University Basketball League (UBL)

Giving university students across Australia an opportunity to compete against each other.

"I am so excited about the competitive standard of the UBL and the quality of players in the other teams. The UBL is another high-level competition for players who can also be studying at the same time which means we do not have to choose between sport and study.”
– 2023 UBL Player

Wrap up of the 2023 UBL Season

After 9 grueling weeks of games, both our men's and women's teams finished the season on a high, with only 5 or 6 points coming in the way of moving on through the finals.

Considering 2023 was the first year competing in the University Basketball League! The inaugural season came at a perfect time for students, who used to need to go abroad if they wanted to both study and participate in national-level basketball.

Zoe Banks, a star player on the women's team, was nervous about going to America to play ball due to the potential complications of needing to requalify to play Australian basketball later on. Now, she gets to pursue her goal of playing in the WNBL right here in Tasmania.

News and stories

Record medal tally at 2023 UniSport Nationals

9 Oct 2023

What a performance from the University of Tasmania at the UniSport Australia Nationals. Congratulations to all athletes who took part. We sent our largest team ever and came home with more medals than ever before.Here is the low down on how we…

Biggest team ever sets off for UniSport Nationals

21 Sep 2023

101 athletes – the University of Tasmania’s largest team ever – will leave this week to compete at the UniSport Nationals on the Gold Coast.The University of Tasmania Sport Operations Manager, Anthony Jusup, said the national games provided a…

How Jay learned the secret to disciplined study from freestyle football

31 Aug 2023

Between being a pro freestyle footballer, a childcare worker, a law student, and an art curator, Jay Hennicke knows a thing or two about juggling.Having graduated from his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Tasmania last year, Jay is about to…