Hanson and Notoa join Aussie basketball royalty

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New South Wales star Bailey Hanson and Queensland's Prasayas Notoa joined the list of Australian basketball royalty named the men's and women's Under-20 Championships MVPs.

It was a power shift in Australian top aged representative basketball as NSW won its first under-20 men's title since 2007 and South Australia its first since 2010.

Hanson led the Blues to an outstanding comeback 74-71 win in the gold medal game against Western Australia while Notoa's Queensland fell in the final for the second straight year, losing to South Australia 78-60.

Hanson was New South Wales' engine room, averaging 19.6 points per game, 7.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists while Notoa powered the Maroons into the title decider with 15.8 points per game, 12.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists. Both players were elite.

Bailey Hanson — 5-Game Tournament Totals‍

• Games: 5 │ Minutes: 163:39 │ Points: 98 │ FG: 36–69 (52.2%) │ 2P: 26–39 (66.7%) │ 3P: 10–30 (33.3%) │ FT: 16–23 (69.6%) │ Rebounds: 35 (5 OREB, 30 DREB) │ Assists: 24 │ Turnovers: 15 │ Steals: 18 │ Blocks: 2 │ Plus/Minus: +73

Bailey Hanson — Per-Game Tournament Averages‍

• Minutes: 32:44 │ Points: 19.6 │ FG: 7.2–13.8 │ 2P: 5.2–7.8 │ 3P: 2.0–6.0 │ FT: 3.2–4.6 │ Rebounds: 7.0 (1.0 OREB, 6.0 DREB) │ Assists: 4.8 │ Turnovers: 3.0 │ Steals: 3.6 │ Blocks: 0.4 │ Plus/Minus: +14.6

Prasayas Notoa — 5-Game Tournament Totals‍

• Games: 5 │ Minutes: 159:15 │ Points: 79 │ FG: 31–62 (50.0%) │ 2P: 25–37 (67.6%) │ 3P: 6–25 (24.0%) │ FT: 11–15 (73.3%) │ Rebounds: 61 (15 OREB, 46 DREB) │ Assists: 31 │ Turnovers: 17 │ Steals: 11 │ Blocks: 4 │ Plus/Minus: +39

Prasayas Notoa — Per-Game Tournament Average:‍

• Minutes: 31:51 │ Points: 15.8 │ FG: 6.2–12.4 │ 2P: 5.0–7.4 │ 3P: 1.2–5.0 │ FT: 2.2–3.0 │ Rebounds: 12.2 (3.0 OREB, 9.2 DREB) │ Assists: 6.2 │ Turnovers: 3.4 │ Steals: 2.2 │ Blocks: 0.8 │ Plus/Minus: +7.8

Hanson joins a plethora of Australian basketballs stars who have won the MVP award at the Under-20 Championships including NBA stars Pattie Mills (2006, 2007) and Dante Exum (2013), Jack McVeigh (2014), Tony Ronaldson (1991), Brett Maher (1992), Alex Toohey (2022) and Pitt Panthers NCAA star Roman Siulepa (2024, 2025).

Notoa goes on the list with basketball.com.au's Bec Cole (2011), Australias greatest ever basketballer Lauren Jackson (1999), former Australian Opals captain Tess Madgen (2009), Olympian Trish Fallon (1991), Jenny Whittle (1992), Erin Phillips (2004), and WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Alanna Smith (2015).

Men’s MVP Medal Winners Wall of Fame

• Tony Ronaldson (1991)
• Brett Maher (1992)
• Chris Blakemore (1993)
• Phil Doherty (1994)
• Sam MacKinnon (1995)
• Frank Drmic (1996, 1997)
• Stephen Black (1998, 1999)
• Oscar Forman (2000)
• Matthew Burston (2001)
• Larry Davidson (2002)
• Damian Martin (2003)
• Brad Newley (2004)
• Stephen Weigh (2005)
• Pattie Mills (2006, 2007)
• Ryan Broekhoff (2008)
• Jorden Page (2009)
• Corey Maynard (2010)
• Mitchell Creek (2011)
• Venky Jois (2012)
• Dante Exum (2013)
• Jack McVeigh (2014)
• Dejan Vasiljevic (2015)
• Tom Wilson (2016)
• Jacob Rigoni (2017)
• Alex Mudronja (2018)
• Kyle Bowen (2019)
• Blake Jones (2020, 2021)
• Alexander Toohey (2022)
• Ben Henshall (2023)
• Roman Siulepa (2024)
• Roman Siulepa (2025)
• Bailey Hanson (2026)

Women’s MVP Medal Winners Wall of Fame

• Trish Fallon (1991)
• Jenny Whittle (1992)
• Michele Chandler (1993)
• Kristi Harrower (1994)
• Jae Kingi (1995)
• Melissa McClure (1996)
• Eleanor Sharp (1997)
• Narelle Lindsay (1998)
• Lauren Jackson (1999)
• Alison O’Dwyer (2000)
• Shelley Hammonds (2001)
• Laura Summerton (2002)
• Kelly Wilson (2003)
• Erin Phillips (2004)
• Kathleen McLeod (2005)
• Rebecca Duke (2006)
• Nicole Hunt (2007)
• Cayla Francis (2008)
• Tess Madgen (2009)
• Nicole Seekamp (2010)
• Rebecca Cole (2011)
• Sara Blicavs (2012)
• Alex Wilson (2013)
• Lauren Scherf (2014)
• Alanna Smith (2015)
• Alexandra Sharp (2016)
• Cassidy McLean (2017)
• Jazmin Shelley (2018)
• Isobel Palmer (2019)
• Gemma Potter (2020)
• Chyra Evans (2021)
• Nyadiew Puoch (2022)
• Jess Petrie (2023)
• Bonnie Deas (2024)
• Ruby Perkins (2025)
• Prasayas Notoa (2026)

Men’s Champions — Jack Terrill Trophy

• Victoria Metro: 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1989
• Victoria: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010–2015, 2018–2020, 2024
• South Australia: 1975, 1976, 1986, 1992, 1993
• New South Wales: 1979, 1982, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2026
• Western Australia: 1987, 1999, 2001, 2023
• Queensland: 2005, 2009, 2021, 2022
• Victoria Navy: 2016, 2025

Women’s Champions — Arthur McRobbie Trophy

• South Australia: 1981, 1987, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2026
  Victoria: 1982–1985, 1989, 1991–1994, 1996–1997, 2002–2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011–2015, 2018–2020, 2022, 2024
• Victoria Metro: 1983, 1985, 1989
• Australian Capital Territory: 1986
• Queensland: 1995, 2006
• New South Wales: 1999, 2001, 2007, 2021
• New South Wales Blue: 2021
• Victoria Navy: 2016