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National Basketball Cup Final Preview Interviews

Thursday, 22 January 2015 18:27

A number of Cork clubs are in action at the Basketball Ireland National Cup Finals this weekend, with C&S UCC Demons and Team Montenotte Hotel looking to retain the Men's and Women's Senior titles. Demons are clear favourites for their tie against UCD Marian on the back of a 15 game unbeaten run in all competitions, while Montenotte will wear a heavy weight of expectation going up against a Killester side who are contesting their first national final since 2006. Click PLAY above to hear from UCC Demons Player/Coach Colin O'Reilly, and Team Montenotte's Coach Mark Scannell ahead of their respective ties.   The National Cup Finals programme in full, is as follows; Saturday 24th January, National Basketball Arena U18 Women's National Cup Final: DCU Mercy v Glanmire BC, 11:00 U20 Men's National Cup Final: Belfast Star v Moycullen BC, 13:00 Women's National Cup Final: Killester v Team Montenotte Hotel, 18:00 Men's National Cup Final: UCD Marian v C&S UCC Demons, 20:00 Sunday 25th January, National Basketball Arena U18 Men's National Cup: St. Vincent's v Fr Mathews, 10:30 U20 Women's National Final: Glanmire v Brunell Ladies, 12:30 President's National Cup Final: C&S Blue Demons v SSE Airtricity Moycullen, 14:30 Senior Women's National Cup Final: Oblate Dynamos v Portlaoise Panthers BC, 16:30   Best of luck to all Cork teams involved, tune in to The Big Red Bench on Saturday and Sunday with Ruairi O'Hagan and Lisa Lawlor from 6pm for more from the National Finals.

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