But it's a task point guard Adam Doyle believes the revamped national champions are firmly up to.

The Braves have slipped to 4-4 and fourth place in a tight south conference race, headed by Sunday's opponent Hobart (4-2).

It's not where the Braves envisioned themselves at the start of the season, or as recently as seven days ago.

But as Doyle was quick to point out, it's still only early days in what is a long SEABL season.

"We've probably dropped one or two games that we should have won, or thought we were going to win, but it's only eight games into the season," he said.

"We've still got 18 or 20-odd games to go, we can definitely make that up.

"This weekend is going to be  a massive weekend if we come home with two wins from Tassie and that's what we're focused on right now."

It will take a super-effort to chalk up consecutive victories for the Braves, who have yet to string together two wins this season.

"Hopefully we can start this weekend and then obviously we play Mount Gambier at home the weekend after that, so the next four or five games is going to be tough," Doyle said.

"I think if we can string one or two together, I think we can start rolling and string three four or five together which is what we need to do."

Doyle, 24, has made an impressive start to his career in blue and yellow.

The Adelaide 36ers-NBL back-up is averaging 14 points, 4.1 rebounds and a league third-highest 5.8 assists per game.

He credits his recent signing of a new three-year deal with the 36ers as helping him become more settled in his on-court role in Bendigo.

A highlight of the weekend will be long-time Brave Chris Adkins reaching his 150th SEABL game.

Doyle said the side would be going all-out to get a win to mark the occasion.

"One hundred and 50 games is special, if we can get two wins for him he'll be able to remember it well," he said.

Co-captain Taylor Bell will make the trip to Tasmania, but is no guarantee to play after missing all but one game so far.

The Braves play the North West Tasmania Thunder on Saturday night, with Hobart Chargers to follow on Sunday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the Lady Braves head to Tasmania for games against the Launceston Tornadoes on Saturday and Lady Chargers on Sunday.

They have been bolstered by the arrival of second import Chante Black, who hopes to carry on from where she left off last season in the SEABL, after leading the team in rebounding (11.9pppg) and finishing second in scoring (18.9ppg).

After a promising 5-1 start, coach Jonathon Goodman said his side would head away with plenty of confidence.

"Launceston are going to be extremely tough, Hobart have had some mixed results," he said.

"But we're feeling really good, we've had some good recovery sessions this week and the girls trained well on Tuesday."

Hatching a plan to combat the diverse talents of Tayla Roberts and WNBL star Lauren Mansfeld will be a priority for Goodman.

Roberts, a one-time back-up with the Bendigo Spirit, heads the league in scoring (23.8ppg) and is fourth in rebounds (11.8).

Mansfield is averaging 18.5 points to be among the top dozen scorers in the league and is equal fourth in steals (five).