Blog Archives

ROBBIE MCKINLAY ANNOUNCED AS NEW CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE HEAD COACH.

Basketball Australia is pleased to announce respected elite youth development coach Robbie McKinlay has been appointed as Head Coach of the BA Centre of Excellence Men’s Program, based at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

NBA Global Academy scholarship recipients announced.

Basketball Australia is excited to announce the next pair of scholarship recipients who have joined the NBA Global Academy program at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Canberra.

60 athletes to attend National Performance Camp.

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.

Basketball Australia announce CoE scholarship recipients.

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).

JOSHUA DUACH JOINS NBA GLOBAL ACADEMY

Emerging Victorian basketball prospect, Joshua Duach is the latest Australian to be awarded with a scholarship for the NBA Global Academy at Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

Indonesian prospect Derrick Michael Xzavierro joins NBA Global Academy

Top Indonesian basketball prospect Derrick Michael Xzavierro will join NBA Global Academy, an elite basketball training program at Basketball Australia’s (BA) Centre of Excellence at the Australia Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra. 

Smith and Armstrong named in Boomers team for FIBA Asia Cup qualifier

Two North-West Coast teenagers who grew up playing with and against each another will now realise one of their major ambitions together next week.

AUSTRALIAN TEAM NAMED FOR ASIA CUP QUALIFIER

Defending FIBA Asia Cup champions, Australia will be represented by some of the country’s most exciting young talent when they face the New Zealand Tall Blacks in a 2021 Asia Cup Group C qualifier in Cairns on February 20.

AIS Women's Basketball Team 1981

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE WELCOMES NEW SCHOLARSHIP ATHLETES FOR 2021

Basketball Australia (BA) is pleased to announce four athletes selected to join BA’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) and NBA Global Academy (NBA GA) programs for 2021.

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE HOSTS TRAINING CAMP FOR RISING YOUNG TALENTS

Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) hosted a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra for selected youth talent aged between 14-17 years old from across the country.

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE GRADUATE MAGNAY SIGNS NBA CONTRACT

Basketball Australia (BA) congratulates Centre of Excellence (CoE) alumni and NBL Centre Will Magnay on signing his first ever NBA contract in joining the New Orleans Pelicans.

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE WELCOMES NEW SCHOLARSHIP ATHLETES

Basketball Australia is proud to announce on behalf of the organisation’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) the most recent athletes to join the CoE program.

CoE Graduate Inks First NBL Contract

The National Basketball League’s Brisbane Bullets have scored the signature of Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (CoE) graduate, Tamuri Wigness on a two-year deal.