a VERY under-rated lass came out and kicked ass..last off the bench....a lazy 31 points..team high rebounds AND assists..good work Michaela ..a Sturt junior? Eagles? no..Warriors!!

well done to the player involved.

result interesting WA country not a renown powerhouse.

Ballboy, that is a pretty ridiculous post. Pretty sure she's representing SA this week, not her club. But if you really want to turn it into a shit-throwing contest, you are just going to make yourself and the club in question look pretty stupid.

See metro B with a W as well with a strong second half v Qld Nth

A I allowed to say,

ballboy, looks what happens when she gets real coaching. Might show that playing for a good coach is a good idea. She might therefore want to move to Sturt.

Sorry, but it is the obvious thing to say.

Boys

Round 1
DATE/TIME HOME TEAM AWAY TEAM VENUE RESULT
Sat 9/Jul 9:00 AM U16 NSW MM def. U16 SA CM 1 (Map) 70-48

Sat 9/Jul 9:00 AM U16 WA MM def. U16 NT M 6 (Map) 97-35

Sat 9/Jul 1:00 PM U16 VIC CM def. by U16 TAS M 1 (Map) 60-88

Sat 9/Jul 1:30 PM U16 NSW CM def. U16 WA CM 5 (Map) 85-44

Sat 9/Jul 7:00 PM U16 VIC MM def. U16 NZ M 1 (Map) 81-55

Sat 9/Jul 7:00 PM U16 SA MM def. U16 QLD NM 6 (Map) 81-73

Girls

DATE/TIME HOME TEAM AWAY TEAM VENUE RESULT
Sat 9/Jul 11:00 AM U16 QLD South Women def. U16 NZ Women 1 (Map) 49-47

Sat 9/Jul 11:00 AM U16 VIC Country Women def. U16 ACT Women 6 (Map) 88-26

Sat 9/Jul 11:30 AM U16 SA Metro Women def. U16 WA Country Women 5 (Map) 81-80

Sat 9/Jul 1:00 PM U16 SA Country Women def. U16 NT Women 6 (Map) 90-43

Sat 9/Jul 3:00 PM U16 NSW Metro Women def. U16 TAS Women 1 (Map) 71-5

Sat 9/Jul 3:00 PM U16 VIC Metro Women def. U16 QLD North Women 6 (Map) 62-39

not a swipe at Clubs..just refreshing to see great players can originate from ALL clubs. Reading months of posts on here you would be led to believe that only a couple of Clubs can lead you to the righteous land..obviously NOT the case. Definitely VERY early days and not counting any chickens.The girls have a severe lack of height and will struggle in this department.Good luck to them though.

Yeah, whats happening to SA U16 TEAMS?

Get all over the Tas men to win their first medal in 30 years

No that couldnt be it... It must be Neils fault or Bastetball SA...

Neil is involved in the selection process as part of his role

god help us if we just arent good enough for once. No thats right must find someone to blame or ridicule. Sink the boots in thats what everyone does O wonder what would happen if you had your name next to it this site wouldnt have anyone on it.

"Missed out" are you for real? Its not about sticking the boots in it is fact not fiction he is involved in the selection process nothing sinister about the comment at all. You are a fine one to tell others to put their name next to a comment though aren't you "missed out" what a joke!

woodville coaching deplorable for womens and players have to leave to improve - sad but true.how can the club continue to dev juniors when no future to aspire to at higher level.
just showspotential is not going to be dev at the lesser clubs - good coaching brings out the best - power house clubs have that.

sa country G had a close game with vic metro - strong medal chance IMO

23-2 second quarter vrs vic country G - not good (

5 from 43 shooting

been saying for a long time our shooting at u16g level here has been below par - particularly from outside the paint

there are some great shooters from outside the arc in this age group. They just weren't selected.Emphasis was on speed and transistion. Not half court sets.

Comparing results of shooting for this age group shows that comparitively compared to other years they are no where near as good at shooting from the 3 point line.

going to be below par results this year -

u16g MW - looking like just a top 10 fin
u16g CW - top 6 - maybe a medal game
u16b MM - may scrape into top 8
u16b CM - should finish in top 12

#190 - I'm guessing you don't know the story about how Paul came to be coaching this group. If you do, then you understand why he is there. It was hardly by choice. Somebody had to do it, and when Jarrod pulled out nobody else wanted it. It was too late to re-advertise. I believe it was offered first to one of the assistants, who knocked it back.

Isnt it great to see Tad Dufelmeier hooping it up again! 25/4.7/3 across his first 3 games. Are there any other sons/daughters of NBL/WNBL greats competing in the Nationals.

I would suggest that Paul Arnott did ot perform well enough at his previous Nationals to warrant another opportunity. 8th and 10th isnt good enough. Plenty of other coaches have done better at both club and State level that should have been asked.

Anonymous,

Hang on a minute!!!!

Getting ahead of yourself with your prediction of NSW Metro losing to Vic Metro in the mens final.

NSW Metro obviously didn't heed the warning from Day 1 when Tassie flogged Vic Country 88 - 60. Tassie showed some real grit on Day 2 overcoming and suprising NSW Metro 56 - 52.

With one pool game to come against WA Metro, our much under rated Tassie men are one win away from finishing TOP of their pool. NSW Metro would finish second and play Vic Metro in a SEMI final.

I'm with Rob. Tassie are a fair dinkum chance to medal. Brilliant tournament so far. Keith and the boys are doing us proud.

Go Tas!!!!!!!!

NZ are still a possible chance for the semi if they win all remaining games

The S.A. U-16 Girls team are falling very flat as the week goes on. Mr Wong has once again proved that he needs 'A' grade talent to produce results. He has never been a development coach which is clearly what this State Metro team is this year. Mr Wong is only use to coaching Stud teams, he was terrible selection for this group! As for the SA Country team, their team & performances will go only as far as their PG will take them. Mr Semmens Golden Child PG whilst talented cant carry the whole entire load for SA Country. There are other very talented girls in that SA Country group that need to get more shots for them to be competitive. Mr Semmens it cant be just about your Golden Child! Apparently a very PG was left home as a reserve, i bet they could of used her now!

Completely agreeing with DR10 with the SA Country girls. I have been watching the tournament for years as coach and spectator. Mr Semmens seems to pick a Golden Child of his sides. This year and last year he has selected Golden Childs both PG's both of the same association (Mount Gambier) is this not the same town that Mr Semmens is the development co-ordinator of?
The side has had lots of problems shooting the ball in the last 4 games, Why? Maybe because all of Mr Semmens plays revolve around his Golden Child this tournament (ave 34min a game) and teams are starting to pick this up. Come on Mr Semmens a bit of common sense please, this is a national level competition, create something different because this is what exactly what happened last year.
The team also looks tried. There inability to push back in defensive trans is shocking is this maybe because half his starters are averaging over 30 minutes a game? I think so.
So in conclusion is Mr Semmens exactly the same as Mr Wong from SA Metro, does he need 'A' Grade talent to run a basketball side or does he have the talent but not using it properly? I think it is the second option, he has the side but not using it. If he coaches next year he will have to think about not having that Golden Child in his side.

But another question needs to be answered, Is Mr Semmens job on the line???

And what happened to the original coach in the boys?

Brilliant effort Tas men!!!!

Top of Pool B.

Hope you can claim another scalp tomorrow by taking down the ACT.

Top spot has given you guys a real chance of making it all the way to the Gold Medal game.

Apparently (not confirmed) this is the first time Tas has headed up a Pool.

The Basketball Tas trophy cupboard is pretty bare too. Best result was Silver in 1984 against a Shane Heal led Vic Metro. And must have been a Hugh Greenwood team in 2007 that made the final four but lost both the semi and bronze medal games.

History beckons guys.

All the very best to the team and a pat on the back to Keith, Dave and Josh for doing such a stellar job so far. And that's not forgetting Justin Schueller for "driving the bus" for the last few years. Cheers.

Sons of import guns starting to court their own success

"IN JUNIOR basketball across Australia a quiet revolution is under way. The offspring of naturalised American imports are becoming teenagers and following their fathers into elite basketball."

The SAC boys are stuggling they finished 6th and were disapointing but up against the better Pool of the competition. Qld North (6th Pool A) and WA Metro (5th Pool B) were both also terrible.

The SAC boys have tried to run offenses and play team offence but it just hasn't come together. There half court man wasn't really the best so they have had to play a lot of zone. Possibly the end for a few of the coaches in there side through retirement not being sacked they have got a great head coach and good assistant but they may get out of it.

WA Metro really tick me off (Girls 6th on Pool A and Boys 5th in Pool B), this is because in a city of 1.7 million people (4th Highest in Aus) there inability to beat country and other metro sides is disgraceful. There offence has struggled to score and there ineffectiveness against the press has been unworthy of playing at the national level, there defense has tried to play press but they were unsuccessful in this.

Well done to Tasmania in the men though the coaching and players have been great all week. I still don't think they will get over Vic Metro but never say never someone needs to beat those fantastic Victorians.

Am home in Tasmania.

How will our boys go today against the ACT?

Anyone watching over in Melbourne got an opinion or prediction they'd like to share?

Just relpyling to a few things that were raised in concern to my last post.

The 'Anonymous' who was the first one under my last post, I agree with the talent base in differemt areas, but the WA Metro teams have continued to be in the botton half of the competition for some years.

The 'Anonymous' who was the third one under my last post. My ladder positions were correct they SAC Men played played QLD South in there pool matches and played QLD North in the finals matches you 'knowitall' toss, your problem is that you think you can follow games online without being there, you twat that never works. The question raised about coaches as well was that in regrads to my last post? Because if it was, I was refering to the SAC Mens coaches not being put out of the job, but retiring themselves. There a good coaching team but haven't been getting the results in previous years.

I hate to say i told so but i did call that neither of the SA U-16 Girls team would finish in the Top 6. Poor reflection on SA that both teams played off against each other for a 9th & 10th finish today! Heads should roll for these type of results, Mr Semmens has to be 'Dead Coach Walking'. My mail is that there is 'Bad Blood' between Mr Semmens & Mr Bald (Guru/Expert/God Like Basketball Idol)& this result has rubber stamped Mr Semmens marching orders. Mr Semmens can now safely retire & relax down in sunny Mt Gambier. As for Mr Wong who is the most overated basketball coach in SA this type of result clearly shows up Coaching inabilities. Mr Wong will be in hurry to get back to coaching in his Sturt bubble where is nicely protected coaching talented players who can make him look like a 'Great Coach'!

2 points for the girls teams - undersized - Vic metro towered above us and shooting.

if you go to an u16 div 1 G game on a friday not very often can you see a player shoot a tough basket in the clutch play.

Not a lot of half court sets.

5 years ago there were players around that could.

i am sure the entire outfit gave it their best.