U18 - SA Country Men vs Tasmania

This would be a hard loss to swallow... They led quite a few statistics, but didn't finish off... This loss that should/could have been a win might come back to haunt them!

U18 - SA Metro Women vs ACT Women

Dominating display! 5 Players in double digits for point scoring.


Could be a ALL SA Women Final with the Country girls also up by 14 at the moment over Tasmania.

U18 - SA Country Women vs Tasmania
http://linky.com.au/rddne

Run away victory! Awesome last quarter which is a great showing for what could be. Seekamp 2 assists shy of a Pts/Reb/Ast Triple Double...

A HUGE early call from piriepanther!! The first round isn't even finished and its an all-SA final!

On the back of wins over ACT and Tas.

Piriepanther,

Not sure where you got your mail. SAC were never going to beat TAS, they've done well to get that close. I would not be surprised in Tassie made a Semi final this year, maybe even the final if the get the right match up in the semi. Their a little short, but this won't stop them. Greenwood 3 assists short of a TD and he'll play more then 34 minutes in most games throughout the week. 7-1 Assists/Turnover ratio - Wow!, through in 4 steals and the college scouts will be lining up.

LMAO... They are my early opinions of being a proud supporter of South Australian Teams...

ANKLES - You don't say... It's tongue in cheek stuff, support whomever it is you support... No need to bag other people's opinion/hopes... By The Way, my wording was "Could"... A Win is a Win and it get's us closer to the top of the ladder...

T-DOG - If SAC had shot at the same percentage as TAS, they would have won by 3pts... So YES it is a lost chance at what could have been a possible victory... BUT FANTASTIC for TASMANIA having won the game, it'll boost their percentage.
Hollitt & Pinyon for SAC didn't play near their best (BUT I'm not there, they may have been shut down...). Good luck definately to TAS if they make a SEMI-FINAL and possibly move onto the GF, I'm all for a good teams sucess, I support GOOD BASKETBALL, just would like to SA teams succeeding... obviously.
Greendood was AWESOME, I would have loved to have seen his game for sure the stats were unbelievable! BUT also impressed with Brown, shot at 67% from the field and 13 Boards (6 offensive - he was hungry!).

I'm putting my comments/links on here for everyone to enjoy the game & hopefully make it easier for people to find the information out that they want...

Have your opinion, but please there is no need to bag other people opinions, let's keep this page COMPLETELY POSITIVE.

If you have a player that plays well then POST IT HERE! ENJOY THE GAME! ENJOY THE SPECTACLE!

so panther does COMPLETELY POSITIVE also mean everyone has to be TOTALLY UNREALISTIC?

U18 - SA Metro Men vs NZ
http://linky.com.au/c0pu1

Shooting at 54%, 6 players scoring double figures and committing only 9 fouls for the game. Great start to the week...!

3 SA teams from 4 with a VICTORY, I'm very happy with that.

Sorry piriepanther, I don't do emoticons so my intended tone was obviously missed. Just having a playful dig at your enthusiasm. We too are now 1-0 and looking forward to our final against both SA teams!! (I do however over-use the exclamation mark as a means of compensating for my emoticon-disability).

Good luck for the rest of the week. I'm guessing SA Country?

ANKLES - No worries, no harm done at all!! Just so used to reading on other posts lot's of negativity... We are all on this web site cos we LOVE the sport.

Who is your team? My team is SA Country (I'm from a little Country Town of Port Pirie).

Nelson Magor is the Co-Captain of the Men's team, so I'm very proud at the moment...!

(Mod: Read the rules...)

hey Murray,
Who died and appointed you the chief sarcastic buffoon on this site?

Awesome day today SA M vs Vic M at 5 PM. Should be a good hitout

game of the tournament that one

U18 - SA Metro Women vs Vic Country
http://linky.com.au/1ylem

179 points combined with a 7 point difference. VC lead at every change by 3, 7, 5, 7. Lead changed quite a bit in the first half, but Vic kept the lead in the second.

U18 - SA Country Men vs QLD North
http://linky.com.au/7fbzu

Awesome 3rd Quarter really set this victory up to storm home by 34 points.
Pinyon 22pts/9reb/3bl... Great output!

U18 - SA Metro Men vs Vic Metro
http://linky.com.au/o7jz2

Not quite a game to be remembered apart from the 8 2nd quarter & 9 3rd quarter points SA Metro were held to... Spehr was a lone light for SA with his 22 points. Vic Metro shared their court time & their point scoring.

Day 1 Recap - Saturday 18 April

SA Metro Men - Ladder 1st
SA Country Men - Ladder 9th

SA Country Women - Ladder 2nd
SA Metro Women - Ladder 3rd

Results

Women: SA Metro 94 def. ACT 61
http://linky.com.au/7ajgi

Men: Tas 92 def. SA Country 66
http://linky.com.au/6pgiw

Women: SA Country 89 def. Tas 54
http://linky.com.au/kjd1o

Men: SA Metro 103 def. NZ 60
http://linky.com.au/ke6ef


Day 2 Recap - Sunday 19 April

Ladder Positions will be updated tomorrow

Results

Women: Vic Country 93 def. SA Metro 86
http://linky.com.au/l4iha

Men: SA Country 100 def. QLD North 66
http://linky.com.au/mjtsn

Men: Vic Metro 82 def. SA Metro 51
http://linky.com.au/8ifva

Women: SA Metro 89 def. NZ 39
http://linky.com.au/gbi2s

Guy Molloy great coach. He had SA sussed IMO. Lots of basket cuts by their big guards.

I dont understand why SA were post fronting when their smalls ar undersized. They gave up lots of O boards with their bigs out of positon.

Their offense involved very little ball movement and basket cuts while Vic just had plenty of movement and hard basket cuts.

I think someone needs to tell SA guards not to pickup their dribble until they are ready to pass the ball.

Good call Master, just had another look at stats:

Rebounds: VM 47 to SAM 23
Second Chance Points: VM 12 to SAM 5

Turnovers: VM 13 to SAM 18
Points off Turnovers: VM 12 to SAM 2

Steals: VM 13 to SAM 6

Points in the Paint: VM 48 to SAM 20


SA Metro will rebound from this against NSW Country Men tomorrow at 3:00pm.

Vic Metro just too good and smart. No need to scout SA metro. Final will be Vic Metro v NSW Metro. Unfortunate for our kids who tried hard but just not up to it. Keep plugging away guys.

Women: WA Metro 80 def. SA Country 62
http://linky.com.au/hkxvi

Adrienne Johns for WAM appeared unstoppable shooting 56% from the field, 50% from the arc & 75% from the charity stripe for a return of 30 points in under 30 minutes.
Seekamp was held to just 10 points, had 5 fouls and only played 26 mins, substituted out in the 4th when down by 4 and didn't return (hope it's not an injury).

Thanks for that, I wasn't sure if they played with a 6 foul rule... It didn't have fouled out, just listed it as substituted.

Day 2 Recap - Sunday 19 April

SA Metro Men - Ladder 5th (W1 - L1 108.45%)
SA Country Men - Ladder 6th (W1 - L1 105.06%)

SA Metro Women - Ladder 3rd (W1 - L1 116.88%)
SA Country Women - Ladder 9th (W1 164.81%)

Anonymous... They play again tonight & 3 coaches they have will sort it out. In Pirie recently they improved in every game... BUT losses hurt in the big leagues... MUST WIN, WIN, WIN.

Are they missing players? Have they many second years?

they will be OK, will regroup...

The player missing from the SACW is the Captain Emma Hooley... Pretty decent loss!

They are currently fielding 5 Bottom Aged players.

As for player statistics go to the Nationals website
http://linky.com.au/61u1q
-click on fixtures and results at right of screen
-select the results link on the desired competition
-on the headings lists across the top, click competition stats
-you can then toggle the orders of each statistic heading to find out who are the leaders in each category.

Happy viewing.

I agree anonymous #232192, I was just responding to anonymous #232182, which asked if anyone was missing and how many bottom aged players there are...

Men: NSW Country def. SA Metro 59
http://linky.com.au/80v5z

Spehr again was great with 21 points at 47% (team shot a lowly 35%).
NSWC shared the scoring around the team with 2 off the bench players sharing 38 points & 11 rebounds.
SAM were out rebounded 22 to 40 and outscored in the paint 22 to 40... a similar statistic from their last game.

Men: NSW Country 84 def. SA Metro 59

I wish I was at the games... Just working off live stats. Be great to read people's input that are watching.

SA Metro hopes take a dive
BOTI NAGY
April 19, 2009 09:30pm
http://linky.com.au/lcbyn

Powerhouse performances from Vic Metro
BOTI NAGY
April 19, 2009 09:30pm
http://linky.com.au/ivn91

Women: QLD North 70 def. SA Country 67
http://linky.com.au/tdzq0

Just missed out... Game changed hands numerous times in the second half, but with 21 less rebounds and just 4/18 outside the arc, SAC couldn't get over the line.

Your right Anonymous #232216... The times weren't shared like they had been in previous games... BUT tough call as to who is the right fit and who isn't. Same coaches won a Bronze in the Age level last year with half the team the same (almost)...

38:09 Olivia Thompson
37:10 Nicole Seekamp
35:08 Tayla Corrigan
32:38 Isabelle Daniel

19:22 Shannan Tarran
18:27 Louise Codd

10:26 Alissa Hampton

04:24 Madeline Wilson
04:16 Teegan Crocker

00:00 Claudia Paul

PP only 1 player in the current team was a member of the bronze medal winning team last year. 5 players are at their first ever nationals and 4 were at Under 16 nationals last year.

anonymous #232219

Fantastic information for everyone to read!

All players & coaches are having a learning year, so they would all be a great fit.

Men: Vic Country 101 def. SA Country 74
http://linky.com.au/458wv

Mitchell Creek for VC had a morning to remember, leading all statistics: Points 33, Rebounds 16, Assists 7, Steals 6, Blocks 1... Turnovers 5.

Peter Hooley (shot at 50%) and Dylan Rawson's (44%) point output combined for 38, as best for SAC with Scott Grenville & Nelson Magor pulling down 6 bouards a piece.

Nothing to do with the SA teams, but in the Qld North v NT Men today, Daniel Florance went 2/18 including 1/9 three point attempts!

Also in the NT Men team - Michael Nicholls - is he the kid playing at Norwood?

whats very impressive about Mitch Creek's effort is 9 fouls for and none against.....is he the kid from Horsham?

WOW, didn't even notice that stat... He is the kid from Horsham.

Found this little article on him: http://linky.com.au/5k9bu


Flinders 36 - all info is welcome, mine is just primarily on SA teams as that is my direct interest. 2/18 and half were outside the arc... is there a game he has hit better than 10%?

Daniel Florance - the poor kid isn't having a lot of fun... Looking at the teams statistics, I think he may be their gun, but it's not falling for him.

In 3 games he's 10 from 51 from the field (19.6%), 4 from 22 behind the arc (18.2%), however 10 from 12 at the charity stripe (83.3%).
Averaging 11.3 pts, 1.7 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 8.6 turnovers a game.

OH NO...

Men - QLD South 78 def. SA Metro 73
http://linky.com.au/dinqz

Down by 3 with 8 seconds to go... SAM take a timeout & make a substitution... In-bound Pass, to try for a three to tie the game... BALL STOLEN QLD score 2pts to win by 5...

SAM headed shot%, 3pt%, rebounds & assists - BUT had 20 less shooting opportunities, 10 more turnovers and 16 less scores inside the paint.

Depending on the next couple of results, it could end up witht he SA teams going head to head for placings...

Current Ladder update - 2:58pm 21/04

SA Metro Men - Ladder 6th (P3 - W1 - L2 94.25%)
SA Country Men - Ladder 11th (P2 - W1 - L1 105.06%)

SA Metro Women - Ladder 6th (P3 - W2 - L1 139.38%)
SA Country Women - Ladder 9th (P3 - W1 - L2 106.86%)

This is a massive game fot the metro girls v Queensland. Win they may force a tie with Qld and get in with the result.

Anyone else ageee with that scenario?

Vic Country top us second, providing we beat Nsw tomorrow.

allo allo - it would be a nice scenario, but percentage needs to increase, we are currently 34.47% out of 2nd with a victory over QLD South. Defence has been our let down letting 193 points through to the basket.

I'm watching on live stats now with anticipation...

PP - great stats, keep up the good work.

PP A tie with QLD South will be enough to see them through as it will go to head to head. We win we go through. Three way tie will force it to point spread.

asd - that's great, being involved with different competitions, I see some go on head to heads, some go on percentages... Too hard to keep up, so that would be awesome to go in on the head to head ranking.

We would jump to second in our section, 3rd overall with Vic Country to play 1 game, which could drop us to 4th...

Fingers crossed from those of us watching the game via net and CHEER BLOODY LOUD for those that are there live.

Dead level 2nd period 15-15.

While you SA folk maybe anxiously watching the result, I am cheering for a quadruple double from Gretel Tippett. Already with a trip-dub in points, rebounds and turnovers(!), she has gone on a block spree in the last few minutes and is looking at a potential real blocks/points/rebounds trip-dub.

Women: SA Metro 72 def. QLD South 67
http://linky.com.au/22re7

WooHoo... Girls over the line and will leap frog to 3rd (4th worse case scenario). Puts them in good stead to get a medal...

ankles - Triple Double to Gretel Tippett: 19pts, 15 rebounds... 14 Turnovers... BUT Serioulsy great game, ended with 9 Blocks, just short of a proper triple double & just short of leading her girls to the victory.

This is a difficult game to analyze... QLD better from the field, however 0/12 outside, where as SAM hit 4 and SAM were better from the charity stripe. QLD won the boards, the blocks and points inside the paint. BUT QLD turned it over 27 times, to SAM 19 but in saying that SAM didn't capitalize with a score on just 2 of those occasions.

Ultimately the difference I think is SAM had 101 shots from the field/foul to QLD South' 96... 5 more shots, 5 more points.

Does anyone know roughly how tall Mitchell Creek is?
He is a very talented player, who is doing alot of everything(Rebounds,assists), so it's diffcult to figure out which position he is..

Sorry guys went out for tea and missed the 5 & 7 o'clock games...

Women: NSW Country 62 def. SA Country 52
http://linky.com.au/0k850

This was a unlucky loss... Checking out the statistics, they were so evenly matched, but NSWC hit 4 more 3 point shots... That was all the difference I could see... Maybe the points off turnovers aswell...


Men: WA Metro 94 def. SA Country 83
http://linky.com.au/qdvmj

Rebounds, Points in the Paint & Second Chance Points Scored earned WA Metro this 11 point victory.
SAC Were within 4 points with 41 seconds to play, but having to foul to stop the clock proved too difficult to catch the score up WAM hit 2 points then went 5 from 6 at the charity stripe to pull away.

Sorry about that #232318... It was an all expenses meal at a restaurant by a rep for work... Very Nice! LOL.

Apparently it could end up that the SA Men's teams could play off against each other for a placing... Just waiting for the ladder to be updated...

Yes michael nicholls is kid playing div 2 for norwood. Is at baording school in adelaide.

Unfortunately the confusion with statistics comes in as 3 point shots are a field shot, so to get the true points score you have to take away how many 3pt shots were hit from the amount of hit field goals.

(for example SAM game they had 22 FG = 44 points + 4 3P = 12 points + 24 FT that = 80 Points but they have it as 72)

22FG - 4x3P = 18 successful 2PT Field Goal attempts.

18 x 2PT = 36
+ 4 x 3PT = 12
+ 24FT x 1 = 24
TOTAL = 72 Points scored for the Game.


BL = Blocks For
BI = Blocks Against
The BL is just short for BLOCKS, and I believe BI is short for Blocks Incurred.

anon #232329 how would that work with the same example?

(for example SAM game they had 22 FG = 44 points + 4 3P = 12 points + 24 FT that = 80 Points but they have it as 72)

I'm curious to see your working out. Thanks.

44 + 4 + 24 = 72

fox 94 - Cool! Thanks, never looked at it that way before, and makes good sense!

Yes you did anon #232347, fox 94 was just showed us your working outs as I didn't quite understand it... BUT it's very easy once seen.

44+4+24=72

#347

Relax, I was just explaining the working out to PP.

Current Ladder update - 12:36pm 22/04

SA Metro Women - Ladder 5th (P4 - W3 - L1 131.15%)
SA Country Women - Ladder 9th (P4 - W1 - L3 101.50%)

Regarding the Metro Women, we are now equal on wins/losses with QLD South which we beat last night, however we remain 1 spot lower than them on percentage. It was mentioned that we would go above them on head to head... How does it work, does anyone know?

Interim ladder is based on percentage, but this will be adjusted to reflect head-to-head after all pool games have been played.

Women - SA Metro 77 def. NSW Metro 71
http://linky.com.au/ucr5u

Well done SA down by as much as 13 early in the second quarter, bounced back to take the lead in the 3rd, and apart from at one stage being down by 1, they were never headed to run out winners.

Down on Rebounds, assists, steals, points in the paint, second chance points and points off turnovers - BUT better % from the field, from the arc & from the charity stripe, didn't get into foul trouble... AND WON THE GAME.

Very good 2nd half by the looks from SAM Women...I would also say well coached too. Troy would have pulled out all the tricks to get this one thru...well done....


on another note, any big names from the NBL showed up yet scouting?

Women: Vic Metro 90 def. SA Country 41
http://linky.com.au/m8uz9

Woah... First term showed great promise, then VICM hit their straps... Nothing too memorable to report except for Seekamps 7 rebounds which was the 3rd highest tally for the game...

Will be playing off for a very low ranking, but there would be alot being learnt by all involved.

Current Ladder update - 3:39pm 22/04

SA Metro Men - Ladder 10th (P4 - W1 - L3 94.08%)
SA Country Men - Ladder 11th (P4 - W1 - L3 91.50%)

Followed this on the net, SACW played there bench more or less the last 10 minutes,
Only 1 scorer in double digits...that alone is the only stat needed to tell you, you wont win against Vic Metro...

Bloody pisser to say the least for the girls...bad luck

Men: SA Country 69 def. NT 52
http://linky.com.au/ftf0c

ummmmm.... Started out as something that SAC could get very excited about, but turned into a somewhat embarrasing second half on the back what could be some serious injuries.

Fraser Marshall 2.50mins - fell on lower back early and iced for remainder of the game

Nelson Magor 4.02mins - subbed out with a ball to the thumb, iced and took no further part in the game.

Peter Hooley 18.23mins - "POSSIBLE" broken eye socket, obviously took no further part in the game.

My feedback is via text from a watching mum, none of which is official, but if someone hears more, it would be good to keep people upodated as all injuries are unwelcome.


And I must apologies to Daniel Florance of NT... He only played 19.59mins with 5 points in 2 from 5 shooting... Maybe the coach saw my earlier written statistics and thought it was time to take the pressure of him being the main player... MY bad SORRY!

Bevo was there today for the BA awards breakfast. Unsure as to whether or not he will stay for the remainder of the tournament. Brian Goorjian was the guest speaker also. I think all other NBL type people have been previously mentioned. Both sets of AIS coaches have been there for the duration of the tournament.

Men: SA Metro 86 def. WA Country 53
http://linky.com.au/didai

Not Happy with Live Stats on this one... Didn't watch any of the game and it only showed me the happenings at the end.
Shot above 50% and almost doubled WAC in Rebounds & Points in the Paint.
Nathan Spehr shot for 22 points at 75%, as did John Marriott for his 13. Josh Owen-Thomas was at 80% on 11 points and Lachlan Prest hit his 4 shots at 100%. And Daniel Carlin 10pts, 10reb for a double double.

Jake Sadauskas also had a double-double, 13 pts and 10 rebs in 21 minutes.

Current Ladder update - 10:32pm 22/04

SA Metro Men - Ladder 7th (P5 - W2 - L3 104.20%)
SA Country Men - Ladder 10th (P5 - W2 - L3 96.79%)

SA Metro Women - Ladder 4th (P5 - W4 - L1 126.28%)
SA Country Women - Ladder 10th (P5 - W1 - L4 87.36%)

SAC v NT.
Gallant effort by all. SAC bench depleted after injuries and NT performed a late combeback. This year's NT teams are similar to that of the late 90s so are looking good under the guidance Tim Duggan.

Any word on the injured boys?

Women: SA Country 61 def. NT 41
http://linky.com.au/xdz2e

SAC's Olivia Thompson returned a double double with 11 points, 12 rebounds in 25.26 court time. Alissa Hampton hit at 67% for game leading 21 points, with 9 rebounds.
NT did very well in this with a good workload spread to go down by 20.

I had heard that this was on of the best U18 Metro Boys teams we had put up.

Results would have to be considered disapointing and it appears there a bit of a one man band.

Whats gone wrong?

Women: SA Metro 87 def. WA Country 63
http://linky.com.au/mofmd

This was a great game all-in-all. I think the SA coaches realised they couldn't better their position too much with a massive victory so they shraed the court time very even through their squad, with bench players playing the bulk of the minutes.
All players scored, 6 players in double digits and Rodalie Cutri had 11pts/11reb.

Hats off for GREAT sportsmanship!

Update on injured boys from SA Country...

Fraser Marshall - a little stiff, but is likely to take to the court.

Nelson Magor - Has been directed by a dr to see a specialist and have a scan on his hand. Can't currently catch a ball, so safe to say he won't suit up today, or possibly the remainder of the carnival.

Peter Hooley: Eye is intact, a big egg on his eye, but excellent result and may suit up for this afternoons game.

Hey interested

Not hard to see whats wrong in SA - at least the kids try. The game is a basketcase here in your state and it starts at the top - boys club that runs the programmes that encourage mediocricy. Your coaches are arrogant and your programs crap. Any kid with a mind of his - her own gets trampled on. look at the list of kids the game in your state has lost to other sports in the last 5 years and you might start to get the message. Change your ways like we had to and you never know ......

Thanks Anonymous #232583, it's much appreciated.

Just hopped online from leaving work and having tea to find out this bloody rain has caused some issues for LIVE stats... BUT it's loaded up so hopefully they continue to be available.

Men: SA Metro 90 def. ACT 59
http://linky.com.au/iucyo

All the boy scame to play this one and similar to the SAMW earlier, game time was shared very evenly between all the players.
All the boys got on the board with 2pts or more with a dominating display from Jake Sadauskas with 18 (all coming from 2pt territory or the foul line) + 7reb, and Daniel Carlin almost posted a double with 16pts & 9reb.
Anthony Pronin & Nathan Smith were best for ACT with Smith on 13pts, 9reb.

Men: NSW Metro 72 def. SA Country 50
http://linky.com.au/5fqj7

Shooting Percentage & lack of Rebounds really hurt SAC in this 22 point loss.



I've not kept a big eye on individual statistics, has anyone noticed a particular player that would vy as best game for the weekend?

Here's one from this game:

NSWM
#15 Daniel Trist (a point or rebound every 1:10approx.)

26:02mins

9/13 Field Goals at 69%
3/6 Foul Shots @ 50%
= 21 Points

2 offensive + 12 defensive rebounds = 14


Let us know what you find.

... Sorry every 45 seconds approx.

Good to see Carlin and Sadauskas doing well in that game, both bottom-age kids.

SAC boys played a gallant second half against NSWM after a slow start. Fraser Marshall did a great job of leading the charge when team mate Jordan Hollitt exited the game with what sounded like a medial ligament injury. Fraser showing little sign of yesterdays soreness from NT.
Pinyon and Rawson played solid minutes and roles in the remaining time, with Hooley also adding invaluable pressure on the guards up the floor securing some steals to get well needed points.
Warren and Barlett made excellent contributions from outside the paint and crashing boards and penetration, as did Jake Salter knocking down a killer shot from the mid corner spot.
Grenville made some fairly quick movements from one end of the floor to the other to assist his team defensively.
Nelson Magor provided a voice of assurance from the bench given his injury and helped get some sense of cohesion in the time that Hollitt went down and the coaches were investigating the injury.
Tomorrow should be against ACT at 1pm. SAC bigs seem to be in good shape so matching up should not be the greatest challenge, however, we did look a bit slow in the start of the NSW game and need to knock down the first few points against ACT to get off on the right foot.

Other games to look out for (from my brief working out tonight - as website seem not to show it)
Naturally the top 4 teams - Women
1pm VIC M v SA M
3pm VIC C v QLD N
Men
5pm VIC M v VIC C
7pm NSW M v QLD S
Winners into GF and losers play for 3/4 I gather.

I think both SAC men and women play at 1pm.
SAC Women did well finishing 4th in the pool from the ladder on the web, which means they play QLD South on court 2 - a win could place them in 5th/6th play off, but still top 8, so a good effort with such a big loss of an inside unit like Hooley.
SAC Men seem like they will play off against ACT as mentioned above on court 3.
Going to thin out the supporting crowd by sharing them over the same timeslot - in fact, SA Metro girls also on at 1pm according to my calcs, so lots of SA people around for that time slot.
WA Metro vs SA Metro should be a good tough game thats on at 3pm (in the men).
No New South Wales teams in the top 4 play off for teh girls??? They play off against each other at 11am...be interesting to see how fellow South Weigans handle number 14...suppose they are used to her ways.
Anyone wanting one last look at Hugh Greenwood before, Tas are playing at 5pm.

Awesome insight anon!!! Thanks heaps for that reporting from the game!

Heard about Hollitt's knee, that's heaps shit! Bad enough to lose the talent, worse to lose a great captain. The boys will be inspired to lead a charge in his absence!

Sorry anon sac women 5th in their pool due to loss to wa metro, play wa country today at 9am, unfortunately playing off for 9th to 12th, as per official draw on web site.

WOW, 9th - 12th!

Without turning this into a shit fight like all other threads, I would have seen this team as fighting for 5th - 8th. I didn't see them as top 4, but certainly better than this. Especially after last years excellent performance.

Hopefully the coaches and girls can work on this for next year's campaign.

Pigs of War - I was talking to one of the assistant coaches and he agreed, they too thought a top 8 berth would have been a likely result prior to the carnival, however that's the difference between winning hte close ones & losing them... They had a 3pt & 10pt loss, which obviously moved them down the ladder.


Women: SA Country 71 def. WA Country 60
http://linky.com.au/l5jwn

Olivia Thompson has been the stand out thus far for SA Country and at bottom age, will be a great force in 12mths time. Game stats 21pts, 0fouls, 4blks, 6reb. Tayla Corrigan also goo in her half a game with 10reb.
Rebecca Preston for WAC was great for her 12pt, 11reb.

ACT women just lost by 6 to Tas... SAC I think will move into 8th position, which will be a great result... And play off to steal 7th...

PP, yeah well after that win, i guess they are going to get the sort of spot i said...i will say IMO i thought they would be 5th or 6th, but your right, lose some close ones and there you go down the ladder...

Olivia has been the stand out by miles...i would say she will close to a AIS spot to be honest, specially if NS has a spot.

Do they do an all star 5 or anything?, again I reckon she will be close to that too..very athletic as a tall player, having watched her, i think she has a boys game in the paint...which is a killer for her...

Ohhh...9th or 10th... :-(

Men: SA Country 81 def. ACT 79
http://linky.com.au/0w87f

This link will show you a result of 79 to 79 with 19 seconds to go, but SAC did win through with successful free throws by Fraser Marshall & Ayden Bartlett (one each) to claim victory...

yeah i had to make some phone calls to get a result, seen F Marshall was fouled and the ACT were in foul trouble...

Good on the young men...Nelson played some minutes too so thats another highlight..

Metro W copped a touch up by the looks too...

will they now play off for bronze?

OVERTIME VICTORY!!!!!

Men: SA Metro 108 def. WA Metro 101tro
http://linky.com.au/d2q9w

Live Update is getting confused at the moment, it does have the correct end score but the overtime score should read 24 SAM to 17 WAM.

Lachlan Prest 35mins, 27points at 77%, 14rebounds, 2 blocks AND Nathan Spehr 49mins, 25points 6 rebounds AND Jake Sadauskas 13 points at 56%, 9 rebounds.

Well done boys!

SA Country Women are playing of for a 9th/10th placing.

SA Country Men vs. SA Metro for 9th/10th placing.

SA Metro Women 3rd are in for a Bronze medal finish on a victory over "undecided".

Pirie
Bit confused about the playoffs published on BBA fixtures and results page, where your posting seems to originate.

SAM came 4th in Group A, crossed over today with 3rd in Group B and won (defeated WA Metro. How can SAM therefore be playing off for 9th and 10th? This would mean that teams that came 5th and 6th in their groups are playing for higher spots.

Some teams are even not shown on the fixtures, think there may be errors. Do you have an email address for BBA so can query.

We figured after todays result, SAM were playing off for 5th or 6th. Help??

Pirie man

SAM Men playing NSW Country for 5/6 spot

SAC Men playing WAC for 9/10

Love your work

what & fox26... I'm completely confused!!! LOL.

The website isn't showing what I saw earlier, so there must have a been a glitch with the system and results.

Sorry for the mis information I posted earlier, and thanks for the clear up.

Hey Pirie
No need to apologise - your postings have been fantastic throughout. Thanks also fox, got us out of our confused misery.

Thanks for your efforts Pirie P.

Official Play Offs:

MEN
- Gold/Silver Medal Game: VIC Metro vs NSW Metro
- Bronze Medal Game: VIC Country vs QLD South
- 5th and 6th: SA Metro Men vs NSW Country
- 7th and 8th: WA Metro vs TAS
- 9th and 10th: SA Country vs WA Country
- 11th and 12th: ACT Men vs U18 QLD North
- 13th and 14th: NZ 79 def. NT Men 65

WOMEN
- Gold/Silver Medal Game: VIC Metro vs VIC Country
- Bronze Medal Game: SA Metro vs QLD North
- 5th and 6th: NSW Metro vs QLD South
- 7th and 8th: NSW Country vs WA Metro
- 9th and 10th:TAS vs SA Country
- 11th and 12th: ACT 82 def. WA Country 49
- 13th and 14th: NT 46 def. NZ 35

Well done all SA teams you have done the state proud. Enjoy todays final games as many of you won't play for your state again. Treasure the memories of your week.

Actually 'SA Great' some will play State again next year - the bottom age kids! Well done all - I couldn't get to the games this week, but have enjoyed catching up each day via this page and links. Thanks heaps!

Oops. Sorry SA Great - just read your piece again you did say 'many of you won't....'

MEN
- Gold/Silver Medal Game: VIC Metro vs NSW Metro
- Bronze Medal Game: VIC Country vs QLD South
- 5th and 6th: SA Metro Men vs NSW Country
- 7th and 8th: WA Metro vs TAS
- 9th and 10th: WA Country 94 def. SA Country 66
http://linky.com.au/acp09
- 11th and 12th: ACT Men vs U18 QLD North
- 13th and 14th: NZ 79 def. NT Men 65

WOMEN
- Gold/Silver Medal Game: VIC Metro vs VIC Country
- Bronze Medal Game: SA Metro vs QLD North
- 5th and 6th: NSW Metro vs QLD South
- 7th and 8th: NSW Country vs WA Metro
- 9th and 10th: SA Country 99 def. TAS 59
http://linky.com.au/uqzgs
- 11th and 12th: ACT 82 def. WA Country 49
- 13th and 14th: NT 46 def. NZ 35

WOMEN
- 5th and 6th: NSW Metro 68 def. QLD South 56

Men:
- 5th and 6th: SA Metro 88 def. NSW Country 84
http://linky.com.au/thav4

Men:
- 5th and 6th: SA Metro 88 def. NSW Country 84
Daniel Carlin 17pts at 89% & 8 rebounds. Nice Job.

BRONZE MEDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS SA METRO WOMEN

SA Metro 85 def. QLD North 77.
http://linky.com.au/3zmua

Georgia Minear played 40minutes to post 29 points (8/16 (field) - 4/9 (3pt) - 9/9 (free throw), 5reb, 6as and just 2to.

Ashleigh Spencer 15 points (7/14 (field) - 1/1 (free throw) and 10reb.

Men:
- 11th and 12th: QLD North 67 def. ACT 62

WOMEN
- 7th and 8th: NSW Country 74 def. WA Metro 62
- Gold/Silver Medal Game: VIC Metro 68 def. VIC Country 51

MEN
- Gold/Silver Medal Game: VIC Metro 65 def. NSW Metro 47
- Bronze Medal Game: VIC Country 95 def. QLD South 67
- 7th and 8th: WA Metro 77 def. TAS 74

Hey everyone, I hope I made it easier for you to find results and I thank you for all your input throughout the week.

No matter the results of the team we were going for (although VIC Metro will be VERY happy tonight), the major winner was BASKETBALL.

Thanks guys and I'll catch you posting on another thread.