Hoops

Australian junior championships u18

"Have worked out the Vic Metro system - it is in the image of the coaches. Player's minutes are in proportion to BMI."

What an absolutely disgraceful thing to say, these are young women, to comment on anyone's appearance is a pathetic attempt , you should be ashamed of yourself

None of them look like Paul...

Have worked out the Vic Metro system - it is in the image of the coaches. Player's minutes are in proportion to BMI.

After early days...

best performer so far...
Simmons avg 21/13/6/2

Next 5?
Mole avg 16/15/4/2
Simons avg 21/9/2/3
C.Bourne avg 15/9/7/1
I.bourne avg 15/14/2/1/3
Shelley avg 18/6/5/3

i thought Victoria metro would be runaways but poor shooting and obviously a couple of injuries..

Both vic teams, Qld south, nsw country, act.
tough call...

Much better effort from SA tonight and good hustle. Still need to address 0/11 shooting but obviously addressed and reality check has done the trick for now. Lets hope it continues and the rest of the games fall the right way.

Joyce calls burton versatile....
See the problem?

So for all of the mums and dads plugging their kids above think about the style go play Australia is looking for in the women's program which is long, athletic & versatile and work out if the comments make any sense whatsoever.

shock horror...showcasing certain players at Nationals...been happening since Adam was a boy

Thats not the issue. It is that one player is picked to be the central focus

one day SA will pick a girl's side from more than 2 Clubs

Where is Rebecca Pizzey?

This was the Oceania squad.
Shelley/cubillo
Simmons/McLean/George
Rowe/Simons/mole
Pizzey/Cochrane
Magbegor/mcspadden

Would you make changes?

Without naming names... I'd make at least 4
I wouldn't guarantee an u17 spot just Because you go to the Coe.


Same for men's.. Few changes I can see..
Dent/zunic
Elkaz/bines/mudronja
Fullarton/Starr
johns/Griffiths/fakira
Froling/Colina

No other descent rebounder with strength, athleticism and strong hands in that 99/00 group Imo. Currently anyway.

Lacking 1 c and another quality pg. a plethora of Sgs and sfs though...

How can players that are not physically sound hope to be selected for a national squad?

You have no idea

Lol, I wish.
Can you list another quality centre after Magbegor that will give you valuable minutes?
I'm talking centre not pf..

Thankfully you won't be selecting the team

I watched a couple of Frankston seabl games with Nankervis. She's descent.. Could use a big body in the sapphires squad.

Yes

Are pizzey and Nankervis injured?

That is so offensive to the SA team who unfortunately are in a team system that is all about showcasing a few and creating for them. Many hustled and gave everything but the glory goes to the few whos effort frankly was less than impressive apart from shooting. The stats don't paint the right picture and it saddens me to see what is happening within the group. Todays loss was on the coaches and lack of hustle from the 2 tallest on the court watching the smalls fight it out and provide the defensive presence necessary. Clearly there is a group on court who look for each to their own advantage and at the expence of the best option for the team. This is gold medal winning SA team from 16 nationals so an honest look at what it going in is required to save face for the rest of the tournament. Teams don't win championships off the back of the few, it takes an entire team and respect for all. Lets hope they can sort it out and bring everyone in to the game offensively and get some ball movement and effort from the bigs under the basket. 2 Rebounds from the tallest on court is not up to scratch when high minutes are played.

Simons and Shelley also..

no one really standing out on the men's side.

Simmons has been amazing on the women's side.
mole, goodchild, D'angelo, and Bourne sisters trying to get noticed... U17s potentially?

Often the players are attributed with wins and losses. In the women's today Vic Metro were embarrassing completely out coached by Queensland South.

Great job Queenslanders!

Mens u17 draw

Australia
Finland
China
Canada

Great u17 draw for women

Australia
France
China
Mexico

Oceania is like a poor domestic competition so needs to be discounted.

How the teams compare against the US, European & Eastern European teams is really hard to assess.

The u17 draw for June's world champs is on in 6 hrs.

Gonna be a tough tournament for the men I think. Not sure we will make the top 3.

Best u17 womens team we've had in a while?. hopefully better than 5th this time.

You missed the "point"

Contis recent form has to give her a shot at the u17 squad.

I'd like to see conti and Shelley in the backcourt together.

I don't know. There is really only 1 strong PG in the entire age group across the country, and she is shoot first in mentality. Nearly all of them are looking to create their own shots first. Great opportunity for a facilitator PG to make a national team but don't think there is one in this age group.

Who's the pg for act women?

Pg ?
Sg c.bourne 5'10
Sf schweizer 6'0
Pf I.bourne 6'2
C rowcliffe 6'3

Actually, I think ACT women are a real show to finish top 2 in pool A.

Nationals are a non event until semi finals:

In pool A of women's you will have NSW Country, VIC Country & SA Metro battling for a place.

In pool B you will have Vic Metro & QLD South as the two qualifiers.

So, most likely scenario could be Vic Metro V QLD South meeting in the final as they both look stronger than any team from pool A.

Men's?

Same for the ladies...
At least 10 girls 6'3 or over.

and the SA guys look even bigger across the board than QLD South. These kids just keep getting bigger and bigger.

Queensland South have listed 5 players 200CM or taller, I can't recall a roster that big across an under 18 Nationals team.

NSW Country still going small-ball, but it hasn't stopped them doing well in recent years.

This is the men's teams by the way :)

Wish I could get there, probably not this year but will be following the livestats, hoping that a team wearing white can win some games and sadly disappointed again that NZ are not participating...

http://www.basketball.net.au/team-lists-announced-u18-champs-kevin-coombs-cup/

They have done a good job of hiding them - do you have a link?

Media guides are out on ba website...
A nice mix of quality guards/bigs coming through for both men and women.

Thank you

http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-4101-0-0-0&sID=60776

I've been told everyone pays the same - even host states - so cost per athlete is equalised. Not sure how that is done in practice though.

I am looking forward to the championships. Am wondering though about the costs. Do all kids from all states/territories pay the same? Are best deals/specials sought on flights and accommodation?

Vic metro girls to win with 5 big girls approx (6'2, 6'3, 6'3, 6'4, 6'5) and imo the best pg in the age group.

Qld north boys to win with 6'9-6'10 froling and runnalls up front.

There is a draft fixture circulating but it's not online yet

NSW Country men will be hard to beat IMHO...

Draws out??

Lol, thats one big team for the vic metro girls.
Can't see them getting beat.