1979 NBL season


The 1979 NBL season was the inaugural season of the National Basketball League. The regular season began on 24 February and ended on 3 June. The participants in the league's very first Grand Final, which took place on 10 June, were decided via by the tie-breaking system. The championship was decided by a sudden death Grand Final between first and second – there were no semi-finals. St. Kilda finished the regular season on top with 15 wins but Nunawading and Canberra were tied in second with 13 wins apiece, with Canberra advancing via the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Ladder

The home-and-away regular season took place over 15 rounds between 24 February and 3 June, with all ten teams competing in 18 games.
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.
*Note: Canberra finished second by virtue of four-point positive differential in games versus Nunawading.

Grand Final

Awards

Statistics leaders

Regular season