real healthy!!!! New Zealand are no competition and the oyher teams got beaten by the Vics.

Maybe 906, but while Dean is at the AIS , country players have got it all over the metro mob.

No. Stats aren't taken.

U-18 girls magpies won today. by one point. against Vic

Looks fairly healthy, great tournament with a good representation from other states this year. The future of these country ballers looks bright.

Dont think so, theres just no competition. NO VIC METRO!!!!!!!!

I dont thnk you can really say these are great results

Probably time SAC absorbed BSA which is largely redundant in that SAC provide a better program for their kids than metro offer theirs and country kids have the opportunity to do the metro gig anyway.
Metro seems to struggle to find kids and never send two teams to tourny's like the ECC only one team per age group while country, funds two teams across 3 age groups plus sends under age kids to Pt Mac. SASI and BSA is asleep at the wheel mainly because they have created so small a select band of coaches they are not able to spread themselves around.
The District comp is already full of country kids attending SASI and playing under district country coaches who promote their kids that they get several bites of the cake.
Many would believe SASI is developing country kids at metro kids expense in that some miss out simply because their spots are filled by country players.

SAC exists to promote country players but what organization exists to promote city players?
BSA exists for God knows what purpose but it certainly isnt the same charter as SAC as BSA actively promotes country players involvement in the district comp, foolishly has that comp include country zoned areas like Mt Barket and Gawler and the nether reaches of the south and leaves the development of its players to SASI which is a combined SA development institution.
If SASI supposedly exists to promote basketball talent from all over SA where is the equalising body akin to SAC to develop city kids?
SAC have a direct link thru Dean to the AIS which has been very fruitful for them and by and large only country kids get a look in so lets cut the slack and waste BSA and put some basketball body together that has the sole purpose of developing metro kids
Perhaps a South Australian Country and Metro partnership could run basketball in this state better and develop all players equally.

LOL, Anon, well done!
This is by far the funniest junior post I have read in a while!

I thought this topic was SAC Results @ Albury???

U14 Girls Runner Up to Vic Country
U16 Boys Runner Up to Vic Country

If you put the better players from the 2 U16 Boys teams together they should be pretty strong at Nationals?? Is the coach of the U16 Boys Magpies coaching the state team?? Maybe he should be??

Dont drink bath water...

Yep, they would be strong teams but how strong would the Vics be, how strong would NSW be, how strong would Qld be???

All state teams are good at U20 but would eliminate too many kids at U16 & U18 level. The current sysyem is great.

Anon: 'what do you do for Metro kids?'. Thats precisely the problem as there is no 'body' like SAC which is chartered to foster country talent! SASI accommodates all south australians but there is no equivalent to SAC.
BSA is an impotent body capable of massaging its body parts, making big statements but delivering little to its constitiuent members and has delivered exactly the same as its predecessor BASA- nothing but talk and promises.
Metro state teams are equally puzzling as the SASI head coach is a driving force behind metro selections and Valetta Rd is where they train etc and this creates issues as SASI is the body for metro and country.
SAC is a clearly defined body to develop country players.
I can't find any organization that functions exclusively for metro kids.
Of late, many see SASI as an extension of SAC and many SASI kids will tell you that they believe country kids are always thought more of. Whether its real or perceived such observations reflect issues under the surface and explains increasing drop outs
The lack of transparency in junior basketball has created an 'us' and 'them' mentality rather than fostering a unified south australia.

Better to be victorian all the time by the sounds of it!!!!!

Who cares the Vics will kill them at nationals but that wont make any difference. kingsman will still favour the country kids. Just look at last years nationals results in u16 girls, SAC came 11th and Vics came first and they both got the same anount of kids for the Institute. Its an absolute laugh!!!!!

Agreed! but you spelled his name wrong and last year at the 16 nationals the talent across the board was ordinary.