Irish Examiner Sport

Pat Price and Mark Scannell join Conor Meany and Kieran Shannon to preview National Cup Finals weekend, the showpiece of the Irish basketball calendar.

With cup final weekend looming, GAA great and performance coach Enda McNulty joins Kieran Shannon and Conor Meany to discuss the dos and don'ts of preparing for a big game.Thanks to the intervention of the late Dublin footballer Brian Mullins, Enda assisted Conor's UCD Marian side in 2011 ahead of their underdog cup final win over Killester. He explains how world-class performance coaching can translate to an amateur setting and gives some practical advice for coaches and players ahead of a final. We also hear from Charlie Crowley, the young coach of Maree, who last weekend booked a place in the men's cup final for the first time.

Emporium Cork captain Adrian O'Sullivan and Eimear Máirtin of Trinity Meteors join Conor Meany and Kieran Shannon to preview cup semi-final weekend in Cork.

Basketball Ireland CEO John Feehan and Castleisland Blitz mastermind Donal 'Duke' O'Connor join Conor Meany and Kieran Shannon.Can Irish basketball emulate the commercial growth rugby has seen over three decades?Why basketball should be so appealing to commercial partners.Is the National Stadium set for a revamp?What is the future of basketball on TV?And much more...Plus how the Castleisland Christmas Blitz became a basketball institution.

On this week's show, Conor Meany and Kieran Shannon review the weekend's action and are joined by Demons coach Danny O'Mahony and East Cavan Eagles coach and founding member Carol Verschoyle.

Ten years on from the death of Páidi O Sé, Paul Rouse, Tomás Ó Sé, Mikey Sheehy and Tomás Ó Flatharta remember a great footballer and manager and a unique character.