anon
Years ago
Getting to the pointy end of the season!
Friday
Ipswich @ Gold Coast
South West @ Mackay
Phoenix @ Townsville
Saturday
Spartans @ Rip
Phoenix @ Cairns
South West @ Rocky
Caps @ Gladstone
Sunday
Logan @ Gladstone
Toowoomba @ Gold Coast
Seahawks @ Spartans
The current top 5 teams are guaranteed playoff spots:
Mackay 14/3
Townsville 14/3
Logan 13/4
Rip 12/5
Caps 10/7
i'd expect those top 5 teams to stay as is with Cairns GC & Rocky to round out the playoff teams ahead of qtr finals next week
anon
Years ago
It will be an interesting last round of games. Finally GC are playing to their potential but have two challenging games coming up this weekend.
Bozeman could have some competition for MVP from Blanchfield.
anon
Years ago
IF the QBL ladder is correct, final placings are:
1 Mackay Meteors 18 15 3 0 83.33 1746 1541 113.30
2 Townsville Heat 18 15 3 0 83.33 1728 1456 118.68
3 Logan Thunder 18 14 4 0 77.78 1754 1583 110.80
4 USC Rip City 18 13 5 0 72.22 1642 1469 111.78
5 Brisbane Capitals 18 11 7 0 61.11 1827 1602 114.04
6 Cairns Marlins 18 10 8 0 55.56 1502 1502 100.00
7 Gold Coast Rollers 18 9 9 0 50.00 1640 1586 103.40
8 Rockhampton Rockets 18 9 9 0 50.00 1664 1709 97.37
Lincoln
Years ago
Yep that is correct for the QBL Men.
Mackay v Rocky will be cracker. Quality in teams is far apart, but a local rivalry brings results. Mackay at home by 10
Townsville v GC. GC have rocketed into the finals on the back of some end of season form. McVeigh and Froling are both in Adelaide this week for 36ers, so will that disrupt anything ? Tville would have to be favourites at home, but it will be closer than most think.
Logan v Cairns. Despite W/L records these two teams are quite a good match on paper. This game will come down to coaching decisions. NBL lead v NBL development. Cairns for the upset of the round.
RIP v Capitals. On end of season form, Capitals should account for the RIP.....but we all know the Caps post season form is poor. 4 points separated the teams last meeting, but the Caps have 'added' Coenrad. Recent form and a deeper team sees Caps progress in a tight one.
ROUND 2
Mackay v Cairns
Townsville v RIP
GF
Mackay v Townsville
Champion - Mackay
robt
Years ago
"Recent form and a deeper team sees Caps progress in a tight one.
ROUND 2
Mackay v Cairns
Townsville v RIP
GF
Mackay v Townsville
Champion - Mackay"
Do you mean, "RIP" progress in a tight one.
or
ROUND 2
Townsville v Caps?
one of the north teams will win, again. The QBL is one big snooze fest - the central and southern team have no chance. Mackay, Cairns, Townsville and Rocky win it every feckin year
At least QBL has teams across their state. Every other state league is basically a bunch of metro teams.
Qld's dense coastline caters for that, and it's great. WA and SA for example have limited locations outside of Perth and Adelaide that can host such associations. You can't deny though the lack of true competition in Qld
Rockhampton and Mackay are the definition of Central Queensland
yeah but they were both part of the previous "north" conference, with Cairns, Townsville and Gladstone
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