Hibernia Basketball

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]

Hibernia Basketball
LeaguesFIBA Europe Cup
Founded2015
Dissolved2016
ArenaNational Basketball Arena
Capacity2,500
LocationTallaght, South Dublin, Ireland
Head coachColin O'Reilly
OwnershipBasketball Ireland

Roster
Hibernia roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
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
Assistant coach(es)
  • Mark Scannell
  • James Weldon
  • Puff Summers
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • 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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