MARDYKE UCC Demons are rated as one of the best junior teams ever to come out of Cork and if they cross paths with either the defending champions, Shamrock Rovers, or Dart Killester in the final of the ESB Men’s Junior Cup at the ESB Arena tomorrow night, then they could provide the game of the weekend.

Sx3 Star's Gareth Maguire and Adrian Fulton, along with Mardyke UCC Demon's Brian Clernon, have been short-listed to receive the Irish Basketball Player of the Year award 2003.

NOTRE DAME boosted hopes of a possible double when their junior side qualified for the final of the Under-19 Cup to get the ESB National Cup weekend under way at the National Basketball Arena last night.

The biggest ever international basketball tournament to take place in Ireland begins tomorrow.