David Cullen (basketball)

Dave started playing basketball in the senior leagues for Team Smithwicks at 16 years old, but had to pretend he was 18 to be available for selection.

He them moved to Star of the Sea at age 20 who compete in the Irish Super League, the top level of basketball in Ireland which involves professional players brought in from America.

At age 25, David moved to the newly founded Queens Basketball Club.

This led to David twice representing the Northern Ireland Universities basketball team at the BUCS games.

In 2008 Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry helped finance the Cyprus team's trip to Belfast to participate in the tournament.