THE Mildura Heat has officially pulled out of Big V basketball for 2020.

Mildura fields Division 1 Women's and Division 2 Men's sides in the competition, which has been in limbo since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the delay of the season on the eve of round 1 in March.

But as the Big V looks to restart the largely Melbourne-based competition, senior Heat committee chairman Paul Lock said his club...