Final Standings 1997-98

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Star of the Sea	18	17	1			52
Denny Notre Dame	18	13	5			44
Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	18	10	8			38
Killester	18	10	8			38
Dungannon	18	9	9			36
Longnecks Ballina	18	8	10			34
UCD Marian	18	7	11			32
Kerry Spring Water Killarney	18	6	12			30
Neptune	18	5	13			28
Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	18	5	13			28

National Championships

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
15.03.1998	Star of the Sea	94	Killester	72
15.03.1998	Denny Notre Dame	97	Marathon Sp St. Vincent’s	70
	Final
15.03.1998	Star of the Sea	92	Denny Notre Dame	74

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
05.10.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincemt’s	90	Dungannon Fliers	81
05.10.1997	Team Longnecks Ballina	74	Star of the Sea	90
05.10.1997	Killester	83	UCD Marian	73
05.10.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	67	Denny Notre Dame	83
	Week 2
12.10.1997	UCD Marian	86	Neptune	80
12.10.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	91	Team Longnecks Ballina	81
12.10.1997	Killester	85	Denny Notre Dame	90
12.10.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	74	Dungannon	75
12.10.1997	Star of the Sea	93	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	75
	Week 3
17.10.1997	Denny Notre Dame	80	UCD Marian	60
19.10.1997	Garvey’s Tralee Tigers	74	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	78
19.10.1997	Dungannon	83	Killester	78
19.10.1997	Longnecks Ballina	99	Neptune	69
19.10.1997	Star of the Sea	95	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	50
	Week 4
26.10.1997	Amev UCD-Marian	93	Dungannon	94
26.10.1997	Neptune	95	Denny Notre Dame	112
26.10.1997	Killester	84	Star of the Sea	98
26.10.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	96	Garvey’s Tralee Tigers	80
26.10.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	95	Longnecks Ballina	115
	Week 5
09.11.1997	Amev UCD-Marian	81	Star of the sea	90
09.11.1997	Denny Notre Dame	108	Dungannon	78
09.11.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	90	Killester	70
09.11.1997	Longnecks Ballina	81	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	77
09.11.1997	Neptune	84	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	87
	Week 6
16.11.1997	Denny Notre Dame	93	Star of the Sea	84
16.11.1997	Dungannon	76	Neptune	67
16.11.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	60	Amev-UCD Marian	82
16.11.1997	Longnecks Ballina	85	Killester	102
16.11.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	109	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	95
	Week 7
23.11.1997	Denny Notre Dame	109	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	83
23.11.1997	Killester	72	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	68
23.11.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89	Neptune	83
23.11.1997	Dungannon	77	Star of the Sea	87
23.11.1997	Longnecks Ballina	81	Amev UCD-Marian	77
	Week 8
30.11.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	91	UCD-Marian	93
30.11.1997	Lomgnecks Ballina	78	Denny Notre Dame	92
30.11.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	70	Dungannon	72
30.11.1997	Killester	76	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89
30.11.1997	Neptune	91	Star of the Sea	107
	Week 9
05.12.1997	Denny Notre Dame	99	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	85
07.12.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	82	Amev UCD-Marian	81
07.12.1997	Dungannon	85	Longnecks Ballina	77
07.12.1997	Neptune	104	Killester	83
07.12.1997	Star of the Sea	92	Garvey’s tigers Tralee	89
	Week 10
21.12.1997	Denny Notre Dame	83	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	83
21.12.1997	Star of the Sea	108	Longnecks Ballina	94
21.12.1997	Amev UCD-Marian	90	Killester	82
21.12.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	86	Neptune	83
21.12.1997	Dungannon	74	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	85
	Week 11
04.01.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	62	Star of the Sea	90
04.01.1998	Neptune	74	UCD-Marian	75
04.01.1998	Denny Notre Dame	78	Killester	85
04.01.1998	Longnecks Ballina	130	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	97
	Week 12
11.01.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	97	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	87
11.01.1998	Neptune	103	Longnecks Ballina	86
11.01.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	82	Denny Notre Dame	99
11.01.1998	Killester	86	Dungannon	72
11.01.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	82	Star of the Sea	106
11.01.1998	Neptune	95	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	88
	Week 13
18.01.1998	Killester	119	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	103
18.01.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	85	Longnecks Ballina	92
18.01.1998	Dungannon	81	Denny Notre Dame	93
18.01.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	78	Neptune	88
18.01.1998	Star of the Sea	124	Amev UCD-Marian	88
	Week 13 B
25.01.1998	Dungannon	71	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	75
	Week 14
01.02.1998	Denny Notre Dame	85	Neptune	82
01.02.1998	Dungannon	86	Amev UCD-Marian	85
01.02.1998	Longnecks Ballina	85	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	87
01.02.1998	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	86	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	72
01.02.1998	Star of the sea	113	Killester	80
	Week 15
08.02.1998	Star of the Sea	100	Denny Notre Dame	83
08.02.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	99	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	91
08.02.1998	Neptune	81	Dungannon	84
08.02.1998	Killester	98	Longnecks Ballina	82
08.02.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	82
	Week 16
15.02.1998	Star of the Sea	110	Dungannon	90
15.02.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	91	Killester	82
15.02.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	94	Longnecks Ballina	95
15.02.1998	Neptune	96	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	90
15.02.1998	Garvey’ds Tigers Tralee	117	Denny Notre Dame	100
	Week 17
22.02.1998	Amev-UCD Marian	95	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	81
22.02.1998	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	68	Star of the Sea	81
22.02.1998	Killester	108	Neptune	94
22.02.1998	Longnecks Ballina	114	Dungannon	89
22.02.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	100	Denny Notre Dame	69
	Week 18
01.03.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	73	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	86
01.03.1998	Denny Notre Dame	115	Longnecks Ballina	84
01.03.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	76	Killester	109
01.03.1998	Dungannon	101	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	83
01.03.1998	Star of the Sea	97	Neptune	77

Report

Javan Dupree led Star of the Sea of Belfast to their first ever Irish Basketball Association Men’s Super League National Championship in 1997-98, running up a 17-1 regular season record (their only loss was a 93-84 loss to Denny Notre Dame in Week 6, which put the Tallaght side on top of the table on 6-0). After going 9-0 in the first half Denny faltered over Christmas and New Year’s, with back to back losses to Kerry Spring Water Killarney and Killester. Notre Dame stuck with Star through Week 14, just a game behind the Belfast side going into the big clash between the two in Week 15, which Star won 100-83 with 29 points by C Guitlar, 24 by G Maguire and 19 by Adrian Fulton. Another loss the following week for Denny meant the League title was wrapped up by Star in Week 16, and they went on to win the National Championships with a 92-74 victory over their nearest challengers on March 15th, Gareth Maguire scoring 23, C Guitlar 20 and John Leahy 18. Denny’s Americans, Randall Mounts (27) and Lennie McMillan were unable to stop them.

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Images

[24] Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s and 90s (2018) Photo to Page by John Folan, July 24, 2018 “What more can you say but
STAR” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=644547202596101&set=gm.1921626407860829 [Accessed 20 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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