2009–10 WNBL season
2009–10 WNBL season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball League |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | 9 October 2009 – 13 March 2010 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | ABC |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Bulleen Boomers |
Season MVP | Kristi Harrower Bendigo |
Top scorer | Suzy Batkovic Sydney |
Finals | |
Champions | Canberra Capitals |
Runners-up | Bulleen Boomers |
Finals MVP | Lauren Jackson Canberra |
The 2009–10 WNBL season was the 30th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2009 and March 2010, followed by a post-season involving the top five in March 2010.
Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia.
Molten provided equipment including the official game ball, with Hoop2Hoop supplying team apparel.
Team standings
# | WNBL Championship Ladder | |||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | GP | ||
1 | Bulleen Boomers | 21 | 1 | 91.4 | 22 | |
2 | Sydney Uni Flames | 17 | 5 | 77.2 | 22 | |
3 | Canberra Capitals | 16 | 6 | 72.7 | 22 | |
4 | Townsville Fire | 14 | 8 | 63.6 | 22 | |
5 | Bendigo Spirit | 13 | 9 | 59.1 | 22 | |
6 | Adelaide Lightning | 13 | 9 | 59.1 | 22 | |
7 | Dandenong Rangers | 7 | 15 | 31.8 | 22 | |
8 | Logan Thunder | 6 | 16 | 27.2 | 22 | |
9 | Perth Lynx | 2 | 20 | 9.1 | 22 | |
10 | AIS | 1 | 21 | 4.5 | 22 |
Finals
Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||
1. | Bulleen Boomers | 72 | |||||||||
2. | Sydney Uni Flames | 55 | |||||||||
Sydney Uni Flames | 56 | Bulleen Boomers | 70 | ||||||||
Canberra Capitals | 61 | Canberra Capitals | 75 | ||||||||
3. | Canberra Capitals | 60 | |||||||||
4. | Townsville Fire | 39 | Key: | Winning team advances | Losing team advances |
Elimination Final | ||||||
4. | Townsville Fire | 84 | ||||
5. | Bendigo Spirit | 73 |
Season award winners
Award | Winner | Position | Team |
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Most Valuable Player Award | Kristi Harrower | Guard | Bendigo Spirit |
Grand Final MVP Award | Lauren Jackson | Centre | Canberra Capitals |
Rookie of the Year Award | Tayla Roberts | Forward | AIS |
Defensive Player of the Year Award | Rachael Flanagan | Guard | Townsville Fire |
Coach of the Year Award | Tom Maher | Coach | Bulleen Boomers |
Top Shooter Award | Suzy Batkovic | Forward/Centre | Sydney Uni Flames |
All-Star Five | Elizabeth Cambage Suzy Batkovic Deanna Smith Jenna O'Hea Kristi Harrower |
Centre Forward/Centre Forward Guard/Forward Guard |
Bulleen Boomers Sydney Uni Flames Sydney Uni Flames Bulleen Boomers Bendigo Spirit |
Statistics leaders
Category | Player | Team | GP | Totals | Average |
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Points Per Game | Suzy Batkovic | Sydney Uni Flames | 20 | 492 | 24.6 |
Rebounds Per Game | Elizabeth Cambage | Bulleen Boomers | 22 | 211 | 9.6 |
Assists Per Game | Kristi Harrower | Bendigo Spirit | 22 | 110 | 5.0 |
Steals Per Game | Kristen Veal | Logan Thunder | 21 | 46 | 2.2 |
Blocks per game | Marianna Tolo | Canberra Capitals | 22 | 66 | 3.0 |
Field Goal % | Elizabeth Cambage | Bulleen Boomers | 22 | (169/286) | 59.1% |
Three-Point Field Goal % | Sarah Graham | Logan Thunder | 18 | (29/71) | 40.8% |
Free Throw % | Rohanee Cox | Townsville Fire | 11 | (60/69) | 87.0% |