Anonymous
Years ago

NSW State Champs

Predictions? Favourites?

In the men:
12s- comets/hills
14s- Illawarra/Norths
16s- Illawarra/bankstown
18s- newy/Norths

Thoughts?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

12s - Hills. Would be surprised if they get ambushed like they did in the Metro GF again.
14s - Illawarra. Norths look to be the best of an ordinary Metro, could be proved wrong.
16s - Illawarra. Bankstown maybe.
18s - Norths have to be favourites. Can't see Newcastle challenging without Noi. Don't write off Hills if the 3 ball starts dropping.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

How is Gosford and Illawarra not favourites in the 18M, Gosford played Illawarra in the CPL Tournament finals, correct? Whilst also being stacked with majority of the U18M NSW Country State team?

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Cecile  
Years ago

Illawarra U/18 killed newcastle in the CPL finals and should have won against Gosford in the grand final but lost by just 5 due to bad refereeing.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Love how its always it's so often the fault of bad refereeing when a team loses.
Illawarra can ball though, especially when Cranney is in play mode not sook mode.

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Wonderer  
Years ago

Illawarra U/18 killed newcastle in the CPL finals and should have won against Gosford in the grand final but lost by just 5 due to bad refereeing.

Can't let that pass, sorry. Illawarra got beaten by a team who played smart and were let down by their leader on the day. Either way, both should be better than Newcastle without Noi.

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Wonderer  
Years ago

As for the girl:

12s Hornsby
14s Newcastle /Norths
16s Norths
18sNorths

Hope there are some surprises, but looks unlikely

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Anonymous  
Years ago

State men 18s should be a great tussle this weekend . Gosford, Illawarra from country & Norths & Hills from metro.Be interesting when Norths take on Illawarra on Friday night.Should be & will be a good game.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Cranney out! Illawarra will struggle

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Anonymous  
Years ago

For 16 men if will either be Illawarra or Newcastle. No metro teams stand a chance

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What's wrong with Cranney?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

No, Illawarra did not lose CPL final due to poor refereeing nor did they deserve to win. They lost because certain players and coaches don't know how to act respectfully towards referees and they were punished accordingly. Simple as that. Newcastle and CCW both still have some talent without Noi and Hodgson but can't see them having enough to challenge Gosford, Illawarra and the Metro teams who are all unaffected by National team selection. Should be a good weekend of basketball.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Illawarra easily the best team at 18's. Too much talent. Wont be a contest unless Gosford strikes again. Metro teams don't have the country spirit/grit

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Anonymous  
Years ago

#608
"No, Illawarra did not lose CPL final due to poor refereeing nor did they deserve to win. They lost because certain players and coaches don't know how to act respectfully towards referees and they were punished accordingly. Simple as that."
Nothing is ever that simple! An open minded person who watched the game you are referring too would not agree with that view. Firstly, if we are suggesting there is zero tolerance of poor behaviour, then that should apply across all players, coaches and spectators, not just the targeted few. Secondly, ref's need to make calls on what they see, not what they saw last game or what they have been told to see!

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BigBird  
Years ago

^Please, there's no need to be so vague. It's an Internet forum, your identity remains anonymous.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Here's an upset:

Penrith to win 14 boys
Comets to win 18 girls
Gosford to win 16 girls

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Get used to it - no NSWC team has EVER lost on merit, it's always the refs or injuries!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Is state champs better equipped for country teams? Having 5 games over a weekend (similar to CPL) whereas metro only used to one game a weekend...in saying that...will any metro teams win state besides the obvious, Norths girls, just base on more depth.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Yes, i think country teams have an advantage over metro as they are used to playing multiple games in a weekend.
Last year our metro team went to state cup and won the first four games, but clearly ran out of steam in the final.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Results?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Illawarra not good enough for Norths in 18M. Newcastle got up over Penrith In an upset - inconsistent team but could be ones to watch even without Noi.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

News alert though, at least one Metro team has been spotted not playing zone for the whole game! Hope can report more sightings

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Coach Boehiem tipped to take out the tournament for penrith!

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BigBird  
Years ago

^^Who's the one team?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Won't say, in case there are repercussions for them!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Results?

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Wonderer  
Years ago

http://www.nswbasketball.net.au/competitions/waratah-junior-state-champs.html

Some great games showcasing best of junior sport. As always, some adults who need to remember what sport is about, but fortunately, they were the minority.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

"For 16 men if will either be Illawarra or Newcastle. No metro teams stand a chance"

Anon #485559,

Funny you say that, Bruins won it.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Wow! That is a shock that Bruins won. What happened?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Metro dominates country overall at state champs 2014!!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

So the major advantage that country teams have by playing CPL weekends as against metro playing single games sees metro win 7 out of 8 titles.
Or did the refs screw all the country teams?
Country grit not enough this year

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I didn't see the 14 men final, I thought Illawarra were hot favourites! What happened? They looked unbeatable in cpl

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BigBird  
Years ago

Country grit was enough in the 18M1 final.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

lol, "Metro" did not dominate country overall. Norths certainly did. Rest of Metro clubs were (generally) very average. Hills, for example, have certainly slipped.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Not at all surprised that Illawarra didn't win the 14 Mens. Very surprised that it was a Metro side in 16 Mens, though.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

So when one club is dominant we don't count them as "Metro" lol
When Illawarra dominates in other years we won't count them as "Country"
Hills may have "slipped" but they won as many titles as all the country teams put together ;)

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I for one am very surprised that metro won the 16men final. That Illawarra team has Hargreaves coaching them and a very talented line up

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Anonymous  
Years ago

So who were the best players in the age groups?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

The top 10 scorers list on the BNSW website are pretty good (although not exhaustive) indicators of who stood out. Interesting that in the 18 Men at least, many of the best players were bottom aged. Should make for a good comp next season.

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bootleg  
Years ago

Not surprised Bruins got up over Illawarra in the U16M, Two very even teams, it could have gone either way. There game on friday night was decided by 5 points with bankstown up by as much as 16 late in the 3rd before falling apart late in the 4th.

Bruins had 3 state players and had won the Metro grand final by about 20 points. So they were always going to be a threat.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

bootleg, not questioning the strength of Bruins as an association side. But that Illawarra team featured 5 kids from the NSW Country side that won u16 Nationals this year. It's not hard to see a matchup problem for Illawarra inside, but Bankstown have done very well to contain their guards enough to be able to take advantage.

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bootleg  
Years ago

All good points Anon, both sides had a lot of talented and it could have gone either way

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I agree but you think with Hargreaves coaching they should have won

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