it's a grand final for the Rangers and Chargers this Friday. who ever wins should continue the march up the ladder. lose. bye. bye.

What is the finals system?

Hobart have injuries and have had good leads at half time only to be run down due to starters getting no rest.
Still Nunawading and Kilsyth for me, Ballarat still firmly in the picture as well.

Are the semi finals 1 v 8 or 1 v 4 system ??

Miners losing 3 of the last 5. Chargers are only 1 game ahead of the Rangers and have to play them home and away.Tight finish.

Drimic now missing for the Nongers.

Finals system is the same as the AFL. 1 v 4, 2 v 3 in the top half of the draw, 5 v 8, 6 v 7 in the bottom half.

Home finals in the first week for teams that finish 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th.

First finals over 27,28,29 August.

Apologies. For incorrect month.

In such a close competition, top four is a very good advantage.

pioneers might yet make a late run for a playoff birth having beaten ballarat and nunawading in their last two games

Braves lose another. Chargers get !720 to see them win by 10 over a Drimic less Rangers 97 - 87.

Pioneers add another win despite more injuries. Think they will scrape into the playoffs

1720 at Hobart v Dandenong last night, got to be happy with that. If they financially stack up they should be in the nbl sooner rather than later.
Chargers led by 25 with under four minutes to to play which allowed the bench time but starters had to finish the game as rangers came storming back.
Moller does a lot work you don't get stats for and should’ve had a triple.

Chargers played the kids in the last 4 minutes of so. Rangers went on a 12-0 run.
Chargers Vs Rangers with Drimic on Sunday July 15th will be a belter. Chargers will be backing up after playing Mollers Ballarat the night before.

Moller plays for the chargers.

Ballarat about to slip down the ladder.

Rangers drop both.

Kilsyth just keep rolling.

Von Hofe should be playing NBL. ;)

Looks like the Bandits have given up. losing by 26 to Frankston.

Frankston have improved with carter, waxy, trist and two imports, drops away from there though. But get what your saying re the result over Albury.

Frankston bringing in new players nearly every week. Trying to salvage another disappointing year for their program.

Has been a very good season so far, cats on a charge the last month, miners fading a bit. Kilsyth still in box seat and should be in first place at start of the finals, Nunawading in box seat for second, rest of the eight up for grabs.

NUnawading are teetering on 2nd. Specs have 4 games to go Vs Ballarat, sandringham, Melbourne and bendigo. One or 2 gimmies if that.

MtG knock off the BA Coe by 2 on the buzzer and Chargers easily beat the Eagles.

Pioneers continue the run, still haven't got there full team, think they will qualify for finals.

Defence could be Hobarts down fall, if Moller misses a game they got no one to play quality D and organise the side and rebound.
I'm surprised how good they’ve gone, coach Stewart has done a good job. Don’t think there grand final material though.
There crowds have been exceptional which is good for their nbl bid.

MIners 89 - Spectres 80.
Chargers smash Bandits.
Chargers now equal 2nd.
Not sure of %'s....

Hobart in 2nd due to 0.30% higher points percentage (108.4% vs. 108.1%).

Very tough competition this year and a very good standard in the men's. Hobart still got Ballarat and Dandenong away next week, can’t see two wins there but should probably fall into the top four. It’s Kilsyth to lose, but probably any top four side could win it. Pioneers back in the eight, who knows what they could do.

PLus Hobart beat the Spectres earlier this season.

Ballarat beat Braves on Wed night by 4. GOTW will be The Rat Vs the Chargers for 2nd on Saturday night.

Chargers chase down a 9 point deficit at 3/4 time to win by 6. Moller with 37 and 13.

15 points down at one stage too. Massive comeback. Ballarat will slip down the ladder now. Battle for 2nd now between Spectres and Chargers IMO.

Top three sort, percentages to sort out second and third.

One game to go, shouldn't matter.
Braves beat Spectres or Chargers lose to NWT will see the ladder set.

Home court advantage between 2nd and 3rd. Both sides would prefer home court.
Hobart have over achieved, Ballarat, Dandenong, Sandringham, Frankston probably under achievers.

Going with Drimic and no imports was a bad decision by Dandenong.
Frankston just a shambles on and off the court.

Drmic still better than most imports.

Drimic picked and choose when he wanted to play, poor team chemistry.

Hobart have played to their potential. A few games in there that they should have won and with Muo out for 6 weeks the other players filled the void extremely well.
Nunawading with their injury problems will be disappointed with their finish.

Drmic started off hot then flatlined. Any idea what changed?

Nunawading guys spend too much time travelling the 3x3 circuit.

Spectres might have injury concerns right now.

Chargers front page of The mercury with an article on the expected crowd they might get tonight. Possibly a SEABL record.
Almost 2000 there last home game and pre sales the highest this season.

2200 there tonihgt. Sold out and many were turned away. Not all of the arena was open with the side sections curtained off. Talk already about opening up more seating section by section.
The Chargers women lost to the Torns and are out of finals contention.
The men beat the Thunder 104 - 63.
The finals will come down to points.
Cobras have lost players to the KIngs and may even lose top spot. What a season!

So with the Hobart men and women facing teams from Ulverstone and Launceston tonight was there any Huskies NBL promos going on?

After leading all season the Cobras at the moment are losing to the Bandits. This would see the Cobras drop to 2nd, Spectres go to first and the Chargers drop to 3rd.
The Fat Lady is about to sing.

Cobras got half their side out in China with the kings, wouldn't get to excited yet.

NO one is getting excited. Just the closeness of the season that's all. settle petal.You do realise that the top 3 teams all have the same w/l record don't you?
Cobras are very beatable.

Mount Gambier out, very close competition and positions decided on count back for 1-3, 5-6 8-10. Nunawading in box seat with first place and most experienced side.

With the money Kilsyth are paying out, anything but a championship will be a bust.

^^^^
So very true.

I heard the Supercats men were kicked off the Arena at Geelong because the council booked it for some table tennis tournament or some such so they are playing a SEABL final at their domestic stadium is this what happened?

This is giving me flashbacks when playing down at the local recreation centre court and being kicked off for scheduled badminton...

Imagine the public uproar if the council at Geelong booked a monster truck rally at Kardinia Park when the Cats qualified for a home AFL final.

Cobras lose as expected. ;) Close game and crunch time saw them give up a 7 point lead to ultimately lose by a mere 2 points. A week off for the Chargers and who knows their opponent.
Torns beat the Braves in the Ladies and the Thunder lose to the Supercats by 22.

Moller 28 and 11, monstered Kilsyth in third 1/4 when chargers trailed by 11. Chargers team chemistry looked good. Quality game.

von Hofe to the NBL. Fouled out in 21min. Pfffftttt.
Pineau. Fouled out in 26min.
You wouldn't call it a choke but those guys should be there at the end.

Pineau was on Moller, tough day at the office.

2 NBL players playing each other, tough eh.
Supercats should get over the Rat next weekend.
Cobras looking a bit fragile now should beat the Braves.

Almost 1000 tickets sold since midday today. Chargers Vs ?? Friday 10th.

1800 sold already. All boxes sold!

Soldout games ahead in the North and South at both the Torns game and the CHargers game.
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-01/southern-huskies-bid-for-nbl/10061786

3000+ tickets sold for the Chargers game with 1 week to go!

Chargers fans will be disappointed if they get beaten. Good test for the Huskies though.

Every game is tough now. Chargers have beaten Ballarat twice and Supercats once. (only played them once.) So odds are good which means nothing now.

The chargers have been strong across the team but Moller has been huge against the miners and Supercats, if they could kerb his influence chargers are very beatable.

Looks like it will be the Supercats.

Some premature speculators out there!

Supercats at Venom in the men & Braves at Spectors for the women.

Have to hand it to Geelong, many gave up on them too early.

NO one with any sense gave up on the Supercats. Happy to have seen them win. ;)

Tre Nichols reportedly in hospital with severe migraine. Lets hope he's fine by Friday. #noexcuses

His migraine was caused by hearing all the SBL fans pumping up their league based on his acheivements in SEABL.

Yes well that's expected. He's certainly taken it to the next level. Hope someone gives him an NBL shot.

3300 expected on Friday. Nichols is now 100% OK.

Good odds on them ;)

50/50 contest Supercats probably deeper. Hopefully we get a good contest.

Chargers 8 str8, Supercats 8/9. Line ball!

Bookies say Chargers more likely - ~$1.40 to win.

Chargers getting toweled at the half.

Massive second half especially by Moller. Hobart easy

It reads as if every game Chargers are down at HT then Moller goes beast mode?

^^^^
That sums it up, slowish start but beast mode in 2nd half, very astute recruiting by chargers getting Moller and Nichols.

Nichols is a great player. Makes everyone about him look great. Moller is a beast. Recruiting coup of the season.
White just goes about his business so quietly and is so under rated.
Muo had a poor night but hit a few big ones in the 2nd half. Masunda always penetrates and helps others.
Great effort from the Chargers. Trailing by 9 at the half, after leading 13 -2 the Chargers were pushed out of their own game on their own court.
The next half was what it should have been. Run and run. Supercats tried hard and were only 2 down at 3/4 time.
From then on it was a procession of points and a 28 to 15 last quarter saw the Chargers win.
Herbie scored 18, and Medved 1 (both retiring). Gatlin 17 and Davis 20 were important. Davis 16 boards.
All in all a great game and 3500 + people were supporting the resurgence of basketball in Tasmania.
Chargers to play???

What if Chargers win SEABL? Awesome extra momentum for Huskies NBL bid.

Spectres $1.50 Kilsyth $2.50

Nunawading should win and start favourites for the GF, tough experienced team, good outside and inside presence.
Hobart I believe are still the surprise packet, Stewart has done a great job getting this team to play as a team, the improvement in Nichols game from scorer only to passer, defender and scorer is a testament of his coaching. Think he would be reasonable value import to an nbl team. Moller playing the four and not his natural three has also allowed him to play the point forward with remarkable success, his handling skills for a big man are fantastic, shoots at a good clip and rebounds better than all. Hits big shots, as the commentators nearly jumped out the box when he drained that three with just on a minute to go to take the lead out to six followed up with a defensive board and two free throws and game over. The rest of the team do what's needed for the team with muo playing better D and hitting the open shots when required.

Chargers v Nunawading in the men.

Cobras a big choke. Wow.

Should move the game to Tasmania, Launceston and Hobert in GF, get 4000 at the DEC.

Clubs bid/pay for the right to host. Never going to be moved and the 100 Spectres supporters will be loud. Ha.

19to to the Supercats and only 8 to the Chargers. Medved clearly must have been broke. only 10 mins and 1 shot.
How Moller wasn't MVP of the league is a joke.
However said this "the improvement in Nichols game from scorer only to passer, defender and scorer is a testament of his coaching." has no knowledge of Nichols playmaking ability. He is legitimate NBL thats for sure. Hes not too tall hoever but we know that isn't an issue and he be seriously looked at for perhaps a 3rd import spot.

The fight back on Friday was outstanding. Bad shooting and playing to Geelongs game was the issue.
Stewart fired some rockets up his team at half time and they came out and played their style of game. Everything based around defence.
The matchup will be well worth paying your money on Saturday to see the 2 Tassie teams represent.

So Nichols should be league MVP?

Anon 601
Anthony steward in interview a few weeks back clearly stated Moller was the best player in the league by far and if he'd played for Melbourne tigers he would’ve won it easily, that he lost votes at times to Nichols and Muo. He also said if the huskies get there nbl liecence up he would be the first player signed, he won the rebound count averages more than 23 points a game and defends great as well as getting team to fend better. Two points were 45.6% and three 34.1 %. 80.8% from the stripe and three assists per game.
I think most coaches would be ecstatic with that.

601 Moller proved very good at nbl level as well.

He's a kid @ 23 and could be an important piece for the Huskies. The first signing doesn't mean he will be the best signing. That's the difference.
Interesting yesterday that a Chargers side minus Nichols, Mollet, Masunda and Ratcliffe lost to St Marys' by only 8 points.
2 ringins in Bragg and Chillcott added a lot to that side and the lids played very well against the men.
Lot to look forward too down the track.

If you attack the basket you get the calls, Nichols and Moller shoot the three but go at the basket relentlessly.
Re Moller, last season when at Ballarat they lost the final to Dandenong when was over seas, won both games against Dandenong while he available, he is very,very good defender which you don't get stats for, even in the nbl last season he shut down some top quality three men, can guard anyone on court except for large five men.

Have a look at the video of the last minute of the Hobart v Kilsyth final.

With a point the difference Sam Daly was blindsided, hammered and concussed by a Hobart player. The call - travel.

With Hobart over the limit, a correct call would have resulted in 2 free throws and possession to Kilsyth.

Hobart riding a magic carpet.

Refs got it wrong. Was a complaint made? It's taken two weeks for this to surface. You can't possibly look at one isolated incident without considering all the other ones that may be dubious either way.
What was the excuse for the Cobras blowing a 23 point lead? The refs too?

Kilsyth weren't good enough, it was a clear travel, you spent big on players to finish third, I understand why you’re upset.

The decision to let the players go to China with the Kings was always going to be a difficult one but ultimately it may have cost them a chip.
Equally choking after leading by 23 would do that too.

How does over the limit correlate to 2 free throws and possession?

Conn, 29 points and 10 rebounds in the 2nd half!. Forget all the other crap. CHOKE.

Last Seabl game under BA.

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