Hibernia Basketball

Hibernia Basketball
Leagues	FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	2015
Arena	National Basketball Arena
Capacity	2,500
Location	Tallaght, South Dublin, Ireland
Head coach	Colin O'Reilly
Ownership	Basketball Ireland
Uniforms
Home Away

Hibernia Basketball is an Irish basketball team, created by Basketball Ireland to participate in European competitions led by FIBA.^[1] The team's home arena is the National Basketball Arena, based in Tallaght, South Dublin,^[2] and the playing roster consists of Premier League players.^[3] The team made its debut in the FIBA Europe Cup on October 28, 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. # Nat. Name Ht. SG 4 O'Sullivan, Adrian 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) PG 5 Hosford, Kyle 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) PG 6 Downey, Roy 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) SG 7 O'Sullivan, Ciaran 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) SF 8 Lyons, Patrick 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) SG 9 Cunningham, Dylan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) SF 10 Lacey, Kevin 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) SF 11 Thompson, Luke 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) SF 12 O'Reilly, Colin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) C 13 Provizors, Martins 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) PF 14 Grace, Conor 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) PF 15 Colbert, Lehmon 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) PF 23 Cairns, Keelan 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) PG 32 Vanzant, Shawn 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) SF 33 O'Sullivan, Ronan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) C Killeen, Jason 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Head coach Colin O'Reilly Assistant coach(es) Mark Scannell James Weldon Puff Summers Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster 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.

External links

• Basketball Ireland official website
• Hibernia Basketball @ FIBAEurope.com