The South East Queensland Stars were an Australian professional

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team that competed in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for one season. The team was based in the

South East Queensland South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical, metropolitan, political and administrative region of the state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million people out of the state's population of 5.1 million. Th ...

city of Logan.

History

The South East Queensland Stars were founded in March 2015 and entered the WNBL in the 2015–16 season. The team was highlighted by coach

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and Australian Opal

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. In February 2016, Stars chairman Jarrod Sierocki placed the team into liquidation and ceased operations immediately, citing financial losses and a lack of crowd and sponsor support. Incoming sponsors La Trobe Financial and

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set up a rescue package that let the Stars play out their last five games of the season.WNBL: South East Queensland Stars drama a concern but Melbourne Boomers show way forward
/ref>Hides, Mark (February 5, 2016)
''WNBL: SEQ Stars saved but coach Shane Heal pushed out by sponsor''
ABC News. Retrieved 2016-02-10. Coach Heal was replaced for the final five games of the season by Paul Goriss.

References

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