The Tasmania JackJumpers are an Australian professional
basketball
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team based in
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
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, who entered the
National Basketball League (NBL) in the
2021–22 season, and play their home games at
MyState Bank Arena and the
Silverdome
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. The team is named after the
Jack Jumper Ant
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* Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA
People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
, a species of venomous ant predominantly found in the island state.
Franchise history
In February 2019, the
National Basketball League (NBL) indicated that Tasmania was on the league's future expansion radar. Twelve months later, it was revealed that Tasmania had secured an NBL license and a team would enter the league in the
2021–22 season.
On 1 October 2020, the team name was revealed as the Tasmania JackJumpers. On the eve of the team's first NBL game, Tasmanian band
Luca Brasi
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released "Jackies Are On the March", an original theme for the team.
In their NBL debut on 3 December 2021, the JackJumpers defeated the
Brisbane Bullets
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83–74 in overtime at
MyState Bank Arena in Hobart. The JackJumpers finished the regular season in fourth place with a 17–11 record and faced the first-placed
Melbourne United
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The team made their debut in the NBL in 1984 a ...
in the semi-finals, where they defeated United 2–1 to advance to the NBL Grand Final series. They ultimately lost 3–0 in the grand final to the
Sydney Kings
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.
Home arena
The JackJumpers are headquartered, train, and play most of their home games at
MyState Bank Arena, located in
Glenorchy, part of the metropolitan
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
region. The
Silverdome
The Pontiac Silverdome (also known simply as the Silverdome) was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, ...
, located in
Launceston, also hosts a minimum of two home games a year.
Current roster
Honour roll
Season by season
References
External links
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{{Tasmanian Sports Teams
Sporting clubs in Tasmania
National Basketball League (Australia) teams
Basketball teams in Tasmania
2020 establishments in Australia
Basketball teams established in 2020