Sunshine Coast Rip
| Sunshine Coast Rip | |
|---|---|
| Leagues | Queensland Basketball League |
| Founded | 2016 |
| History |
Sunshine Coast Rip 2016–present |
| Arena | USC Sports Stadium |
| Location | Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Team colors |
Green, black & white |
| President | Brad Wilde |
| Vice-president(s) | Rob Bloom |
| Head coach |
M: Nathan Arousi W: Michael Van Dongen |
| Championships | 0 |
| Website | USCBasketball.com.au |
The Sunshine Coast Rip is a basketball club from Sunshine Coast, Queensland competing in the semi-professional Queensland Basketball League (QBL). The Rip are a division of the University of the Sunshine Coast Basketball Association, one of two major administrative basketball organisations in the region, the other being Sunshine Coast Basketball Association.
History
The University of the Sunshine Coast Basketball Association (USCBA) was established in July 2008, and by 2009, the association placed its first junior team into Basketball Queensland's representative competitions BQJBC and BQ State Championships. In 2014, the association entered both a men's and women's team into the Southern Basketball League (SBL) under the name of Sunshine Coast Rip.[1] While the Rip women failed to make the playoffs in their first season, the men made it through to the SBL Division 2 grand final[2] where they defeated the Noosa Cyclones 81–65.[3][4] In 2015, the women again failed to make the playoffs,[5] while the men were knocked out in the semi-finals.[6]
In October 2015, the Sunshine Coast Rip were granted a license to play in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) in 2016, with both a men's and women's team entering.[7][8][9]
References
- ↑ "OUR HISTORY". USCBasketball.com.au. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ Brand, Anthony (20 August 2014). "Uni plans to win grand final and a QBL licence". SunshineCoastDaily.com.au. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "Rip City on the TV tonight!". Facebook.com. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "SBL GRAND FINAL WRAP-UP". BasketballQld.com.au. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "Ladder for SBL Women – 2015". FoxSportsPulse.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "Results for SBL Men – 2015 – Semi Finals". FoxSportsPulse.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "EXCITING NEW ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!". Facebook.com. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "QBL & SBL COACHING APPLICATIONS – NOW OPEN". USCBasketball.com.au. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ Brand, Anthony (28 January 2016). "New Sunshine Coast team set to Rip into QBL". SunshineCoastDaily.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2016.