The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the premier women's basketball league in Australia. Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ...
The league was established in 1986, following 5 years of the sports development through the Women’s Basketball League and the Women’s Basketball Conference. WNBL games are televised on the ABC. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national public broadcaster. ...
There are currently 8 teams in the WNBL with all States represented with the exception of Tasmania and the Northern Territory:
Adelaide Lightning
Australian Institute of Sport
Bulleen Melbourne Boomers
Canberra Capitals
Dandenong Rangers
Perth Lynx
Sydney Uni Flames
Townsville Fire
The league has been successfully in developing the players, the national team the Opals and as lead to many Australia women receiving contracts to play basketball in European leagues and the WNBA. Michele Timms was the first Australian woman and the first international player drafted in the WNBA. Among the other notable players to make the transition from the WNBL to the WNBA are Lauren Jackson, Penny Taylor, and Tully Bevilaqua. WNBA may also refer to WNBA-AM, a radio station in Illinois. ... Michele Margaret Timms (born June 28, 1965), and better known plainly as Michele Timms, is an Australian basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury in the Womens National Basketball Association. ... Lauren Jackson posing with her WNBA Most Valuable Player Award Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born May 11, 1981 in Albury, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional basketball player. ...
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