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The Mogul’s Insight : BNL season 2014

By on September 20, 2014 in BNL with 1 Comment
The Mogul’s Insight : BNL season 2014

The sophomore season of the Basketball National League has been a great testament that basketball is indeed taking its place in professional sports in South Africa. Wembley Arena has been a great home for the league and big credit should go out to the Department of Sports and Recreation for their hand in having the […]

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BNL: Tshwane Suns final stretch to the playoffs

By on August 23, 2014 in BNL with 0 Comments
BNL: Tshwane Suns final stretch to the playoffs

By the end of the weekend the dust will have settled on the Basketball National League (BNL) regular season and already the teams that will contest the play-offs have been determined. The Duzi Royals, Tshwane Suns, Egoli Magic and Soweto Panthers or KwaZulu-Natal Marlins will have all sealed their spots for the final four showdowns […]

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A visualisation of the BNL standings after Week 2

By on July 2, 2014 in BNL with 0 Comments
A visualisation of the BNL standings after Week 2

Here’s a visualisation of how the BNL teams are performing so far. We’ve done this based on: the team’s winning percentage (as opposed to the number of points they’ve earned – after all, a team that has played less games but has a better winning percentage should be ranked higher than a team who’s played […]

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BNL Standings – Week 2

By on June 22, 2014 in BNL with 0 Comments
BNL Standings – Week 2

Week 2 of the BNL didn’t disappoint as the weekend action delivered scoring, drama and last-minute excitement. With a few name changes happening, we included the old Mbombela Wildcats in last weeks update rather than their new name, the Mpumalanga Rhinos. This has been corrected below, apologies to the Rhinos. In case you missed the details of […]

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BNL Standings – Week 1

By on June 18, 2014 in BNL with 0 Comments

This past weekend saw the opening games for the second season of the Basketball National League here in South Africa. Although all the teams haven’t played games yet, we’ve already seen some new teams and faces and there have already been some strong showings, including a surge to the front from the defending champion Tshwane […]

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