Well it is 4:35am and my alarm clock goes off. I am at home in Bolton having travelled back home last night as I have to present the Sunday Breakfast programme on BBC Radio Manchester. The show starts at 7:00am and in order to get to the studios and get all the preparation done, I must be out of the house by 5:00.

Last year at the 07/08 Finals Weekend British Basketball paid tribute to the wonderful Sheila Hopkins who had died earlier in the year. This year 08/09, we would be paying tribute to referee Number 19 - Ian Pollard, one of basketball's favourite referees who passed away within the previous couple of weeks.