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Dom Linossier

Years ago

FFA Style Competition for Basketball here

If the issue comes with the NBL duties (training camps, etc), then perhaps you run it within the NBL offseason and have these players playing for their local associations.

Top 4 Teams from SEABL, with the top 2 from SA, NSW, BigV, WABL, QBL & NZNBL (sorry - I don't have much knowledge of the depth of programs. Feel free to renumber the teams) gives you 16 teams. If you make it based on the season previous, it gives teams incentive to resign players / build stronger ties with community, etc.

Bracket style competition with seedings (as determined by a formula - I'm sure there is a mathematician out there who can work that one out!).

Games to be played at the higher ranked opponents home court (could be a double-header system like suggested higher too).

You would have to have bye weekends fixtured into the various state comps, but that would be possible. Especially to start with - the first two weekends are locked in as being bye weekends for those teams in their local comps.

Because it is bracket style, Round 3 is the Final 4 (elimination games) & Championship game. That can be penciled in for a certain weekend & if teams make it through, games are rescheduled for their local comps.

Love the concept, but agree getting the funding is the only issue. I'm happy to tee up a BBQ if someone can bring the snags?!

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Bear

Years ago

Anon @617, that is definitely a possibility and could happen in some games, but mechanisms could be put in place to even things up if need be.

Also, depends on how much incentive to win is placed on NBL teams, they could treat it a little easily and you just never know when a surprise result may occur...

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Bear

Years ago

Honestly, and don't get me wrong as I have Foxtel and enjoy watching it, but surely with some of the shows on the pay-TV channels (Sport in particular) being pretty average and repeats...

Surely Foxtel could get behind this as a full on sponsor and promote every game by showing them all, maybe one game per week on free to air, but that is what I am seeing with the soccer, so why couldn't they get behind something similar for basketball?

That would solve the cash issue I reckon, wouldn't it?

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Bear

Years ago

Of course, I would not discount some NZ teams and their NBL team of course, it would just be a cost factor for the travel that needs to be covered, otherwise yes including NZ in this concept would be awesome I would think...

I did think about the issue of NBL players in the SEABL, but I don't think it would be a big factor, the bigger problem might be holding SEABL level imports for additional weeks perhaps??

Introducing time limits on NBL teams so they have to play all their roster could even things out some?

There is always a solution if we use our heads I reckon!

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Bear

Years ago

U/18 nationals have just finished and 1 thing i'd like to say is that I can not believe that Mitch Creek is not in the A.I.S or the u/17 Australian team.

He was 2nd in points at 25.3 pg at 60.6% with 83/137 and he only put up 1 3pointer for the tourny
1st in rebs at 13.6pg
3rd in ass at 3.9pg
6th in steals at 2.7gpg

Hugh Greenwoods efforts to as a guard to be leading scorer with 25.6ppg 11.5rpg (2nd) 4.1apg (2nd)3.1spg (2nd) was also a standout for me!

Anybody else have personal standouts?

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