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Yup I agree. Mickyster has done a good job

I wonder how many votes there will be this election? lol

They closed half an hour after I posted and the result was surprisingly close: 12 votes for me, 9 for Mickyster. I guess those that did like what Mick did last season really liked it, since he got within 3 votes of myself without even making a speech.

Anyway, since I did come out 3 votes ahead I better start my scouting run, starting with writing up the NT ad...

I figured it would be close. Admittedly, I didn't vote - I thought you'd both do a good job, and didn't really mind who won!

Commiserations to Mickeyster and congrats to Jay.

Great effort by Mickeyster to get the runners up position in the Consolation tournament.


Bit slack by me but I didnt even realise that there was an election on

First game of the season is underway. We face Kazakhstan tonight and should cruise to a victory. A secondary advantage of having HCA besides the team playing better is that every game this season will be on at 7pm Queensland time unless it's a scrimmage, so hopefully that means we can get some people coming to watch the games.

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Australia untroubled in 40 point victory

To Kazakhstan's credit, they managed 91 points and only lost the second half by seven points, in a very fast paced game with a combined 192 non-foul field goal attempts, and 38 free throw attempts. But the 22,567 in attendance at The Kennel were treated to an outstanding offensive display from the Australian team to open our campaign. 131 points at 55.9 FG%, with seven members of the squad scoring in the double digits. At one point it looked like the final score could've been even higher, with the first quarter alone yielding a 40-24 score-line in Australia's favour.

McMillan top scored with 22, whilst Scully's official NT debut was a great one for him, shooting 7-8 to finish with 14 points and 12 rebounds. It was a disappointing night for Ryder and Cicvaric however, especially considering the players they were back-ups for, Catic and McMillan, had played well at the SF and SG spots respectively. Another statistic of note in the box score was Scully registering no blocks despite being a shot blocking specialist, whilst Anderson managed three.

The next three games on the tournament schedule look set to be more of the same, as the Australian team has time to bank enthusiasm before the tougher games against Malaysia and Japan later on. However, those tougher games are unlikely to have much bearing on the outcome of the tournament either, as the top four all advance to round two, at which point the results in this round won't matter any more.

3 points: Ryan McMillan (22 points, 9-14 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, opponent starting SG 2-12 FG)
1 point (three way tie): Kerehi Scully (14 points, 7-8 FG, 12 rebounds)
1 point: Poluta'u Brar (20 points, 9-15 FG, 6 assists, opposing starting PG 2-8 FG)
1 point: Keith Anderson (16 points, 6-8 FG, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks)

Is everyone okay with me changing the 3-2-1 to a different model totalling 6 points when I feel there's more than 3 players worthy of points?

Your the boss you can award votes however you like!

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Ok so this week is a bye week for us and I just remembered that I actually have to book a scrimmage on the bye week (otherwise I'll look like a fool). A search through the national team tournament brackets led me to Uruguay still needing a scrimmage themselves this week, so I have sent the scrimmage invite to them. Assuming they accept in time, I believe they can provide a tough test for our current squad.

Referees have campaign against touring Australian side in loss

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The fix was in. Leading by one point on what was going to be the final possession of the game, Australia played great defence to deny Uruguay an easy look. But just when it looked like Uruguay would have to settle for a contested fade-away to win, Michael Wayne was pulled up for an alleged foul that looked like your standard jostling for position in the low post on the replay. Of course, the pro-Uruguayan crowd cheered the referee for this blatant bad call that gave Uruguay two free throws with two seconds on the clock.

Ramon Moyano sank both free throws, leaving Australia with just two seconds to win off the following play. This wasn't nearly enough time to draw up a proper play, so the play ended up being Dwight Catic receiving the ball and attempting a contested three... which was missed. Uruguay managed a 120-119 victory on their home court, much to the delight of their fans, and disgust of the visitors who had the game won save for a referee that was clearly showing bias for much of the game.

I will not be awarding MVP points this week, as this was ultimately a scrimmage that doesn't mean anything in our Asian Championship campaign. However I will highlight the 3 stars nonetheless:

Keith Anderson (28 points, 13-21 FG, 16 rebounds)
Dylan Scoggins (26 points, 13-18 FG, 14 rebounds)
Poluta'u Brar (20 points, 10-13 FG, 5 assists)

Gives it a Davis Cup like atmosphere lol