2023 NBL1 West season explained

2023 NBL1 West season
League:	NBL1 West
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	31 March – 22 July (Regular season) 28 July – 12 August (Finals)
No Of Games:	22 (men) 20 (women)
No Of Teams:	14 (men) 13 (women)
Season:	Regular season
Minor Premiers:	M: Rockingham Flames W: Cockburn Cougars
Mvp:	M: Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames) W: Alexandra Sharp (Willetton Tigers)
Mvp Link:	NBL1 West Most Valuable Player Award
Top Scorer:	M: Quintin Dove (Joondalup Wolves) W: Sarah Mortensen (Cockburn Cougars)
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	M: Geraldton Buccaneers W: Cockburn Cougars
Finals Runner-Up:	M: Joondalup Wolves W: Willetton Tigers
Grand Final Mvp:	M: Johny Narkle (Geraldton Buccaneers) W: Stephanie Gorman (Cockburn Cougars)
Grand Final Mvp Link:	NBL1 West Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslistnames:	NBL1 West
Prevseason Link:	2022 NBL1 West season
Prevseason Year:	2022
Nextseason Link:	2024 NBL1 West season
Nextseason Year:	2024

The 2023 NBL1 West season was the third season of the NBL1 West and 34th overall in State Basketball League (SBL) / NBL1 West history. The regular season began on Friday 31 March and ended on Saturday 22 July. The finals began on Friday 28 July and concluded with the women's grand final on Friday 11 August and the men's grand final on Saturday 12 August.^{[1] [2]}

The 2023 NBL1 season concluded with the second annual NBL1 National Finals being held at HBF Arena in Perth.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday 31 March and ended on Saturday 22 July after 17 rounds of competition. Easter games in round 2 were again scheduled for a blockbuster Thursday night, followed by Anzac Round in round 4 as well as Pink Round (7), Mental Health Round (12) and First Nations Round (15).

Standings

Men's ladder

Women's ladder

Finals

The finals began on Friday 28 July and consisted of four rounds. The finals concluded with the women's grand final on Friday 11 August and the men's grand final on Saturday 12 August.^{[6] [7]}

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					^[8] ^[9]
2					^[10] ^[11]
3	Hayden Brown				^[12] ^[13]
4					^[14] ^[15]
5					^[16] ^[17]
6					^[18] ^[19]
7	Bryton Hobbs				^[20] ^[21]
8	Liam Hunt		Emma Clarke		^[22] ^[23]
9	Joe Cook-Green				^[24] ^[25]
10	Gavin Field				^[26] ^[27]
11					^[28] ^[29]
12					^[30] ^[31]
13	Zac Gattorna		Hannah Hank		^[32] ^[33]
14					^[34] ^[35]
15					^[36] ^[37]
16			Chloe Forster		^[38] ^[39]
17	Joe Cook-Green				^[40] ^[41]

Coach of the Month

Month	Men's Coach	Team	Women's Coach	Team	Ref
April			Marcus Wong		^[42] ^[43]
May	Dayle Joseph		Tyrone Thwaites		^[44] ^[45]
June			Simon Parker		^[46] ^[47]
July	N/A		N/A

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season^[48]

Category	Men's Player	Team	Stat	Women's Player	Team	Stat
Points per game			28.62			24.90
Rebounds per game	Sebit Reath		13.00			13.70
Assists per game	Rowan Mackenzie		7.38			6.43
Steals per game	Brian Voelkel		2.77	Desiree Kelley		3.15
Blocks per game			2.06			2.28
			72.11%	Jessie Edwards		60.77%
3-pt field goal percentage	Rowan Mackenzie		48.57%	Chelsea Belcher		41.75%
Free throw percentage	Gavin Field		85.48%			87.14%

Regular season

• Men's Most Valuable Player: Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames)^[49]
• Women's Most Valuable Player: Alexandra Sharp (Willetton Tigers)
• Men's Coach of the Year: Dayle Joseph (Geraldton Buccaneers)
• Women's Coach of the Year: Tyrone Thwaites (Cockburn Cougars)
• Men's Defensive Player of the Year: Gorjok Gak (Willetton Tigers)
• Women's Defensive Player of the Year: Stephanie Gorman (Cockburn Cougars)
• Men's Youth Player of the Year: Ethan Elliott (Warwick Senators)
• Women's Youth Player of the Year: Chloe Forster (Warwick Senators)
• Sixth Man of the Year: Johny Narkle (Geraldton Buccaneers)
• Sixth Woman of the Year: Amy Jacobs (Willetton Tigers)
• Men's Leading Scorer: Quintin Dove (Joondalup Wolves)
• Women's Leading Scorer: Sarah Mortensen (Cockburn Cougars)
• Men's Leading Rebounder: Sebit Reath (East Perth Eagles)
• Women's Leading Rebounder: Alexandra Sharp (Willetton Tigers)
• Men's Golden Hands: Brian Voelkel (Perth Redbacks)
• Women's Golden Hands: Mehryn Kraker (Rockingham Flames)
• All-NBL1 West Men's 1st Team:
  • Joe Cook-Green (Kalamunda Eastern Suns)
  • Quintin Dove (Joondalup Wolves)
  • Gorjok Gak (Willetton Tigers)
  • Malik Muenier (Geraldton Buccaneers)
  • Devondrick Walker (Rockingham Flames)
• All-NBL1 West Women's 1st Team:
  • Stacey Barr (Warwick Senators)
  • Mehryn Kraker (Rockingham Flames)
  • Teige Morrell (Joondalup Wolves)
  • Sarah Mortensen (Cockburn Cougars)
  • Alexandra Sharp (Willetton Tigers)

Finals

• Men's Grand Final MVP: Johny Narkle (Geraldton Buccaneers)^{[50] [51]}
• Women's Grand Final MVP: Stephanie Gorman (Cockburn Cougars)^{[52] [53] [54]}

See also

• 2023 NBL1 season

External links

• 2023 fixtures
• Women's Grand Final Preview: https://nbl1.com.au/news/womens-grand-final-preview-cockburn-cougars-v-willetton-tigers/west/ https://archive.today/20230811054045/https://thewest.com.au/sport/basketball/cockburn-cougars-chasing-history-as-willetton-tigers-seek-even-more-success-in-nbl1-west-grand-final-c-11533959
• Men's Grand Final Preview: https://nbl1.com.au/news/mens-grand-final-preview-geraldton-buccaneers-v-joondalup-wolves/west/ https://www.australiabasket.com/Australia/news/823529/2023-NBL1-West-Grand-Final-match-up-and-preview
• Women's grand final highlights
• Men's grand final highlights
• National Finals – https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-final-joondalup-bound https://www.australiabasket.com/Australia/news/824129/2023-Women's-NBL1-National-Finals?Women=1 https://www.australiabasket.com/Australia/news/824130/2023-Men's-NBL1-National-Finals https://nbl1.com.au/news/2023-coles-express-nbl1-national-final-explainer https://archive.today/20230818021550/https://thewest.com.au/sport/basketball/nbl1-national-finals-lose-olympian-nathan-sobey-but-hbf-arena-expected-to-be-packed-across-the-weekend-c-11618129 https://issuu.com/nationalbasketballleague1/docs/nbl1_2023_national_finals_programfinal https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-friday-men https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-friday-women https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-saturday-men https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-saturday-women https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-womens-championship-game-2023 https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-national-finals-recap-or-mens-championship-game-2023 https://nbl1.com.au/news/2023-coles-expres-nbl1-national-finals-all-star-five https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE1giYqzPp4&ab_channel=NBL1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCqUpag4wwU&ab_channel=NBL1
• Perth Wildcats vs NBL1 West Select – https://www.wildcats.com.au/news/perth-wildcats-v-nbl1-west-select-pre-season-games-confirmed https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-west-select-team-announced/west/ https://www.wildcats.com.au/news/new-faces-shine-as-wildcats-open-pre-season-with-win-over-nbl1-select https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/NBL/2292533/bs.html https://www.wildcats.com.au/news/sarr-harris-star-as-wildcats-sweep-nbl1-pre-season-series https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/NBL/2292534/bs.html

Notes and References

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4. Web site: O'Donoghue. Craig. NBL1 National Championships in Joondalup to include NBL1 West teams Rockingham Flames and Warwick Senators. The West Australian. 19 May 2023. 16 August 2023. dead. https://archive.today/20230816144017/https://thewest.com.au/sport/basketball/nbl1-national-championships-in-joondalup-to-include-nbl1-west-teams-rockingham-flames-and-warwick-senators-c-10703106. 16 August 2023.
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44. Web site: Coach of the Month - Men. facebook.com/NBLOneWest. 31 May 2023. 31 May 2023.
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48. Web site: 2023 NBL1 West Statistics Leaders . basketballwa.asn.au . 25 July 2023.
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