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1992 New Zealand NBL season

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1992 New Zealand NBL season
LeagueNew Zealand NBL
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
Regular season
  Minor premiersNew Plymouth
Top scorerKerry Boagni (Wellington)
Playoffs
ChampionsCanterbury
  Runners-upPalmerston North
New Zealand NBL seasons

The 1992 NBL season was the 11th season of the National Basketball League. Canterbury won the championship in 1992 to claim their fourth league title.[1] They qualified in fourth place for the six-team finals and beat Otago and Hutt Valley to book a spot in the decider. Canterbury's grand final experience proved decisive, overcoming Palmerston North by eight points, 79–71.[2]

Final standings

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# Team
Canterbury
Palmerston North
3 New Plymouth
4 Hutt Valley
5 Nelson
6 Otago
7 Hawke's Bay
8 Auckland
9 Waitakere
10 Waikato
11 Wellington
12 North Harbour

Season awards

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  • NZ Most Valuable Player: Neil Stephens (Wellington)[1]
  • Most Outstanding Guard: Tyrone Brown (New Plymouth)
  • Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Warwick Meehl (Waitakere)
  • Most Outstanding Forward: Donnell Thomas (Nelson)
  • Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Neil Stephens (Wellington)
  • Scoring Champion: Kerry Boagni (Wellington)
  • Rebounding Champion: Joe Turner (Waitakere)
  • Assist Champion: Tyrone Brown (New Plymouth)
  • Rookie of the Year: Pero Cameron (Waikato)
  • Coach of the Year: Steve McKean (New Plymouth)
  • All-Star Five:
    • Tony Brown (Hutt Valley)
    • Tyrone Brown (New Plymouth)
    • Willie Burton (New Plymouth)
    • DeWayne McCray (Palmerston North)
    • Donnell Thomas (Nelson)

References

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  1. ^ a b "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. ^ Egan, Brendon (4 April 2014). "Keith Mair reflects on Rams' halcyon days". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 October 2015.