2024 Basketball Australia Schools Championships HUB: How to watch, fixtures, teams

The Basketball Australia Schools Championships are back on the Gold Coast in December, with a Queensland school determined to defend its national title. Find out what you need to know about the tournament and our live stream.

It’s a tournament that has showcased some of Australia’s best ever basketballers, but at the heart of the Basketball Australia Schools Championships is a desire to compete with the best.

The tournament has grown again in 2024, with well over 200 teams taking the courts across the week, surpassing last year’s record-breaking efforts.

The tournament, which will be played across two venues on the Gold Coast, will run from December 2-6.

For the third consecutive year, KommunityTV, along with all of News Corp Australia’s digital mastheads, will exclusively LIVE STREAM select matches from the tournament.

The live stream coverage, which concludes a massive year of Basketball Australia junior pathways action, will include every match of the boys and girls Championship divisions.

Newington College in action at the Basketball Australia Schools Championships. Picture: Taylor Earnshaw

HOW TO WATCH

There are two main ways to watch the Schools Championships in 2024.

KommunityTV will run each court’s live stream in its own story link on each day of the tournament. Each court’s story will be the only place to see the replays from that day.

The links to those court streams will be available below during the tournament.

Alternatively, you can head to www.kommunitytv.com.au, and use the video player at the top of the site to watch all the action live during the tournament.

Use the playlist on the right side of the player to scroll through the most recent replays.

Make sure to check back into the HUB story in the coming weeks to see the full live stream schedule and when your team is playing.

Only News Corp Australia full digital subscribers will have exclusive access to watch the action from the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre.

Rowville player Manuela Puoch during the Championship women final at the Basketball Australia Schools Championships. Picture: Taylor Earnshaw

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR

Can The Southport School go back-to-back?

The reigning champions have earned a wildcard entry into the Championship boys division, but without last year’s leaders Ben Tweedy, Indy Cotton, Jackson McCabe and Jaylen Pitman, there has been a fair bit of changeover in talent.

TSS coach Anthony Petrie still has a few underage players from last year’s national title campaign back under his watch, but after missing out on the CBSQ state title earlier this year they will go in as underdogs.

The team that TSS beat in last year’s final UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra will be one of the pre-tournament favourites.

South Australia's Deng Manyang is expected to line up for the Trinity College side at the Basketball Australia Schools Championships. Picture: Taylor Earnshaw

SA School Sport champions Trinity College could also pose a major threat to the title, with the school side featuring three players from the national title winning Central District Lions team including big man Deng Manyang and exciting playmaker Michael Herjok.

The most dominant school of the past decade, Rowville Secondary College will return in the girls Championship division determined to defend their crown against a host of challengers.

One school who won’t be among the challengers is USC Lake Ginninderra with the ACT powerhouse failing to qualify for a spot in the championship ranks.

Queensland state title runners up Brisbane State High, and last year’s Championship bronze medallists Marsden State High have both been handed wildcard spots for the nationals.

John Paul College player Olivia Olechnowicz will return for the Basketball Australia School Championships. Picture: Taylor Earnshaw

Queensland champions John Paul College, who were one of the tournament favourites last year before injury cruelled their campaign will return to the top division with plenty of hope.

Defensive gun Olivia Olechnowicz returns to lead the team while impressive sisters Mya and Nahla Moke will be players to keep an eye on.

While they fly largely under the radar due to being on the west coast, Willetton State High will have teams in both the boys and girls top division, and will be sure to pack a punch on the courts.