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Years ago

Mount Gambier accepted into NBL1

The Pioneers are headed to NBL1!

Mount Gambier Pioneers to enter NBL1 in 2020

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Anonymous
Years ago

Great news! Finally back with all the other former Seabl teams and renewal of long time rivalries!

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Anonymous
Years ago

Finally common sense reigns. Gotta give credit to Mt. Gambier, they didn't whinge when they got shafted from Seabl, just got on with the job of satisfying new demands placed upon them. Most well organised and successful club outside of the NBL.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Fantastic news.

Good to hear!

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Anonymous
Years ago

Will they go with 19 teams or will someone drop out?

If not, would make sense to add another and have an even 20, maybe two conferences of 10

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PersonalFoul
Years ago

Did someone say they didn't whinge??? they threw pies at BA and had enough people out here complaining for them including the poor Basketball SA who didn't like being bullied in their own league.

^^^^ all that above aside - GREAT to have them back good crowds, tough venue to play in, provide a great opportunity for young players to play away from home in a true semi-pro environment

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Shayno
Years ago

Wonder who is going to cover the travel costs?

Basketball vic do my head in.

How quickly they change their tune, acted like they didnt know them now this year they are welcoming them back like they need money off them.

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Anonymous
Years ago

'didn't whinge' bahahaha.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Why didn't NBL1 approach the best team in SA and not the team which couldn't beat them?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Haha the cheateagles don't have the budget for NBL1. What a funny man. Sooked about 1 trip too the Mount.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Great news.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Pioneers handed tough financial expectations?

Too much to expect the Vic clubs to pay for their own travel?

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John
Years ago

Great news. Will add another great dimension to the comp.
Were the Huskies pulling out though ? MG a replacement for Huskies ? So, still 18 teams ?
And what about the COE ?

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Kurt Russell
Years ago

If it wasn't for BSA we wouldn’t have been in this position. So we do thank the league, the teams and all involved for granting us that Opportunity to keep our club alive. Going to be fantastic to be back in NBL1.

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Anonymous
Years ago

If only they played as well in that final as Daly made his speech after it. Might have not been destroyed by a kid who always chokes in big games.

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Anonymous
Years ago

and now to poach a few premier league players so we can be competitive in NBL1

lets see who gets announced first, Tom Kubank is the bet

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Anonymous
Years ago

Hopefully Daly doesn't choke it up again this season losers hahahahaha

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Anonymous
Years ago

Good to see the class of the Cheatgles at work again.

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Kurt Russell
Years ago

Take it personally all you want. Daly should be in the NBL. We all know that. Don't see you talking smack on the 5 straight conference finals and SEABL titles.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Now the rest of Adelaide can go back to their little city league, 36 years behind the rest of the country!

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Anonymous
Years ago

I saw NBL 1 final and I think top SA teams would be competitive

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Anonymous
Years ago

Any other new teams to NBL1?

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Anonymous
Years ago

De Witt back to the Mount

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Anonymous
Years ago

Surely De Wit wouldn't leave a starting 5 position in a grand final winning team to go back to barely getting a few minutes a game in the Mount. Doesn't seem smart.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Chargers replace huskies.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Doesn't seem smart, and I wouldn't put much weight behind the insights of trolls.

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Anonymous
Years ago

When are these other states becoming nbl1. Get with the program, seems like a lot of states are scared of change.

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Anonymous
Years ago

You may be right that other states are scared of change, but you coming to that conclusion means little since NBL1 only formed a year ago.

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Anonymous
Years ago

"When are these other states becoming nbl1. Get with the program, seems like a lot of states are scared of change."

No new states will be joining NBL1. They will have their own version of NBL1 AFAIK. If at all.

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Anonymous
Years ago

NSW anyone?

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Anonymous
Years ago

So what benefit to state leagues being rebadged to NBL1? I'm not seeing many positives and lots of downsides. I’d like to see what the NBL and Basketball Victoria are offering!

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Anonymous
Years ago

It's all about Victoria..

No genuine interest in the sport elsewhere.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Why is that? The Vics and Vic associations are the powerhouses for sure, but a lack of interest and investment in the rest of the country will leave them with no one to play against and effectively halve the national talent pool. Not something I understand, at any rate.

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Anonymous
Years ago

If they were concerned about having no one to play against then why kick Pioneers out in year 1?

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Anonymous
Years ago

who are you saying kicked the pioneers out?

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Anonymous
Years ago

Basketball Victoria. Now they want to embrace other states. The other states do not need them!

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Anonymous
Years ago

yes, was crazy not included in year 1. At least they have seen the sense now and not to proud to effectively acknowledge oversight from previous year. lucky mt gambier were able to stay alive during the 1 year hiatus.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Oversight? Now that is some spin!!!

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Hoops

Mount Gambier accepted into NBL1

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