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WNBL Wrap 13: Top four race intensifies
BENDIGO kept alive its WNBL playoff hopes with twin wins in Round 13, Melbourne Boomers and Southside Flyers virtually put Perth out of contention, and 2022 FIBA World Cup All Star Five selection Stephanie Talbot made a triumphant return, igniting Lightning while a cyclone shut down another key fixture.
NBL, WNBL - Time for zero tolerance re referees
BOTH our elite men's and women's national leagues like to erroneously claim the mantle as the world's #2 competitions. What world is that? Uranus? Because that's such a load of crap and the biggest single reason now is because our officiating has not kept pace with our playing standards. And there is zero public accountability.
Brad & Boti: Opals, Paris, WNBL and NBL
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IT WAS all largely quiet on the WNBL front this week past, cyclones notwithstanding, but Brad Rosen and I talked Opals and Paris Olympic qualification before we reviewed Round 17 of NBL action and looked forward to what the rest of the season promises.
Brad&Boti: Three heads are better than none
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THE late Brad Rosen - and I always thought using "late" as an adjective meant you were dead but, eh - and I have come up with a very late (for Round 13 of WNBL and 17 of NBL) Brad&Boti podcast featuring all the regular mumbo-jumbo and some new stuff, although we do discover as a dinosaur, I am not alone.
WNBL Rankings, Tips 13: Round 13 unlucky for some
LOOK-OUT! This is a massive WNBL round for playoff contenders Southside, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Bendigo with most of them opposed and several season-series very much on the line. The fate of every team in the hunt not named Townsville will be determined in Round 13 and most assuredly will be unlucky for some.
WNBL Team of the Week 12: No fly-by-nighters
FINALLY, as of the completion of Round 12, every WNBL team has now had at least one appearance as our coveted "Team of the Week" with the last team of our eight competitors in the league and a preseason championship favourite breaking through to make it a rare sweep for the entire competition. Everyone has been a winner.
WNBL Rd12 Wrap: Southside, Sydney make their move
NEEDING "statement" wins to start shoring up their WNBL Final Four aspirations, Southside smashed emerging Bendigo, then staved off Melbourne as Sydney swamped Adelaide and Canberra, throwing the pressure back onto Perth to avoid being the odd one out behind Townsville and Melbourne, who started at #1 and 2.
Brad&Boti: Crocodile tears for Sydney
POOR Brad&Boti podcast colleague, past Kings captain Brad Rosen, had a mixed NBL round when he described Sydney's loss to Adelaide akin to watching paint dry, then was back in full fanboy mode as it smashed New Zealand. Fortunately Sydney's Flames saved their WNBL season after also going 1-1 over the round.
WNBL Rankings, Tips 12: The Spirit is willing
CAN our Team of the Week, Bendigo, make a run at the WNBL playoffs? At 6-8 the Spirit have two games in hand on Sydney (8-8) and if pundits rate the Flames a top-four chance, then why not Bendigo? Southside and Perth are two teams in the hunt so this round is huge for Kennedy Kereama's crew.
WNBL TotW11: A most spirited and overdue debut
THEY did it. Yes, it took until Round 11 of the WNBL season and while they have threatened a couple of times, our Team of the Week makes its first appearance of the 2023-24 season after showing a clean pair of heels to opponents.
