The 2017 MSBL season was the 29th 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 17 March, with round 1 seeing a 2016 grand final rematch between the

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and

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 ...

. The 2017 MSBL All-Star Game was played on 5 June at

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– the home of basketball in

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. The regular season ended on Saturday 29 July. The finals began on Saturday 5 August and ended on Saturday 2 September, when the

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defeated the Wolves in the MSBL Grand Final.

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday 17 March and ended on Saturday 29 July after 20 rounds of competition. In an exciting move by the SBL, all games over the Easter Weekend were played on a blockbuster Thursday night with six venues all hosting games before the league took a break for the Easter long weekend. Anzac Round took place again in round 6 of the competition with the Kalamunda Eastern Suns and Willetton Tigers continuing their Anzac Day game tradition while being joined this year by the Cockburn Cougars hosting the Rockingham Flames on the Tuesday afternoon. There was also Women's Round in round 9, Rivalry Round in round 12, and Heritage Round in round 16.

Standings

Finals

The finals began on Saturday 5 August and ended on Saturday 2 September with the MSBL Grand Final.

Bracket

All-Star Game

The 2017 MSBL All-Star Game took place at

on Monday 5 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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(Goldfields Giants) *

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: Charles Nix (South West Slammers) * Most Improved Player: Corey Shervill (Lakeside Lightning) * All-Star Five: ** PG: Tre Nichols (South West Slammers) ** SG: Dwayne Benjamin (Geraldton Buccaneers) ** SF: Brian Voelkel (South West Slammers) ** PF:

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(Perth Redbacks) ** C: Ray Turner (Willetton Tigers) * All-Defensive Five: ** PG: Kyle Armour (Willetton Tigers) ** SG: Courtney Belger (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) ** SF:

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(Geraldton Buccaneers) ** PF:

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(Perry Lakes Hawks) ** C: Kevin Davis (Joondalup Wolves)

Finals

* Grand Final MVP:

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References

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2016–17 in Australian basketball 2017–18 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