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Bernard O’Byrne on Ireland’s resurrection
It’s been a long road back to relevance for Irish basketball, ahead of the FIBA Europe Cup next week Emmet Ryan speaks with Basketball Ireland chief executive Bernard O’Byrne about the sport’s resurrection in Ireland When Bernard O’Byrne took over as chief executive of Basketball Ireland in 2011, the sport was in brutal shape on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ranking Hibernia Basketball’s potential intro tunes
With Hibernia Basketball signalling Ireland’s return to European club basketball, BiE editor Emmet Ryan has ranked the top five songs he thinks the team should use when they take the floor There’s a problem in Irish sport that I like to call Dropkick Murphys syndrome. It’s where pretty much every sporting event in Ireland insists […]