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Right so I am going against the odds with Macquaid with 176 points

I'm going back to weekly write ups and MVPs this season, well that is my aim anyway.

Australia defeated Macau 128-76
(63294)

A nice start to our Asian Tournament saw us with a nice 50pt win. Whilst it is a nice win, there was certainly room to clamp down more in the 4th where we were outscored. I hope this is not a pattern in games to follow.

MVPs
3 votes- Hai Nguyen- 37pts,9 3pters, 8 assists, 4 steals.
2 votes- Sanjiv- 20pts, 6 boards. 80% FG
1 vote- Satyanaraina- 10pts, 8 boards, 4 assists, 83%FG.

FG%s were very nice all round as the team shot at 55%. Even better was 3pt% at 59%! Id expect a bigger dominance in rebounds.

Next week is our matchup vs South Korea. Dont forget to put your tip in for the competition of highest scorer of the season before Monday night!

Australia defeated Sth Korea 94 - 69
(63298)
In our 2nd match, we ave asserted authority to hold a nice 2-0 lead in the Pool B.
In most stats we have clearly stayed ahead, however shooting %s were interested, dropping to only 39% and 33% from long range.

MVPs
3- Nguyen- 16pts, 7 assists, 4 boards, 50%FG.
2- Barnden. 14pts, 5 blocks, 3 boards, 3 assists, 62% FG.
1- MacQuaid- 14pts, 10 boards in a great double double.. however, 2 turnovers and low FG% under 40%. And his opponent went for 30pts.

Next week we have he bye so ill book us a scrimmage. The competition is now closed for entry, and Nguyen has pulled away a little further after tonights performance.

Last edited by whitewind at 01/31/2022 09:19:11

Australia take down Hong Kong in big rival game 97-89
(63304)

That was a big game for us that can set us up for a favourable 2nd round draw. Hong Kong went shot after shot with us in the 4th, and the game wasnt really sealed until the final seconds. We had 3 outstanding performers so ive looked deep into shooting efficiency and also defensive effectiveness to udge MVPS
3- Kusto. Sure he was 8-18FG%, but 23pts, 6 boards, 4 assists, 3 3pters, and he hit 4-6FTs when we only managed 7-20. His defense was outstanding holding his man to 6-20FG and kept his man to a -17 +/-
2- Nguyen. 22pts on 10-20FG, 5 assists and kept his man to 6pts.
1- MAcQuaid. 13pts, 21 boards and a big 3pter late. Could easily have been 3 votes! His man probably got away from him at times with 12pts and 13 boards- better shape could have assisted with this.

Massive win against a long-time rival. Well done everyone

Outstanding work with that win, coach. VERY hard to pick MVPs out of that performance.

Australia defeats Vietnam 123-64
(63306)

A dominant performance from our team, with some great momentum so far this season.

MVPs
3- Ho- 24pts, 3 assists, 3 boards, 2 blocks, shooting 71%
2- Nguyen- A great double double, 14pts on 50% shooting, 10 assists, 3 boards.
1- Papa- 18pts on 50% shooting, 4 assists, 3 boards.

Another game where stat lines are flattering, so very hard to rank in order our players value in the win, they were all outstanding as the team stats show- 58% as a team, 39-8 assist count, owning the board count by 20, and other individual performances like Rupuma with 15 boards, and MacQauiads nice stat line. Good job to everyone.

Apologies, it appears i've dropped of on the mid season reports again. Our second round opponents have given us some trouble, and yet we find ourselves battling for a semi final birth tonight against Indonesia. Here is an update on the games since Vietnam:

Vs PAkistan:
3 votes- MAcQauid
2- Mitchell
1- PApa

Vs Indo
3 votes- Nguyen
2- Kusto
1- Papa

Vs NZ
3 votes- Satanyaraina
2- Papa
1- Mitchell

Vs China
3- MAcQuaid
2- PApa
1- Nobody. But ill pick Mitchell

Vs Taiwain
3- Satyanaraina
2- Sanjiv
1- MacQuaid.

Race has tightened for the free supporter too after Nguyen has gone down with a 2 week inury. Ill do what I can to have him back in shape on return!

MVPs vs indo tonight
3- Macquaid
2- Ho
1- Barnden

Taiwan have CTd China tonight and ensured they make the semi, they have also ensured they will lose it.

MVPs vs Thailand
3- Papa
2- Kusto
1-Mitchell

Season Wrap Up
Well it was a topsy turvy season with some good highs but we dropped some winnable games that cost us good draws and semi finals!
Lets start with the season competition- most points in the season was won by Hai Nguyen with 195pts. This was interrupted by a 2 week inury and some bad gameshape late in the season which could have put him up in the elite season scoring category. Closest margin picker was... Whitewind guessing 198pts. Given the purpose of the competition, ill give it to 2nd spot, which is Solesky guessing 182pts. Congrats mate, ill buy you a 3 month supporter for next season. Great to see youve got a u21 future SF player there in Rutgerson too!
Rebounds winner was Deano picking MacQuaid with 120 rebounds, ust 3 off, and no one picked Nguyen to take the assists count with the 45.

MVP count
Nguyen- 3, 3, 2, 2, 3= 13 votes
MacQuaid- 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3= 12 votes
Papa- 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3=10 votes
Kusto- 3, 2, 2= 7 votes
Satyanraina- 1, 3, 3= 7 votes
Mitchell- 2, 1, 1, 1= 5 votes
Ho- 3, 2= 5 votes
Sanjiv- 2, 2= 4 votes
Barnden- 2, 1= 3 votes

Well done to the mighty rimmers for an u21 mvp, training Hai Nguyen. Nguyen is my 23rd u21 trainee that i have trained up for Australia u21s and 2nd MVP, giving our nation a continual source of u21 players to keep our nation competing. Nguyen narrowly took the count over MacQuaid who also had a super consistent season, trained by tommyg18 of the Melbourne Sloths. Tommy has committed to training for the u21s with Wallwork another cornerstone big man for season 57 in the program and future talent in Haturini. With trainers like this guy, Australia clings onto hopes of winning Asian trophies once again. But we need more. The depth of our current positions each season is so thin. Our minimum standards are met by only usually our starting players. So if you would like to have a try at training some of Australia's youth, with weekly training you can have an u21 player and build a strong base for your own team! Even better, chase a few Aussies for your utopia team and join in the training fun for our nation with your second team.

Id like to thank all of the managers who trained for our nation in season 56, special mention to Baxter Bogans who put 3 guys on our team this season and really added to our SG/SF depth as the season wore on. Those 3 are amazing trained guys that will cause all opposition teams headaches due to their versatility. Season 57 begins this week for us with scouting and a scrimmage against world number 2 Lithuania! Please bbmail me with all questions u21 related and keep training those young blokes- we need them!



Last edited by whitewind at 04/15/2022 20:21:24