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Why can't you get together with BA, the stuff on their championship site is absolute rubbish?

The fact that all their stuff is still linked to u18 champs (draws and results, the default championship on the home page, etc.) shows how much BA care.

BA's media is at rock bottom since they implemented the new website.

CoE info - to be update is all they have

U17 girls squad link to nothing

16's nationals competition stats not working

launch of Aussie Hoops - compare it to tennis Aus's hot shots and it got/get no coverage...

the biggest news in years - 2 nba champs and 2 drafted and all the potential about to come and they not championing it at all.

such missed opportunities I'll have to write a letter to the CEO oh wait there isn't one (not for 6 months) but thats okay its obvious they don't need one! alls well BA

Quarter finals tomorrow.

SA Metro girls top of pool B. Men waiting on last round.

Nope, they finish second on head to head.

No rest day, they have introduced quarter finals this year, God knows why.

Anyway quarters Thursday, semis Friday, finals Saturday.

NSW country look the second best women's team.

Yes 1 v 4 and 2 v 3

SA met girls will finish 2nd in their group and will play ACT in the quarters.

That can't be right if there's quarter, semis, and grand finals. If it were 1v4 and 2v3 that only allows 2 rounds of finals doesn't it?

Sorry very poor math! Forgot there were 2 pools

Sow women's quarters will be:
VICM V VICC
NSWC V NSWM
ACT V SAM
SAC V QLDS

Bingo

I'm tipping Vic Metro V NSW Country Gold Medal Game

VICM V VICC 7pm
NSWC V NSWM 1pm
ACT V SAM 5pm
SAC V QLDS 3pm

Gota be the weakest vic metro side ever. But they still have a really good shot at taking gold.

The NSW teams are not far off it, Qld S also in the mix... and who knows about SA depending how they shoot!

Assuming NSW Country beat NSW Metro in their 1/4 final and QLD South beat SA Country in their 1/4 final, the two would meet in the semis. Winner of that would play the winner of the other semi..... out of ACT, SA Country, Vic Country or Vic Metro.

196 doesn't rate QLD South and doesn't think the will make the gold medal game! Vic Metro V somebody, likely NSW Country.

Great effort by the VICC boys to get over the line in a close one vs NSWC, now giving themselves a chance against NSWM in a quarter finals game.

That could be the pick of the games tonight, especially if the VICC boys can get their shooting caps on!

Also VICM v SAM in the boys at 5.00pm could be a cracker if SAM come to play.

Ezi is in NITP, plays Youth League etc. so nothing wrong with her program.

Hardly unnoticed, maybe well hidden?

Has made huge improvement in the last 6 months.

7 bpg in under 16 girls..... WOW!

The standard of teams they have played has been of very low quality, besides the NSW Country side which gave them a run for their money.

Vic Metro go 10 deep, don't even need to start their best 5.

Ezi comes off, and the next best shot blocker in the country comes on.

And just to mix it up, sometimes they play both together.

NSWC are reigning champs in the boys.

SAM gave a good account of themselves against VICM boys last night, if they could have converted a couple of key shots late it could have gome down to the wire.

VICM looked just a little flat at times and turned it over against incredible pressure applied by a determined SAM team, but in the end the VICM boys held on and a late basket on the siren ended SAM's run.

It was an exciting although the error rate was high at times. Well done to both teams.

Also last night NSWM boys finished strongly to get over a gallant VICC who will rue their chances in the final quarter down by 10 but unable to bridge the gap.

There seemed to be no answer to stopping NSWM's No.8 who landed some key jump shots while VICC missed their attempts when they needed them in the second half especially.

A key moment at the end of the third saw a tech on the VICC coach for nothing too sinister that gave NSWM two points and the ball resulting in a long 3 on the siren and turned a 5 point lead to 10, almost killing the contest.

This was a momentum changer that really should not have been called as both coaches were animated at some no calls. Disappointing for the kids and everyone watching when the officials get it wrong like that IMO.

NSWM will be there pushing for a medal, they are a strong outfit. VICC rely too much on too few but if they shoot under 30% they can't expect to win either.

She lives in nsw.

Plays in NSW CPL and is in NSW NITP

ezi magbegor only 14? crazy block shot average...

What is going on in Tasmania.Under 18s just and 16s to finish on bottom this year.Can someone please explain because what I saw in Tamworth 16s the program seems to have changed.

2 wins for NT girls well done and is this a first?

SA women win in OT by 3..... GO South Aussie.......

apart from defence on the shot lerhaps

VIC metro coaches just have themselves to blame. SA play tight zone all night. They take their best passer out when they're 8 up and sit her for the rest of the night! WTF???

Weak top age group for VIC metro carried by only a few legit players.

Wowwww

woo wee big upsets...

In the women... Qld South & SA Metro final... knocking off the favoured NSW & Vic teams.

In the men NSW Country beat a stronger (on paper) NSW Metro side. NZ almost got it done vs. Vic Metro, but the Vics hung on.

Tomorrow will be interesting!

whosayswhatnow?

Vic Country only!

who cares

vic metro women! cant believe they lost after dominating the other teams and sa metro only scraping through on multiple occasions.

The scrapers were obviously in a tougher pool than expected then and did not only just scrape through. Vic only dominated pool A whilst QLD South and SA in pool B who were SA down 1 point at last meeting now both in the Gold Medal playoff... Tides are changing.... You can lose a game and still win if you win the right one and both teams did.... It is not always about Vic and great to see other teams shining through. The Opals currently have players from various states and it is great to see more talent coming through with a national spread.... Well done to all players representing theri state..

Representing their State, Territory or Island sorry..

The new finals format for 2014 has really put a cat amongst the pigeons! This was the same at 18's. In previous years many teams that have jagged a spot in the top eight quarter finals would have been playing off in the lower half of the competition. So a team that just squeezes through the week ultimately has a shot at a medal or top 4 finish, even winning just 2 of their pool games.
The standard this week was ordinary at times, WA, Qld and Tax are in big trouble looking at the standard of their teams. Vic County have slipped, although had their best boys player injured for the important part of the week. Well done to SAM girls, lots of heart and very well coached all week.

Was at the game, am a proud Vic Metro fan and watched a pretty decent game and we lost. The SA girls were tenacious and played very well, good luck they won.

The arrogant tag on 13 & 14 yr old kids !!!! Really

Vic Metro girls couldn't handle the zone and shot terribly all week, would love to know their shooting %.

SA Country girls defeated SA Metro quite comfortably in the lead up to the championships, yet the SAC girls underperformed on the big stage! Well done Lynne, you earned it.

Gold for SA metro girls - well deserved! Congratulations!

I get the state rivalry but wha has the current coach or players from Vic Met done to be arrogant ? Have you had a run in with either coach ? SA staff and team were deserving winners, congratulated the big fella and coaches on the way out....

He is a giant by the way

Well done to Dean the CEO down at Geelong for putting on a wonderful event, everything seemed to go smoothly and this was one of the best organised nationals for quite some time. The venue was terrific and the basketball exciting, great job by all volunteers and organisers.

Vic Met could start by displaying the word METRO on their tops like all other states do. Maybe they will appear less arrogant if they start to understand they are part of Victoria and not all of it?

SA Metro girls wow and half or more are bottom age.

What did the girls coach do?

Seems no matter what the Vics do, nothing is good enough I guess. Arrogant can be levelled at the NZ boys coach, the NSW NITP coach, the Vic Cntry womens coach.....

Where does it end !!!

Coaches are labelled arrogant because they get frustrated at being told to just shut it, by the referees. It's all their fault? If referees would speak to coaches properly and calmly warn them before they throw a tech at them after just ignoring them it would be a lot better and coaches would not get so frustrated. Then they wouldn't appear arrogant!

Whilst players win games, what an amazing achievement for Lynne Holland. Gold medals never come easy and the last one for SA was over 15 yrs ago!

I don't personally know Lynne but I've watched her coach from afar and work with Woodville for so long to be the butt of anonymous critics here. She has persisted and persisted and now has a national championship to show for it.

The young bloke doing the boys is an incredibly humble and outgoing coach, not an arrogant bone in his body, 18s and 20s boys coaches all in the same boat.

If not happy with the girls then don't label all.

I'm not a Vic Metro person however over some years have got to know quite a few people in basketball, also involved with Vic Metro and although you will find big egos and arrogance within this program, it isn't any different than any other state program in this regard.

The difference is in the expectation, the self confidence and pressure from long term success and the culture this has developed over years at the top of junior sport, especially basketball.

Wearing the Big 'V' has a perception of superiority and elitism in Australian sport built up over many years of fierce competition and it is not only basketball that has the Big 'V' as its number one iconic label of being the 'top dog'.

It is a perception now, one that people outside the Victorian landscape may interpret the persona of self confidence and success as being arrogant at times.

This is not an excuse for poor behaviour by any individual coach, parent or other persons involved in the Vic Metro program as may have been displayed on this occasion, however there are some unfair labels and let's face it outsider opinions are even driven by envy at times.

It probably would help the basketball program if they adopted the word metro in their uniform but I understand the honour of wearing the Big 'V' so this may be a hard one for those people running the program to swallow. It would have to be forced upon them by whoever runs the Nationals before they conform to this idea but it could be a good start!

Previous post probably summed it up best, expectation, pressure, envy as well as previous history of doing week.

I expect that the "Vic should have two teams" guy won't be bleating his rubbish this week...

Well I have travelled to the Country as a Metro Coach and believe me it is alive and well as in Country vs Metro divide !!!! Not only Victoria, Plenty of smack here about SA Metro and Country so do not kid yourselves

You are correct anon^, however at least SAM and other metro programs are not pretending to represent their whole state, they at least acknowledge their country cousins by wearing uniforms that identify them as metropolitan.

tbh I don't see it as that big of a deal - both Queensland teams just have "Queensland" on it for as long as I can remember.