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AUDIO: O’Reilly says Irish players are better than ever
UCC Demons player coach Colin O’Reilly leads the reigning champions into the Irish Cup final this Saturday night. Ahead of their battle with UCD Marian, O’Reilly spoke with TG4 about the game in Ireland right now and the challenge presented from UCD Marian. Despite Demons being undefeated in all competitions this season, after suffering just […]
Highlights: Round-up from the Irish Cup semi finals
It was a big weekend in Irish basketball as UCD Marian and UCC Demons booked their spots in the men’s cup final while DCU Mercy and the gloriously named Team Montenotte Hotel secured spots in the women’s decider. We’ve highlights from all four teams semi final victories here for those who missed our live broadcast […]
LIVE: Irish Cup semi finals
BallinEurope is in the Mardyke Arena in Cork to broadcast Friday night’s two huge Irish Cup semi finals. First up it’s UCD Marian vs UL Eagles (19.00 GMT/20.00 CET) and that’s followed by UCC Demons vs Swords Thunder (21.00 GMT/ 22.00 CET). Tweet us during the game @bie_basketball and I’ll try to read them out […]
BiE to stream Irish Cup semi finals LIVE on Friday
Huge news for BallinEurope today as we can confirm that we will be streaming the Irish men’s Cup semi-finals live from the Mardyke arena in Cork this Friday night. BiE has directly streamed three games this season and carried the stream of a further four from the Irish Premier League. This combo however will be […]
Finding a rhythm
BiE got a first look at the team everyone expects to win it all in Ireland on Sunday while the new kids on the block showed why time is something they badly need. DCU Saints have dominated in games where they have been able to set the tone this season. Sunday was not one of […]
A look at the WTF promos for a live double header
Basketball Ireland is holding a double header in the National Basketball Arena on Sunday. Those of you with a functioning understanding of the calendar will be aware that Sunday is not Halloween but we’ll give BI the benefit of the doubt here because: (A) You can watch both games for free here from 15.00 CET […]
VIDEO: Demons and Neptune players preview season opener
Ciaran O’Sullivan of UCC Demons and Ian McLoughlin of Neptune spoke to BiE ahead of Saturday’s season opening Cork derby in the Irish Premier League.
Ireland’s MVP, Under 23, and Coach of the year awards announced
The winners of the top individual prizes in Irish basketball have been announced, Emmet Ryan runs through the six big winners from the 2013/14 season. The men’s premier league MVP award went to Michael Bonaparte of league champions Killester. Bonaparte played a big role in Killester reeling in UCC Demons down the back-end of the […]
Colbert stands tall on Irish Cup Finals night
Friday night was the highlight of the Irish Basketball calendar as both Cup titles went south to Cork. BiE’s Emmet Ryan was at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght to take in the action. Health and safety is a strange beast for sports organisations. The Arena is barely 25 years old yet its capacity has […]
The cruellest buzzer beater of all
We need to give context here. The Irish Cup involves teams playing over two legs, home and away, in the first round. UCC Demons held a 31 point lead before heading up to UCD Marian for the return leg yesterday. Marian, in blue, managed to move into a 33 point lead on the night, putting […]
European domestic league champions, 2008/2009
You can find here an overview of the various domestic league national champions in Europe.