WNBL1: Big guns fail to fire
IT IS a total fallacy to call any result from the first round of a new season as "an upset". After all, which teams are established and which teams aren't? Frankly, it's ridiculous. But wow, what an upset Perth caused over Sydney and Melbourne over Southside to open the WNBL season.
Jackies jump gun, Cotton pickin' on 36ers
THE Tasmania JackJumpers jumped the gun and reloaded their road loss to the Bullets with a key home win before Bryce Cotton remembered who he is and dragged Perth to a home win over Adelaide in which you might have sworn both coaches were trying to lose.
Bob's Corner: WNBA Done, now NBA fun
BOB'S CORNER: Our man in the US, BOB CRAVEN, is back on active duty, bringing us uptospeed on the end of the WNBA season and the grand opening of the NBA, featuring 224cm Victor Wembanyama for the San Antonio Spurs and 216cm OKC pivot Chet Holmgren.
Breakers, Kings bring heat ahead of rematch
DEPLETED New Zealand last night opened the NBL round with a 10-point win over equally depleted Cairns before Sydney reasserted itself over its unfashionable "kid brother" Illawarra by double that, cruising to a 20-point victory despite Gary Clark's best efforts.
No NBL. Stop terrorising the audience
THIS just has to stop. The NBL may be doing parents a favour by providing them with images to scare the children to bed but they also are horrifying unsuspecting adults with a bizarre new terror only added this season to the television broadcasts.
Forget speculation. Brisbane is the real deal
LOOK out! There's a new kid on the block putting up his hand as a genuine contender and fans of the Brisbane Bullets should start packing Nissan Arena. Their steady dismantling last night of South East Melbourne was precise and efficient, in a game which often threatened to explode.
Brad&Boti: Winners are grinners, so we're glum
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OUR WNBL preview with Kristi Harrower dropped yesterday and today we switch our attention at the Brad&Boti podcast to this week's NBL games, Brad Rosen as always denying his blatant Kings bias and me trying to keep my love of the Jackies in abeyance.
WNBL1: Boom! Melbourne thunders past Lightning
ALL dressed in lilac, Melbourne last night lowered the boom on a stunned and ultimately numb Lightning in Adelaide, opening the WNBL season with a come-from-behind 68-60 victory, back-up centre Penina Davidson and import Naz Hillmon stand-outs.
NBL Rd6 Rankings, Tips: Mystery solving on the cards
CAN Brisbane and Adelaide continue their newly-found revivals, is Cairns the real deal, will South East Melbourne continue its run, has New Zealand hit the skids and is Perth as bad as we all - even Bryce Cotton's better half - suspect? NBL Round 6 should have a few answers for us.
Brad&Boti: Kristi on WNBL 2024, and more
THE WNBL’s 2023-24 Season tips off tonight – yes, we realise you probably didn’t know because the outstanding women’s league is Basketball Australia’s best kept secret – and for our Brad&Boti podcast with Brad Rosen and I, we secured arguably the GOAT of Australian point guards, Kristi Harrower for a special preview show.

