Basketball snippets and whippets
WHAT a great week this has turned out to be for Australian basketball. And how badly did the NBL need that shot in the arm?
Believe it or not...
YOU know that old "truth is stranger than fiction" saying or the fact common sense these days is exceedingly uncommon? Here's some proof.
BA drops ball, bounces into face
BASKETBALL Australia mismanagement meant the QBL tipped off last weekend with 20 imports unable to suit up.
It's the Huskies ... yes, again
BREANNA Stewart predicted she would win four NCAA championships during her years at University of Connecticut and is now just one away from fulfilling that expectation.
Duke badgers its way to NCAA title #5
THE officiating may have left a little to be desired but in the end, two late buckets by Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones' big 3-pointer allowed Duke University to escape Wisconsin and claim its fifth NCAA crown 68-63 today.
Touched by an angel
EMMA Hooley knew her brother Peter was going to hit the winning basket for University of Albany to beat Stony Brook in the America East Conference final yesterday.
Son of Suttle to rescue!
IT'S hard to forget Dane Suttle if you're an Adelaide 36ers fan.
For whom the bell tolls
MARIANNA Tolo - no surprise there - is the Opals' latest acquisition by the WNBA, secured by Staples Center-based Los Angeles Sparks. It is official.