2022 NBL1 West season explained

2022 NBL1 West season
League:	NBL1 West
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	8 April – 13 August (Regular season) 19 August – 3 September (Finals)
No Of Games:	22 (men) 20 (women)
No Of Teams:	14 (men) 13 (women)
Season:	Regular season
Minor Premiers:	M: Geraldton Buccaneers W: Warwick Senators
Mvp:	M: Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames) W: Stacey Barr (Warwick Senators)
Mvp Link:	NBL1 West Most Valuable Player Award
Top Scorer:	M: Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames) W: Stacey Barr (Warwick Senators)
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	M: Rockingham Flames W: Warwick Senators
Finals Runner-Up:	M: Geraldton Buccaneers W: Willetton Tigers
Grand Final Mvp:	M: Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames) W: Leonie Fiebich (Warwick Senators)
Grand Final Mvp Link:	NBL1 West Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslistnames:	NBL1 West
Prevseason Link:	2021 NBL1 West season
Prevseason Year:	2021
Nextseason Link:	2023 NBL1 West season
Nextseason Year:	2023

The 2022 NBL1 West season was the second season of the NBL1 West and 33rd overall in State Basketball League (SBL) / NBL1 West history. The regular season began on Friday 8 April and ended on Saturday 13 August. The finals began on Friday 19 August and concluded with the women's grand final on Friday 2 September and the men's grand final on Saturday 3 September.^{[1] [2]}

The 2022 NBL1 season saw the inaugural NBL1 National Finals take place in Melbourne, where both West champions the Rockingham Flames men and Warwick Senators women were crowned as NBL1 National champions.^[3]

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday 8 April and ended on Saturday 13 August after 19 rounds of competition. Easter games in round 2 were again scheduled for a blockbuster Thursday night, with all teams then on a break over the long weekend. Games then tipped-off again the following Friday for Anzac Round. There was also Pink Round (5), Mental Health Round (11) and First Nations Round (14).

For the first time in club history, the Goldfields Giants fielded a women's team in 2022.^{[4] [5]}

Standings

Men's ladder

Women's ladder

Finals

The finals began on Friday 19 August and consisted of four rounds. The finals concluded with the women's grand final on Friday 2 September and the men's grand final on Saturday 3 September.

Men's bracket

Grand Final summary

Women's bracket

Grand Final summary

Awards

Player of the Week

Round	Men's Player	Team	Women's Player	Team	Ref
1	Cameron Coleman		Jessie Edwards		^[6] ^[7]
2	Justin King				^[8] ^[9]
3	Gavin Field		Caitlyn Jones		^[10] ^[11]
4	Shaun Stewart		Nes'eya Parker-Williams		^[12] ^[13]
5			Maria Blazejewski		^[14] ^[15]
6	Jerami Grace				^[16] ^[17]
7			Patricia Brossmann		^[18] ^[19]
8			Jessie Edwards		^[20] ^[21]
9	Bye round
10	Carter Skaggs				^[22] ^[23]
11	Julian Pesava				^[24] ^[25]
12	Gavin Field				^[26] ^[27]
13					^[28] ^[29]
14	Justin King				^[30]
15			Emma Clarke		^[31]
16	C. J. Turnage				^[32]
17	Josh Hunt				^[33]
18			Kat Tudor		^[34] ^[35]
19	Jerami Grace				^[36]

Coach of the Month

Month	Men's Coach	Team	Women's Coach	Team	Ref
April	Dayle Joseph		Marcus Wong		^[37] ^[38]
May/June	Dayle Joseph		Marcus Wong		^[39] ^[40]
June/July	N/A		N/A
July/August	N/A		N/A

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season^[41]

Category	Men's Player	Team	Stat	Women's Player	Team	Stat
Points per game			27.05			25.05
Rebounds per game	Joshua Davey		11.95			13.38
Assists per game	Seva Chan		7.00	Jewel Williams		6.26
Steals per game	Dequan Abrom		2.73	Emma Gandini		3.53
Blocks per game	Paschal Chukwu		2.50			2.85
	Paschal Chukwu		67.37%			61.17%
3-pt field goal percentage			46.02%	Chloe Forster		44.73%
Free throw percentage	Justin King		90.81%			87.87%

Regular season

• Men's Most Valuable Player: Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames)^{[42] [43]}
• Women's Most Valuable Player: Stacey Barr (Warwick Senators)
• Men's Coach of the Year: Dayle Joseph (Geraldton Buccaneers)
• Women's Coach of the Year: Marcus Wong (Joondalup Wolves)
• Men's Defensive Player of the Year: Cameron Coleman (Geraldton Buccaneers)
• Women's Defensive Player of the Year: Emma Gandini (Willetton Tigers)
• Men's Youth Player of the Year: Caleb Van De Griend (South West Slammers)
• Women's Youth Player of the Year: Nes'eya Parker-Williams (Joondalup Wolves)
• Sixth Man of the Year: Johny Narkle (Geraldton Buccaneers)
• Sixth Woman of the Year: Hannah Little (Mandurah Magic)
• Men's Leading Scorer: Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames)
• Women's Leading Scorer: Stacey Barr (Warwick Senators)
• Men's Leading Rebounder: Joshua Davey (Lakeside Lightning)
• Women's Leading Rebounder: Ruth Davis (Lakeside Lightning)
• Men's Golden Hands: Seva Chan (Cockburn Cougars)
• Women's Golden Hands: Robbi Ryan (Joondalup Wolves)
• All-NBL1 West Men's 1st Team:
  • Cameron Coleman (Geraldton Buccaneers)
  • Caleb Davis (Warwick Senators)
  • Marshall Nelson (Rockingham Flames)
  • C. J. Turnage (Joondalup Wolves)
  • Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames)
• All-NBL1 West Women's 1st Team:
  • Stacey Barr (Warwick Senators)
  • Emma Clarke (Perry Lakes Hawks)
  • Jessie Edwards (Cockburn Cougars)
  • Teige Morrell (Joondalup Wolves)
  • Robbi Ryan (Joondalup Wolves)

Finals

• Men's Grand Final MVP: Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames)^{[44] [45]}
• Women's Grand Final MVP: Leonie Fiebich (Warwick Senators)^{[46] [47]}

See also

• 2022 NBL1 season

External links

• 2022 fixtures
• Grand Final preview
• "2022 NBL1 West Grand Final match-up and preview" at australiabasket.com
• "Warwick Senators win NBL1 West grand final over Willetton Tigers as Leo Fiebich wins MVP in dominant display" at thewest.com.au
• "The NBL1 West's historic weekend" at nbl1.com.au
• Women's grand final highlights
• Men's grand final highlights
• NBL1 National Finals information
• NBL1 National Finals explainer
• NBL1 National Finals Women's Preview
• NBL1 National Finals Men's Preview
• National Finals – https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-friday-mens-day-1 https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-friday-womens-day-1 https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-men-s-day-2 https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-women-s-day-2 https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-day-3-consolation-matches https://nbl1.com.au/news/coles-express-nbl1-national-finals-womens-all-star-5 https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-womens-championship-game https://nbl1.com.au/news/coles-express-nbl1-national-finals-mens-all-star-5 https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-mens-championship-game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXPvMkVKFGo&ab_channel=NBL1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RUOTcyhwyg&ab_channel=NBL1

Notes and References

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2. Web site: NBL1 WEST - 2022 FIXTURES (V2). basketballwa.asn.au. 28 January 2022.
3. Web site: O'Donoghue. Craig. Warwick Senators and Rockingham Flames crowned as NBL1 National Champions in big day for WA basketball. TheWest.com.au. 11 September 2022. live. https://archive.today/20230103080308/https://thewest.com.au/sport/basketball/warwick-senators-and-rockingham-flames-crowned-as-nbl1-national-champions-in-big-day-for-wa-basketball-c-8200308. 3 January 2023.
4. Web site: Harvey. Neale. Giants' dream finally realised by first-tier competition promotion. kalminer.com.au. 16 August 2021. dead. https://archive.today/20230603095758/https://www.kalminer.com.au/news/kalgoorlie-miner/giants-dream-finally-realised-by-first-tier-competition-promotion-ng-b881969259z. 3 June 2023.
5. Web site: Coleman-Heard. Rory. ANALYSIS: Goldfields Giants' ladies hit new highs on court. kalminer.com.au. 25 August 2021. dead. https://archive.today/20230603095006/https://www.kalminer.com.au/news/kalgoorlie-miner/analysis-goldfields-giants-ladies-hit-new-highs-on-court-ng-b881980018z. 3 June 2023.
6. Web site: Player of the Week - Men. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 12 April 2022. 12 April 2022.
7. Web site: Player of the Week - Women. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 12 April 2022. 12 April 2022.
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12. Web site: Taking a look at the Men's winners of our Foot Locker Australia Player of the Week for each conference. facebook.com/NBL1. 3 May 2022. 5 May 2022.
13. Web site: These are the Women's winners of our Foot Locker Australia Player of the Week for each conference. facebook.com/NBL1. 3 May 2022. 5 May 2022.
14. Web site: Men's NBL1 West Player of the Week. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 10 May 2022. 10 May 2022.
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16. Web site: Foot Locker NBL1 West Player of the Week - Jerami Grace of the Perth Redbacks. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 18 May 2022. 18 May 2022.
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28. Web site: Player of the Week - Men. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 5 July 2022. 5 July 2022.
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31. Web site: Footlocker Players of the Week - July 19. nbl1.com.au. 20 July 2022. 20 July 2022.
32. Web site: Footlocker Players of the Week - July 26. nbl1.com.au. 26 July 2022. 26 July 2022.
33. Web site: Footlocker Players of the Week - August 2. nbl1.com.au. 2 August 2022. 2 August 2022.
34. Web site: Player of the Week - Men. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 9 August 2022. 9 August 2022.
35. Web site: Player of the Week - Women. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 9 August 2022. 9 August 2022.
36. Web site: Footlocker Players of the Week - August 16. nbl1.com.au. 16 August 2022. 17 August 2022.
37. Web site: Men's NBL1 West Coach of the Month (April). facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 4 May 2022. 5 May 2022.
38. Web site: Women's NBL1 West Coach of the Month (April). facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 4 May 2022. 5 May 2022.
39. Web site: NBL1 West Coach of the Month – Men. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 15 June 2022. 15 June 2022.
40. Web site: NBL1 West Coach of the Month – Women. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 15 June 2022. 15 June 2022.
41. Web site: 2022 NBL1 West Statistics Leaders . basketballwa.asn.au . 15 August 2022.
42. Web site: AWARD WINNERS 2022 . basketballwa.asn.au . 17 August 2022.
43. Web site: BWA AWARDS NIGHT – AWARD WINNERS AND HALL OF FAME. BasketballWA.asn.au. 14 August 2022. 27 August 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220827080207/https://basketballwa.asn.au/bwa-awards-night-award-winners-and-hall-of-fame/. 27 August 2022.
44. Web site: ROCKINGHAM FLAMES CROWNED NBL1 WEST CHAMPIONS. nbl1.com.au. 3 September 2022. 3 September 2022.
45. Web site: NBL1 West Recap | Men's Grand Final. nbl1.com.au. 3 September 2022. 3 September 2022.
46. Web site: WARWICK SENATORS CROWNED NBL1 WEST CHAMPIONS. nbl1.com.au. 2 September 2022. 2 September 2022.
47. Web site: NBL1 West Recap | Women's Grand Final. nbl1.com.au. 2 September 2022. 2 September 2022.