NBL Season

The National conference is considered one in every of the premier basketball leagues within the world, and once a humble starting, is nowadays home to a number of the world's best players.

In 1978, New South Wales Basketball president John Raschke Sat with ten interested parties in associate degree unused craft airdock at state capital field to debate the formation of a national competition that may facilitate the event of the game throughout Australia.

A national competition was additionally seen as some way of up the quality of players World Health Organization would contend for Australia at events like the Olympic Games and World Championships.

Since that day, the NBL has fully grown from a fledgling competition with games contend ahead of simply a number of hundred individuals to a league that draws over 750,000 spectators every season, likewise as prime-time tv audiences for games broadcast nationwide.

While games were at the start contend in tiny residential area stadiums, clubs currently perform at major Australian arenas, together with state capital Arena which might sear fourteen,000+ spectators.

Basketball additionally has one in every of the best participation rates of any athletics in Australia, with numbers continued to grow annually.

Between 1979 and 1997, the NBL season was contend between Gregorian calendar month and Sept, however in 1998 the league captive its season to the summer place, with games contend between October and Gregorian calendar month.

Eight groups presently contend within the NBL - the state capital 36ers, Cairns Taipans, Melbourne Tigers, New Sjaelland Breakers, state capital Wildcats, state capital Kings, Townsville Crocodiles and Wollongong Hawks.

Of these clubs, Wollongong competed within the initial NBL season in 1979, aboard the St Kilda Saints, Nunawading Spectres, West state capital Bearcats, town of state capital Astronauts, port Falcons, capital of Australia Cannons, Bankstown Bruins, and Glenelg Tigers.