In the SA State League, the Tigers won 11 championships across their men's and women's teams up until 2003.
The Glenelg Tigers were founded in the 1960s[1] and joined the South Australian State Basketball League.
[3][4] When the National Basketball League was formed in 1979, the Glenelg Tigers men's team joined the West Adelaide Bearcats as the South Australian representatives.
[5][6] The Tigers played in and won the very first game of the inaugural NBL season on 24 February 1979, defeating the City of Sydney Astronauts 68–65 at Apollo Stadium in Adelaide.
[citation needed] However, they managed just two more wins in the inaugural season and finished second last on the ladder.