As we count down to one of the most anticipated basketball matches of the year – St Charles College versus Maritzburg College this Friday, 25 January 2019 – let’s hear it from Saints director of basketball Craig Gilchrist, who is also the national men’s coach and a legendary SA player in his heyday.

Craig certainly has the credentials to hold court on hoops.

Feature image: Craig coaching the SA men’s basketball team.

Craig, KZN10.com is so pleased to spend time with a luminary of South African basketball, an inspiration and influencer to our coaches and aspirant schoolboy basketballers alike.

Let’s start with what was initially question 5; it’s a topic uttermost in the mind of KZN10.com – Friday’s official renaming of the revamped Saints basketball centre, culminating in the marquee local derby 6pm night match against Maritzburg College; can you outline the significance of the Friday?

 

 

 

Craig, Saints’ premier basketball team, lets walk through the downs and ups of 2018.

 

 

 

As Saints Basketball Specialist, how do you see the health of Saints Basketball as of end 2018 and into the 2019 year?

 

 

 

St Charles College’s basketball opponents in first term 2019, which KZN schools do you feel are going to test Saints the most?

 

 

 

The many Saints Basketball fans, what can they look forward to in 2019?

 

 

Thanks Craig, much appreciated. I can’t wait for Friday Nite’s Hoops Action. Let’s bang the first buzzer!