{"id":88358,"date":"2023-12-16T04:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=88358"},"modified":"2023-12-13T20:33:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T09:33:44","slug":"united-to-face-old-rival-in-2024-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/sport\/united-to-face-old-rival-in-2024-home-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"United to face old rival in 2024 home opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GEELONG United will face off against familiar regional foes to start the 2024 NBL1 South season, one of which is a highly anticipated home opener.<\/p>\n<p>United will head north to Ballarat&#8217;s Selkirk Stadium on April 7 to open its 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Supercats will play its traditionally sold-out home opener five days later on April 12 against Bendigo, with the club&#8217;s senior women to take on the Braves&#8217; 2023 National Championship-winning squad in the first of the night&#8217;s two games.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/12\/2H3A0301_78589.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geelong United will host a huge home opener clash against Bendigo at The Geelong Arena in 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Season 2024 of the Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 will be our best yet, with 1440 games, stacked rosters, an introduction of a nationwide Heritage Round, the return of ANZAC Round and First Nations Round, and a new naming rights partner,&#8221; 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