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Big V Tournament

Think you will find that Dandenong team was made up of all the youth league players plus one or two SEABL
The win would count for nothing in SCW because Dandenong don't play big SCW only VYCW.... which they had already played

Looking at how few teams entered SCW Dandenong being the host stadium were probably doing them a favour making up numbers

It is just that a 'money grab' Well said!

Nobody takes this tournament seriously - the Dandenong team which forfeited was reported to be " too stuffed" to play the young metro girls......What a joke.

Tournament seems a to be money grab by a group of people who can not come up with better ideas to promote basketball and finance their own organisation.
No money to turn on the aircon is a disgrace and shows the administration is giving the big finger to both players and spectators.

Why was the final forfeited?

D1 men final resulted in a forfeit also.

So bad was this tournament, in what should of been the showcase divisions, teams not even in the league took the chocolates and prizemoney.

Nunawading SEABL Men vs Waverley & Vic Metro Women (in a forfeit) by another SEABL Team Dandenong.

http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-10722-0-0-0

Results please

is their a link anywhere for the tournament fixture for all pools

Why not have it in October and allow teams/clubs to use it as part of their try outs for new faces

It is a complete embarrassment, as is the CEO. Can't even get her by-laws right. Is there any chance we'll see a draw for the Youth Champ games before they're actually due to be played??!!!

Having it as round 1 is not the answer. It means some teams effectively have one less home game. That's not fair. The Youth teams that have to play hate it.

Why don't they merge it in with the Ballarat Tournament? I believe that Basketball Ballarat approached the Big V and was told no because they want to keep it in Melbourne. So now it is just going to fizzle out.

The tournament has become an embarrassment for the league.

Only hope of having it be anything legitimate would be to make it round one for everyone and not just vic state champ. Then you'd see everyone go at it hard for the first round of the season.

Fair to say the BigV management are copping a bit of late!!!

Why not put season back one weekend ?

Yeah, definitely a problem with timing and risking injuries one week out from the season proper. It will be interesting to see how many Big V teams play in the Ballarat tournament over the same weekend.

I've said this for years. Timing of tournament is all wrong. Teams are no longer risking their players 1 week out from season proper. Now relying on begging SEABL teams and State teams to fill spots.

Ultimate fail for Julie Anderson and clubs should seek her resignation from the job. Her performance as CEO is deplorable. Go back to writing Government policy and leave Basketball alone.

Why does this exist?SCW 4 teams. One is a state U18 team,and Dandenong surely will not have the real SEABL team in as still in WNBL I think..Why even bother

dissapointing

Gold Coast Blaze senior player Mark Worthington and Melbourne Tiger’s Captain Cameron Tragardh have both been fined by the National Basketball League for comments made on their Twitter accounts during the ONE HD televised game between the Gold Coast Blaze and the New Zealand Breakers on Sunday night.

The league has found both players guilty of publicly criticising the referees during the game on the social networking site, Twitter.

Worthington has been fined $1,000, however half of the fine ($500) has been suspended pending any further infraction of the rules between now and the end of the NBL season.

Tragardh has been fined $500 which was suspended, again pending any further infraction of the rules between now and the end of the NBL season.

“The ever expanding use in social media amongst our clubs, players and coaches is a valuable way to engage directly and immediately with our fans and is encouraged by the league office, however it is important that we ensure our rules are upheld and respect for our game officials is maintained.

"We will treat public criticism on social media sites the same way we would in the mainstream media," said Basketball Australia Chief Executive Officer, Larry Sengstock.