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The calm before the storm
With six different sides claiming the six trophies across Irish men’s and women’s basketball last season, there was a surprising calm at the season launch this month. Emmet Ryan on how the friendly faces hid the potential for another season of insanity on the court for Irish hoops DCU Mercy’s dramatic one point win over […]
Only the buzzer can ground Air Lorcan
The odds were against Templeogue and the situation was grim, it was time for Lorcan Murphy to take flight. Emmet Ryan on how the young baller came up big as Templeogue secured a first ever Irish Superleague title Staring down an occasion isn’t easy. Just ask CSKA Moscow. For Templeogue, the power had been put […]
Where the Warriors roam
Emmet Ryan went to Tralee to watch a basketball game and he ended up getting a whole lot more It’s not like there weren’t sufficient warnings. Gina and Rob had told me over coffee in the afternoon that I’d want to be early, that the Tralee crowd always arrive early. The talk of the crowd […]
League preview – Ireland: What’s in a name?
The first of BallinEurope’s league previews stays close to home with Ireland expanding and rebranding for 2016/17 It’s a big time of change in Irish basketball. The national teams returned in the summer, with the men coming fourth at the European Small Countries Championship and the women earning the silver medal. While the women still […]