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Southern Melbourne Saints

Defunct basketball team in Melbourne, Australia

Field	Value
name	Southern Melbourne Saints
logo	Southern_Melbourne_Saints_logo.png
leagues	NBL
founded	1979
dissolved	1991
history	St. Kilda Saints
1979–1986
Westside Saints
1987–1990
Southern Melbourne Saints
1991
arena	Albert Park Basketball Stadium (1979–83)
The Glass House (1984–86, 1991)
Keilor Stadium (1987–90)
capacity	APBS - 2,000
TGH - 7,200
Keilor - 2,000
location	Melbourne, Victoria
colors	Black, white, red

championships	2 (1979, 1980)

1979–1986 Westside Saints 1987–1990 Southern Melbourne Saints 1991 The Glass House (1984–86, 1991) Keilor Stadium (1987–90) TGH - 7,200 Keilor - 2,000

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The Southern Melbourne Saints, previously known as the St. Kilda Saints and Westside Saints, were an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne. The Saints competed in the National Basketball League (NBL) between 1979 and 1991.

History

St. Kilda was one of the ten inaugural, foundation teams of the NBL that competed in the league's first season in 1979, operating out of Albert Park Basketball Stadium at the time. Historically known as the St. Kilda Saints during this time, the team was referred to as St. Kilda Pumas by the media in 1979, 1980 and 1981.

St. Kilda was the powerhouse team over the league's first three seasons behind coach Brian Kerle, winning three straight minor premierships and claiming the first two NBL championships. In 1981, after finishing the regular season in first place, St. Kilda decided to compete in the FIBA Club World Cup in Brazil rather than contest the NBL finals. The team never regained this level of success, as they failed to qualify for the semi-finals for the rest of their tenure in the NBL.

In 1987, the team changed their name to incorporate a wider area of Melbourne rather than just the suburb of St Kilda, rebranding as the Westside Saints and moving to Keilor Stadium. In 1991, the team changed their name again, this time to the Southern Melbourne Saints.

Prior to the 1992 season, the Saints merged with the Eastside Spectres to become the South East Melbourne Magic.

Honour roll

NBL Best Sixth Man:	None

Season by season

References

Scholes, Gary. (30 November 1990). "Sport: Dufelmeier set to rise from ashes yet again". [[National Library of Australia]].
"Ladder for NBL 1979".
(1979-06-09). "Pumas to survive Cannons? - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
(1979-06-11). "Last fling saves Pumas". The Sydney Morning Herald.
Comerford, Damien. (1980-06-17). "Pumas title in the basket". The Age.
Perkin, Corrie. (1981-07-15). "Pumas score for our basketball". The Age.
Blake, Martin. (1992-10-30). "13 years on, a game they now notice". The Age.
Blake, Martin. (1987-05-21). "Saints move to the west in their search for greater glory". The Age.
Brown, Michelle. (1991-04-24). "Self-belief makes Saints go marching in". The Age.
Howell, Stephen. (1992-01-19). "The making of Melbourne Magic". The Age.

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