The SA Shotclock is back for the final time in Season 2 including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined for a Grand Final Extravaganza by regular co-hosts Downtown Allan Browne and James Woite as they give their summation of the preliminary finals and preview the upcoming Grand Finals in the NBL1 Central.

It’s here the INAUGURAL NBL1 CENTRAL GRAND FINAL QUIZ – 30 questions for 15 rebounds of action – who will take out the first edition – play along at home and see how you go? 

Plus, SA Basketball News with the latest on the relaunch of the Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL and the NBL1 Reserves to Division 4 Grand Final results. The Shotclock is expiring for Season Two so get listening…

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by Chappy and Bella to set the flight plan for the NBL1 Central Preliminary Finals as the Forestville Eagles find themselves protecting the nest to make it through to consecutive Grand Finals in 2025.  

All three breakdown some straight sets exits, record breaking wins and stage setups out of the Semi-Final weekend in the league – shorter, sharper and more succinct this week the SA Shotclock is on the clock for the second to last episode of the season.      

Plus, SA Basketball News with the latest updates on the NBL1 Reserves down to Division 4 in Seniors plus AU Waatu get their campaign underway with the home double header – and the Lightning grab their second import coming into the season to create another storm…

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by Chappy as they breakdown the results of the first week of the finals, what we learnt about who remains and what went wrong with the two teams ousted from the race for the championship in 2025

The Adelaide Waatu begin their fourth season in the University Basketball League this Tuesday – to bring us up to speed with the latest we chatted to Scott Freer coach of both teams last year and the coach of the Mens outfit.

She’s been all over the globe in one year from back home to New Zealand to Australia and China – we chatted to a key pivotal player in the semis this weekend in West Adelaide Bearcats Ashlee Strawbridge about her year and this weekend’s cut-throat semifinal against the Woodville Warriors.

Plus, SA Basketball News with the latest updates on the Adelaide Thunder in the WNWBL and who made the final three in District Reserves down to Division 4 in the senior men and women competitions…

Thought we’d forgotten???

The SA Shotclock brings you the final top ten placings and winners of the Commentators Choice for the Player of the Year in the NBL1 Central 2025 season – plus wraps the NBL1 Central Awards yesterday in case you missed it in our Awards Shotclock Snapshot special

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by two co-hosts for the show where the awards for NBL1 Central will be presented including the prestigious Eiler and Woollacott Medals – Downtown Allan Browne to break it all down with us today.

Bella Schaftenaar joins us to reflect on the season, review the final round games of the season and cover the huge successes in the Asia Cup Women and U19 Women World Cups.

We aren’t messing around today – with so much to cover before tonight’s elimination final we are straight into it from the tip-off of the show.

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by James Woite to run you through the final parts of the NBL1 Central 2025 Rounds including reviewing Round 14 and previewing Round 15. While we’ll be talking about all the finals teams in the coming weeks it’s time to help out with the shopping for the bottom three in each division as we open up for the first time TP’s Supermarket to see what needs repurchasing and buying for the future for these teams -  how long before they are back buying premium quality goods at the top of the table??? 

Plus, SA Basketball News with the latest updates on the Asia Cup Women Reps in Shenzhen 

Show List

0:00 – Introduction – WNWBL - Adelaide Thunder vs Gold Coast Rollers
8:10 – SA Basketball News – Asia Cup Women’s 2025
25:08 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s Round 14 Review
52:47 – NBL1 Central 2025 Men’s Round 14 Review
1:32:00 – TP’s Supermarket – NBl1 Central Teams 8-10 2025 and their Championship Window 2:14:00 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 15 Preview

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by Chappy to run the rule over a busy First Nations Round featuring five days of basketball action split apart the last week with highlights a plenty – our First Nations players turned it on for the Round in the NBL1 Central.

They discuss who has pole position heading into the last two games of the season and who is hanging onto getting points into the finals with only ONE spot left in each finals bracket.   

A pleasant surprise and after pulling a few texts and messages – it aligned as the newest signing to the Adelaide Lightning and off the back off a season defining game of the week in the NBL1 Central – Jasmin Fejo joins us in a raw, emotional and passionate chat about the journey from her last WNBL stint to now.

Must listen material a plenty hear all of it in full today.  

Plus, SA Basketball News with the latest updates on the U16 Junior National Championships and the last news before the Asia Cup gets underway for our Women Reps in Shenzhen…

Show List

0:00 – Introduction – Chappy the play-by-play experience
7:20 – SA Basketball News – WNBL Free Agency, Asia Cup Women’s 2025, U16 National Championships Update     
21:00 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s First Nations Round Review
58:20 – Interview – Jasmin Fejo – Adelaide Lightning – Woodville Warriors NBL1 Central
1:34:50 – NBL1 Central 2025 Men’s First Nations Round Review
2:03:25 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 13 Preview
2:18:10 – NBL1 Central Norwood vs Eastern Result Update – Ladder Predictions Scenarios

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by James Woite – the perfect man to go over Rounds 12 and the double header Round 13 as they look at results, what history has told us about this time of the season and the possible connotations to the final two rounds of games including a thrilling finish for not only the final five but also ladder positions inside the five. 

With two games per club – fate will either be sealed or will remain in their own hands to create a legacy for years to come.

Plus, SA Basketball News with a mixed bag for our South Australian teams, players and representatives this week as we review the recent records of stories circling the globe…

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by Bella for a huge day of draws released in the WNBL and NBL and drafts with the NBA looking to possibly call upon one of our own – will it happen while we record it on air and will TP’s prediction of South Australian Lachlan Olbrich being drafted lower than 70 come true???

TP catches up with a man who was born in the paint, molded by it and it was game-changing for him – with a unique skill set from the start of his career we talk to Eastern Mavericks big man BJ Symons about why he loves the community of the country…  

Plus all of the round up from Round 11 of the NBL1 Central from a three-point party Saturday, the ladder defining double header upsets Sunday and some huge games to look ahead to as we get the final word from Bella for the Mavs Kayo Freebies Game of the Week Saturday Night…

*Editor’s Note – we said this was episode 34 in the recording but as you can see it’s Episode 35 of the season      

Show List

0:00 – On March 23 TP tweeted…
2:00 – Introduction – Dinner at the Schaftenaar’s last Sunday – new sponsor announcement
11:00 – SA Basketball News – NBL and WNBL Adelaide Home Highlights in draws for season, WNBL signings and free agency, 3x3 World Cup Mongolia update and SA Pearls and Boomerangs
27:50 – Interview – BJ Symons Eastern Mavericks NBL1 Central
47:22 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s Rd 11 Review – NBA Draft Update
1:18:10 – NBL1 Central 2025 Mens’s Rd 11 Review – NBA Draft Update
1:44:55 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 12 Preview

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by Chappy to dissect Round 10 of the NBL1 Central league as teams start to post their qualifying positions for the final five laps of the season and the race is very much open to most teams in both the Mens and Womens – the gaps however are starting to emerge.

TP catches up with a Jarvis from the Southern Tigers – but which one will appear for the interview – find out on the show today???

Plus, a huge range of announcements coming from the NBL and WNBL around the basketball calendar that already has both TP and Chappy reaching for their pen – but one particular one may have them already in the right city at the right time… And finally clearly there was a need for a code too – a Cheatham code to unlock the Sixers defensive menace and swing…     

Show List

0:00 – Introduction
5:25 – SA Basketball News – The Cheatham Code, NBL/WNBL Major Fixture and Signing Announcements, Hoopsfest, Womens 3x3 Series, Pearls and Spinners, Junior Classics Highlights
33:26 – Interview – Jarvis Doles of the Southern Tigers 
55:40 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s Rd 10 Review
1:27:55 – NBL1 Central 2025 Mens’s Rd 10 Review
1:59:40 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 11 Preview