Boomers bound into World Cup
IT'S official! After belting Iran 76-47 tonight at Margaret Court Arena, Australia is through to the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China, joining France, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Nigeria and Tunisia as among the first eight qualifiers.
Rd8 WNBL: Seasons on the line
ROUND 8 of the WNBL is particularly big for finals aspirants Townsville, Dandenong and Adelaide, while fourth-placed Bendigo also is under the pump.
WNBL Rankings #7: Fire making a move
DEFENDING WNBL champion Townsville is making its move on the Final Four and can advance that further in Round 8 against Bendigo, but our rankings have barely moved.
FFT7: Will NBL refs call WNBL?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The NBL goes into recess for the FIBA World Cup qualifying window this week, and while the clubs take a chance to breathe, regroup and return to the pine, how many of our elite referees will be rostered for WNBL matches?
Players of the Week: A Mitch in time
MITCH McCarron made a great case for himself as B.O.T.I. Player of the Week with his match-winning tip-in for Melbourne over Sydney in an NBL thriller.
NBL19 Wrap #7: Whistleblowing
HONESTLY. What can you say about that? Sadly, the focus from Round 7 of the NBL will not be on more spectacular and out-of-your-seat action but on officials who made farces of several games and impacted the result of a few, too.
WNBL19, Rd7 Wrap: Light 'n' easy
ADELAIDE Basketball’s decision to go public today in its “search for investors” while its WNBL MAC Lightning team was fighting out a thriller against Melbourne in Melbourne tells you everything you need to know.
Smiley Wiley fry-pans Taipans
ATHLETIC Adelaide 36ers import Jacob Wiley cooked the Cairns Taipans with an NBL career-best 30-point haul tonight, underpinning a 109-95 home win with a series of out-of-your-seat plays.
Rd.7 NBL: Ripper rivalry revisited
THEY were the teams to beat for a decade and now Perth and New Zealand will go toe-to-toe twice - almost like a finals best-of - in the NBL's pivotal Round 7 this week.
Rd.7 WNBL: 'Kadina Kid' cracks the ton
STEPH Talbot's potential to have a prodigious career in basketball first was spotted in SA country town Kadina, and this weekend in the WNBL sees her arrive at 100 games.

