Category: NBL1

Coach Grant Wallace says the work done by the Hoop City Geelong United Supercats’ second unit during the second quarter of Saturday night’s 89-73 win over Dandenong was crucial for a seventh win of the NBL1 South season. Trailing 31-22...

Dandenong might sit 12th on the NBL1 South ladder with a 7-8 win-loss record, but Hoop City Geelong United Supercats women’s coach Matt Paton is well aware of the challenge the Rangers will present on Saturday night. The Rangers have...

Hoop City Geelong United Supercats coach Grant Wallace is the first to admit his roster is leaving itself with very little wiggle room if it wants to feature in this year’s NBL1 South playoffs. Three consecutive losses before the King’s...

Melbourne-raised Matt McCarthy says the prospect of playing close to home was part of the enticement of continuing his basketball career with the Hoop City Geelong United Supercats. The 205cm centre has just arrived back in Australia after a stint...

For the Hoop City Geelong United Supercats men’s team, this weekend’s King’s Birthday break provides an opportunity to recharge the batteries in anticipation of a gruelling finish to the NBL1 season. However, United assistant coach Brent Reid isn’t enjoying a...

An inability to defend the opposition’s three-point shot has contributed to both of the Hoop City Geelong United Supercats’ weekend losses. In Saturday night’s 97-79 loss to Knox, the Raiders went 12-25 (48 per cent) from beyond the arc. On...

Coach Matthew Paton couldn’t hide his pride in his players after the Hoop City Geelong United Supercats Women produced two NBL1 wins within 24 hours while still coming to terms with the death of Nick Forde. The assistant coach died...

Geelong United Basketball is in mourning following the death of NBL1 women’s assistant coach Nick Forde. Nick, who was in his fourth season as an assistant, died suddenly overnight. “We are in shock at Nick’s passing,” CEO Mark Neeld said....

Hoop City Geelong United Supercats coach Matt Paton isn’t shying away from how vital two wins are this weekend as the NBL1 South women’s season heads for home. United, which sits 5th with a 7-4 win-loss record, one win behind...

After conceding more than 90 points or more for the sixth time in the first half of the season in last week’s loss to Bendigo, Hoop City Geelong United Supercats men’s coach Grant Wallace is keen to see a locked-in...