Unley will have a strong team as always

The real question is who will win the Basketball festival, knockout is shit these days the festival is where the best teams are!

.0dnt leave out trinty they got a gun team n coach this time

St micheals aint got no game iv seen the team n their all long haired panzies

ur a clown buddy u aint got no chance its on

we will win every game you just wait u got no game and we got all the game

Like anonymous said a few comments back, immanuel are one to look out for this year. The guys team is the strongest line up they have had in a long time/ possibly the best. The team is disgustingly tall with enormous talent. Majority of the team has div 1 expertise up their belt and only a couple of the players are below 6'3.

St mics i have been told are not as strong as the last few years teams but i would not rule them out just yet. Two names in this team that could push them far.

Unley was one of the best teams with out a doubt in yr 10 (2 years ago) which means they are probably just as good now! thats if they still have the same players. A nice ball handler will be joining the team from yr 11 aswell which will add to their success.

Black frias or however u say it, the year 12 team last year was brutal! only problem was they were all year 12, leaving this years open team with not alot to choose from. My guess is that the team is alot smaller this year and more shooters.


Pembroke have some determined players still left from last year however they have lost some big names. Should be up their as a contendor aswell

St peters and PAC, i have not heard any names so how about somebody from the school give us some insight


i really hate the fact that we cant use names on here otherwise writing up the rosters would be a good idea.

Lets just say what other teams have a 6 foot 5 player who can knock threes and plays outside. Unley all the way

no one has mentioned st aloysius - they won every grade in the girls at the BASA festival last year.

they will struggle now in open grade - lost 4 good players (finished school, 1 transferred to another school) - may not even field an open team ?

but years 8,9 and 10 looking good - full div 1/2 district team line up in all grades

lol st mics... hes probly 6'7 aswell.

How many district players unley got?
The old saying though a star team beats a team of stars.

Lets just have some insight though ppl!#!$!%!#@

has anyone got any dates yet ??

no dates yet.. id say most the teams are yet to even start training.

Another school that have some alright players this year is henley.. Been told the line up is reasonably strong.

Just a matter of how these teams gel

st aloysius had 4 ABL players and 1 reserves player in their senior team - 3 of those have left / graduate.

still not bad - 2 year 10 ABL players
2 others (1 abl, 1 reserves - graduated)

plenty more coming through in the younger years

all players from unley are district.

and why cant we use names???

statue, you could list rosters. The issue with naming players is more about having nutcases running around talking themselves up (which is boring) or younger players being affected by people criticising their ability.

Naming rosters OK. Talking about general strengths and weaknesses of each team, also OK. Talking up or down individuals, please avoid. This keeps various coaches a fraction less stressed, and means they pester me a little less too.

statue of liberty, i played A's for pac and last yr pac had only 3 yr 11's in their open A/B squad and a yr 10 team that lost by 60 points a game every week. 2 returnin open A's both starters last yr...the rest of the team i have no idea.

One thing to remember is that the team with the most talented players will not always win....i went to pac and im just stating the facts here but we made the semis of knockout so came 3rd or 4th in the state wit only 2 div 1 players on the team, and only lost pasadena by 4. school pride and everyone wanting the same thing goes along way and can sumtimes upset individual talent. im not sayin this to talk up pac coz personally i dnt think we will do well this yr but its sumthin to keep in mind.

for all the talented teams remember that u have to take every game seriously no matter who ur playin if u wanna play and do well in knockout......or a team like pac last yr cud cause a few upsets.

from memory pac, black friars and pembroke were very yr 12 heavy last yr so will prob not b as strong this yr

teams like cabra, unley, immanuel, st michs are retainin alot of players this yr, am i correct? so they will prob b the strongger teams.

dnt kno neone who plays for saints, didnt recognise ne of their team except ash ng wen we played em in intercol but from the looks of things their team didnt seem very strong and prob wnt b this yr

Yeh i have heard of morialta which players from u18 div 1s go there? I know all the players in div 1 so ill know who you are referring to.

CBC will also be good, mix of norwood, southern and woodville there.

Unley will wipe every team off the court

unley, cabra, pembroke are the best teams. However i no there is a few past and present district players coaching a few school teams.

thats should make things interesting as well. They cant really do much things on court, however the tactics they use will be interesting to watch

cheers anonymous for the names... didn't know fisher went to that school (well im assuming one of two is him)

Hopefully i get to see them play this year seems damn strong

will CBC do anything in the knockout???

Westminster are ganna be unstoppable im telling ya - Its only a 1 man team but this kid has talent!

Mad handles, upside down dunks you name it this kid can do it. Im talking about MJ! Watchout all you other schools, this competition is already over.

Dont forget extremely tanned anonymous

MJ i know you read this, tell everybody how many board taps you got in the warm ups against immanuel last year

talk down your opposition >:(

most awesome source - i think you will find that history tells a different story. Some of the best school ballers, even teams with two or three state players have not made final four. KO is really about having the best team, and i can tell you now, one kid cannot carry a team through the tournament.

but this is MJ!

how does everyone think pasadena will go this year?? have they lost ne due to graduating.. or is it just joe?

they have lost joe but they have gained Sam Hemmings

ya all lucky that lefevre aint there or ya would all be running to hide after the spankin we would give ya thats for sure!!

take luck is willing to pimp his skills to the highest bidders any takers i open the bid at 10 cents

ay take luck, how do u figure that you would spank everyone. Wasn't it Le Fevere that lost to wirrianda last year, the most struggling team in the comp.

you would hope they would be able to beat everyone being a year older..

Did you want MJ's mobile number instead

thats the point, they would have dominated

any one else left in the team take luck?

GIRLS: unley will be the henderson sho while cabra will be the francis show while immanuel will be the langford show.

i agree, cayle francis and chloe henderson will dominate!

when is k/o? henderson's injured and out for about 5 weeks.

Anyone even started training yet?

our boys have had trials and trainings, and i think so has cabra but im not 100% sure

who are you schoolies

are cardign any good? I think it's them with a couple of solid southern boys (one who plays ABL). correct me if I'm thinking of the wrong school. But if I'm right, they will make the top 8 i reckon. Faith would also have to be another team that will give the KO a mighty shake.

im pretty sure phil brown goes to cardign, if they won't be too bad at all

this years knockout belongs to immanuel ;)

SAM HEMMINGS TIGERS 18 DV 1
SOREN GEMO STURT 18 DV 1
SHANE GILL TIGERS 20 DV 1
AARON RICE WILLIAM STURT 18 DV 1
AARON FORSYTHE TIGERS 18 DV 1
NO 1 IS GONNA COMEPETE WITH THAT
GOODLUCK

J Wernham u18 div 1 Forestville
A Szeckly u18 div 1 West
B English u18 div 1 West
S Sapio u18 div 1 Forestville
A sf@afkl u18 div 2 Sturt
L Walton u18 div 2 Woodville
M Hamlyn u18 div 2 Woodville
T Crowley u18 div 2 West

2 Guards in the team with the rest of them over 6'3 as well as 3 of the players with SASI experience, thats a pretty tight team

What about Aberfoyle Park ???

Man u guys sure like talking up ur teams, but how many of u are in the starting 5 or the team for that matter?

you can all talk, but the thing is can u ball and that will be decied when u play, so all this talk can end up making u look like idiots.

haha cna u all ball yo wats up G best beat would have to be passa after watching their game on thursday they had better organisation than mavs with only playing together for about 3 weeks that being their first game nice effort boys and bad luck on that knee mikele but loved the 15 points u ranked up for a bench catcha

in reply to you annonymous Immanuel has always been a terrible school for bball, apart from 2 years ago where they won the open B grade. This year half the team is year 11's and a new asset to the team being J Wernham who is looking like a chance for the state team this year also. Good luck to him. The immanuel team this year is not perfect like you said, i dont think there is such a team but if this group does play well 'together' hopefully they have some success.

And my apologies i was confirmed that sapio is now in div 2, must of been a recent move.

Do you play for a school anonymous? If so let us know.

I go to unley - im new to this forum i have been told about the whole knockout teams etc and i wanted to have a look at what the teams have to offer. Its no real secret in who is in the team, being all NBA teams know each others rosters. We just want to have a look at some of the times and see how we rank.

I have not talked up the immanuel team at all, i stated who was in the team and where they rank and about them. I was replying to the PASA persons statement, THAT is talking up. Mine was showing our roster.

St mics i have been told are a lot stronger then most schools thought aswell. Big chris, Stef Hoffman, D Pascoe, J russo should be another strong team.

Most the players know each other over district so we should know who everyone plays for

naa man i didnt take it you were having a go at me i totally understood ya.

Just wondering if you wanted to give us some info on your team ;)

yeah, I dont think ingles could make a guest appearance for pasadena seeing as he goes to a different school now..... in a different state. Kinda makes it hard

so are the girls actually allowed to play in the boys team in the boys comp?

I don't think they can for Knockout.

good question but. Should they be allowed to play? I for one would like to see them included. Anything to raise the level of basketball is a good thing isn't it? They are students of the school too, if they're willing to play in a boys comp then wouldn't it make the basketball schools better if girls were allowed to play?

ohhhh mixted hockey...ohh ok..i kinda think ther is a slight difference between Basketball and Hockey??lol

only reason i asked if some of the girls i know dont have a good enough team to be in the girls comp, so the nect best thing is to play in with the boys..

like anonymous has said.. lol

My prediction is neither side will make the final 4.

pasadena has no where near the chance they had last yr without joe (as the old saying goes no joe, no team.) sam hemmings is the most overated player in u18's and shane gill i heard is nothing but a nutcase.

i didnt think that the immanuel girls team was that good? surley not top 4 material, but i havent really heard whos in the team or anethign... just a question

Theres not any Norwood or Southern guys at CBC anymore. They either graduated or left. Theres still some Woodville guys though, and some other good players. The team that made the Yr 10 Knockout Final 4 in 2003 is changed now, but some of the players still remain. I don't know if the coach will even enter them in knockouts though. It will probably depend on their regular season results.

'Raped' is a bit harsh isn't it? But without Joe Ingles they will definately not be as good. I'm suprised they haven't got anybody else who is up to Joe's standard considering that Pasadena has the whole 'basketball focus school' thing going there, or is that just to lure good players to the school or something?

CBC Open A team should be finalised within the next week or so. A few district guys in there, but no Div 1 players. Have been training since Term 4 last year, but this doesn't necessarily mean anything.....lol

OPEN Top 3 Teams

GIRLS
Possibly: Unley, Cabra,Mt Gambier

( I mean yes, Cabra have Cayla but they have lost Abby Bishop who held the team together better)

BOYS
Possibly: Unley, Cabra, Pasadena?

( Unley have recruited this year with having Bryce Whittaker and Peter Creswell both tall fellas) (Cabra also have tallies this year)

any chance u attend unley?

'Unley have "recruited" this year with having Bryce Whittaker and Peter Creswell both tall fellas) (Cabra also have tallies this year'

Recruited? making it seem a bit serious there.
These guys play district? what level

st michael's will definately win

Pedare college will be the surprie unit this year they have six u18 div 1 players and three of them have played state. THey have a good chance of winning. I have played against them and they can shoot threes

i cant beleive no one has said anything about westminster, they are gonna win it so easy i tell ya, they have a big guy who doesnt play district but hes still better then any other tall guy at any other school, plus they have mj and mc chris, three massive inside presences which no team will be able to contain, saints are crap, pac is also crap, pembroke had one player last year, that max dude, apart from him the are retards, blackfriars are nothing now cause they lost all their superstars, game of the round this weekend is westminster versus unley this weekend. westminster will win easy. u watch

I was under the impression that Peter Cresswell finished yr 12 last yr, he's kinda in my f'ville training squad.

And when someone above talks about Finals experience, Cabra has the best KO finals record of the state, which is kinda embarrasing for any other school.

Go have a look at the shields, cabra's name is most common among them all, and if it showed runners up in it too, cabras name is all over that section too.

For the record, girls can play in a boys saturday morning comp, but are not allowed to play KO or festival games with boys.

bballer said cabra has tallies? I couldnt consider them to be that tall. They are good, but not centers, just forwards.

A knockout team does not have to have state players to win, Cabra's 9/10 team from 2001 is living proof of that, they went all the way, without any state players.

Westies- think you better eat your words!! Unley destroyed westminster this morning by 30 and they were in cruise mode the whole time!!

Westies - Mj is awesome ill agree with that hes still my idol/bitch heck we will probly make babies, but we played with 5 players last year (our weakest 5 [2 year 10s who i might add are awesome now]) We had not ONE yr 12 and beat them PLUS they had their better players from yr 12 in their line up. Something tells me they wont win knockout, maybe second!

Millicent team will surely be a team to watch. They have Shannon Seebohm and Ferg Hamilton and Matty Wright- three awesome state players! Zach doige and Sam Thomson are district players who will also play. They r now a bball focus school so they r bound ot hav some other kids who can play. Millicent will be the team to watch i reckon- they may just go all the way- u heard it first right here!

Same with the girls- millicent will probably be okay. They will have ashley (from forestville), brooke jones and rhianna (from sturt). These girls all made state country. Add in a very good point guard with kate butler (no idea if she is still playing or not)and a another girl who played for forestville once upon a time who was okay(sorry don't know her name) and that is an exceptional starting five.

People are forgetting bout them cos they r country- be careful- they might sneak up on us metro ppl and steal a title (or two)?!?!

its all here - that millicent team has some of the best players in the state, but where is their height?
shannon Guard
Fergus Guard
Zach Guard
Sam Small Forward
Matty Wright Power Guard.

They will get killed on the boards, and dont forget a champion team will always beat a team of champions!

Anoynmous #33867... i dont think the 2003 pasadena side would have been underdogs. with newley and ingles both suiting up, i think they may have been the dream team you are talking about.

yeah u r right- ashley goes to tenison. So does sam thomson so he won't be playing for the boys. Kate butler goes to tenison as well. Sorry 'its all here' and anonymous #33294 - i believe ur theories are wrong! Maybe millicent wont be that good.

J.Will anyone.

i think you'll find that year 2002 had a number of schools with majority div 1 players who were able to play good team basketball.

St Michaels, Cabra, PAC, Saints, Sacred Heart.

Its been said before and it will be said again a champion team will beat a team of champions.

anonymous #33923, yes i am aware of the fact brad does not go to school anymore. i was simply saying how talented their 2003 side was.

Hemmings made State! Over-rated??? not likely!

I've heard rumours from a good source that Ingles will play for Pasa. Hemmings, Gill, Ingles, and others i don't recall... fair squad!

Cardjin have Phil Brown, Mike Florence... Will be interesting to see how far they go.

Far out!!! Ingles isn't allowed to play for pasadena. He does not go to that school, therefore can not play for them. Do you realise that he most probably had to choose a different school once he went to canberra. sooo dumb

who does pedare have in their team

Aaron and josh from norwood and brad goodchild from woodville go there, thats all i know.

i may be slow on this, but why are her chances slim

Don't all millicent kids go to millicent high??? How do sam and kate go to tenison- that is in mount gambier- i dont understand.

what is the smithfield plains girls like? ive heard there crap but xavier are playing them tomoro

goooooooo unley! yeah! woo! yeeha!

i used to play open girls for cabra last year and i saw sum games this morning and the standard is so bad now im gone. come on girls dont u remeber how i taught u to do good block and shoots!!

How many teams have started their campaign for knockout, seems like we started (and finished) early. I dont go to a skool with any big names and showed with us probably beein first skool bein bailed out of Open boys knockout.

mt gambier is only like 30 minutes or something away from millicent so thats how they go to school there. kate goes to millicent but ashleigh and sam go to tenison woods. tenison woods also have a girl who is awesome but stopped playing basketball to focus on netball or something like that, with her and ashleigh plus there other 3 starters who played in the 9/10 team last year they should go pretty well

yeah that chick use to play for sturt who doesnt do as much now from tenison woods. her name i cant remember but yeah they would be looking pretty good. i've also heard they are taking a squad to play in america so im guessing they wouldve had plenty of training year round girls and guys

Kao or Chao watts(its pronounced K O) - apparently she was awesome but a little bit slack.

Millicents girls would be better than tenison wouldn't they??? Having two girls (vehlow and brooke) just played in a classics grand final and kate- can't remember her. Tenison would only have gallio since Kao is playing netball now.

Who is better- tenison or millicent?

Does the Heights play in the knockout? If they do are they any good?

Who is in the Open Unley girls team????

Tara Robinson
Chloe Henderson
Hannah Wardil
Stacey Everinadis
Megan Kermond
Hannah Robinson
Harriet Robertson
Mel Smith
Jordan Cowan
Charlotte Viner
Alana Hoinker
Steph Crocker

Some of these are only in the squad..

Haha clearly out of line. But someone tell me all about it!! jokes

na khao still plays for tenison i rekon..wel tension always beat them in knokout dats y there team is always at the finals incase u haven noticed...ashleigh cud just play by herself and still kill everyone!

doubt it!

isn't tara robinson too old to play? does she still go to school?

Haha, Indeed i'll be there... wait all year to play! Would'nt miss it for the world!

If only i would do year 13 aswell, haha