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Women's ABA Season predictions
Women's ABA Breakdown
I believe this season will be the closest in recent memory but the league will still be in cut into 3 groups the top 2 will dominate, the bottom 2 will struggle and the middle 6 will fight for every ladder position. Time to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Sturt Sabres: Will the Bowleys play??? The question of the year. Monique is past her prime and not a huge force inside anymore, Bridgette will be in and out of the line-up and not a factor in the season and Hannah is a consistent scorer but plays without the passion that she showed in years gone by. However Camino will bolster the Sabres to a strong season, what is not to like about this player, a big guard that is too quick for most bigs and too big for most guards.
Probable Starters:
Camino
HBowley
Nixon
McPhail
MBowley
Prediction 1st
14W-4L
North Adelaide Rockets: The periennial powerhouse in women's Basketball in SA will not disappoint. The loss of Erin Lorenzini will hit the Rockets but Mansfield should be up to that starting role. When Jo Hill arrives mid season the Rockets will be full guns blazing. The trapping style hard defense will have the Rockets' opponents on the back foot
Probable Starters:
Mansfield
Hill
Ollino
Perris
Pawanski
Prediction 2nd
13W-5L
West Adelaide Bearcats: Loss of big name players (King, Smith, Mahoney, Sourlatsis) have forced the hand of rookie coach Sam Woosnam to play the second half of the season (if not more). A potentially good season for the Bearcats. With Coleman at the point Martin and Hurley on the wings the guards are solid and Jenner in the paint provides a good target but maybe without enough punch every week.
Probable Starters
Coleman
Hurley
Woosnam
Martin
Jenner
Prediction: 3rd
12W-6L
Eastern Mavericks: Cayla Francis makes this team a big mover from last seasons 8th place finish and may jump to a top 3 finish if the question marks over this team get clarified. Williams when will she play? Seward does she have the knees to last a season? With Francis will Bayly and Symonds get the minutes to keep them happy?
Probable Starters
Williams
Seward
Lister
Symonds
Francis
Prediction 4th
11W-7L
South Adelaide Panthers: Losses of Vikki Kelson, and Jenine Browne will be too much for the Panthers to overcome however the Panthers have veteran bench players that may step up on any given night. Peddle, Evans and Robertson can score but wether or not the Panthers can play defense will be a test. Expect a good season from Karen Truslove as she will be the focal point for the Panthers.
Probable Starters:
Robertson
Evans
Peddle
Truslove
???
Prediction 5th
11W-7L
Southern Tigers: Tam Walker taking the season off is the biggest loss for the Tigers (big call I know with Cooper & Redden gone) but Walker's ability to hit the big shots at the big moments will be sorely missed at Tigerland. The tigers are young and with a rookie coach will be relying on Tracey Beatty and whoever she brings with her from Canberra. I think that Tigers winning the Summer season the team may have expectations that may not match their possible output.
Probable Starters
Hendrie
Cannon
Hilton
Markham
Beatty
Prediction: 6th
10W-8L
Forestville Eagles: Losses of Duke, Malpass, Pawlowski and Martin will outweigh the gain of Mahoney and Newley. a season that had promise has gone sour on Sharon Symonds. The Eagles will be competitive but not a contender
Probable Starters:
Mahoney
Ranford
Fergus
Robinson
Newley
Prediction 7th
9W-9L
Norwood Flames: Without Foley the Flames are a different team, now with the loss of Fryters the Flames don't look good. (if the rumours about Gahan are true that would make a big difference but I doubt it is true). Romeo is a gun but doesn't have the shoulders to shoot the team into the finals.
Probable Starters
Romeo
Scalia
Ackroyd
O'Malley
???
Prediction 8th
7W-11L
Woodville Warriors: Will be their best season in a few years (mainly because Centrals is back in the competition) Lynn Holland has the young players playing well and have a good scoring punch, their defense is a bit suspect, but if a team has a bad shooting night the Warriors may surprise some. Jodie Barratt is the leagues most underrated player and will put up usual consistent numbers but the inexperience may consume the Warriors.
Probable Starters
Gathercole
Wells
Hardy
???
Baratt
Prediction: 9th
3W-15L
Central Districts Lions: A new coach and a new focus, the addition of Erin Phillips hasn't bolstered the roster like the club would have hoped and with Phillips only being available for minimal games you have to think that the Lions are in for a long hard season. They have some young talent with Taylor and Oermann but I think that it is same old same old for the Lions.
Probable Starters
Phillips
Roberts
Taylor
Schultz
Stace
Prediction: 10th
0W-18L
