcomes the Victorian Government’s $130 million investment to upgrade and expand the State Basketball Centre in Wantirna South.  The additional $22 million, announced in the Victorian State Budget, is on top of the original funding announced in 2018, provided by the Victorian State Government ($83M) and Knox City Council…

Holiday Closure During this time, Basketball Australia staff will also be on leave. Basketball Australia would like to wish the basketball community and community at large a very safe holiday season and here’s to a more normal 2021 filled with plenty of hoops! Basketball Australia wishes to advise that its office will be closed from…

BA welcomes Victorian Government support for State Basketball Centre The $130 million expansion, announced in last week’s Victorian State Budget, is an additional $22 million from the original funding announced in 2018, provided by the Victorian State Government ($83M) and Knox City Council ($25M). The expansion will increase capacity at the State Basketball Centre to…

Latrobe to get their hustle on! Supported by the Latrobe Valley Authority, the 3×3 Street Hustle tournaments is part of the January Latrobe Valley Back to Sport Tour which is designed to reignite sport within the community.  The tour will begin on Tuesday January 19 in Warragul before going to Sale on Wednesday January 20 and concluding on Thursday January 21…

REFEREE PANEL ANNOUNCED FOR 2020 WNBL FINALS The Finals Series, to be played in Townsville, will commence on Wednesday 16 December with two Semi Finals, the Preliminary Final on December 18 and the Grand Final to be contested on Sunday 20 December. Based upon performances across the 2020 WNBL regular season, the eight referees that…

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE HOSTS TRAINING CAMP FOR RISING YOUNG TALENTS From November 30 – December 3, sixteen athletes identified from State & Territory Performance Programs were invited to travel to the AIS, with consideration to current travel restrictions, based on performance in current clubs and associations, previous tournaments, and feedback from the Talent ID network…