It was Grand Final week, and Bevo was joined by NBL1 Central guru Tristan Prentice in the absence of Jakey, who was a very late out unfortunately for our final episode of the season.

We had two in studio guests from one of our women’s grand finalists, Sophie Kerridge and Mia Parkin from the Norwood Flames.

We talked about their big bounce win against the Southern Tigers last weekend, how the build up has been during the week and how they plan to bring down the undefeated Sturt Sabres in the big dance.

Tim Shortt, coach of the Sturt Sabres also joined us to talk about how his group have managed another week off, their drive to bounce back after last season’s heartbreak and the keys to locking down that Norwood offense in consecutive games.

From the men’s grand final the coach of the West Adelaide Bearcats, Dean Nyberg, joined us to talk about their massive preliminary final win. We asked him about having an extra game together and the difference that made, their offence clicking, their underrated defense and how they plan to turn the tide on the Forestville Eagles in the grand final.

Being our last episode of the season, we would like to thank everyone who supported our show this season on social media and through tuning into the podcast.

We would also like to thank all players, coaches and officials who gave up their time to have a chat to us this season, we are truly grateful.

All the best to all four teams this weekend, see you in 2024.

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It is was our 18th episode for the season, and tonight Bevo and Jake were flying solo. We did get the chance to have a chat to Mollie McKendrick from the Southern Tigers about their big win on Saturday night. We talked about what went right in comparison to their first final, how to ensure everyone stays confident in big games and how they plan on turning around their recent struggles against the Norwood Flames.

Lachlan Olbrich from the West Adelaide Bearcats also joined us to talk about their nail-biting loss to the Forestville Eagles on Sunday. We asked him what didn’t go right for them and what needs to change against Sturt this weekend. We also had a chat about how he has felt being back in Australia in the NBL1 Central and moving into the NBL post season.

All this, plus we reviewed the weekend’s games and looked ahead to preview two massive preliminary finals.

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In our 17th episode of the season, Jakey was back and it was a Sturt Sabres flavour as we were joined in studio tonight by Kayla and Nicola Mathews.

We talked about their big game against the Flames this Sunday, how they have seen their season so far compared to last year and the keys to their success which has seen them to go undefeated with an 18-0 record.

We also had a chat with Sturt Sabres high flying recruit and NBL1 Central Men’s MVP winner Jordan Forbes.

The Hoopsters is on every Wednesday night from 7pm to 8pm on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM, or via the Radio Italia Uno app.

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