Australian Sapphire (women’s Under 21 national team) Rachel Watman scored a game high 18 points to lead Oral Roberts University to a 72-55 victory over Oakland University in the Mid-Continent Conference final last week, earning her team an automatic berth…
Two members of Australia’s Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team, the Gliders, have won back-to-back national wheelchair championships with the University of Illinois in the United States collegiate competition. Victorian born duo Shelley Chaplin and Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy, both on sporting scholarships with…
World champion defencejobs Opal Lauren Jackson scored a league record and career high 56 points in the Women’s Korean Basketball League (WKBL) yesterday. The 6 foot 5 Australian Captain also pulled in an intimidating 17 rebounds in Samsung Bichumi’s 96-76…
Yes, Milwaukee Bucks centre Andrew Bogut said without hesitation. He did want to bounce back strong, writes Tom Enlund of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Bogut laid a goose egg in the points column in Milwaukee's blowout loss in Orlando on…
Mark Radford has been appointed Community Basketball Development Officer for Basketball Tasmania, just days after the announcement that BT membership jumped a massive 13.9 per cent in the last calendar year. A two-time South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) Coach…
Basketball Australia is pleased to announce Brendan Joyce and Gordon McLeod as assistant coaches to Brian Goorjian for the Australia Post Boomers’ 2007 campaign. Joyce won a Gold Medal as assistant coach of the Australia Post Boomers Commonwealth Games team…
Opals: Screen honoured When you’re standing on the top step of a dais at a world championship, you might be forgiven for thinking there’s nowhere left to go but down. But for Novocastrian Jenni Screen, the dish of life keeps…
Mackinnon named NBL MVP Australia Post Boomer Sam Mackinnon has capped off a stunning year as captain of the Brisbane Bullets by winning the National Basketball League’s (NBL) Philips Most Valuable Player award, the Andrew Gaze Trophy, for the 2006/07…
Three Aussie refs reach top FIBA, the governing body of world basketball, has announced its selection of officials for junior world championship competition in 2007 - and three Australians have made the grade. Victoria’s Raoul Kirsten, Sydney-based Brad Giersch and…
Worlds could be in Oz Last September in Brazil, the defencejobs Opals became the world champions of women’s basketball. Next time they might not have to travel so far. Australia is one of four nations interested in hosting the 2010…
The Australian Under 19 women’s basketball team, the Gems, will depart Sydney this afternoon for a two week tour of Italy where they will play against the premier teams of Italy’s domestic basketball league for women, Serie A. The tour…
Gems world championship draw released FIBA, in cooperation with the Slovak Basketball Association, hosted today in Bratislava the draw for the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women. The 7th FIBA U19 World Championship for Women will be played from…
FIBA Hall of Fame opens The inauguration of the FIBA Hall of Fame, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the foundation of FIBA, has taken place this morning in Alcobendas, Spain, FIBA.com reports. The FIBA Hall of Fame is a…
Bogut Watch Your weekly update on the progress of Australia Post Boomers centre Andrew Bogut in America. In Milwaukee’s last three games, the Bucks registered two wins and a loss and also welcomed back superstar guard Michael Redd from injury.…
