very very suprising, definatly not the team i wouldve chosen ....

few surprises alright what do you have to do to make ateam when you haven't played for months let alone trained? few surprises? more like few mistakes!

not the strognest state team i have ever seen. going to be week of the bench

wouldn't have been my selections. think they are gonna struggle.

BC the team has to be sent to BA on the 19th, under 16,s on the 12th

seems to me they have gone with big not athletic, all the reserves are smallestof the squad, except harry but all are fast & reliable. they will struggle with speed & fitness. don't expect miracles from this years team.

Good luck boys. All of you that made it have been picked for a reason. Play to your strengths and you will do OK. Do not listen to the people who come on here to question your selections. Be Proud and Play Hard.

i think because in each sport there is a certain point which is set for olympic qualification each year eg maybe 10.7 in 100 metre sprints or something

Any news on the girls selections?

Considering they had 4 players at Nationals last year in Harvey, Whittleson,Hemmings and Whittaker, Florence and Johnson kept as reserves they have a good group to work with. Add Dubrich, McMath Brahams and Simmons and this team will be more than competitive. Size does matter at Nationals and this team is huge in all positions on the court.

this team is definatly not weak off the bench. they are very big and have not lost a whole lot of talent by putting Fildes, Giovinni, Boonstopple and Harding as reserves. this team will be very competative this year.

You can be tall but if you dont have a solid body you will get chewed up at an under 18 nationals. eg.. brice,andrew,mitch

hahaha that hutt river thing is gold, on a more serious note, the team is good, but could be much better than it is, i dont totally agree with it

whos brahams mentioned in a post above.

Andrew Braham. Sturt and SASI. 6'5 small forward. Lots of talent, very hard worker. Playing Div 4 two years ago. Good now, but will be a hell of a player when he develops better strength.

He's more like 6'6 and a 1/2. once he does gets some meat on him he will be a solid player at a national level. he loves his left hook, it is deadly.

ah i know who your talking about. But small forward that guy play PF and C no way can he play SF, and ye will be definatly better when he gets some meat onto him because he's a stick at the moment.

well he's gunna have to play SF

How could you possibly pick someone who hasnt trained for state yet let alone being injured for the last 6 or 7 months. Poor poor decision! My bet is he wont play because he wont be 100% fit by the time state comes around.

word has it that player in question is never fit even when not injured. will be interesting!

YEAH IVE WATCHED HIM PLAY VERY SHOWY FULL OF ATTITUDE BUT CAN RUN THE COURT

From what I have heard, 4th in their pool will be a good result, but maybe the team exceeds all thoughts and expectations and does better. Hope of course they make top2 and go on to the gf from there, but won't bet my r&r money on it.

they may have picked tall players, but they still have to know how to play. This team is a joke and almost laughable.

Maybe the tatic of being injurd for a year and not even training is the way to go towards getting picked in a state team, because they obviously weren't looking at the skill that was training.

i want to know how come one boy from north has only be picked as they may summer finals and state finals and norwood get zac there with a injured knee. what is zac doing he is unfit and has not played for so long not a good state side at all

i think its time the players that have been cut from this team stops bagging zac. i think he has proven himself last year when he was a reserve that is why he has been picked in this team. now that the team has been picked i think that we should all show our support to the boys and all make sure we are all out at nationals for them.

Reading these threads is always entertaining. 4 days ago it was the Norwood boys showing the State Coaches how wrong they were. Where did they finish in the State Champs, funny, nobody wants to talk about that anymore. Then the Sturt kids should not be selected, too skinny, cant play, where did they finish, oh thats right first I think, also I heard a rumour they also defeated one of the top 4 Vic teams at Easter. Now we have a kid who is injured and should not be included, oh dear what if he cant play, how can they possibly pick someone from the reserves to take his place, I would not be too concerened as a coach if I had the kids who are currently reserves up my sleeve.
So we have read the opinions and predictions of you experts, which I must add have been all wrong so far. The team is picked, bitching is not going to change it, these boys whether they would be your pick or not are going to represent our sport for our State.
If you missed out, get focused on improving your game, you can never work too hard. Getting into the kids who were selected will not help your situation, making sure the coaches cannot turn you down next year should be your focus.
Time will tell if the team was the right one, and yes the Coaches will shoulder either the Glory or abuse.
The team is going to have a hard job to perform against the vics, why should they be fighting you lot as well, get behind them, you will have plenty of opportunities in 10 weeks to say I told you so, or mybe you are wrong, we shall see

I have played against all these kids & also did not try out for the state team, so I'm not bitching because I got dropped. Everyone that made the top 14 are players of their own right. Yes it is surprising that they went for a totally tall team, and yes zac will have a lot of hard work to get himself fit - I don't think he will be able to do it based on his past performances. Andrew, Mitch & Bryce are in need of beefing up, don't think they can do too much before July. Bad luck for the boys who made reserve always hard but they are good enough just not tall enough. The draw looks favourable for SA Metro so they should go through to final.

lay off of Zac. he is not the only one with suspect injury and fitness problems. the reserves are more than tall and good enough and skilled. let the coahces and players prove their selection was correct. time will tell.

was talking sunday night to a selected player he was saying a couple of them have concerns about fitness amongst the ranks -interesting

I agree, a very athletic team this year, should be great to watch. Good luck to all of them!
Discussion earlier about the draw. Is it out yet and if so where would i find it? Any ideas on captaincy or who will step up and take lead on the floor for this team?

(Mod : I think you went a bit far assessing juniors in a negative fashion. Keep it positive or keep quiet)

with this team that has been assembled, it makes u wonder, do they want to loose? this team is just made on height, apart from harvey, there are 2 talls in resverves (jarryd fildes and owen) who have better skills and ability than 2 of the players who made the team. This team hopefully doesnt do well so the coaches learn height isnt everything, and they learn from mistakes

Yes Claybrin McMath is in the team

guys obviously the coaches know what that wanted in the team and if they wanted height then they had plenty of it to choose from, give the guys a go before you start bagging there decisions, and once nationals are over if they do finish below par then say what you like but dont bag a team or the coaches before they have run

harvey you'd say...maybe hemmings he's always a coaches favourite.

be hemmings or chief. Harry vice captain. Harry is the best player but pretty quiet when it comes to captaincy.

harry harvey - majorly over rated
josh krake - robbed

duuude but time someone brought up krake, yer i agree he would have added some depth in a huge team!

isnt harvey a F'ville boy??

yes harvey is a forestville boy, and i think that krake was robbed of the team as well. he once scored 51 against woodville, any effort like that deserves at least a spot in top 14.

If anybody could score 51 against Woodville if they shot with every possession why don't they then?

would u like sum1 looking like that represent sa?

who are the backup gaurds?

and i think your dead wrong about harvey being overated, he's the only player in the team picked because of his skills, not physical attributes. I think them going with size over skill will haunt them. look at micheal oliwakandi

if any ones overated its definatley hemmings

could not agree with you more hemmings is a big ego who directs traffic & not much more harvey is a great talent especially if he can get his eye in and shoot over big guys from outside

Hemmings overated?? Dont think so. Played with him last year and i would much rather play with him then against. He was the only 1st year last year to start and get quality time at nationals and i heard kicked arse state champs. Harvey quality player also

harvey is definantly not overated!! He has the most natural skills out of anyone in the team!

hemmings hah whatever!!!!!!!!! should have stayed in victoria

can anyone let me know who these kids play for...i know the Forestville boys but not much else and a few sturt players

i think sa metro will go well against vic metro who dont have a lot of size this year. they will rely on Natoli who is the best guard going around but not a huge deal of support. The 2 Knox bigs who are in the vic team were destroyed by darebin 3 weeks back so they are overated i believe.The big from Dandenong is very overated and this year coaches overlooked some boys that are now really performing.

Outside observer, although this is probably the wrong forum i think a few of the guys that missed out have a strong case for been very dissapointed. I doubt any of the kids that were cut would be the ones actually commenting here.

It will be interesting to see how loveday goes.