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Hibernia Basketball was an Irish basketball team, created by Basketball Ireland to participate in the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup.[1] The team's home arena was the National Basketball Arena, based in Tallaght, South Dublin,[2] and the playing roster consisted of Premier League players.[3] The team made its debut on 28 October 2015 against Danish club Bakken Bears, losing 96–60.[4] They finished the tournament with a winless 0–6 record, finishing last in Group F and earning a tournament-worst point difference figure of 243 (345 points for, 588 against).[5]

Roster

Hibernia roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
SG 4 Republic of Ireland O'Sullivan, Adrian 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PG 5 Republic of Ireland Hosford, Kyle 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PG 6 Republic of Ireland Downey, Roy 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
SG 7 Republic of Ireland O'Sullivan, Ciaran 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
SF 8 Republic of Ireland Lyons, Patrick 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG 9 Republic of Ireland Cunningham, Dylan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
SF 10 Republic of Ireland Lacey, Kevin 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
SF 11 Republic of Ireland Thompson, Luke 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
SF 12 Republic of Ireland O'Reilly, Colin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
C 13 Latvia Provizors, Martins 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
PF 14 Republic of Ireland Grace, Conor 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
PF 15 United States Colbert, Lehmon 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
PF 23 Republic of Ireland Cairns, Keelan 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
PG 32 United States Vanzant, Shawn 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
SF 33 Republic of Ireland O'Sullivan, Ronan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
C Republic of Ireland Killeen, Jason 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Republic of Ireland Mark Scannell
  • Republic of Ireland James Weldon
  • Republic of Ireland Puff Summers
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2015-12-03

References

  1. ^ O'Neill, Michael (22 July 2015). "Basketball Ireland to enter new FIBA Europe Competition". SportsNewsIreland.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ^ McDermott, Niall (21 July 2015). "Irish Club Basketball in Europe – 15 Questions about Hibernia Basketball". TheCourtsideCollective.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ^ "HIBERNIA NAME THEIR 16 FIGHTING IRISH". FIBAEurope.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ "BAKKEN BEARS TEACH HIBERNIA TOUGH LESSONS IN BLOW-OUT". FIBAEurope.com. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Hibernia Basketball – FIBA Europe Cup". FIBAEurope.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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