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The NBL continues to go from strength to strength, and the 2017-18 season is shaping up as the best one yet. It’s set to tip-off with the season opener between the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne United on Thursday, October 5 at 7:30pm (AEDT).
The Perth Wildcats are the defending champions, having won the last two seasons, but Melbourne United will head into 2017-18 as favourites.
While the regular season is scheduled to conclude on Sunday, February 18, a three-match semi-final series and five-match grand final series will take the season into March before it concludes.
Matches are played from Thursday to Sunday each week, with a few Monday night games scheduled throughout the season. There is also a one-off on Boxing Day, which happens to be a Tuesday as Melbourne United face the Brisbane Bullets.
Rounds vary between five and seven matches, and every match of the season will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 503.
Regardless of which rounds it is, there will be a match every week on Saturday at 5:30pm (AEDT), and another on Sunday afternoon at 3pm (AEDT). Both of these will be broadcast on SBS, with the Saturday game on Viceland (Channel 32) and the Sunday game on SBS (Channel 30 in high definition and 31 in standard definition).
It has also been announced that the ABC will broadcast a Friday night game on delay from 11pm (AEDT) each weekend.
This means the NBL has more free-to-air coverage than at any time in the past decade, while keeping every game live on Fox Sports.
To watch Fox Sports’ coverage of the NBL season, you will need a valid Foxtel TV subscription which includes the sports package.
As is the case with TV coverage, every game will be shown live on Foxtel Now or the Foxtel app. These are Foxtel’s streaming services.
Foxtel Now is better to use if you don’t already have a TV subscription, while the app is better to use if you do have a TV subscription, as it’s included in your package.
Sports on Foxtel Now starts from $29 per month.
If you want to watch SBS’ coverage of their live games, you will be able to do so through SBS on Demand.
An alternative to watch every game live online will be NBL TV. This costs $5 per month.
| Team | Venues |
| Adelaide 36ers | Titanium Security Arena |
| Brisbane Bullets | Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Carrara Stadium (Gold Coast) |
| Cairns Taipans | Cairns Convention Centre |
| Illawarra Hawks | WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong |
| Melbourne United | Hisense Arena, Melbourne |
| New Zealand Breakers | North Shore Events Centre, Spark Arena (both Auckland) |
| Perth Wildcats | Perth Arena |
| Sydney Kings | Qudos Bank Arena, Homebush |
Adelaide 36ers
Shannon Shorter (import), Brendan Teys (captain), Adam Doyle, Nathan Sobey, Ramone Moore (import), Mitch Creek, Anthony Drmic, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (development), Ronald Roberts (import), Majok Deng, Caleb Davis (development), Daniel Johnson, Matt Hodgson
Brisbane Bullets
Travis Trice (import), Adam Gibson (captain), Shaun Bruce, Stephen Holt (import), Matt Kenyon, Reuben Te Rangi, Perrin Buford (import), Anthony Petrie, Tom Fullarton (development), Cameron Bairstow, Mitchell Young, Daniel Kickert, Tom Jervis, Tyrrell Harrison (development)
Cairns Taipans
Michael Carrera (import), Nnana Egwu (import), Cameron Gliddon (captain), Damon Heuir, Nate Jawai, Kuany Kuany, Alex Loughton, Mitch McCarron, Scoochie Smith (import), Jarrad Weeks, Stephen Weigh
Illawarra Hawks
Mitch Norton, Kevin White, Marshal Nelson (development), Rhys Martin (captain), Rotnei Clarke, Angus Glover (development), Demitrius Conger, Tim Coenraad, Nic Pozoglou (development), Delvon Johnson (import), Oscar Forman, Cody Ellis, AJ Ogilvy, Nick Kay
Melbourne United
Casper Ware (import), Daniel Dillon, Peter Hooley, Chris Goulding, Kyle Adnam, Sam Short (development), Casey Prather (import), David Barlow, Jesse White (development), Josh Boone (import), Tai Wesley, Tohi Smith-Milner (development), David Andersen (captain), Majok Majok, Craig Moller
New Zealand Breakers
Thomas Abercrombie (co-captain), Finn Delany, Daniel Fotu (development), James Hunter, Shea Ili, Robert Loe, D.J. Newbill (import), Mitchell Newton (development) Jordan Ngatai, Kirk Penney, Alex Pledger, Derone Raukawa (development), Edgar Sosa (import), Mika Vukona (co-captain)
Perth Wildcats
Damian Martin (captain), Jarrod Kenny, Bryce Cotton (import), Dexter Kernrich-Drew, Mason Bragg (development), J.P. Tokoto (import), Greg Hire, Lucas Walker, Derek Cooke (import), Jesse Wagstaff, Matthew Knight, Angus Brandt, Devondrick Walker (import – injured until new year)
Sydney Kings
Kevin Lisch (captain), Jason Cadee, Sam Daly (development), Travis Leslie (import), Todd Blanchfield, Adam Thoseby,
Brad Newley, Tom Garlepp, Perry Ellis (import), Dane Pineau, Darcy Malone (development), Isaac Humphries, Amritpal Singh (import), Deng Acouth (development)
(AAP Image/Tony McDonough)
How to watch the match on TV
Foxtel offers the best choice of live sport from Australia and around the world.Sport on Foxtel’s iQ3 is the championship viewing experience including HD quality, the ability to record your favourite team and shows, as well as stream live sport anytime, anywhere on your favourite devices with the Foxtel app^ included in your subscription.
How to live stream the match online
Stream the best choice of live sport from Australia and around the world instantly with Foxtel Now. Foxtel Now is the more flexible and accessible way to stream live sport to your devices. Plus, you can start watching today with a two-week free trial^.If you already have a Foxtel subscription that includes the Sport pack, you can stream live sport anytime, anywhere to your devices through the free Foxtel app~.
^Requires internet and compatible device. Data charges may apply. Australia only.
~Just connect your compatible device to the internet. Data charges may apply. Shows only available if they’re in your pack, some shows/channels not available. Sorry, Australia only.
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