Northern Tasmanian basketball fans have shown their love for high-level sport with the NBL Blitz games sold out in a matter of hours.
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Following a 24-hour JackJumpers member period on Wednesday, public ticket allocations for the match-ups in Ulverstone and Launceston were gone within two hours.
While five games will be played in Ulverstone and two in Launceston, only three of those games involve the JackJumpers, who start their campaign in Hobart on November 14 at the new-look Derwent Entertainment Centre.
"The biggest thing was to get into Mystate Bank [Arena] first of all just to see the atmosphere and for our players to have that feeling of being in there because that's going to be our home court," coach Scott Roth said.
"Then it's great for us to go up North and again build that fanbase, get out and about and have our players be seen again.
"To be in those kinds of venues and to have a Perth, ourselves and those other teams be right next to you on the court is a great fan experience for the entire state, so being up in Ulverstone and Launceston is a great way to shed some light on the NBL and have the fans really be engaged in all the teams but hopefully us the most."
With the JackJumpers' pre-season nearing its end, the NBL Blitz has allowed Roth to schedule the next month of preparation before the regular season kick starts on Friday, December 3.
Aiming on building the team's play throughout the Blitz, the JackJumpers' leader admitted the side won't be doing individual scouting for the first few games and will be mainly focused on getting players out there who deserve it.
"Obviously when you play you want to win every game but I think every team is sort of in the same boat of searching for different combinations," he said.
"There's, I think, five new coaches out of the 10 this year so there's going to be a lot of fluidity in terms of players coming and going and trying to get a feel for the roster."
Being up in Ulverstone and Launceston is a great way to shed some light on the NBL
- Scott Roth
A JackJumper looking to get back to playing with freedom and enjoying his basketball is US import Josh Adams, who parted ways with Italian side Virtus Bologna in July.
"I know that's not something that can be attained as much as it can be grasped, so it's just finding that mindset that it is really just basketball.
"My goals are to be the best I can be, to be a positive influence on the 15-16 guys on the court with me as well as the staff."
NBL Blitz in North and North-West
- Fri, Nov 19 - Brisbane v Perth at Ulverstone
- Sun, Nov 21 - Perth v Cairns at Ulverstone
- Sun, Nov 21 - Adelaide v Tasmania at Ulverstone
- Wed, Nov 24 - Cairns v Brisbane at Ulverstone
- Wed, Nov 24 - Perth v Tasmania at Ulverstone
- Fri, Nov 26 - Tasmania v Cairns at Launceston
- Fri, Nov 26 - Adelaide v Perth at Launceston