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ACJBC 2015 Discussion

Different age groups had different levels of talent on show, like Vic C who had many talented kids in the under 14-15 age group at Southern Cross also, so the pool of kids is spread out a bit.

That accounts for some reason scores can blow out, I watched under 18 boys mostly and other than the locals (Albury/Wodonga team), most results were tight. Even a 20 point margin in a game between two sides was much closer in the finals and there were plenty of surprises.

I thought overall the basketball was pretty good and yes, there were some blow outs, but that happens every year, no different this year than other years really...

It's the same as any other tournament, you will always have a few teams that really struggle. Albury and Wodonga put teams in from the local domestic sides to make up even numbers, they always get smashed unfortunately. Bit like NT teams at nationals. Does not deter development at all.

If the above mentioned are NSW Metro coaches and NSW Country are using this for state team selection then the metro coaches would have absolutely NOTHING to do with selection, they are rivals when it comes to nationals.

No it's been that way for a while, since they stopped going to port as that was also part of selection for un18, but then they would reselect after they all got back , but for years they have let the kids know after albury without any other camp for further selection in un18s, 16s have always had another camp before final selection though.

Sorry but your wrong, my kids have been right through Vic country program, and in all those years it was always like that, we have had 11 yrs consecutive years at albury in every single age group, done jamborees, regional skill days golden nugget camps, IAP NITP , albury and Port Macquarie selections ,state selections. Everything is part of the selection process., this is only the second year we haven't been but have friends there and it's still the same.

It's always been a selection process for the un16 and un18, un14 don't have a nationals where individuals are chosen it's picked by teams from associations, so what your saying is rubbish. Of course the strongest are going to go to albury it's a selection process from the get go, and of course they are going to choose players who play well, but not just the ones who score, it's the ones who play well as a team. It's also those who behave when away in a group , and the ones who also get on with others, their are many sides to selection, unfortunately parents only see their own child, not where they would fit in a team or what position their child would fill in a team, they can't take 10 centres or 10 point guards.

382 you have no clue what NSW country is doing or where there best players are competing. Nor do you have any clue what SAC are doing so just carry on bagging Albury if that's what does it for you . All these tourneys are for player development and little else matters to most involved .

Vic country 16 and 18 girls certainly looked serious today !

It should be like a jamboree your talking about 11and12yr old children, they are not yet elite athletes they are kids hopefully still having fun, take the fun part away and kids give up, they have to learn to love the game first.

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Doubt the U16's will be full on! Quite the opposite really!! SAC u16 girls played each other in the GF last year so if you add the best bottom age players into those two teams (last year the best bottom age kids went to Melbourne) then you would expect even greater winning margins for SAC which highlights the continuing fact that the level of competition is second rate!! When you play in last years tournament and your best competition comes from your own state when your not even sending your full strength teams (minus bottom age players) that just strengthens my statement!

Might want to re read your statement, those top age girls will now be in the un18 age group, bottom age will have a whole new group with possibly those who went to Melbourne joining, they didn't win down there did they !!! Seriously you really don't get basketball at all do you lol

Un16 and un18s hasn't changed just the un14 group , which now send their stronger players to southern cross challenge yo pit them up against metro teams from Vic, so the development teams come to albury, but they still play the other states just like before. So saying it's second rate is total rubbish, you obviously do not know how it works, if you judge a tournament by the strength of it's un14 players you don't watch a lot of basketball

AKA AJCBC