2008–09 NBL season
The 2008-09 season was the 31st NBL season.
2008-09 league participants
Team |
Region |
CEO |
Coach |
Home ground |
Capacity |
Adelaide 36ers |
SA |
Mal Hemmerling |
Scott Ninnis |
Adelaide Arena |
7,200 |
Cairns Taipans |
QLD |
Denis Keeffe |
Mark Beecroft |
Cairns Convention Centre |
5,300 |
Gold Coast Blaze |
QLD |
David Claxton |
Brendan Joyce |
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre |
5,269 |
Melbourne Tigers |
VIC |
Seamus McPeake |
Alan Westover |
State Hockey Netball Centre |
3,500 |
New Zealand Breakers |
NZL |
Richard Clarke |
Andrej Lemanis |
North Shore Events Centre |
4,500 |
Perth Wildcats |
WA |
Nick Marvin |
Conner Henry |
Challenge Stadium |
4,500 |
South Dragons |
VIC |
Ryan Gardiner |
Brian Goorjian |
Hisense Arena |
11,000 |
Sydney Spirit[1] |
NSW |
Steve Aquilina[2] |
Rob Beveridge |
State Sports Centre |
5,000 |
Townsville Crocodiles |
QLD |
Ian Smythe |
Trevor Gleeson |
Townsville Entertainment Centre |
5,257 |
Wollongong Hawks |
NSW |
TBD |
Eric Cooks |
WIN Entertainment Centre |
5,800 |
- On 30 June 2008 the Brisbane Bullets confirmed they would be handing back the team's license to the NBL. The NBL confirmed there will be no Brisbane team participating in the 2008/09 season[3].
- On 2 July 2008 the NBL announced that two bids for the Sydney Kings license had failed and that there would be no second Sydney team in the 2008/09 season[4].
- On 29 July 2008 the Singapore Slingers announced that they had decided to withdraw from the competition permanently due to the dramatic increase in international travel costs[5].
Pre-season Transactions
Mid-season Transactions
Coach |
Recruited From |
Signed By |
Alan Black |
Cairns Taipans |
Released[74] |
Mark Beecroft |
Cairns Taipans |
Cairns Taipans[74] |
Apparel
Team |
Provider |
Home colour |
Away colour |
Adelaide 36ers |
Adidas |
Blue |
Yellow |
Cairns Taipans |
Kombat |
Orange |
White |
Gold Coast Blaze |
G2 Game Gear [94] |
Sky Blue |
White |
Melbourne Tigers |
Kombat |
Red |
Yellow |
New Zealand Breakers |
SAS Sports |
Black |
White |
Perth Wildcats |
Hoop 2 Hoop |
Red |
White |
South Dragons |
Kombat |
Black |
White |
Townsville Crocodiles |
Kombat |
Green |
White |
Sydney Spirit |
Blades |
Blue |
White |
Wollongong Hawks |
G2 Game Gear |
Red |
White |
Regular season
Home and away season
The home and away season will take place over 22 rounds between 13 September 2008 and 14 February 2009 with finals starting 18 February 2009. It has been confirmed that each team will still play 30 games in the season, with each team playing 15 home games [95].
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Ladder
Finals Series
Playoff Bracket
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Quarter Finals (one-off) |
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Semi Finals (best of three) |
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Grand Final (best of five) |
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1 |
South Dragons |
2 |
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5 |
Townsville Crocodiles |
1 |
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4 |
Perth Wildcats |
0 |
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5 |
Townsville Crocodiles |
1 |
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1 |
South Dragons |
3 |
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2 |
Melbourne Tigers |
2 |
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3 |
New Zealand Breakers |
1 |
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6 |
Adelaide 36ers |
0 |
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2 |
Melbourne Tigers |
2 |
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3 |
New Zealand Breakers |
0 |
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Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Grand Final
Player of the Week
Player of the Month
Coach of the Month
NBL awards
Television Coverage
Radio Coverage
Team |
Station |
Adelaide 36ers |
891 ABC Adelaide |
Cairns Taipans |
4CA FM |
Melbourne Tigers |
Tiger Radio |
New Zealand Breakers |
Radio Sport |
Perth Wildcats |
SportFM |
South Dragons |
Dragons Radio |
Townsville Crocodiles |
4TO FM |
References
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- ^ a b "Local Juniors Take Up Development Positions". New Zealand Breakers. 2008. http://www.nzbreakers.co.nz/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=75110. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
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- ^ "Sav's Back!". Wollongong Hawks. 2008. http://www.hawks.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=75229. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
- ^ "Slingers sign new import". National Basketball League (Australia). 2008. http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=75245. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
- ^ "Taipans sign Williams". Cairns Taipans. 2008. http://www.taipans.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=75252. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
- ^ "Tez Back, Gibbo On Board Too". South Dragons. 2008. http://www.southdragons.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=75264. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ^ "Weigh just the start for Wildcats". The West Australian. 2008. http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=4&ContentID=81054. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
- ^ "Petrie joins the amh Hawks nest". Wollongong Hawks. 2008. http://www.hawks.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=75313. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
- ^ "Crocodiles release Ben Pepper & Sign Russell Hinder". Townsville Crocodiles. 2008. http://www.crocodiles.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=75353. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
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- ^ http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=77147
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