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Premier league review/preview

I will take Norwood and Southern with both games being extremely close and competitive

It is what it is - Mars hosted state league games for a long time so won't be a problem.

Who is actually gonna win these games?!

Premier League starts on 12 August - Arsenal vs Leicester. Can't believe the new season is already around the corner!

BSA are not allowed to talk to ARC, they must communicate through Norwood.

I agree. Someone at Norwood has stuffed up. Three weeks to be booked and can be adjusted if they got it wrong during the season. Anyway Mars is better to watch the game from

Surely Norwood would have known there was a good chance that they could have had a home final in either men's or women's ages ago. How much would it have cost them to book the arc, a few hundred bucks. For all the money they're spending on the senior programmes that would be a drop in the bucket. Absolute joke.

Disappointing that Norwood doesn't get the advantage of playing a "home" game. Play all year to secure a higher seed and then lose that advantage.

Norwood has been very good defensively on the perimeter but quality size can hurt them. If Norwood can get stops and limit offensive rebounding opportunities and get out in transition they are a very dangerous team.

Who is favourite in the men's games?

Norwood are probably favorite so you work your best hand

I'd think making Norwood get to the venue at 11am would be even worse for them! Just seems narrow minded.

In the men - can anyone stop Starling or will he just win every year he's in the league?

You will have to point the bone at Norwood then wont you. Id expect it's common practice though. Income is income. Norwood don't host a home final and they lose $$$. Not rocket science.

who signed off on that crap Venue contract?

When the primary tenant doesn't have an agreement in place to block out ALL dates during Premier league finals you have to wonder.

Beyond belief that there's no time available to showcase Norwood's new home.

Another opportunity lost.

CAT - You cannot book it until you know you are actually playing a game on that night. Places like ARC and Mt Barker which are privately owned do not care about "keeping the date free" for basketball. They are about securing bookings and more often than not it is first in best dressed.

It is the same problem the NBL has every finals series and why the days/dates are not essentially the best dates for games, player management etc

And regarding changing Eastern's Sunday game from 2pm to 12pm. If I'm Eastern I want to give my girl's the best opportunity to win. If that is playing at 2pm so the girl's do not have to be at the venue at 11 am then so be it.

who forgot to book ARC?

why does nothing surprise me in the running of basketball in this State?

Definitely Mars!!! Bit odd but actually think it gives the old timers more of a home court advantage.

Better than Eastern deciding to play Sunday against the showdown. If you have to play Sunday, make it 12pm so people could do both!

Sanders out for flames but looks like Lycett is back to old form. But West should have too much size and depth.
But the final is to be held at Mars. What the hell is going on there, double booked with roller derby or something? For supposedly one of the leading clubs, this seems like a joke with all the talk of finding a home. Maybe they couldn't use courts one and two but could have used the others, but wait, someone forgot their tape measure and the rest are a couple of metres short. What's the backup plan then, St Ignatius?

The Arc or Mars??

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The big fella has realised his body can no longer handle the pressure of the NBA and retired.