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Big V D1M Finals system

Congratulations to Ringwood on winning SCM again - first time they've gone back to back. Waverley did play much better in Game 2 than Game 1, but Ringwood's experience came through in the end!

Great job by both teams!

Keilor will be solid in SCM next season.

Great effort by Chelsea, but Keilor got them in the end, doing it the hard way but showing their depth was better than Chelsea's I guess.

Noticed chelsea men and women play against Keilor in the grand finals. Why would the games not be double Headers?

Shows that Geelong were legit, they also defeated Keilor earlier in the season and should have got Chelsea if not for their appalling decision making. Keilor at home will win game two, it will go to the wire on Sunday.

Chelsea will win this 2-0

Game 1 of finals in the men Chelsea 88 keep out Keilor 82 and the Gull's import Standerfer drops 43 points in his usual 40 minutes on court, wow!

I guess they may prove many wrong and go all the way, if the Thunder can't stop him...

Is Brasser going toSouthern Pen?

They might, but do you think they will be allowed to get as many open looks is the Thunder play it smart? Also if Keilor expose them in the paint, which Geelong failed to do, Keilor will win in straight sets. If Keilor fall for the same trap Geelong did and try to out shoot Chelsea from outside the arc, yes the Gulls have a chance for sure!

This will be Brasser's last home game before he goes back to Southern Pen next year. Chelsea might surprise Keillor.

@Reddy Red, I was there and I think everyone saw that Geelong had a clear advantage in that game, it wasn't to get into a shootout with the Gulls either. As bad as their 3 point shooting was, they nearly pinched it. Can't see the Gulls getting over Keilor next week, they will be smarter that Geelong who essentially blew it because they played Chelsea at their game.

For Geelong Varley was 1- 13 and Bentley was 1 -6 from beyond the arc. they had both been great all season

For Chelsea Standerfer was 6-14 and Brasser 6-12 3's. If they shoot like that they will get Keilor next week

Gulls shot from outside the arc at a clip of 42%, wow that will win you some games!

Grand final teams are set after Keillor got over Warrnambool and Geelong failed to out shoot a red hot Chelsea.

Can't see how the Gulls can play that well again next week, but you just never know. I don't think Keillor gave Warrnambool much of a chance to win, but the Supercats will be pretty disappointed at their persistently poor 3 point attempts last night, so they shoul, it was appalling yet they only went down by 2.

Reality is, the best team won on their day and if you get home court but blow it, well that's on you and only you! As has been recognised by the guys on BigV TV, everyone knew the finals system at the start of the season, no excuses.

Roberts was the best player on the court by a mile in that game and had been harassed all game by the supercats bench, he was just returning serve

There were a few D1 teams that would have been solid in SCM this year

Keillor would have done well at SCM level this year

Kelior spent the money, brought in a leader like chuck long. Then you add that to the returning players and a import. That's how they came back up the ladder

Blackburn weren't missing anyone?

Unfortunate for Blackburn to have their big fella out. They had been really good for the last two years

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Facts!

The Geelong D1M team has zero imports, all local guys and started the season with no bigs above 6'3" tall, then they got some bigs with Seb 6' 10" coming in and Pup 9' 10" coming back from college which helps the balance.

Blackburn I believe had their best big guy out, so maybe that's where they lost it & the fact Geelong's shooters actually hit some shots when it counted, not the fact that they had only one game to play, a home game at that!!?

Game was a cracker and the Supercats deserved their win, anyone bitching about the format of finals can do exactly what has been suggested, get to an AGM and state your case.

Somebody has to win....If people (mainly coaches) want to complain about the finals system maybe they should actually attend the AGM to fix this matter instead of sending someone there just to attend and not know anything. I agree top 4 should have second chance. D1M only bigv league that has conferences. Doesn't make sense at all especially after a really good showing last year with top 8.

Will Lankford win COY again or should finals performance matter?

Tuner and Mckinnon both SEABL players for last couple of years.
Still to go from dominating D2 to last in their conference in D1 is big.

Camberwell was significantly weaker this year and was in the mix for D2 finals for most of the year.

Western port d1 team stronger than their d2 team. Marra and turner weren't t part of their d2 team and Camberwell's team this year very different to last years d1 team

WesternPort added Eric Miraflores, James McKinnon from SEABL and Kade Marra to their team

Camberwell lost Nat O'Hara who was their best player and was nominated for the D1 Allstar team in 2015. He was their leading Scorer, leading rebounder, and had the most assists last year. Not sure how that is the same team

The last couple of teams coming up from D2 into D1 have really struggled big time despite adding players to their teams that won D2

Yet the teams that have gone up from D1 to SCM have been more than competitive and made finals (Casey this year)

The previous administration of Big V used to review what teams where each season and make the appropriate changes. Unfortunately for the last few years it has been strict promotion relegation. As a result the competitions are out of whack, there are some Div 1 teams that should be given a crack at the top level holding these teams down in D1 has made the gap between Div1 and Div2 is huge.

Hey @642721, can you explain this?

"Some teams are allowed two imports and others get knocked back. "

really? do the league rules not cover whether teams can have imports or not? Seems truly bizarre but that seems to be the BigV in recent years...

Not sure if this has already been covered elsewhere but...

At the end of the latest NBA.com podcast there is a short interview with Kyrie Irving who confirms his aspirations to be "an international player" and that he is "Australian, I was born there so...".