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Scottie Wilbekin was an integral part of the Cairns Taipans success this year. Narrowly losing to the New Zealand Breakers in the championship game, he averaged 15 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists and guided the team to a #1 spot during the regular season. He alsobecame the first player in club history to win both team MVP…
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Todd Lichti knew it was only a matter of time before someone surpassed him as Stanford basketball’s career scoring leader. Turns out it took 26 years. “It was always going to be broken at some point,” said Lichti, 48. “In jest, I just sometimes say I babysat it for a while.” Lichti, a 6-foot-4 shooting…
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Somewhere between the behind-the-back-dribble driving one-handed dunk and the seeing-eye, full-court outlet pass, it occurred to me as I watched Ben Simmons at the Alario Center on Thursday night: Two of the 10 best basketball players in the world under the age of 25 will be playing along the I-10 corridor in 2015. Ben Simmons…
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Dante Exum, Ben Simmons and even Jonah Bolden are second generation Australian basketballers who are now making an impact in the US, but another second generation basketballer is doing the same under much less spotlight, 18 year old Xavier Cooks. The talented 6’8′ swingman had a number of schools courting him which included Santa Barbara,…
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Jack Purchase, son of Melbourne Tigers Legend Nigel Purchase, has committed to playing with the Auburn Tigers in 2014. The Carey Grammar student who was also pursued heavily by TAC Cup team Northern Knights in the hopes he would choose football over basketball committed to the Tigers only five days after officially visiting Auburn. As of…
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Darcy Malone and Nicholas Duncan, two members of the Silver Medal winning 2012 Australian Junior Men’s team have both signed letters of intent this week to play with Division I basketball programs at Louisiana State (LSU) and Boise State University respectively. Canberra’s Darcy Malone measures in at 213cm and currently for the Canberra Gunners. He made…
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The St Mary’s Gaels have grown into one of the most powerful mid-major programs in college basketball thanks to their Australian pipeline of basketball players which has included Adam Capron, Daniel Kickert, Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova but before any Aussie had stepped into the gym in Moraga, California the University of New Mexico had…
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There are over 80 Division 1 Australian athletes in the USA on college basketball scholarships with double that amount playing at different levels. Although challenging it can be at times living in a different continent Australian player’s have adjusted to life in America. Generally, they have thrived in the Mecca of basketball by achieving great feats on…
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It has been proven over time that by going to play college basketball Australian athletes have developed their skills, received more lucrative professional contracts, and achieved more representative positions than player’s that have not. Player’s such as Andrew Gaze, Luc Longley, Andrew Bogut, Patty Mills, and up and coming players such as Matthew Dellevedova, Ryan…
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