Townsville State High School,Brisbane State High School and John Paul College are the best three from queensland.

Who cares.

Who would be the best South Australian school?

pasadenas the only actual bball specialist school in sa isnt it?? Id still have to say unley they consistantly have teams making k/o finals

For a "basketball school" in all honesty Pasadena is a bit of a joke, what have they actually done since becoming a basketball school. I would have to go with Unley to, seem to somehow be strong thoughout all years and find a way to make finals. Also always attend the national school comp which is a good start

Pembroke.

a few years bak maybe pembroke these days no way, pasadenas biggest trouble is because its not central they just dont attract the kids they do run a good program for the kids that participate however

kings baptist grammer take open out next year no contest

Unley High

What relevence does this topic have??? Its all about people wanting to say or hear they are the best, blah blah blah.

I say again, who cares. It really is of no interest or importance and not worthy of discussion.

I wouldnt normally reply but I am getting sick of these types of threads.

This thread is about school sport, school spirit. I love pulling on the school uniform and performing and trying to do my best at school level, this is a major thing for me. Maybe u are just sour cause u never achieved success at the school level. I don't understand why school ball isn't rated very highly. Games between the best teams (as the recent Sacred Heart vs Unley game) shows that there is a very high level of competition and can produce some great games.

This thread is about current and historical great school teams, if this doesn't intereset u then u don't have to post or read it.

School sport is a very important part of basketball in this state and must remain that way.

i think the knockout pools are bullshit. st michaels were knocked out by 1pt against one of the best schools in the state. then the following week beat a team who made knockout by 35 pts. pedare are a joke. the way it is conducted needs to be changed

guys stop whinging if u were as gd as u all say u sould make the finals. who gives a crap bout KO finals itss school basketball u cant handle the way its drawn dnt play its simple. Pedare may be a joke but they still made the finals cant say the same about St. Micks aye!!!!

The senior ko draws are a joke. The term 2 / 3 winter season should be made into a proper season with a premiership ladder. For finals, maybe have all schools divided into two pools. The top 4 teams from East or West (in theory but not specifically that way) play of in Conference semi's , then conference finals and then finals, (like the NBA) or the top 2 teams from both sides play off in finals crossovers or something.

Also on the best school topic, has anyone actually sen the shields with school names printed on them? Cabra is down at least 1/3 of all names and was in the final in way over half of them.

Its about a history, and continuing dominance if you want to know the better school. What school can give you a Dynasty of performance? Unley can too. Mercedes used to be great, haha like the celtics, now they are in the basement. But you go look at the shields of the champions and you will read the names. If you see the same school repeated back to back, they defended the title. Or you look at all the shields together and see that Cabra won 4 out of the 6 Knockout basketball titles in 2001. This year they most likely can do the same, looking at the draws. I hope unley will have many teams in there.

If you think the senior ko draws are a joke, you are not the only one. So many people think the same, but sassa's funding isnt great and they dont really care about producing the greatest competition. If they did, they would take the advice of all the schools to see how they can make it better, not simpler.

They have just turned the yr 9/10 and yr 8 knockout into a joke by holding the finals all on one day. 9/10 on a thursday, yr 8 on a friday. The games will be shorter and standard of the games will drop by the end of the day as fatigue sets in. It will require depth in teams, but is still not the best way of producing high quality competition.

This all better post.

im suggesting it should be replaced. the saturday morning comp becomes the season where teams 'qualify' for KO finals.

this system would allow more 'better' teams to win than the current system. Also, the only way the best teams are found if everyone plays everyone, but the season is not long enough and cannot be extended much more because it will interfere with other sports seasons beginning or ending in autumn/spring. Because of this 2 conferences / pools would be necessary.

Also schools can make requests to play certain schools and this can be taken into consideration. Either way, the organisation need to put more thought into it if just to produce a more equitable system, let alone a better one.

this way schools are required to have all their players for the majority of games, not just pick and choose who plays when. Schools then have to step in between club and state associations to say that they cannot ban a player from playing school basketball because they have state/long weekend coming up. let the player decide, instead of threatening that they will be cut, because if they cut a player from state because they played school basketball the state associations are doing our state a disservice because they will no longer be selecting the best possible team for nationals.

decisions to cut players from this have been overturned in the past where the school has supported the player.

Also, all schools who wish to compete in KO will now have to compete in saturday morning sport if they wish to compete for the KO title. This can only bring in better teams and increase the quality of games where better players are then required to play for their school.

LETS BRING BACK THE PASSION FOR SCHOOL BASKETBALL!!

My school is better than yours!

Peace.

Riverview Sydney....

kings baptist grammer

yea most consistent team that didnt make KO finals yeah thats unlucky boys too bad for u

yea most consistent team that didnt make KO finals yeah thats unlucky boys too bad for u

To me, an Ex-Sacred Heart Player, i would have to say that Cabra was consistently the better team in the 90's. They beat my team in three KO finals!! But since then I feel that SHC is the better and more consistent school team than any other.

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