UC Caps Weekly

This week we follow our UC Caps players competing in the Queensland State League and we catch up with UC Caps Head Coach, Paul Goriss. We cover his accidental pathway into coaching, discuss his team philosophy, his new UC Capitals recruits and finally being able to catch up on some Netflix. 

Basketball Australia COE head coach and UC Capitals assistant coach Kristen Veal talks about the challenges for evolving athletes dealing with adversity. Be it killer viruses, natural disasters injury or personal issues. Kristen started her career with the phenomenal 1999 AIS Championship team and had a somewhat tumultuous playing career before now guiding our future stars as the Head Coach of Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence women's program. With a lifetime of experience under her belt at the age of only 39, her insight and knowledge is an invaluable asset for the future of the women's game in Australia.

This week we check out the fortunes of our UC Caps players competing in the Queensland State League, we continue with 'Kia-Watch' and we catch up with UC Caps favourite Keely Froling. We cover her rise from a kid who really wasn't interested in playing to becoming Australian 3x3 representative and WNBL Champion and we discover what it is like to live in the highly competitive and sometimes bloody Froling household!

We are back, after the podcast bye, with news about the end of the Canberra Nationals Waratah League season and who better to talk to about it than UC Capitals guard Abby Cubillo. We also talk to Abby about snow, Netflix and real estate! All this and more in Episode 7.

This week we look back with four-time UC Capitals champion, Tracey Beatty. 
We look back over here career, learn about her time as an Octopus and talk about her second career, being mistaken for Lauren Jackson!
We catch up on various UC Caps players playing nationally and ex-Capitals playing in the WNBA.

This episode we catch up with the newest UC Capitals signing Mikaela Ruef. 
After spending all of the 2019/20 season waiting for her permanent residency, it's finally come through and UC Caps fans will be able to see Mikaela back on the floor in November.
We catch up on various UC Caps players as they hit the courts again after the COVID break and we get up to date with all the league signings.

This episode we catch up with UC Capitals legend, Nat Hurst. 11 Seasons with the Capitals. 9 WNBL Grand Finals, 7 WNBL Championships and the 2008/09 Grand Final MVP. Played in France, Hungary, Poland and Turkey and now is beginning her coaching career only 4 months after hanging up the boots. Join us as we discuss her amazing career and talk about what's to come for this local legend.

This week, we catch up with brand new UC Capital, Brittany Smart and talk to her about the life of an international baller, getting fit and staying fit and what she will bring to the UC Caps in the upcoming season.

Join us this week as we talk about the new Australian Opals announcement with a big call up to the national team squad for Capital's guard Maddi Rocci. We then catch up with Maddi on the phone to help her celebrate and to see how she's been surviving in COVID land. We finish the episode with a look at this week's WNBL player movements. 

In our very first podcast, we talk about the impact of COVID 19 on the WNBL and its plans for the 2020/21 season. We talk about the new signings for the UC Capitals for the upcoming 2020/21 season.
We talk with Marianna Tolo about life as a pro baller in COVID lockdown and her excitement for the coming season.
We look at off-season player movements across the WNBL and talk about Australia's hosting of the FIBA Women's World Cup in 2022.