The 2016 MSBL season was the 28th season of the Men's

State Basketball League NBL1 West, formerly the State Basketball League (SBL), is a semi-professional basketball league in Western Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2020, Basketball Western Australia partnered with the National Basketball L ...

(SBL). The regular season began on Friday 18 March, with round 1 seeing a 2015 grand final rematch between the

Joondalup Wolves Joondalup Wolves is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Wanneroo Basketball Association (WBA), the major administrative basketball organisa ...

and

South West Slammers South West Slammers is an NBL1 West club based in Bunbury, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The Slammers play their home games at Eaton Recreation Centre and represent Western Australia's South W ...

. The 2016 MSBL All-Star Game was played on 6 June at

Bendat Basketball Centre The WA Basketball Centre (also known by its sponsored name, the Bendat Basketball Centre) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Perth, Western Australia. The stadium features eight courts, including two basketball show courts with 1,100 perman ...

– the home of basketball in

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. The regular season ended on Saturday 30 July. The finals began on Friday 5 August and ended on Saturday 3 September, when the

Cockburn Cougars Cockburn Cougars is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Cockburn Basketball Association (CBA), the major administrative basketball organisa ...

defeated the Wolves in the MSBL Grand Final.

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday 18 March and ended on Saturday 30 July after 20 rounds of competition. The newly-renovated Warwick Stadium hosted big crowds for the

Stirling Senators Warwick Senators is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Stirling Basketball Association (SBA), the major administrative basketball organisa ...

in 2016, while the

Perth Redbacks Perth Redbacks is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Perth Basketball Association (PBA), the major administrative basketball organisation ...

moved home to the Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre after a trial year at

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

in 2015. Additionally, due to renovations to the Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre, the

Mandurah Magic Mandurah Magic is an NBL1 West club based in Mandurah, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Mandurah Basketball Association (MBA), the major administrative basketball organis ...

hosted all of their games in 2016 at the

Rockingham Flames Rockingham Flames is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of the Rockingham Basketball and Recreation Association (RBRA), the major administrat ...

' home venue of Mike Barnett Sports Complex.

Standings

Finals

The finals began on Friday 5 August and ended on Saturday 3 September with the MSBL Grand Final.

Bracket

All-Star Game

The 2016 MSBL All-Star Game took place at

on Monday 6 June, with all proceeds going to ''Lifeline WA'' for suicide prevention.

Rosters

Game data

Awards

Player of the Week

Statistics leaders

Regular season

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Cooper Land Cooper Land (born November 10, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player who is most known for his time spent in the State Basketball League (SBL) with the Rockingham Flames. He played college basketball for Wright State Universi ...

(Rockingham Flames) *

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: Matt Parsons (Cockburn Cougars) * Most Improved Player: Jayden Coburn (Stirling Senators) * All-Star Five: ** PG: Tre Nichols (South West Slammers) ** SG: Matthew Adekponya (Geraldton Buccaneers) ** SF: Gavin Field (Cockburn Cougars) ** PF: Daniel Alexander (Lakeside Lightning) ** C: Marcus Goode (Cockburn Cougars) * All-Defensive Five: ** PG: Kyle Armour (Willetton Tigers) ** SG: Najee Lane (Cockburn Cougars) ** SF:

Ben Purser Ben Purser (born 24 February 1990) is an Australian basketball player for the Perry Lakes Hawks of the NBL1 West. He debuted for the Hawks in 2008 in the State Basketball League (SBL) and helped them win an SBL championship in 2018 with grand ...

(Perry Lakes Hawks) ** PF:

Maurice Barrow Maurice Barrow (born January 15, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Fairfield University before playing professionally in Austria and Australia. High school career Barrow attended Christ ...

(Geraldton Buccaneers) ** C: Kevin Davis (Joondalup Wolves)

Finals

* Grand Final MVP: Rhett Della Maddalena (Cockburn Cougars)

References

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2015–16 in Australian basketball 2016–17 in Australian basketball

Regular season

Standings

Finals

Bracket

All-Star Game

Rosters

Game data

Awards

Player of the Week

Statistics leaders

Regular season

Finals

References

External links