State Basketball League

This article is about the basketball league in Western Australia. For other uses of SBL, see SBL.

State Basketball League (SBL)
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 State Basketball League season

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1989
Inaugural season	1989
Director	Adam Bowler
No. of teams	M: 14 W: 12
Country	Australia
Most recent champion(s)	M: Cockburn Cougars (3rd title) W: Willetton Tigers (8th title)
Most titles	M: Perry Lakes Hawks (5 titles) W: Willetton Tigers (8 titles)
Level on pyramid	2
Official website	SBL.asn.au

The State Basketball League (SBL) is a semi-professional basketball league in the Australian state of Western Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. The league is run by Basketball Western Australia and began in 1989 when it replaced Perth's local District competition. The MSBL and WSBL act as development leagues for players attempting to enter the first-tier professional basketball leagues in Australia with players traditionally being trialled or signed by the Perth Wildcats of the NBL or the Perth Lynx of the WNBL.

League history

The State Basketball League was founded in 1989 and replaced Perth's local District competition. The founding teams for the inaugural 1989 season were the Geraldton Buccaneers, Perry Lakes Hawks, Perth Redbacks, Willetton Tigers, Wanneroo Wolves, East Perth Eagles, Stirling Senators, Bunbury Slammers, WAIS Warriors, Rainbow Coast (Albany) Warriors, Cockburn Cougars and Swan City Mustangs.^[1] The Redbacks were both men's and women's champions in the league's first season,^[2] while the women's MVP went to Sue Arthur of the Cockburn Cougars, and the men's MVP was a tie between Pete Hanson of the Perry Lakes Hawks and Jeff Anderson of the Willetton Tigers.^[3]

The 1990s were dominated in the men's competition by the Bunbury Slammers who won four titles between 1995 and 1999, while the women's competition was dominated by the Swan City Mustangs and the Willetton Tigers – between 1991 and 1999, every women's grand final featured at least one of those teams except for the 1994 season.^[4]

With the turn of the new century came the uprising of the Perry Lakes Hawks in both the men's and women's competition. From 2001 to 2003, both the Hawks men's and women's teams won back-to-back-to-back titles, with the men's team going even further by winning in 2004 before being stopped in their tracks by the Lakeside Lightning in the 2005 grand final. The men's team went on to also make the grand final in 2009 and 2011, while the women's team also won another two titles in 2007 and 2008.

In 2011, the men's grand final between the Wanneroo Wolves and the Perry Lakes Hawks became the first event to sell out the WA Basketball Centre since the venue's opening in early 2010. It's 2,000 seat capacity was sold out, forcing Basketball WA to release 100 standing room tickets.^[5] The Wolves were successful in defeating the Hawks to claim their first title since 1993, as they were led by Perth Wildcats forward and Grand Final MVP Greg Hire.^[6]

In 2014, a changing of the guard occurred with the men's East Perth Eagles and the women's Rockingham Flames earning their first SBL titles respectively. 400-gamer and SBL legend Joe-Alan Tupaea secured his fifth title with the Eagles in 2014, having previously won four titles with the Perry Lakes Hawks during their four-straight run between 2001 and 2004.^[7]

League details

Game day

MSBL and WSBL games are played with 4x10 minute quarters, with the switch of ends made at half time. Quarter time and three-quarter time breaks are two minutes long, while the half time interval is 10 minutes. If games are tied at the end of regulation, then an additional five minutes (overtime) shall be played. This will keep happening until an overall winner is decided. There can not be any draws. All games are played under the FIBA guidelines of rules.

Regular season

The regular season starts mid-March and finishes around August, with each MSBL team playing a total of 26 games, and each WSBL team playing a total of 22 games. Games are played on Friday nights, Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons. The teams are ranked according to their win/loss ratio. If at the end of the regular season, two or more teams have an identical record, then positions are decided on a head-to-head basis. If they can not be split after that, than the for/against percentage is taken into account.

Finals

The finals start in early August and finishes in early September, is competed among the top eight teams, and are contested in an elimination format. The quarter- and semi-finals are played using a best-of-three game series. The higher ranked team host games one and three (if required), and play game two away; with an exception being: any playoff series involving Geraldton or Goldfields will be played under the pre-2016 format with the higher ranked team playing away for game one, then home for games two and three.^[8] The grand finals are played at the Western Australian Basketball Centre over a weekend with the women's final on the Friday night and the men's final on the Saturday night.

Quarter-finals: 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5

Semi-finals: winner of 1 v 8 vs winner of 4 v 5; winner of 2 v 7 vs winner of 3 v 6

Grand Final: winner of semi-final 1 vs winner of semi-final 2

Current clubs

Team	City	Arena	Colours	Joined SBL
Cockburn Cougars	Cockburn, City of Cockburn	Wally Hagan Stadium	Blue, Yellow, White	1989
East Perth Eagles	Morley, City of Bayswater	Morley Sport & Recreation Centre	Blue, Red, White	1989
Geraldton Buccaneers*	Geraldton	Activewest Stadium	Blue, Yellow	1989
Goldfields Giants*	Kalgoorlie	Niels Hansen Stadium	Gold, White, Navy Blue	1990
Joondalup Wolves	Joondalup, City of Joondalup	Joondalup Basketball Stadium	Green, White	1989
Kalamunda Eastern Suns	Kalamunda, Shire of Kalamunda	Ray Owen Sports Centre	Orange, Purple, Black	2008
Lakeside Lightning	North Lake, City of Cockburn	Lakeside Recreation Centre	Purple, White	2000
Mandurah Magic	Mandurah	Mandurah Aquatic and Recreaction Centre**	Red, Gold	1990
Perry Lakes Hawks	Floreat, Town of Cambridge	Bendat Basketball Centre	Blue, White	1989
Perth Redbacks	Belmont, City of Belmont	Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre	Red, Black, White	1989
Rockingham Flames	Rockingham	Mike Barnett Sports Complex	Red, Orange, Black, White	1992
South West Slammers	Bunbury	Eaton Recreation Centre	Red, Blue, White	1989
Stirling Senators	Warwick, City of Stirling	Warwick Stadium	Green, Blue, White	1989
Willetton Tigers	Willetton, City of Canning	Willetton Basketball Stadium	Navy Blue, White	1989

*Geraldton and Goldfields only participate in the men's competition.
**Due to renovations to the Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre, the Magic will host all of their 2016 games out of Rockingham's home venue at Mike Barnett Sports Complex.

Former clubs

Albany Warriors
Swan City Mustangs
WAIS Warriors

List of Champions

Main article: List of SBL awards and honours

Year	Men's Champion	Result	Men's Runner-up	Women's Champion	Result	Women's Runner-up
1989	Perth Redbacks	114 – 89	Geraldton Buccaneers	Perth Redbacks	79 – 66	Perry Lakes Hawks
1990	Perth Redbacks	114 – 91	Stirling Senators	Wanneroo Wolves	70 – 67	Stirling Senators
1991	Swan City Mustangs	123 – 120	Bunbury Slammers	Swan City Mustangs	79 – 66	Perth Redbacks
1992	Cockburn Cougars	107 – 91	Bunbury Slammers	Wanneroo Wolves	74 – 64	Swan City Mustangs
1993	Wanneroo Wolves	109 – 91	Cockburn Cougars	Swan City Mustangs	109 – 51	Stirling Senators
1994	Perry Lakes Hawks	107 – 86	Swan City Mustangs	Stirling Senators	72 – 59	Perry Lakes Hawks
1995*	Bunbury Slammers	2 – 0	Goldfields Giants	Wanneroo Wolves	2 – 0	Swan City Mustangs
1996	Bunbury Slammers	103 – 96	Geraldton Buccaneers	Swan City Mustangs	66 – 61	Willetton Tigers
1997	Perth Redbacks	94 – 92	Geraldton Buccaneers	Willetton Tigers	62 – 52	Wanneroo Wolves
1998	Bunbury Slammers	105 – 96	Cockburn Cougars	Perry Lakes Hawks	71 – 63	Willetton Tigers
1999	Bunbury Slammers	89 – 73	Perth Redbacks	Willetton Tigers	70 – 55	Perry Lakes Hawks
2000	Geraldton Buccaneers	96 – 76	Lakeside Lightning	Perth Redbacks	74 – 66	Perry Lakes Hawks
2001	Perry Lakes Hawks	101 – 83	Geraldton Buccaneers	Perry Lakes Hawks	74 – 58	Perth Redbacks
2002	Perry Lakes Hawks	101 – 97	Willetton Tigers	Perry Lakes Hawks	84 – 55	Lakeside Lightning
2003	Perry Lakes Hawks	76 – 72	Cockburn Cougars	Perry Lakes Hawks	73 – 44	Mandurah Magic
2004	Perry Lakes Hawks	104 – 97	Goldfields Giants	Willetton Tigers	61 – 46	Perry Lakes Hawks
2005	Lakeside Lightning	97 – 88	Perry Lakes Hawks	Willetton Tigers	59 – 54	Mandurah Magic
2006	Lakeside Lightning	83 – 66	Goldfields Giants	Lakeside Lightning	56 – 53	Mandurah Magic
2007	Goldfields Giants	96 – 94	Lakeside Lightning	Perry Lakes Hawks	66 – 40	Stirling Senators
2008	Goldfields Giants	101 – 81	Willetton Tigers	Perry Lakes Hawks	87 – 69	Willetton Tigers
2009	Lakeside Lightning	85 – 77	Perry Lakes Hawks	Willetton Tigers	73 – 63	Mandurah Magic
2010	Willetton Tigers	107 – 96	Lakeside Lightning	Willetton Tigers	80 – 54	Perry Lakes Hawks
2011	Wanneroo Wolves	88 – 83	Perry Lakes Hawks	Willetton Tigers	72 – 71	East Perth Eagles
2012	Cockburn Cougars	105 – 72	East Perth Eagles	South West Slammers	85 – 48	Rockingham Flames
2013	Lakeside Lightning	77 – 74	Wanneroo Wolves	Wanneroo Wolves	72 – 47	Kalamunda Eastern Suns
2014	East Perth Eagles	99 – 83	Geraldton Buccaneers	Rockingham Flames	80 – 75	Lakeside Lightning
2015	Joondalup Wolves	105 – 75	South West Slammers	Rockingham Flames	68 – 63	Willetton Tigers
2016	Cockburn Cougars	96 – 84	Joondalup Wolves	Willetton Tigers	60 – 58	Joondalup Wolves

* 1995 Grand Finals were a best-of-three series^[4]

References

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