Isaac
Years ago
NBL schedule released, ASG dates, FTA confirmed
The NBL's oldest rivalry between the Perth Wildcats and Adelaide 36ers will tip off the opening round of the new league, throwing new 36ers coach Joey Wright into a baptism of fire.Some good rivalries in the opening round - Cairns in Townsville, Melbourne playing Sydney, etc.
The match at Perth Arena will re-launch the new NBL in Australia on Friday, October 11 although it will not be the season's opening game.
That in fact will occur 24 hours earlier in New Zealand when the reigning titleholders host Wollongong Hawks and raise their 2012-13 championship banner at Vector Arena.
Other points of interest:
- 28 game regular season
- each opponent played four times
- finals remains top four
- best of three semis and grand final series
- All-Star Game break is December 20-22
- all games on FTA and NBL.TV
Boti's story
The schedule link in the story is currently broken so the fixture itself remains to be seen.
Here's a PDF schedule direct from the NBL.