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2008

2024
UBL and the Big Bangs have and will go from strength to strength.
Andy King Director UBL
UBL Championship trophy at Wollongong Uni
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The UBL is a Basketball League in Wollongong with a basketball experience catered to the players on the court. This difference is the driving force behind the reason this competition runs. Seeing the lack of a unique basketball experience in the area, the UBL started to provide a professional game experience with full 40 minute games, and UBL certified referees making the calls, as the players battle for standings and eventual total victory.

Welcome to UBL

A name that represents more than a basketball league

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UBL we’re making a difference through basketball! It is a representation of what basketball is about; the love, the hope, the inspiration and the unity of heart of Ballers.

For many, basketball has taken people off the streets and given them direction; removed people from violence and crime and given them a path. Anthony and Andy have been raised by the game, we love it, live it, breathe it! Basketball itself has been exposed to abuse through the years, and we’re giving back to the game that has given us so much…a league for the Ballers, on the way we are helping pick up a few others that are down as well.

We at UBL feel that this league will help in promoting basketball by listening and doing, representing the Ballers. Through the Big Bang Ballers we will be sending out hope to those crippled with youth poverty and social disadvantage. We are coming and we are here to stay.

The Big Bangs are bigger than ever, representing now in Wollongong Australia while conducting activities in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Philippines.

We run tournaments and camps, raise money and supplies for orphanages and schools and by running skills clinics and engaging in community activities such as Habitat builds, emergency pack delivery and fundraising for worthwhile causes.

The future looks bright, and we look forward to your support as we continue use the game of basketball to tackle youth poverty and social disadvantage.

UBL's Mission

Here at UBL everything we do is from the heart, because we love to help the game of basketball and ballers stick together!

Uni Basketball League is affiliated and a sister branch of the BIG BANGS, also known as the B(STAR)B’s, is an international NGO, using the game of basketball to tackle youth poverty and social disadvantage. BIG BANGS are registered in Australia as a Not-For-Profit Company, bound by the governance and rules of the Commonwealth of Australia in our dealings with other companies, organisations and Countries. UBL represents the Illawarra Region for Big Bangs and strengthens the message with the UBL members.

Having originated in Bangladesh in late 2007, the B(STAR)B’s have successfully catered to over 5,000 children, along the way running camps at 3 orphanages and schools, running tournaments, providing “emergency packs” of food, water and clothing to the slums of Dhaka, creating Bangladesh’s first Basketball League, building courts and donating the equivalant of over AUD$10,000 worth of equipment and resources to deserving institutions and charities aimed at youth.

We are not seeking to replace other NGOs; we understand the immense task that NGOs undertake, and further value their experience and expertise in delivering aid and running programs targeting poverty from a variety of angles. Our goal, rather, is to provide an outlet for those children least able to be children. We seek to remove the inevitable divides between classes and social groups, and instead teach the importance and value of teamwork, as well as the incredible and often surprising benefits that sports has as a unifying and motivating element in an otherwise divided and unmotivated world.

We share our love and respect for the game and its teachings with all the kids we serve; we teach responsibility, loyalty, hard work and dedication, trust in each other and above all, respect towards others and pride in oneself. Most of all, we let kids be kids.