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3x3 Hustle SA & WA today, March 10

3X3 is tough and is at the mercy of the elements as Oscar would have found out! That iAthletic core group have been getting around and would have close to half a dozen of events under their belt over the past 3-4 months.

NBL CCO Andy Crook, CLB3X3 GM Matt Hollard and BA GM Paul Maley all interviewed for this article on 3X3 basketball moving forward.

Some interesting Sunday reading.

Australia in a hustle to qualify 3X3 champions for Tokyo 2020

Also went in Adelaide. A number of teams apparently withdrew which impacted their schedule. Crowd was puny and it was very hot with no shade. People were watching from under the stands it was so hot. If I wanted to be harsh, I’d judge it accordingly, but I thought the format works well, MC did well enough, and the two games I saw were entertaining. I think with a bit more effort and less brutal weather it could be really decent. Virtually no promotion beforehand and invisible even from 100m away.

Steel, Greer and Conn’s team won the prize money. Conn and Steel were really solid.

Oscar (on the runner up team with Schenscher) said it was a challenge playing 3x3 for the first time. Ball is a size smaller, reffing is different, rules, etc. He went to in-bounds after the first time the opponent scored and got called for travel and out of bounds - ha! They ended up playing 6x 10min games in 35 degree heat and full sun.

Steele should earn around 15600 points for that event taking him to No1 in Australia.

CLBHQ.

Hey LC, while you are correct in that all his previous points have been earned playing in our CLB3X3 events, these previously earned points have no bearing on what points a player earns in future events they play in.
It all depends on how many teams are entered into a catagory and what Fiba ranking that particilar event has.

For a full explanation see attached link

https://fiba3x3.com/docs/FIBA-3x3-Ranking-Guide-Full.pdf

CLBHQ.

What time is the SA event?

They are ranking points based on his previous results which were all earned in the CLB3X3 events.

WA:
Time: 10am - 8pm
Location: McCallum Park Basketball Courts, Garland Street, Victoria Park, WA

The WA tournament includes Josh Garlepp, Ben Purser and Ryan Smith.

In a rare display of transparency, the NBL has conceded that refs made many incorrect calls resulting in Townsville forward Elvin Mims fouling out in 16 mins in Townsville's meltdown against NZ last round:

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/12/03/288261_sport.html


Another week, another article about how Ben Allen is not going to be pushed around this week:

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/12/02/287851_sport.html

Why does he make it so hard on himself? If he just shut up and play, he would be in a much better position. So much talk, so little game...

NBL.com.au preview:

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/2011/december/r9-preview-townsville-crocodiles-v-wollongong-hawks/

Sportsbet.com.au odds: TSV $1.40, The 'Gong $2.96