Bragging rights on the line at hoops head office

Basketball is no ‘minority’ sport.

The last membership figures put together by Basketball Ireland climbed towards 24,000, a figure that includes players, coaches referees and the like, though not schools. It’s a considerable number whatever way you cut it but it’s a code that retains the sense of a tight community at play.

Like all sports, the vast sea of humanity thins into a shallow pond the higher up you go and the National Cup finals played at the Arena in Tallaght this weekend paint perfectly a picture of tangled allegiances in this cheek-by-jowl pocket of society.