December 28 2017

The year is winding down and what a relief Tigers fans because soon it be 2018 and SEABL ’18 won’t be as far away from us.

2018 will be the third year of the Tigers in SEABL and it is in this fan’s point of view that this is the year where things are really serious.

On the Men’s side of things, the team is on the up after 2017 ensured that 2016’s numbers were bettered and they got off the bottom of the ladder, it still remains to be seen who our 2017 lineup will be comprised of but early signs indicate a solid team.

The Women’s team had 7 wins in their debut season and if luck went their way it could of been around 10 but our team will have another off-season under their belts and the lineup has fairly sound stability with few departures.

Hopefully the people of Melbourne will be interested in the Tigers in 2018, it is tough for the Tigers to get out of the shadow of their son (Melbourne United) but it can be done, the Tigers just gotta keep up the chatter, play some good basketball and show the world they are truly invested in the city of Melbourne (players + Melbourne in the backdrop make lovely photos).

Hopefully in 2018 many long time Tigers fans pop up and enjoy the club again, some feel that SEABL isn’t the NBL and its not the same feeling and while it is true SEABL is not the NBL, SEABL it is a great competition and it is worthy of fans time and effort to get to games or follow the action online.

Don’t forget most games are streamed on YouTube or a club website so you can virtually watch the Tigers play more than a dozen games online.

Lastly isn’t it great that the Sydney Kings have started to play some serious ball? Our YCM co-coach Andrew Gaze was having a dreadful season coaching the Kings but his players have seemed to have gotten things down aside from the bad starts thanks to wins over Cairns and Brisbane and narrowly losing to New Zealand.

That’s it for 2017, thank you for reading this year and we’ll be back next year with more.