Too bad the feed was so bad you couldn't to watch game 2 of 3 live!

Suck it Dan Riche$ and Corio Bay!

The Hawks shot it better in the second half and in the end hung on for the win. The Rays couldn't quite get their game going and their imports didn't bring it. All three games going against the home in an amazing final series.

Congratulations to both programs and to the Hawks for winning the Championship.

Stingrays no bench cost them in the end. They threw away game 2.

I am smiling today knowing Corio Bay lost.

Corio Bay as usual woofing it up before failing.

Ruh stepped up massively. Game 1 and even the first final a couple weeks ago he was shut down. Game 2 and 3 he exploded.

Wonder how many players from both teams retire? Both have some ageing players.

How Hicks isn't in the NBL is beyond me. Kids a star

^^LOL you can't be serious.

With the dust settling it will now be interesting to see where improvement will come from with these two Associations. They both need to look at their youth league and who is coming through I think, for the future!

For Ringwood they need a clean out, its time for them to plan for the future.
While the core has been a great group and very successful they can't afford to keep them together much longer or they'll lose a generation of replacements.

Weimer has already retired from Ringwood?
Egan, Snowball and Latham to join him?

Corio would be Hutchy. Who else?

Good work VP, and agree that Ringwood played up to their level while CB didn't quite get the theirs. Whether they were outcoached or just flat I am not sure but all three games going to the away team says something for the determination of each team.

Hicks is played out of position. He isn't a 5. He is a 3 or 4. Can handle the ball, run and has decent shooting range. Also has size and athletic ability.

I think Ma'alo is a great option at the 4, but if CB don't play Lachy at 5 then they are out of options until they look at another 5 man. Jimmy leaving at the end of last year robbed them of ganuine 7" size inside the paint and he was done at that level but now I think Corio Bay need to look at how they will use their bigs better or recruit an additional one.

The bench wasn't explored at all and if those players are going to be part of the program they need to get some more court time and confidence or move elsewhere.

Hutchy at nearly 40 years was first off their bench. That's saying something

I think it says that CB had probably the best starting 5 in the whole of Big V?

You don't need a genuine 5 man in BigV, it's a guards league.

From the games i see its run and gun.

Malo is a 4 man.

Spot on TW. BigV is a different style of Basketball to SEABL and NBL where there are bigger bodies and more players playing in position.

Fast paced, run and gun, lots of 3's, not a lot offensive structure, even less inside game.

Even at SEABL level a lot of teams run with just 6'8 4/5 combo bigs rather than dedicated 5 men.

Hicks is better suited to BigV, he struggled at SEABL level.

Hicks is no where near a 3, busted shooting action, no perimeter range, good around the ring but as a 4/5 combo fits the BigV style.

good luck replacing anyone except the team manager at Ringwood out of their junior program. The 18/1 boys play vjl 3, the 16 and 14 ones both play regional.
The 20's are in VC but they are the bulk of the YL team. So push up some YL kids who are not ready yet and then replace them with what ??

Same as the womens team. Name the Ringwood juniors playing in the champ women and YLW.

Hicks struggles when it matters. Too slow down the floor to be a 4, and no way is he a 3. His stats look better than they really are.

Hicks has the potential to be a NBL player but he is getting older and that opportunity is slipping away.