NBL Rd.8 Wrap: Can a favourite win?
THAT was the NBL round to end all NBL rounds. Rest assured, coaches and star players aren't looking for symnpathy or making excuses when they say this is the most even season on record, even if Sydney just lost Steve Blake.
WNBL Rd.8 Wrap: Not exactly Firing
IT'S getting tougher by the round for defending WNBL champion Townsville to keep sight of the potential threepeat it should be chasing.
Superpower Rankings, Tips, NBL/WNBL 7
PERTH'S Lynx have strengthened their ranks with the addition of LA Sparks' WNBA shooter Brianna Butler, finally replacing injured Monica Wright.
B.O.T.I. Players of the Week, 7
LET'S get serious here. There were several outstanding individual performances across the WNBL and NBL in Round 7 but two stood head-and-shoulders above the pack.
NBL Rd.7 Wrap: The tightness is enthralling
THE even nature of this season’s NBL competition best was exemplified by the fact there were two sets of series matches in the round and in both instances, the results were splits, going with the home team.
Pete's Bar - One week to go!
THIS time next week, Victoria's and Australia's basketball elite will gather yet again for the biggest event on our sport's annual calendar for the Pete's Bar Lunch.
Superpower Rankings, Tips, NBL/WNBL 6
THE solution to the points differential issue out of Sunday's blacked-out NBL game between Brisbane and Cairns is simple. Cancel the margin.
B.O.T.I. Players of the Week, 6
YOU know the gang here at B.O.T.I. have a firm – but extremely flexible – policy of automatically giving our coveted Player of the Week award to anyone who shoots a basket to win an NBL or WNBL match.
NBL Rd.6 Wrap: It's all fine
THOSE magical, mystical beings of the NBL’s Game Review Panel moved super quickly once again to dismiss any serious wrongdoing by Josh Powell for his “sweet chin music” to Brisbane’s Mitch Young to open Round 6.
WNBL Rd.6 Wrap: Fire up, by 2, twice
DEFENDING WNBL champion Townsville fired up at the weekend with two road wins and both by two points, coach Claudia Brassard discovering the fast-track to grey hair.

