The 2017 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 32nd running of the competition.
The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Brisbane Spartans, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Logan Thunder, Mackay Meteors, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Sunshine Coast Phoenix, Toowoomba Mountaineers, Townsville Heat and USC Rip City.
Team information Team Home stadium Head coach Import Import Import Brisbane Capitals NAB Stadium Geoff Tarrant Aaron Anderson Princeton Onwas Brisbane Spartans Rowland Cowan Stadium Ben Thompson Cairns Marlins Early Settler Stadium Jamie Pearlman Gladstone Port City Power Kev Broome Stadium Blair Smith Willie Shackleford Ray Willis Gold Coast Rollers The Southport School Pero Cameron Torrey Craig Thalo Green Devon Sullivan Ipswich Force Cotton On Foundation Stadium Mick Conlon James Legan Kyle Harvey Logan Thunder Cornubia Park Sports Centre Derek Rucker Mackay Meteors Mackay Basketball Stadium Cameron Tragardh Rockhampton Rockets Hegvold Stadium Neal Tweedy Chris Fowler Rashad Hassan David Wagner South West Metro Pirates Hibiscus Sports Complex Mick Downer Jeremy Kendle Tanner McGrew Sunshine Coast Phoenix Maroochydore Basketball Stadium Brayden Heslehurst Breland Hogan Toowoomba Mountaineers USQ, Clive Berghofer Recreation Centre Anthony Corcoran Jalil Abdul-Bassit Jay Washington Townsville Heat Townsville 106.3fm Stadium Rodney Anderson Jamell Anderson Justin Baker USC Rip City USC Sports Stadium Nathan Arousi Lance Hurdle
Standings # Regular Season Standings Team 1Brisbane Capitals 14 3 822Mackay Meteors 14 3 823Townsville Heat 12 5 714Cairns Marlins 11 6 655USC Rip City 11 6 656South West Metro Pirates 11 6 657Logan Thunder 9 8 538Rockhampton Rockets 8 9 47 9Brisbane Spartans 8 9 4710Gold Coast Rollers 6 11 3511Sunshine Coast Phoenix 5 12 2912Gladstone Port City Power 5 12 2913Ipswich Force 4 13 2414Toowoomba Mountaineers 4 13 24
Finals
Awards Player of the Week Round Player Team Ref 1 Lucas Walker Mackay Meteors 2 Joshua Wilcher Townsville Heat 3 Torrey Craig Gold Coast Rollers 4 N/A 5 Lucas Walker Mackay Meteors 6 Isaih Tueta USC Rip City 7 Shaun Bruce Mackay Meteors 8 Michael Cedar Logan Thunder 9 Ray Willis Gladstone Port City Power 10 Tanner McGrew South West Metro Pirates 11 Ray Willis Gladstone Port City Power 12 Ray Willis Gladstone Port City Power 13 Rashad Hassan Rockhampton Rockets 14 Shaun Bruce Mackay Meteors 15 N/A N/A
Coach of the Month Month Coach Team Ref May N/A N/A June Mick Downer South West Metro Pirates July Rodney Anderson Townsville Heat
Statistics leaders Category Player Team Points per game Ray Willis Gladstone Port City Power Rebounds per game Tom Jervis Brisbane Spartans Assists per game Shaun Bruce Mackay Meteors Steals per game Aaron Anderson Brisbane Capitals Blocks per game Tom Jervis Brisbane Spartans Field goal percentage Keanu Post Logan Thunder 3-pt field goal percentage Isaih Tueta USC Rip City Free throw percentage Chris Cedar Mackay Meteors
Regular season Most Valuable Player: Shaun Bruce (Mackay Meteors) Coach of the Year: Cameron Tragardh (Mackay Meteors) U23 Youth Player of the Year: Matthew Kenyon (Sunshine Coast Phoenix) All-League Team: G: Shaun Bruce (Mackay Meteors) G: Ray Willis (Gladstone Port City Power) F: Lucas Walker (Mackay Meteors) F: Tanner McGrew (South West Metro Pirates) C: Mitchell Young (Logan Thunder)
Finals Grand Final MVP: Josh Wilcher (Townsville Heat)
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References
External links 2017 QBL Official Draw Cairns Marlins facing quality rivals in Queensland Basketball League Quarter-finals preview Quarter-finals wrap Semi-finals preview Semi-finals wrap Grand Final preview Season reviews –