Joe Hurst (Hobart Devils) on 1980s Tassie Hoops and his 1988 MVP season

Aussie Hoopla NBL & NBA Podcast

"Jumping" Joe Hurst played his college ball with Northwest Missouri State University, before starting his professional career for the Hobart Devils in the NBL.

During his debut season, he averaged 32 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block and captured league MVP in the process.

Strangely, he was left off the All-NBL First team that season and become the only MVP in NBL history to not make the All NBL First team in the same season.

Hurst played a second season with the Devils in 1989, averaging 29 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block per game. His numbers not quite what they were during his debut season thanks to a number of mid-season injuries.

Hurst also played professionally for teams in Sweden, Iceland, Croatia, Indonesia and Portugal before playing a final season for Hobart in 1992.

Topics include;

• Joe Hurst's current role as Bendigo Basketball's director of coaching.and how it allows him to stay close to the development of Australian Basketball (2:00)
• His basketball roots in Illinois and his college basketball career at Northwest Missouri State University (9:00)
• A brief NBA stint with the Kansas City Kings in 1985 (12:00)
• How Joe found his way to the Hobart Devils and funny stories from arriving in Australia (21:00)
• Joe Hursts 1988 MVP season (31:00)
• Joe Hurst drops 51 points against the Brisbane Bullets to keep his job (38:00)
• The 1989 NBL season (44:00)
• Playing as an import in Sweden, Croatia, Indonesia and Iceland (54:00)
• The 1992 NBL season (1:00:00)
• His role as father/coach of his daughter Ahlise Hurst who currently plays at the University of New Mexico (1:05:00)
• The highlights of his career and the biggest obstacles he faced (1:17:00)

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