hopefully Liz heads back to the WNBA, the local WNBL season will be a bumper season - cant wait.

I second that, and I suspect the reason she didn't play was because she arrived back in Melbourne after her 'DJ duties' on Thursday. Nonetheless, I am intrigued to see whether she plays the subsequent preseason games.

Hope they are going to get their monies worth from her, she's certainly getting hers from a Boomers, every other player in the league has been in prep for the coming season and she's off playing DJs ....she makes a mockery of the league

She has to actually take the court first lol

Any other teams started pre-season yet?

Think I read that Perth won't have Williams at all until the season starts due to USA rep duties

That camp runs from Sept 30-Oct 2, so hopefully she can get to Perth in time for their first game.

I must admit on a side note I'm a tad disappointed with the fox games, it does seem heavily skewed to the Vic teams and while that's great for me as a Boomers supporter, I'd feel for the interstate fans. I would've liked to see the likes of Williams, Suzy, Sami and Bishop get a bit more air time. Hopefully the non-fox teams are able to still run their youtube streams or similar so we can see all the games.

Teams on TV this season as per today's announcement:

6: Melbourne
5: Dandenong
4: Bendigo, Sydney
3: Canberra
2: Adelaide, Perth, Townsville

Neither of Townsville's TV appearances are home games (Perth & Adelaide get 1 home game each)

At least all final series games will be televised , it's not perfect but it's a dam sight more than what WNBL have had, and really when ABC were showing the WNBL it was only ever one game then per week.
All teams do get the chance to be televised at some stage

And their will obviously be more games in Victoria as it's the only state with three teams in the WNBL.

3 teams are shown playing 15 times
5 teams are shown playing 13 times

No bias though

Boomers play lightening , get the win by 2, no Cambage it appears again and no Clydesdale for lightening

Tomorrow Boomers take on Rangers.

Wasn't at the game, but not a great early sign if that was the final score.. Boomers had Ash Grant, Tomlinson, Smart, Cole, Kasey Burton, Ott, Peri Kalka, O'Hea, Conti, Garrick & Purcell playing, while Adelaide only suited up Nicholson, Elsworthy, Brook, Panousis, Hodges, Good, Novosel & Seekamp.

Melb was only missing Liz, whereas Adelaide were missing Bishop, Hamblin, Clydesdale and Planeta.

Lavey very lack lustre at the PG spot that's for sure, Spanish guard didn't play, but suited up, not sure what's happening there, but I'd say she would be the preferred stating PG once season is under way. Antoniadou hopefully will be given bit more crt time, she runs the floor well.

Melbourne came out slow, rangers seemed very patchy but it is their first hit out, Melbourne surely have a better PG than Conti, they once again have no organisation on the floor, Cambage didn't suit up, is she injured or are they saving her for the season to at least get some value from her?. And what has happened to,Ohea, haven't seen her play for at least four years, she looked lost out there, certainly not the player she was, now it's clearer why she was not picked for Opals if that's how she trialled.

Lightening apparently very strong against Melbourne last night even with three key players missing .

Rangers play Bendigo at Werribee today, be interesting to see how that one goes.

Have Perth or Townsville had any preseason games, both Sydney and Canberra played a visiting team from Japan , Sydney had one win one loss, not sure about Canberra

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/68053/17/52/64/38cGRQxUFetY/

Livestats for the Melb/Dandenong game for those interested. Tomlinson broke her finger in that game, so hopefully she'll be right to play round one.

Which Blicavs? Haha

Finally the '600x3MC' Boomers campaign has been revealed - Monique Conti isn't off to college and has signed on for 4 years.

600x3MC is a little like when Domino's made their #gamerchanger biggest announcement of the last 20 years and it turned out to be a a new range of pizzas with premium toppings.

Signing 600 tickets? Give the kid a break

Regardless of what she's done here, the USA colleges interested in someone her size would in all probability not be in the top ten, and after un19 worlds, it's unlikely any of note would be looking at those not already signed.

Good on her though for staying put, she's better off here more options ....WAFL is one lol, though a four year contract limits her, she better hope it works out

Lots of reasons why college isn't an option, grades is usually the big one, then it comes down to just who the good colleges have already recruited, Australia is not their preferred or first option, so considering just these facts, unless you have good grades, decent attributes, height being one of them in ALL positions and a good college has failed to secure that one position they need that happens to be the one they see you fit into, then really it's not easy no matter who you are ( unless mum or dad have some connections ) to get a spot in a good college thatscworth giving up what you already have here.
If a player is already within the stable of a WNBL team( few if anynNBL teams bother with players under 22) then remaining in Australia is a viable option.

And by the way Mitchell was a brainiac and still didn't get into a good college till she transferred and red shirted, she also was not an automatic success in WNBL either, her success or more to the point recognition has come much later in her career and brought about by her inclusion into the WNBL via Mark Wright to which Joyce then found out rangers had a "naturalised" PG that could actually replace Harrower

Most PGs in the college system are home grown and recruited long before ourvAussie PGs are even eligible to be recruited.

Fire beat Lynx 83-82 thanks to a late triple - her 6th of the game - by Mia Murray.
They play again tomorrow night.

Looks like the games tonight were all thrillers, Bendigo defeated Melbourne 73 - 72 on a buzzer beater from Rachel Banham. No Cambage again for the Boomers.

Notable stats:
Melb:
Ash Grant: 33.48 mins: 31 pts, 8 reb, 3 stl, 3 blk
Jenna O'Hea: 33.18 mins: 13 pts, 5 reb, 7 ast, 2 stl
Kalani Purcell: 32.45 mins: 11 pts, 9 reb, 3 ast, 3 stl, 4 blo

Bendigo:
Rachel Banham: 26.31 mins: 22 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast
Betnijah Laney: 21.46 mins: 14 pts, 11 reb, 3 stl
Nadeen Payne: 24.42 mins: 12 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk

Kelsey Griffin was well held and fouled out after 24.20 mins, 4 pts (0/9FG), 5 reb and 1 ast. As was Maddie Garrick with 3 pts (1/10FG), 1 reb and 1 stl in 18.12 mins. Looks like Ash Grant is a massive get for Melb as a DP - what were Perth thinking there, she's been the Boomers' best player so far this pre-season IMO.

Limited stats so far for the Townsville/Perth game, but from what I've found:
Townsville:
Mia Murray: 18 pts (all 3s)
Darcee Garbin: 17 pts, 10 reb
Zitina Aokuso: 15 pts, 8 reb
Mikhaela Donnelly: 10 pts
Laurin Mincy: 9 pts

Perth:
Alice Kunek: 23 pts, 7 reb
Toni Farnworth: 16 pts, 8 reb, 3 stl
Kayla Standish: 14 pts, 5 reb
Sami Whitcomb: 3 ast (probably scored, but she was listed as the leading assists for the Lynx)

Found the live stats links for each game -

Townsville/Perth:
http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/87725/20/34/65/17Dc4GWcIwQYY/

Bendigo/Melbourne:
http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/83710/19/76/86/433p0nMrv5BKQ/

^ thanks for those!

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Dandenong Basketball is excited to announce that Rangers legend Samantha Richards and NZ Tall Ferns coach Kennedy Kereama have been added to the Jayco Rangers coaching team for the 2017/18 WNBL season.

They join current Head Coach Larissa Anderson, Assistant Coach John White and Video Analyst Warren Brown on the 2017/18 Jayco Rangers coaching panel, aiming to guide our Dandenong stars back to the WNBL Grand Final series.

Chloe Molloy is killing it since committing to footy.

Chloe Molloy hopes boom 2017 continues into VFLW grand final between Darebin and Diamond Creek
In 2017 Chloe Molloy has won the goalkicking in both the women's TAC Cup and VFLW with a monster combined tally of 54 goals across 20 matches.
But she's more than just a sharp shooter who'll play a pivotal role for Diamond Creek in their VFLW grand final against arch rivals Darebin at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. She's shown more than a touch of defensive versatility too.

Fire-Lynx game 2 scores:
Link

I'm assuming they're the Lynx DPs..

The Fire ended up defeating the Lynx 88-76, Townsville suited Suzy up for her first game, while Perth didn't play Toni Farnworth.

Notable stats;
Townsville:
Mia Murray: 26.20 mins: 14 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast
Darcee Garbin: 31.20 mins: 13 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 bek
Suzy Batkovic: 21.45 mins: 12 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast
Zitina Aokuso: 17.40 mins: 12 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk
Laurin Mincy: 25.42 mins: 12 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl
Micaela Cocks: 24.18 mins: 11 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl

Perth:
Alice Kunek: 30.14 mins: 23 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk
Sami Whitcomb: 25.54 mins: 13 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl
Kayla Standish: 15.51 mins: 10 pts, 4 reb, 2 stl
Olivia Thompson: 17.28 mins: 10 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl

Sydney defeated Canberra 72-69 today, from what I can find:

Sydney:
Ally Wilson 20 pts
Belinda Snell 18 pts
Katie-Rae Ebzery 15 pts
No Asia Taylor

Canberra:
Lauren Scherf 17 pts
Ezi Magbegor 15 pts
Mistie Bass 10 pts
No Rachel Jarry

Been hard to take much from the results with so many teams not playing the full list as yet. The new ads and media look great though.