	In October 2018, following the demise of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), Basketball Victoria announced a new senior elite league to take the reins as Australia's pre-eminent semi-professional basketball league. All Victorian SEABL teams joined the new league, while Knox Raiders, Eltham Wildcats, Ringwood Hawks and Waverley Falcons moved up from the Big V Championship division. The North-West Tasmania Thunder men and Launceston Tornadoes women also kept their place, as did Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence teams. In February 2019, the league was named NBL1.