Hoops

Australian Basketball is Stuffed

Observer - this pretty well applies to the men also. Basketball consumes these kids 110% during their teen years and for the most forgets they even exist once they turn seniors. The limited positions available to continue receiving any sort of training eg AIS don't provide enough opportunites and once again, when there are say at least 10 kids that could fill every vacancy and achieve given the chance, coach favourism reigns supreme. As for college, all is good if firstly, you can afford to be there, scholarship at all, you still need some family support, secondly, all is good if you don't get injured from the demands - get injured, get forgotten pretty quick and thirdly, all that constitutes major burnout and lack of passion. Not saying this for all, but have seen it too many times.
The best option is to continue developing players for longer than under 18's. There are just so many players out there, who with the rare chance to train at a high level and some individuals would be putting enormous pressure on for positions and in most cases, these are players who are not always the high end stat players, but good reliable smart players, who just needed basketball hierarchy to keep the devlopment happening.