FIBA 1228
VIDEO: Dirk Nowitzki hopes Serbia are tired after Spain test
Dirk Nowitzki described Iceland as an unorthodox opponent and looked ahead to Germany’s clash with Serbia, a team he hopes will be tired from playing Spain on Day 1 of EuroBasket 2015. Watch his full briefing with the media after Germany’s win over Iceland below.
Dirk and Dennis lead Germany past Iceland
Germany made hard work of it at times but with Dennis Schroeder carrying the load and Dirk Nowitzki doing his thing the Group B hosts saw off Iceland to open their EuroBasket campaign with a win, writes Emmet Ryan The crowd was pretty hot from 20 minutes before tip and it didn’t hurt matters when […]
EuroBasket 2015: Group D Preview
With less than two hours to the opening tip, we take our final look ahead of EuroBasket 2015 with our preview of Group D Venue: Arena Riga Capacity: 11,200 Is Oguz Savas playing here?: No Your contenders Latvia are the hosts in this one and they are joined by their Baltic cousins Estonia and Lithuania […]
Twas the night before EuorBasket
Our dearly beloved editor put his liver on the line again to keep the BiE readers happy and, in his view, they delivered Knock and smile. That’s what the sign said. I had absolutely no idea of what would follow and how BiE’s readers would answer the call with aplomb. The evening began in a […]
EuroBasket 2015: Group C preview
What’s this? An actual basketball piece. It’s been a week but Emmet Ryan needed time. We’re going to break down the runers and riders in Group C now…and then do Group D tomorrow morning with a hangover Venue: Arena Zagreb Capacity: 16,500 Is Oguz Savas playing here?: No Your contenders Croatia are your hosts and […]
Ich bin ein beer drinker
Emmet Ryan really meant to write about basketball today but then he went on a pub crawl So towards the end of Wednesday night’s session I met an English dude. It was in Hopfenreich, great spot, and he tells me about a beer and ice cream pairing evening happening on Thursday. How could BiE not […]
Forgetting is all too easy
In the first of his reports from EuroBasket 2015, Emmet Ryan says it’s important to remember the cultural context in which this competition is taking place None of us were supposed to be here. We were supposed to be arguing over how to correctly write Kiev for our style guides along with a bunch of […]
EuroBasket 2015: Group B Preview
With EuroBasket 2015 just around the corner we are going group by group. In a stunning development the second group to be featured is Group B Venue: Mercedes-Benz Arena aka the O2 World Capacity: 14,500 Is Oguz Savas playing here?: YES! Your contenders The hosts for Group B, Germany have landed in by far the […]
Hibernia Basketball names 26 man initial squad for FIBA Europe Cup
The initial 26 man training roster for Hibernia Basketball has been named featuring one of the oldest active players on the continent and some massive caveats, writes Emmet Ryan As expected, player-coach Colin O’Reilly is part of the panel along with another 5 of his team-mates at UCC Demons. The squad features 9 of the […]
EuroBasket 2015: Group A Preview
With the big one just a few weeks away, we’re going to go group by group each of the next four Wednesdays with our unique take on what to expect. We start, predictably, with Group A Venue: Parks&Suites Arena, Montpellier, France Capacity: 10,700 Is Oguz Savas playing here?: No Your contenders Reigning EuroBasket champions France, […]
Schedule breaks hard for Hibernia in FIBA Europe Cup
In one respect, it’s exactly what Hibernia wanted but it’s still going to be an awful road through FIBA Europe Cup according to Emmet Ryan The order makes a heap of sense if you are Basketball Ireland. The target from this campaign is to not go 0-6. A win, any win, is a big win […]