2007 State Basketball League season explained

2007 State Basketball League season
League:	State Basketball League
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	30 March – 4 August (Regular season) 10 August – 8 September (Finals)
No Of Games:	24 (men) 22 (women)
No Of Teams:	13 (men) 12 (women)
Season:	Regular season
Minor Premiers:	M: Lakeside Lightning W: Stirling Senators
Mvp:	M: Aaron Shaw (Lightning) W: Christine Boyd (Redbacks)
Mvp Link:	State Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award
Top Scorer:	M: Jason Harris (Buccaneers) W: Christine Boyd (Redbacks)
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	M: Goldfields Giants W: Perry Lakes Hawks
Finals Runner-Up:	M: Lakeside Lightning W: Stirling Senators
Grand Final Mvp:	M: Shamus Ballantyne (Giants) W: Carli Boyanich (Hawks)
Grand Final Mvp Link:	State Basketball League Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslistnames:	SBL
Prevseason Link:	2006 State Basketball League season
Prevseason Year:	2006
Nextseason Link:	2008 State Basketball League season
Nextseason Year:	2008

The 2007 State Basketball League season was the 19th season of the State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 30 March and ended on Saturday 4 August. The finals began on Friday 10 August and concluded with the women's grand final on Friday 7 September and the men's grand final on Saturday 8 September.

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday 30 March and ended on Saturday 4 August after 18 rounds of competition.

Standings

Men's ladder


Team
1	20	4
2	17	7
3	16	8
4	15	9
5	14	10
6	14	10
7	14	10
8	14	10

9	10	14
10	7	17
11	7	17
12	5	19
13	3	21

Women's ladder


Team
1	20	2
2	18	4
3	18	4
4	14	8
5	13	9
6	12	10

7	12	10
8	8	14
9	7	15
10	4	18
11	3	19
12	3	19

Finals

The finals began on Friday 10 August and consisted of three rounds. The finals concluded with the women's grand final on Friday 7 September and the men's grand final on Saturday 8 September.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Men's bracket

Grand Final summary

Women's bracket

Grand Final summary

Awards

Statistics leaders

Category	Men's Player	Team	Women's Player	Team
	Jason Harris^[6]		Christine Boyd	Perth Redbacks
				Rockingham Flames
	Joel Wagner		Tanya Kelly	Perry Lakes Hawks
	Charleston Long		Casey Mihovilovich	Mandurah Magic
	Robert Epps			Rockingham Flames
			Sophia Kelly	Perth Redbacks
3-pt field goal percentage	Doug Gates		Jessica Spinner	Wanneroo Wolves
Free throw percentage				Stirling Senators

Regular season

Men's Most Valuable Player: Aaron Shaw (Lakeide Lightning)^[7]
Women's Most Valuable Player: Christine Boyd (Perth Redbacks)
Men's Coach of the Year: Andy Stewart (Lakeside Lightning)
Women's Coach of the Year: Rick Morcom (Perry Lakes Hawks)
Men's Most Improved Player: Joel Wagner (Perth Redbacks)
Women's Most Improved Player: Jessica Bone (Lakeside Lightning)
Men's All Star First Team:
- Michael Lay (Geraldton Buccaneers)
- Aaron Shaw (Lakeide Lightning)
- Jason Harris (Geraldton Buccaneers)
- Robert Epps (Willetton Tigers)
- Ty Shaw (Goldfields Giants)
Men's All Star Second Team:
- Shamus Ballantyne (Goldfields Giants)
- Ben Hunt (Willetton Tigers)
- Jeff Dowdell (Wanneroo Wolves)
- Jarrad Prue (Lakeside Lightning)
- Sean Sonderleiter (Perry Lakes Hawks)
Men's All Star Third Team:
- Joel Wagner (Perth Redbacks)
- Chris Stephens (Rockingham Flames)
- Charleston Long (Lakeside Lightning)
- Kyle Kunkel (Stirling Senators)
- Damian Matacz (Wanneroo Wolves)
Women's All Star First Team:
- Tanya Kelly (Perry Lakes Hawks)
- Myra Donkin (Lakeside Lightning)
- Carly Wilson (Stirling Senators)
- Liz Cooke (Stirling Senators)
- Christine Boyd (Perth Redbacks)
Women's All Star Second Team:
- Casey Mihovilovich (Mandurah Magic)
- Melissa Marsh (Willetton Tigers)
- Emma Pass (Cockburn Cougars)
- Carli Boyanich (Perry Lakes Hawks)
- Shelly Boston (Rockingham Flames)
Women's All Star Third Team:
- Tegan Walker (Geraldton Buccaneers)
- Sue Williams (Willetton Tigers)
- Jessica Spinner (Wanneroo Wolves)
- Kaye Tucker (Mandurah Magic)
- Jessica Bone (Lakeside Lightning)

Finals

Men's Grand Final MVP: Shamus Ballantyne (Goldfields Giants)^[8] ^[9]
Women's Grand Final MVP: Carli Boyanich (Perry Lakes Hawks)^[10] ^[11]

External links

2007 SBL season at sbl.asn.au
2007 fixtures
2007 finals schedule
2007 quarter-finals wrap and semi-finals schedule

Notes and References

Web site: 2007 MSBL Quarter Finals . SBL.asn.au . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417141730/https://sbl.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/2007-MSBL-Quarter-Finals.pdf . 17 April 2020.
Web site: 2007 MSBL Semi Finals . SBL.asn.au . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417141758/https://sbl.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/2007-MSBL-Semi-Finals.pdf . 17 April 2020.
Web site: 2007 MSBL Grand Final . GoldfieldsGiants.com . 8 September 2007 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171021121721/http://www.goldfieldsgiants.com/results/2007/070908.html . 21 October 2017.
Web site: 2007 WSBL Road to the Grand Final . SBL.asn.au . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200902080054/https://sbl.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/2007-WSBL-Road-to-the-Grand-Final.pdf . 2 September 2020.
Web site: 2007 WSBL Grand Final . SBL.asn.au . 7 September 2007 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417141923/https://sbl.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/2007-WSBL-Grand-Final.pdf . 17 April 2020.
Web site: State Basketball League 2007 Awards . SBL.asn.au . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417141632/https://sbl.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/2007-SBL-awards.pdf . 17 April 2020.
News: 2007 BWA Annual Awards . 3 December 2024 . lakeside.basketball.net.au . 20 September 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071102163915/http://www.lakeside.basketball.net.au/fs_newsitem.asp?id=74810&orgID=103&Oname=Lakeside+Recreation+Centre&O1c=29&O10c=24 . 2 November 2007.
News: Giants make comeback to win grand final . 3 December 2024 . ABC News . 9 September 2007 . en-AU.
Web site: Lucas . Jarrod . Loss of captain big blow . SBL.asn.au . 17 August 2009 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171022142232/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-5011-83380-444191-23096629&sID=78732&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=9772881 . 22 October 2017 . The 2007 grand final MVP and match-winning point guard in the past two play-offs series....
News: Lady Hawks, Winners of SBL Women's Grand Final 2007 . 3 December 2024 . perrylakes.basketball.net.au . 7 September 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725031107/http://www.perrylakes.basketball.net.au/fs_newsitem.asp?id=74679&orgID=18&Oname=Perry+Lakes+Hawks+Basketball+Association&O1c=30&O10c=2 . 25 July 2008.
Web site: Player statistics for Carli Boyanich . WNBL . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171022142114/http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=187938275&client=1-4478-56399-116972-5935175 . 22 October 2017 . ...won the 2007 WA SBL Grand Final with the Perry Lakes Hawks and was named Grand Final MVP..