Marcus Timmons Suits up in D2M
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The Official Big V Basketball Online Magazine OVERTIME The Best Imports of All Time Corletto switches sides Marcus Timmons suits up in D2M + Brian Vaughns on Coaching: What’s his philosophy? + We say goodbye to two Victorian basketballing greats + Why should we watch Geelong Cats D1M February 2010 CONTENTS ON THE COVER Also inside 6 WHY CORLETTO CHANGED 3 HOOPS SCOOPS STRIPES Latest Australian Basketball Why a long-term Tiger made the news. What’s happening over switch and will play as a Hawk. seas, the NBL and WNBL draw to a close 7 RISING STAR: NICK JONES Another defector, last year’s 11 WHY SHOULD WE WATCH YOU? SCM rising star Nick Jones is Geelong Cats head coach about to commence playing in Shayne Bow, sheds a little his new home. light on his line-up for 2010. 9 FINE IMPORTED GOODS 14 COACH’S CORNER Who have been the best We speak with new Hume imports of all time? City lady’s coach, Brian Vaughns. 12 MARCUS TIMMONS LANDS IN MCKINNON A look back at a fine career and how the man will influence the Big V D2M Let’s play ball Talks of Basketball Australia’s underpinning league (UPL) are progressing with the main focus on the structure and potential representation from each It’s all systems go for season 2010 and I for one can state. The March meeting of the working party is set hardly contain my enthusiasm. Let’s look at the to produce a concept paper for approval of the BA stats? 10 divisions, 39 clubs, 97 teams, 152 referees, Board. 955 regular season games, 1600 players. They don’t This in turn will be issued to the states and call us Big V for nothing! consultation from all interested parties will begin. As I’m proud to report that Big V is the first league in you know, Big V have registered their strong interest the country to trial an online clearance system. So to be involved in the process and I’ll keep you far it has been embraced by all of our clubs and is informed as the situation develops. providing a simple paper-free membership trail for So I hope to see you out and about at Big V venues your players. We’ve also gone with online throughout the state. If you do see me, make sure registrations for the first time which has been an easy you say gidday! transition for both players and club administrators. For the first time, our clubs are in control of their own membership and it’s all contained in one central Until next time, point. Now, a player’s immediate history is searchable and when the historical stats project is Darryl Neal completed later in the year, so too will the entire league history be searchable. Big V President Darryl Neal — Big V Basketball President Big V Basketball overtime February 2010 3 hoopscoops NBL Grand Final Aussie March Madness coverage wide With March Madness approaching in US College schools. Hoops, Aussie A.J. Ogilvy holds perhaps our best The Diamond Valley product was initially a Although this year will be the first NBL Grand hopes for some ESPN action with his Vanderbilt student of Indiana, but he moved to Patty Mills’s old Final without a Victorian presence in a very long Commodores knocking on the door. school, St. Mary’s, who seem to have an Aussie fetish time, I’m sure plenty of you will still be keen to Although his numbers are down this year slightly, with five players in their roster, including the take a look at who will hold the triphy aloft. the Commodores are looking to cruise into the Nunawading prepped Matthew Dellavedova who’s If you don’t have Foxtel and aren’t interested in tournament again this year and shake things up. filling Patty’s shoes more than aptly, averaging 12.1 finding a venue, or a mate who does, you may not Last year they were knocked out in the first round, ppg and 4.7 assists. have to. Word on the street is it’s getting a run live but they could go deeper this year with a number of The Gonzaga hurdle ain’t going away for the Gaels online on Fiba TV. seniors hitting their straps. however and if they want to feature in the Obviously there’s no substitue for seeing the Ogilvy, a solid unit at 6’10”-ish and with some tournament, that’s who they’ll need to get above. action on the home big screen, and Foxtel’s quickness and strength is proving a leader on the To the ladies now and two Big V players from last coverage has been expanded and warmly floor as well, an enticing proposition for clubs in the year hitting the college hardwood are Bec Campigli received this year by fans, even with the US and no doubt Europe. and Ash Vella from the Melbourne Tigers. downsizing of the competition. Last week he had the chance to hit the game Bec Campigli averaged 10 points and four boards Many may have forgotten that this year was winner against Kentucky, with a runner from the top in the Big V last year. Although not getting a heap of Basketball Australia’s first real crack and it’s been a of the paint, but misfired. His response: “I can make court action thus far she is hitting the floor for a few successful campaign — it’s received good that shot eight out of 10. Unfortunately, today was mintes in most games, a sign the coaches want her coverage, a solid following, a tight race which one of the two I missed.” to develop and let’s hope she can build. went, and continues to go down to the wire and He went on to have 27 against Mississippi and was Ash Vella has been impressing at Idaho state something substantial now to build on. perfect from the stripe in the last four minutes (8-8), University. Averaging 7.4 points and and 5.7 boards, At time of writing, Perth have advanced to the showing his quality down the stretch. There’ll be Ash, who averaged 11 points and five boards in the final, now we just wait on Townsville and more than just hoop fans watching his progress in Big V last year is proving quite a nice prospect for the Wollongong, and some announcements for the the coming weeks; let’s hope he brings his A-game. future. seasons ahead. Melbourne born and raised prospect Ben Allen Eltham Wildcat Jessica Bearzatto is looking to Plenty of talk about Sydney and Brisbane, has turned his college career around this season, establish a Division II name for herself also. another Melbourne team, even another New going from a couple points a game to a 10 points Zealand outfit: time will tell. and seven rebounds average, since changing Bogut robbed of All-star Jersey I’m not even going to pretend that I’m not biased here, but thankfully even though his numbers were average compared to Bogut’s. Coach Van Gundy who helmed the Eastern conference squad in this year’s Horford is averaging 13.3 points and 9.5 boards, but the Hawks NBA All-star game, agrees with me — Andrew Bogut probably deserved are sitting prettier than Milwaukee. an All-star jersey. While he was disappointed for his starting centre, Milwaukee Averaging 15.9 points and 10.3 rebounds at the time (this has gone up coach Scott Skiles understands the reasons Horford was chosen since then) Stan Van Gundy said Andrew Bogut should’ve been in the ahead of Bogut. game, and for good reason. “Andrew’s numbers are better, but when a guy is a starting centre “He’s probably more of a true centre than a lot of the other guys that on a (winning team), it’s hard to argue against it. people have talked about at that position,” Van Gundy told the Milwaukee In other NBA news, David Andersen found some touch recently, Journal Sentinal. posting an 18 point, seven rebound game against Utah. He picked off a “I don’t think there is any question that he is an All-star calibre guy.” couple of steals as well. Second in the league in blocked shots, tenth in the league in rebounds, In the same week, he grabbed a season-high 11 boards against Indiana 12th in the league in double-doubles, Bogut’s own coach Scott Skiles in what was perhaps his most productive week this year. Let’s hope he believes the snub was due to the Bucks’ win and loss column, which can keep giving Houston those kinds of numbers to keep his value high stands below .500. ahead of next year. Since then, Bogut has more than proven he’s worthy, claiming 24 Across the Atlantic now and to Europe, where Joe Ingles is points and 20 boards in addition to five blocked shots against — and this making Spanish headlines. A 21 point, 10 rebound game has given is the best bit — David Lee and the Knicks, who was picked ahead of him ex-South Dragon championship player Joe Ingles’ Player of the for the All-star game. Week honours for CB Granada in the tough ACB Spanish League. “When coaches vote, they take into account guys on winning The recognition is huge for Joe, who not so long ago was sniffing teams more than guys on other teams,” Skiles said.