A round to sort wheat from chaff
ROUND One certainly had its moments but the extent of Round 2 in the WNBL's northern hub should seriously start sorting contenders from pretenders.
WNBL: Round 1 Wrap
THE first round at the WNBL's 2020 hub is done and dusted, the biggest surprise the margin by which Melbourne plastered prohibitive championship favourite Southside in Townsville.
WNBL: Lightning sneak second win
ADELAIDE snuck its nose in front at the game's death tonight to stave off a near-miss upset by Perth Lynx 74-69, taking its record at the WNBL hub in north Queensland to 2-0 with another thrilling win.
WNBL: Eastern Mavericks can take a bow
SOUTH Australian junior girls basketball traditionally is dominated by Sturt and Forestville but it was the far less-fancied Eastern Mavericks which could take a justifiable bow tonight as Melbourne Boomers swamped WNBL title favourite Southside 89-72 in Townsville.
Family fun day for SA ballers
SATURDAY, November 14. If you aren’t already ahead of the game and have Saturday’s date circled in your calendar, do it now to mark 2020’s best social day for basketball lovers.
WNBL: Lightning surprise Caps in season-opener
NEW Adelaide Lightning captain Steph Talbot tonight produced an "unwanted" triple-double, dominating proceedings while leading her team to a surprise WNBL season-opening win over defending champion Canberra.
It's a flyer for Southside
LET'S not kid ourselves. The WNBL pulling off even a "hub" season and landing a deal where all games are televised is a massive positive in a 2020 where "positive " is not a word to be thrown around loosely. But really, can we just hand the title to Southside?
OKC A-OK for WW
WILL Weaver is on the threshold of becoming the third man to go from coaching in the NBL to a coveted gig as an NBA head coach, the Sydney Kings' mentor currently in quarantine in Oklahoma City.
Time to rally behind fallen Opals superstar
THE sight of Julie Nykiel inbounding a baseline ball after an opposition basket, sprinting up the split-line and receiving a pass back for a layup was one of the most common on courts across SA and Australia for more than a decade in the 70s-80s.