Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2013-14

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Maree	14	13	1			40
Swords Thunder	14	11	3			36
St. Mary’s	14	10	4			34
Titans	14	9	5			32
Blue Demons	14	5	9			24
Kilkenny	14	5	9			24
Fr. Mathews	14	2	12			18
Tolka Rovers	14	1	13			16

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Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2014-15

	P	W	L	PF	PA	BP	Pts
*SSE Airtricity Moycullen	14	12	2			2	38
*Maree	14	12	2			1	37
^Eanna	14	7	7			1	22
^C&S Blue Demons	14	7	7			1	22
^Team Left Bank Kilkenny	14	6	8			2	20
^JM&L Auctioneers Titans	14	5	9			3	18
Fr. Mathews	14	6	8			0	18
Tolka Rovers	14	1	13			1	4

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	Eanna	68	DCU Saints	82
	C&S Blue Demons	74	BFG Neptune	84
	JM&L Auctioneers Titans	65	UCD Marian	86
	Team Left Bank Kilkenny	106	Belfast Star	99
	Semi-Finals
	DCU Saints	85	BFG Neptune	73
	UCD Marian	84	Team Left Bank Kilkenny	46
	Final
	DCU Saints	102	UCD Marian	95

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Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 2015-16

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Maree	18	17	1			51
*Kubs	18	14	4			42
*Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	18	14	4			42
*Team Kilkenny	18	10	8			30
C&S Blue Demons	18	7	11			21
BFG Neptune	18	6	12			18
Kestrels	18	6	12			18
IT Carlow	18	6	12			18
Fr. Mathews	18	5	13			15
JM&L Auctioneers Titans	18	5	13			15

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	Kubs	91	Team Kilkenny	81
	Maree	80	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	76
	Final
	Maree	79	Kubs	89

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BI Men’s Division 1 2016-17

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
North Conference
Maree	16	14	2	1408	1103	42
Ulster University Elks	16	13	3	1383	1195	39
EJ Sligo All-Stars	16	8	8	1298	1342	24
LYIT Donegal	16	6	10	1097	1192	18
Dublin Lions	16	4	12	1033	1250	12
Titans	16	3	13	1154	1432	9
South Conference
BFG Neptune	16	13	3	1595	1262	39
Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	16	13	3	1362	1224	39
Kestrels	16	10	6	1336	1181	30
Team Kilkenny	16	6	10	1171	1200	18
Fr. Mathews	16	4	12	1133	1354	12
IT Carlow Basketball	16	2	14	1150	1385	6

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Classification 1-4 (League)

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Day 1
18.03.2017	Maree	79	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	57
18.03.2017	BFG Neptune	93	Ulster Elks	97
	Day 2
19.03.2017	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	89	BFG Neptune	98
19.03.2017	Maree	81	Ulster Elks	70

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Classification 5-8 (League)

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Day 1
18.03.2017	Kestrels	107	LYIT Donegal	63
18.03.2017	EJ Sligo All-Stars	28	Team Kilkenny	71
	Day 2
19.03.2017	LYIT Donegal	70	EJ Sligo All-Stars	95
19.03.2017	Kestrels	54	Team Kilkenny	71

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Classification 9-12 (League)

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Day 1
18.03.2017	Dublin Lions	75	IT Carlow Basketball	76
18.03.2017	Fr. Mathews	108	Titans	70
	Day 2
19.03.2017	Dublin Lions	88	Titans	77
19.03.2017	IT Carlow Basketball	20	Fr. Mathews	0 #

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League Cup (Playoffs)

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
01.04.2017	Ulster University Elks	48	BFG Neptune	72
01.04.2017	Maree	60	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	69
	Final
02.04..2017	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	97	BFG Neptune	72

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BI Men’s Division 1 2017-18

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Division 1A
*Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	19	17	2	1612	1288	51
*Neptune	19	16	3	1714	1351	48
*Ballincollig	19	16	3	1704	1481	48
*IT Carlow Basketball	19	12	7	1568	1460	36
Fr Mathews	19	11	8	1674	1564	33
Ulster University Elks	19	7	12	1522	1654	21
Portlaoise Panthers	19	7	12	1337	1502	21
Division 1B
*Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	19	10	9	1570	1514	30
*Paris Texas Kilkenny	19	9	10	1480	1447	27
*LIT Celtics	19	8	11	1642	1685	24
*Dublin Lions	19	7	12	1612	1674	21
LYIT Donegal	19	7	12	1581	1814	21
EJ Sligo All-Stars	19	4	15	1387	1620	12
GameFootage.net Titans	19	2	17	1447	1796	6

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Date	Home Team		Away team
	Quarter-Finals
16.03.2018	Neptune	113	LIT Celtics	103
18.03.2018	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	91	Dublin Lions	97
18.03.2018	Scotts Lakers St. Pauls Killarney	85	IT Carlow Basketball	89
19.03.2018	Paris Texas Kilkenny	92	Ballincollig	96
	Semi-Finals
22.03.2018	Dublin Lions	80	Ballincollig	72
23.03.2018	IT Carlow Basketball	91	Neptune	76
	Final (WIT)
24.03.2018	Dublin Lions	72	IT Carlow Basketball	88

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Promotion/ Relegation Playoff (WIT)
21.03.2018	Eanna	67	Neptune	78

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BI Men’s Division 1 2018-19

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*DBS Eanna	23	22	1	2058	1538	66
*Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	23	17	6	1953	1664	51
EJ Sligo All Stars	23	17	6	1909	1765	51
Bad Bobs Tolka Rovers	23	14	9	1761	1670	42
KUBS BC	23	11	12	1777	1695	33
Ulster University Elks	23	6	17	1674	1921	18
LYIT Donegal	23	4	19	1669	2125	12
GameFootage.net Titans	23	2	21	1668	2052	6
Southern Conference
*Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	24	22	2	2154	1730	66
*Scotts Lakers St. Paul’s Killarney	24	18	6	2083	1821	54
IT Carlow Basketball	24	15	9	1874	1766	45
Portlaoise Panthers	24	13	11	1881	1939	39
Limerick Celtics	24	12	12	1912	1969	36
Fr. Mathews	24	9	15	1869	1974	27
UL Sports Eagles	24	8	16	1775	1875	24
Waterford Vikings	24	7	17	1738	1910	21
LIT	24	3	21	1807	2148	9

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Date	Home Team		Away team
	Semi-Finals
23.03.19	DBS Eanna	95	Scotts Lakers St. Paul’s Killarney	78
23.03.19	Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	68	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	78
	Final
23.03.19	DBS Eanna	73	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	67

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Date	Home Team		Away team
	Promotion/Relegation
10.04.19	CandS Neptune	70	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	79

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Report

Basketball Ireland rebranded the Super League as the Premier League in 2013, however, Division 1 remained the same. 

In 2013-14 Maree won the League Title, and in 2014-15, another Galway team, Moycullen won the Division 1 title. The top two played in the Premier League playoffs this year (named the Champions Trophy), whilst those ranked 3-6 played in the Division 1 Playoffs along with four lower-ranked Premier League sides, one of which, DCU Saints won the Playoff title (named the League Cup).

At the end of the 2015-16 season, Maree, back in Division after being relegated from the Premier League, won the League title but fell in the League Cup (Playoff) Final, 89-79 to Kubs of Kilbarrack in Dublin.

For the following season Division 1 was split into Northern and Southern Conferences, with Maree and Neptune of Cork winning their respective conferences, and Maree the overall League. In The League Cup Playoffs, Killorglin of Kerry shocked both Maree and, in the Final, Neptune, winning 97-72.

The League was again split into Northern & Southern Conferences for the 2017-18 season, with the League split into a Top Half (Division 1A) and Bottom Half (Division 1B) for the second half of the season. Killorglin won the League title, but IT Carlow were to be the Playoff champions, winning the League Cup 88-72 against Dublin Lions of Clondalkin.

In 2018-19, a whopping 17 teams played in Division 1, with teams playing each other twice within their own conference, and once against teams from the other conference for a marathon 23 or 24 game season. DBS Eanna of Ballyroan in Dublin, and Ballincollig, from Cork, won their respective Conferences, before DBS Eanna went on to win the Playoff Final, 73-67 against Dublin Lions.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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