Bold prediction not have Vic Metro winning either gold.

Vic Metro won't even medal in the women's this year. Vic Country should though.

It's a tight one this year.

Agree Qld North go in as favourites in the men. I think Qld South are a great shot to medal and NSW Country shouldn't be written off. Not convinced WA Metro have the guards to keep up with those 3 and Vic Metro, so that's my top 4. Should be a great event, though. Probably 8 or 9 teams where games between them could go either way, and all it takes is 1 upset to create a bronze medal matchup in a quarter final crossover.

The bottom agers will be going for u16 Asian champ spots.

Yeah, wouldn't sleep on vic country womens. Although not a tall team, lots of firepower with Hurst, Shelley, Dangelo, Brasilis, Ogier, Nnopu etc

Tasmania to make semi finals in boy's.
Look out for Marty Clark son!!

bold prediction, wa men winning gold.

Women
QLD Sth
Vic Country
SA Metro

Vic Metro 6th

Who's 4th and 5th?

What's the issue with vic m womens?

Agree, WA Metro men Gold or Silver

jayden stone, callum beard, wani swaka lo buluk and kyle bowen from wa metro will cause serious nightmares for the opposition.

Hunter an interesting addition in that Tassie side but they're missing a big piece, too.

For the boys, some significant losses from both SA sides, NSW Metro and Vic Country since 2015. Does anyone know how many of these kids are playing in the US and how many have given up the game?

Massive hole in the Vic Metro women's team with Cochrane not being available. There is no way they can be considered gold medal favourites now.

Cochrane injured?

Who's running the point?
Thought Gould, LT, and lopes were primarily 2s.

i would have had king-hawea and Locandro over 2 others.

Back court will be very strong, it's the front that will be a train wreck.

Vic m
6'2 Hollingsworth
6'3 Nankervis
6'3 Anstey

Sa m
6'1 Hank
6'3 Joynes
6'5 Rees

Qld s
6'2 Gregory-Johnson
6'3 Hannan
6'4 Bayliss

Act
6'2 Bourne
6'2 Ramshaw
6'3 Rowcliffe

Nsw m
6'3 Jefferson
6'3 Bloom


The other teams don't really have a front court. Just mobile forwards.
No real standouts.

Ogier and Nnopu are very good rebounders along with Sutherland.

Vic c to win.

Starting 5
Hurst
Shelley
Dangelo
Ogier
Nnopu

Vic Country wiped the floor in warm up games with Vic Metro without Shelley

The bottom agers will be looked at closely no doubt with the u16 Asian champs coming up later in the year.

Underachieving...
Wa metro men
Sa metro men
Nsw country women

Surprises...
Tasmania men
Qld south men
Nsw metro men

Vic Country dominating the women's as predicted. Expect them to face Queensland South in the final.

Sa m vs qld Sth 50/50 chance
Vic c vs vic m 55/45 chance

Vic metro no chance. QLD Sth 25% chance. SA Metro 15% chance.

I think both games will be tight.

Vic country are 20 points better at least than metro this year

Vic Country women will crap their pants like last year. Had a great tournament to date and will win the bronze.

Sa metro ain't doing that great against nsw metro atm and vic m sucked against sa country.

Qld nth boys look to breeze through the tournament.
Froling, Stattman and Krause leading the way.

Both qld sth teams in trouble atm. Both down heading into last 1/4.

Qld sth 0%

Yes they seem to be suffering a real Downer

Semis
Women
Sa m vs qld nth = sa m
Vic c vs vic m = vic c
Men
Qld nth vs nsw m = qld nth
Vic m vs nsw c = vic m

Final
Women
Sa m vs vic c = vic c
Men
Qld nth vs vic m = qld nth

Remember a few years ago Vic country women faced off against Vic metro women in the semis , and came out the victors, their were some talented players in both groups that year, Vic country eventually took the silver and Qld the gold in the grand final by a very close margin.

No, I remember their coach storming out before the bronze medal presentation when they lost to Vic Metro two years ago though.

Vic up 15 at the half.
Vic m have had shooting woes all tournament.

I said country we're at least 20 better so no surprises in this big win.

You also said they would face qld sth in the final

Vic metro could have used their best scorer from last years team.

who?

I'm assuming babic who was vic m top scorer u16

Hard to pick that u16 side from the bottom agers with so many poor shooting performances.

All it reinforces is how weak last year's u16s group is.

Great game by Vic country girls, , think they may take it all the way for the gold this year

Weak u16?
They won and played well all tournament.
U18s is quite a leap. Very few bottom agers shine when they make the move up.

Looks like a lack of good shooters and quality bigs.
Some good ball handlers though.


Try and pick a quality squad from...
01
Pg Heal, Poa, Amoore, Sawyer, Levy
Sg Lopes, O'Neill, Vidmar, Lee
Sf Ogier, Deegan, Stratford, Dallinger
Pf Nnopu, Fowler, Hank, Hollingsworth
C Anstey, Jefferson, Hannan, Ayliffe

Obviously no 02 athletes until u16s.

Sg palmer'

My point is a very weak Vic Metro u 16 dominated at nationals last year.

So, not a lot to look forward to for the national team from that group.

Will any 02 players help,the cause?

I think once the team is selected and they are together for a while, we might see a lot of improvement.

Heal, Amoore, poa, Lopes and Palmer look to be the backcourt. Can't see who else would air there spot.