BI Men’s Super League 2016-17
| P | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
| x – Templeogue | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1906 | 1619 | 60 |
| x – Griffith Swords Thunder | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1902 | 1518 | 54 |
| y – Garvey’s Tralee Warriors | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1773 | 1590 | 51 |
| y – UCD Marian | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1871 | 1656 | 51 |
| y – Pyrobel Killester | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1683 | 1601 | 39 |
| y – UCC Demons | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1776 | 1827 | 36 |
| SSE Airtricity Moycullen | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1730 | 1784 | 27 |
| DCU Saints | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1628 | 1754 | 21 |
| Commercial.ie Eanna | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1568 | 1746 | 18 |
| Belfast Star | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1564 | 1717 | 18 |
| KUBS BC | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1526 | 1731 | 15 |
| r – Radisson Blu UL Eagles | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1387 | 1771 | 3 |
[2]
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Quarter-Finals | ||||
| Maree | 67 | Garvey’s Tralee Warriors | 82 | |
| Ulster University Elks | 56 | UCD Marian | 80 | |
| Semi-Finals (LYIT) | ||||
| Templeogue | 71 | UCD Marian | 64 | |
| Griffith Swords Thunder | 64 | Garvey’s Tralee Warriors | 64 | |
| Final (LYIT) | ||||
| Templeogue | 73 | Garvey’s Tralee Warriors | 74ot |
[3][4]
BI Men’s Super League 2017-18
| P | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
| c – UCD Marian | 23 | 18 | 5 | 1863 | 1646 | 54 |
| x – Pyrobel Killester | 23 | 17 | 6 | 1964 | 1692 | 51 |
| y – Black Amber Templeogue | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1939 | 1802 | 48 |
| y – Garveys Tralee Warriors | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1761 | 1621 | 48 |
| y – Griffith College Swords Thunder | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1807 | 1575 | 42 |
| y – UCC Demons | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1965 | 1852 | 39 |
| Belfast Star | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1555 | 1535 | 27 |
| Moycullen | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1649 | 1676 | 27 |
| DCU Saints | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1738 | 1950 | 24 |
| Maree | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1685 | 1954 | 18 |
| q – Eanna | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1642 | 1823 | 12 |
| r – KUBS BC | 22 | 2 | 20 | 1490 | 1932 | 6 |
[5]
| Date | Home Team | Away team | ||
| Promotion/Relegation Playoff (Waterford) | ||||
| 21.03.2018 | Eanna | 67 | Neptune | 78 |
[7]
| Date | Home Team | Away team | ||
| Quarter-Finals | ||||
| 18.03.2018 | Black Amber Templeogue | 90 | UCC Demons | 77 |
| 18.03.2018 | Garvey’s Tralee Warriors | 78 | Griffith College Swords Thunder | 71 |
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| 21.03.2018 | Pyrobel Killester | 73 | Black Amber Templeogue | 75 |
| 22.03.2018 | UCD Marian | 78 | Garvey’s Tralee Warriors | 82 |
| Final | ||||
| 24.03.2018 | Black Amber Templeogue | 61 | Garvey’s Tralee Warriors | 73 |
[6]
Points System: 3 Pts Win / 0 Pts Loss / Tied teams separated by Points Difference (PF – PA)
c – Super League Champions / x – Qualify for Champions Trophy Semi-Finals / y – Qualify for Champions Trophy Quarter-Finals / q – Enter Promotion-Relegation Playoff / r – relegated to Division 1
The Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland was created in 1945, and in 1971 set up the National League. the modern era began in 1980 when the ABAI changed its name to the Irish Basketball Association (IBBA) and sanctioned the introduction of paid professional imports from America. In 1991 the First and Second Divisions were merged into One Division with two conferences, which in 1993 were split again into a Super League (First Level) and Division 1 (Second Level). They were again merged in 1998 and split once again in 2001. The Association rebranded in 2003 as Basketball Ireland and in 2013 the Super League was rebranded the Premier League for three seasons, reverting back to the name Super League in 2016. [8]
This document provides an Overview of the Super League of the Basketball Ireland Men’s National League from 2016 to 2018, which was First Level of Men’s Basketball in Ireland, and was a period when the League reverted to the Super League brandt, with each team playing Home & Away against each other team to decide the League Champion, followed by a series of Playoffs, called the Champions Trophy, which is a separate competition to the League.
References
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Websites
[2] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Super League [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menssuper/ [Accessed 28 March 2017]
[3] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Champions Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/championstrophy [Accessed 28 March 2017]
[4] Basketball Ireland (2018) Results & Reaction: League Finals April 1st and 2nd [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10021603/ [Accessed 3 April 2017]
[5] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Super League [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menssuper [Accessed 26 March 2018]
[6] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Champions Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menschampionstrophy [Accessed 12 March 2018]
[7] Basketball Ireland (2018) Recap: Neptune secure promotion while Templeogue win in OT [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10037008/ [Accessed 26 March 2018]
[8] Basketball Ireland (2018) History [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/history/ [Accessed 26 May 2018]
Images
[1] Sligo Sports and Recreation (2017) Basketball Ireland logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.sligosportandrecreation.ie/wp-content/uploads/basketball-ireland-logo.jpg [Accessed 10 March 2017]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to John Folan.
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 10 February 2019
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