USC Rip City
| USC Rip City | |
|---|---|
| Leagues | Queensland Basketball League |
| Founded | 2016 |
| History |
Sunshine Coast Rip 2016 USC Rip City 2017–present |
| Arena | USC Sports Stadium |
| Location | Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Team colors | Green, black & white |
| President | Brad Wilde |
| Vice-president(s) | Sue Glover |
| Head coach |
M: Nathan Arousi W: Michael Van Dongen |
| Championships | 0 |
| Website | USCBasketball.com.au |
USC Rip City is a Queensland Basketball League (QBL) club based in Sunshine Coast, Queensland. The club fields a team in both the Men's QBL and Women's QBL. The club is a division of the University of the Sunshine Coast Basketball Association (USCBA), one of two major administrative basketball organisations in the region, the other being Sunshine Coast Basketball Association. The Rip play their home games at USC Sports Stadium.
The USCBA was established in July 2008, and by 2009, the association placed its first junior team into Basketball Queensland's representative competitions—BQJBC and BQ State Championships. In 2014, the association entered both a men's and women's team into the Southern Basketball League (SBL) under the name of Sunshine Coast Rip. While the Rip women failed to make the playoffs in their first season, the men made it through to the SBL Division 2 grand final, where they defeated the Noosa Cyclones 81–65. In 2015, the women again failed to make the playoffs, while the men were knocked out in the semi-finals.
In October 2015, the Sunshine Coast Rip were granted a license to play in the Queensland Basketball League in 2016, with both a men's and women's team entering. In their first QBL season, both teams failed to make a playoff berth, with the men finishing 11th with a 5–12 record, while the women finished 12th with a 4–13 record.
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