Month: June 2012
“I think there is a bit of excitment over the NBL” – Matthew Dellavedova regarding how Aussie’s in college think about the NBL We talk to Matthew Dellavedova 18 hours he scored 12 points in the Boomers final game of the Farewell Series against Greece, the Boomers last game in Australia before heading to…
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A decade ago you if you walked into the Bendigo Basketball stadium you may have spotted a young Matthew Dellavedova dribbling a ball up and down the court. At that same time it was quite possible another youngster named Ryan Broekhoff was practicing his jump shot inside the Frankston Basketball stadium. Both boys share a…
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Over the course of the next few weeks the Australian Boomers Basketball team will be attempting to snare both an Olympic medal and their best ever Olympic performance in London. At the same time a group of Australian players who are relatively unknown right now but no doubt will be household names when they…
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Not to be out done by fellow Australian Boomer Joe Ingles who won a Spanish National League title this week, David Andersen has led Montepaschi Siena to a 84-73 victory against Emporio Armani Milan to claim the Italian League (LegaBasket Serie A) Championship, 4-1 in a best of seven series. The victory etches Montepaschi Siena…
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In less than a month Joe Ingles hopes to lead the Australian Boomers to their first ever Olympic Medal, but it seems Ingles has decided to start winning now as he led his team Regal FC Barcelona to its 17th Spanish League championship (ACB) on Sunday. One man who knows plenty about winning overseas is…
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Download and listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn “The NBL is my NBA” – Corey Homicide Williams Corey Homicide Williams, arguably the most popular basketball player in Australia, who is not a part of the NBL, is in town to host the FIBA 3×3 in Geelong this weekend. We…
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With the 2012 London Olympic’s rapidly approaching, there is no question that the USA men’s Olympic Basketball team are clear favourites to win yet another Gold Medal. Is there anyone out there that can beat them? The worldwide basketball landscape has changed significantly since 1992. In Barcelona USA’s Dream Team took home the gold against…
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Subscribe to Aussie Hoopla on iTunes and listen to our Hyping the Hoopla fortnightly podcast, where we break down all the latest NBL player moves and signings, performances both here and overseas and the important issues which Australian Basketball currently face… The voice of Aussie Hoopla, Dan Boyce and co host Matt Smith, holder of 100…
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