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Back in the Day: Play-Off Push 1997

This is another in a regular series of articles that will take note of the historic events of the modern era of Australian basketball (1979-today).

Back in the Day: Business end of 1994

This is another in a regular series of articles that will take note of the historic events of the modern era of Australian basketball (1979-today).

Back in the Day: Finals frenzy

This is another in a regular series of articles that will take note of the historic events of the modern era of Australian basketball (1979-today).

Back in the Day: Fire, Fire Everywhere

BA's historian Nicholas Way whisks us back to the cold of July, 1988.

Back in the Day: Hear Them Roar

The 'Back in the Day' time-machine takes us back to June 1997.

Back in the Day: United We Shall Stand

- With the sun beaming down on an assembly gathered in Pretoria that numbered over 50,000 guests from all across the globe, on a day many thought they would never see, Nelson Mandela is officially sworn in as the first

Back in the Day: The NBL and WNBL on Anzac Day

It holds a special place on the Australian calendar, a day to stop and reflect on those that have made sacrifices in the past, so that we may enjoy the future. We look back at the history of Aussie hoops on ANZAC Day.

Back in the Day: Tin shed artists

The BA time machine whisks us back to February, 1980.

Back in the Day: Cancers in the Body Politic

The Back in the Day clock winds back to January 1999, with the Lock-out winding down, one of the NBL's greatest looking to the USA and plenty of action on the national hardwood as well.

Back in the Day: Top Ten Teams in WNBL History II

Basketball Australia historian, Nicholas Way, continues his count down of the top 10 WNBL teams of all time. There's only five teams to go.

Back in the Day: Top 10 teams in WNBL history

In the spirit of my wise and learned colleague Matthew McQuade’s effort over on the NBL’s website, here then is an educated guess as to the ten greatest teams in the thirty-plus year history of the WNBL. Before readers begin,

Back in the Day: Aloisi!

We're back in mid-November 2005, time travellers, and there's plenty of sporting action happening, not just on the Aussie hardwood. BA's historian Nicholas Way looks back on the week that was...

Back in the Day: I Shall Be Released

The Back in the Day time machine hurtles us back to early November 2006.

Back in the Day: Burning down the house

This week in Back in the Day, shuttles us back only a few years ago, where we land in November 2007.

Back in the Day: Riding on to Freedomland

The Back in the Day time machine whisks us back to 2008.

Back in the Day - Part Two 'Dare to Win'

Back in the Day Special Report 2.7: The 15th FIBA World Championships for Women

Back in the Day: A Passionate Persuasion - Part One

Back in the Day Special Report 2.7: The 15th FIBA World Championships for Women