24-651: Geelong United is a NBL1 South club based in Geelong, Victoria . Known as the Geelong Supercats for the overwhelming majority of its existence, the club fields teams in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. Previously managed by Basketball Geelong, the club is affiliated with Geelong United Basketball and plays its home games at the Geelong Arena . The Geelong Basketball Club was established in 1977 with
48-603: A long time and runs a program that other basketball organisations aspire to. It's no secret he coaches at a high level and I know I'll learn a lot from him." After his first season with the Taipans, O'Loughlin joined the club's QBL feeder team, the Cairns Marlins as the head coach in 2018, and guided the club to the grand finals against the Townsville Heat. The Marlins lost both games of the series. In 2018
72-743: A men's team. The team entered the Victorian Championship and finished sixth in 1978 and fifth in 1979. In 1980, the team signed Cal Bruton , Steven Kelocinski and Ray Shirley. That year, the side won three major tournaments and finished runners-up in the VBA championships. In 1981, the Geelong Cats debuted in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) and won the inaugural SEABL championship and inaugural ABA National championship . Geelong
96-648: Is an Australian professional basketball coach. O'Loughlin's coaching career started in 1999, when he was the Club Director of Coaching for Geelong 's Christian College , whilst also serving as the head coach of the U12 Boys team with Basketball Geelong. After coaching the Basketball Geelong U12 and U16 Boys teams for multiple years, in 2003 O'Loughlin was promoted to coaching the U18 team. In
120-505: The 1988 season, a group of local businessmen fought to save the team and as a result were granted a license to ensure Geelong's ongoing participation in the NBL. After a top-three finish in 1991, another exodus of players resulted in the Supercats finishing last in 1992. Following the 1996 season, the license was sold back to the NBL. The team had recorded 388 NBL games in 15 years. In 1997,
144-655: The 1990s. The team was an inaugural member of the Big V in 2000. After winning the 2010 Big V championship , the team entered the SEABL for the first time in 2011. In 2017, the Supercats women won their first SEABL championship with a 76–67 grand final victory over the Bendigo Braves . In 2019, following the demise of the SEABL, the Supercats joined the NBL1 for the new competition's inaugural season . The women's team reached
168-627: The 2007 season. The team was undefeated through the first 17 games and went on to record their best-ever season of 22 wins and 4 losses to secure the minor premiership. Geelong met Canberra in the 2007 Conference Grand Final, which saw the rematch go to Geelong; they won an unprecedented third straight SEABL conference title. Geelong hosted the North Adelaide Rockets in the ABA National quarter-finals and defeated them by 29 points but then were defeated by eventual National Champions,
192-550: The 2019 NBL1 grand final, where they lost 86–76 to the Kilsyth Cobras . That same year, Basketball Geelong and Corio Bay Basketball Association amalgamated under a new banner, Geelong United Basketball (GUB). The Supercats did not play in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The teams officially became known as Geelong United Supercats for the 2022 NBL1 season . In April 2024, GUB completed its branding change for
216-483: The Cairns Marlins, the following weekend in the ABA National semi-finals. 2008 was a rebuilding year for the Supercats, who saw their season end with a conference semi-final loss to Frankston. The Supercats returned to the conference grand final in 2009, where they again lost to Frankston. The 2010 season saw Jamie O'Loughlin take over as head coach. With import Isma'il Muhammad staying on for another season,
240-739: The NBL1 teams from 'Supercats' to 'United'. As of the end of the 1996 season *Note: In 1983 and 1984, the NBL was split into Eastern and Western divisions during the regular season. NBL1 South Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 228115184 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:51:21 GMT Jamie O%27Loughlin Jamie O'Loughlin
264-636: The Silver Medal. O'Loughlin continued coaching both the under-16 and under-17 teams until 2014, during which he won another Gold Medal (with the under-16 team) and another Silver Medal (with the under-17 team). After his success in Geelong and with the junior national teams, O'Loughlin moved to Perth in 2014 and joined the Perth Wildcats of the NBL as an assistant coach. During his time coaching
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#1732783880871288-584: The South Conference with a 22–8 record and defeated Nunawading in the South Conference final. In the National finals, wins against Cairns (94–93) and the AIS (101–92) were followed by a 98–78 win over Kilsyth in the grand final. They subsequently won their second ABA National championship . In 2000 and 2001, both seasons ended with conference semi-finals losses to Frankston. In 2002, the Supercats reached
312-519: The Supercats re-entered the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). They missed the finals with a 12–12 record. In 1998, the Supercats had a 23–8 record and finished runners-up to Hobart for the South Conference title. The second-place finish entitled the Supercats to participate in the National finals, where they lost to eventual champions Cairns in the semi-finals. In 1999, the Supercats finished first in
336-696: The Supercats recruited J'Nathan Bullock to the second import spot. The combination proved ultimately successful, with Geelong winning the South Conference title against Hobart and then defeated Bendigo in the SEABL Championship final. The women's program of Basketball Geelong, the Geelong Lady Cats , played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in 1986 and in the Victorian Basketball League (VBL) during
360-532: The Supercats to a second-place finish with a 17–9 record before leading them to a 108–73 win over Canberra in the conference grand final to record their second consecutive SEABL East Conference championship. Travelling to Newcastle the following week for the ABA National finals, the Supercats defeated Southern Districts and Knox to reach the grand final. There Geelong defeated Dandenong 94–80 to claim their third national championship. The core group of local Geelong talent and both imports Myers and Brown were retained for
384-554: The Supercats were eliminated by the Sydney Comets in the first round. In 2005, Geelong finished the regular season as minor premiers with a 15–11 record and went on to defeat Mildura to secure the SEABL East Conference championship. Geelong again played host to the ABA National finals, with the Supercats again losing to the Sydney Comets in the first round. In 2006, imports Jamal Brown and Shawn Myers guided
408-569: The Taipans made multiple coaching changes, during which O'Loughlin was the only coach to remain at the club over the off season. Despite being a potential replacement for outgoing head coach Aaron Fearne, Mike Kelly was chosen as the new head coach and O'Loughlin was promoted to the first assistant coach position instead. O'Loughlin was named as an assistant coach in the UniSport Australia Emerging Boomers squad in 2019, and traveled to Napoli , Italy to compete in
432-518: The Wildcats he helped them reach the semi-finals during the 2014–15 season , and win the championship during the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. O'Loughlin moved to Cairns in 2017 and joined rival NBL club the Cairns Taipans as the second assistant coach, stating the reason was that he "couldn't pass on the chance to work with" head coach Aaron Fearne . "He's been highly successful for
456-462: The conference grand final, where they lost 111–100 to the AIS. In 2003, they finished fourth in the East conference with a 14–12 record before losing in the semi-final to Hume City. In 2004, they finished in fourth in the East conference with a 14–14 record. They went on to lose in the elimination semi-final before earning a wild card entry into the National finals due to Geelong being the host venue. There
480-655: The national league team Nunawading . With the victory, Geelong was accepted into the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 1982 season. The Cats finished runners-up in the 1982 NBL season . They had 13 straight wins during the season and finished second on the ladder after the home-and-away rounds. They eventually lost in the NBL Grand Final to the West Adelaide Bearcats 80–74 after having trailed by 22 points. Cal Bruton
504-670: The same year he also took teams from Christian College to multiple championships, including the Hooptime Championships, the Victorian College Championships, and the Australian Schools Championships. In April 2006 O'Loughlin joined the Geelong Supercats as an assistant coach, and helped guide the team to three consecutive championships in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). In October 2009 he
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#1732783880871528-502: Was named NBL Coach of the Year . In 1983 and 1984, the Cats finished on top of the NBL's Western Division both years. The team suffered at the hands of ownership problems during the latter part of the 1980s to the extent that a mass exodus of players at the end of 1987 contributed to a winless season in 1988, the same year the team changed its name from the Cats to the Supercats. At the end of
552-531: Was promoted to head coach, and won the SEABL again in 2010. Between 2009 and 2011 O'Loughlin ran team camps for the Australia national under-17 basketball team, and in 2011 he coached the under-16 team at the 2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship. After leading the team to the Gold Medal, he rejoined the under-17 team and traveled to the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship with them, where they reached
576-815: Was subsequently invited to compete in the Converse Super Challenge in Adelaide against Launceston (1981 national league winners), West Adelaide (No. 1 team in South Australia), and St Kilda (Australia's representative in the world championships in Brazil). Geelong emerged victors of the Super Challenge. The club was also the Victorian Summer Championship Premiers with a resounding victory over
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