8-594: Northside Wizards is a NBL1 North club based in Brisbane, Queensland . The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 North. The club is a division of Northside Basketball Inc., the major administrative basketball organisation in northern Brisbane. The Wizards play their home games at Northside Indoor Sports Centre. Northside Basketball's history stems back to 1935 when the Brisbane Women's Basketball Club
16-793: The Gladstone Port City Power . The Wizards left the QBL after the 2015 season . The Wizards played in the Queensland State League (QSL) in 2020 and then joined the NBL1 North in 2021 . In 2023 , the women's team reached the NBL1 North grand final series, where they defeated the Rockhampton Cyclones 2–0, with 87–52 in game one and 70–59 in game two. In 2024 , the women's team returned to
24-618: The National Basketball League (NBL) announced a new partnership to bring NBL1 to Queensland in 2020, with NBL1 replacing the QBL. On 15 January 2020, the QBL was officially renamed NBL1 North and became the north conference of NBL1. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 season was cancelled. For the 2022 season , the NBL1 North had a club from Darwin – the Darwin Salties – represented for
32-530: The National Basketball League (NBL) to bring NBL1 to Queensland. NBL1 replaced the former QBL to create more professional pathways and opportunities for males and females playing basketball in Queensland. As a result, the QBL became the north conference of NBL1. In 2022, the league expanded into the Northern Territory with the addition of a club from Darwin . The league was formed in 1986 as
40-819: The Queensland State Basketball League . In 1994, the league joined the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) to become the competition's North conference. The CBA was restructured as the Australian Basketball Association (ABA) in 1999. In 2002, the league became known as the Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL). Around this time, the QABL set up a division system to separate
48-634: The NBL1 North grand final series, this time losing 2–1 to the Cyclones. The Wizards won game one 80–71 but then lost game two 81–76 and lost game three 80–59. NBL1 North NBL1 North , formerly the Queensland Basketball League (QBL), is a semi-professional basketball league in Queensland and Northern Territory , Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2020, Basketball Queensland partnered with
56-508: The north and south teams within the state: the Sunstate (North Queensland) and Southern Cross (South Queensland) divisions. Following the 2006 season, the QABL restructured the competition, which saw the two divisions combining to have a statewide league of only one division for the 2007 season. The ABA was abandoned following the 2008 season, resulting in the QBL becoming an independent league again. In October 2019, Basketball Queensland and
64-566: Was formed. In 1951 the name was changed to Brisbane Men's and Women's Basketball and in 1990 it became known as the Brisbane Community Basketball Association. In 1993, the club began trading as the Brisbane Wizards. Competing in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL), the club became known as Northside Wizards in 2003. In 2010, the women's team reached the QBL grand final, where they lost to
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