Simmons withdraws from Olympic Squad.
Boomers Squad member Ben Simmons has today advised Head Coach Brian Goorjian of his decision to withdraw from the Australian Olympic Squad.
Boomers Squad member Ben Simmons has today advised Head Coach Brian Goorjian of his decision to withdraw from the Australian Olympic Squad.
The recent outbreak of COVID 19 in multiple States and recent border closures across the country has significantly impacted national basketball tournaments.
Boomers' Ryan Broekhoff and Isaac Humphries have advised Basketball Australia that they will not be able to join the Olympic squad travelling to the USA this week for the final selection camp ahead of the Olympic Team announcement in early July.
Australia's 3x3 men's and women's squads will cross the ditch this October to headline New Zealand's NBL Schick Cup series, with the rivals to face off in a dozen matches to evidently claim bragging rights.
Coaches from seven states and territories have been included in the next intake of the Basketball Australia Elite Female Coach Advancement Program (EFCAP).
Basketball Australia (BA) has announced 60 junior athletes from across the country to attend the National Performance Camp (NPC) at BA's Centre of Excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
Six time Olympic Games coach Tom Maher has officially been included in the FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
Basketball Australia has today announced a reduced Boomers Olympic squad for the final selection camp and matches beginning in the USA late this month, ahead of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Former Australian Opal Erin Phillips was honoured with an OAM for services to Basketball and Australian Rules Football in the annual Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Basketball Australia's High Performance team have offered scholarships to six junior athletes to join the women's Centre of Excellence (CoE) program at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).
Basketball Australia is delighted to announce Hoop City as a High Performance Training Facility for Australia’s 3X3 national team program.
Basketball Australia (BA) has released the fixture for the 2021 Australian Under-16 Championships to take place from the 4-11th of July at Warwick Stadium in Perth.
Basketball Australia have completed the four day U19 Men’s camp at the High Performance Centre and have finalised the team to participate in the 15th edition of the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2021, which will take place in the cities of Riga and Daugavpils from 3 -11 July 2021.
John Carey has been confirmed as the new Chair of Basketball Australia’s Board with Damian Armour announced as Deputy Chair.
Basketball Australia has named 19 athletes in the Australian Under-19 squad for a 2021 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup selection camp to be held at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra from 25 – 28 June 2021.
