League Table

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*UCD Marian	23	18	5	1863	1646	54
*Pyrobel Killester	23	17	6	1964	1692	51
*Black Amber Templeogue	22	16	6	1939	1802	48
*Garveys Tralee Warriors	22	16	6	1761	1621	48
*Griffith College Swords Thunder	22	14	8	1807	1575	42
*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
— Eanna	22	4	18	1642	1823	12
– KUBS BC	22	2	20	1490	1932	6

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Points System: 3 Pts Win / 0 Pts Loss / Tied teams separated by Points Difference (PF – PA)

c – Super League Champions / * Qualify for Champions Trophy/ — Enter Promotion-Relegation Playoff / – relegated to Division 1

Champions Trophy

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

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Promotion/Relegation Playoff

Date	Home Team		Away team
	Playoff (Waterford)
21.03.2018	Eanna	67	Neptune	78

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Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away team
	Week 1
14.09.2017	KUBS	49	Belfast Star	89
15.09.2017	UCC Demons	79	Garveys Tralee Warriors	77
16.09.2017	Pyrobel Killester	72	Griffith College Swords Thunder	90
16.09.2017	DCU Saints	79	Black Amber Templeogue	96
16.09.2017	Maree	63	Moycullen	88
	Week 2
23.09.2017	Belfast Star	109	Maree	64
23.09.2017	Moycullen	78	DCU Saints	85
23.09.2017	UCD Marian	83	UCC Demons	80
23.09.2017	Garveys Tralee Warriors	75	KUBS	37
23.09.2017	Black Amber Templeogue	82	Pyrobel Killester	96
24.09.2017	Griffith College Swords Thunder	91	Eanna	66
	Week 3
30.09.2017	Pyrobel Killester	61	Moycullen	66
30.09.2017	DCU Saints	65	Belfast Star	85
30.09.2017	Eanna	92	Black Amber Templeogue	86
30.09.2017	Maree	74	Garveys Tralee Warriors	87
30.09.2017	KUBS	58	UCD Marian	76
01.10.2017	UCC Demons	96	Griffith College Swords Thunder	95
	Week 4
07.10.2017	Griffith College Swords Thunder	65	Belfast Star	58
07.10.2017	Eanna	95	DCU Saints	75
07.10.2017	Maree	70	UCC Demons	93
07.10.2017	Garveys Tralee Warriors	73	Moycullen	70
07.10.2017	Black Amber Templeogue	72	UCD Marian	78
10.10.2017	KUBS	62	Pyrobel Killester	92
	Week 5
14.10.2017	Griffith College Swords Thunder	93	KUBS	48
14.10.2017	Belfast Star	73	Pyrobel Killester	75
14.10.2017	Moycullen	86	Eanna	77
14.10.2017	UCD Marian	86	Maree	49
14.10.2017	Garveys Tralee Warriors	89	DCU Saints	64
14.10.2017	Black Amber Templeogue	97	UCC Demons	89
	Week 7
26.10.2017	UCD Marian	66	Pyrobel Killester	91
28.10.2017	KUBS	78	Black Amber Templeogue	101
28.10.2017	Maree	70	Griffith College Swords Thunder	84
28.10.2017	Pyrobel Killester	78	Garveys Tralee Warriors	90
28.10.2017	UCD Marian	104	DCU Saints	80
29.10.2017	Belfast Star	75	UCC Demons	84
30.10.2017	Garveys Tralee Warriors	80	Eanna	71
30.10.2017	Griffith Swords Thunder	65	DCU Saints	69
30.10.2017	Moycullen	93	KUBS	81
30.10.2017	Black Amber Templeogue	104	Maree	52
	Week 8
04.11.2017	Belfast Star	84	Black Amber Templeogue	89
04.11.2017	DCU Saints	87	KUBS	76
04.11.2017	Eanna	77	UCC Demons	92
04.11.2017	Pyrobel Killester	80	Maree	69
04.11.2017	Garveys Tralee Warriors	63	UCD Marian	92
05.11.2017	Moycullen	84	Griffith Swords Thunder	74
	Week 9
11.11.2017	Griffith College Swords Thunder	88	Garveys Tralee Warriors	59
11.11.2017	Eanna	110	KUBS	74
11.11.2017	Maree	102	DCU Saints	100
11.11.2017	UCD Marian	73	Belfast Star	61
11.11.2017	Black Amber Templeogue	86	Moycullen	82
12.11.2017	UCC Demons	95	Pyrobel Killester	104
	Week 10
18.11.2017	Griffith College Swords Thunder	93	UCD Marian	86
18.11.2017	DCU Saints	80	UCC Demons	78
18.11.2017	Eanna	75	Pyrobel Killester	73
18.11.2017	Moycullen	75	Belfast Star	80
19.11.2017	KUBS	58	Maree	71
	Week 11
25.11.2017	Belfast Star	66	Garveys Tralee Warriors	79
25.11.2017	Pyrobel Killester	98	DCU Saints	66
25.11.2017	UCD Marian	82	Moycullen	61
25.11.2017	Maree	83	Eanna	73
25.11.2017	Black Amber Templeogue	97	Griffith College Swords Thunder	100
26.11.2017	UCC Demons	108	KUBS	66
	Week 12
30.11.2017	UCD Marian	84	Eanna	79
03.12.2017	Belfast Star	75	KUBS	65
03.12.2017	Garveys Tralee Warriors	89	UCC Demons	76
03.12.2017	Griffith College Swords Thunder	73	Pyrobel Killester	76
03.12.2017	Black Amber Templeogue	92	DCU Saints	75
	Week 13
09.12.2017	Maree	60	Belfast Star	74
	Week 14
15.12.2017	Moycullen	83	Pyrobel Killester	108
16.12.2017	Griffith College Swords Thunder	77	UCC Demons	90
16.12.2017	Belfast Star	72	DCU Saints	78
16.12.2017	UCD Marian	88	KUBS	66
16.12.2017	Garveys Tralee Warriors	90	Maree	67
16.12.2017	Black Amber Templeogue	92	Eanna	83
	Week 15
23.12.2017	Moycullen	79	Maree	91
	Week 16
30.12.2017	Eanna	71	Belfast Star	81
30.12.2017	KUBS	70	Garveys Tralee Warriors	71
30.12.2017	UCC Demons	94	Moycullen	117
	Week 17
07.01.2018	DCU Saints	85	Moycullen	90
	Week 18
13.01.2018	Belfast Star	58	Griffith College Swords Thunder	80
13.01.2018	DCU Saints	103	Eanna	77
13.01.2018	Pyrobel Killester	103	KUBS	77
13.01.2018	Moycullen	73	Garveys Tralee Warriors	76
13.01.2018	UCD Marian	85	Black Amber Templeogue	66
14.01.2018	UCC Demons	124	Maree	99
	Week 19
20.01.2018	DCU Saints	74	Garveys Tralee Warriors	110
20.01.2018	Eanna	62	Moycullen	74
20.01.2018	Maree	79	UCD Marian	83
20.01.2018	Pyrobel Killester	89	Belfast Star	58
21.01.2018	KUBS	66	Griffith College Swords Thunder	86
21.01.2018	UCC Demons	103	Black Amber Templeogue	105
	Week 20
25.01.20`18	Eanna	62	Griffith College Swords Thunder	79
	Week 21
03.02.2018	Griffith College Swords Thunder	89	Maree	65
03.02.2018	Belfast Star	71	Eanna	62
03.02.2018	DCU Saints	71	UCD Marian	70
03.02.2018	Moycullen	72	UCC Demons	85
03.02.2018	Garveys Tralee Warriors	84	Pyrobel Killester	72
03.02.2018	Black Amber Templeogue	96	KUBS	76
04.02.2018	UCC Demons	78	UCD Marian	95
	Week 22
10.02.2018	Pyrobel Killester	79	UCD Marian	73
10.02.2018	DCU Saints	56	Griffith College Swords Thunder	85
10.02.2018	Eanna	75	Garveys Tralee Warriors	78
10.02.2018	Maree	82	Black Amber Templeogue	90
10.02.2018	KUBS	71	Moycullen	87
11.02.2018	UCC Demons	83	Belfast Star	66
	Week 23
15.02.2018	Eanna	46	UCD Marian	72
17.02.2018	Griffith College Swords Thunder	81	Moycullen	61
17.02.2018	UCD Marian	86	Garveys Tralee Warriors	83
17.02.2018	Maree	72	Pyrobel Killester	79
17.02.2018	KUBS	87	DCU Saints	86
17.02.2018	Black Amber Templeogue	74	Belfast Star	70
18.02.2018	UCC Demons	74	Eanna	73
	Week 24
23.02.2018	Belfast Star	92	UCD Marian	81
24.02.2018	Pyrobel Killester	86	UCC Demons	77
24.02.2018	DCU Saints	109	Maree	102
24.02.2018	Garveys Tralee Warriors	75	Griffith Swords Thunder	74
24.02.2018	KUBS	75	Eanna	67
25.02.2018	Moycullen	71	Black Amber Templeogue	88
	Week 26
06.03.2018	Pyrobel Killester	92	Black Amber Templeogue	63
07.03.2018	UCD Marian	75	Griffith College Swords Thunder	69
08.03.2018	Black Amber Templeogue	97	Garveys Tralee Warriors	88
10.03.2018	Griffith College Swords Thunder	76	Black Amber Templeogue	86
10.03.2018	DCU Saints	79	Pyrobel Killester	102
10.03.2018	Eanna	102	Maree	113
10.03.2018	Moycullen	59	UCD Marian	73
10.03.2018	Garveys Tralee Warriors	74	Belfast Star	58
10.03.2018	KUBS	77	UCC Demons	90
11.03.2018	Pyrobel Killester	87	Eanna	47
11.03.2018	Belfast Star		Moycullen
11.03.2018	Maree	88	KUBS	73
11.03.2018	UCC Demons	97	DCU Saints	72
	Title Playoff
17.03.2018	Pyrobel Killester	71	UCD Marian	72

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Home Venues

Team	Home Court
Belfast Star	Methodist College, Belfast
DCU Saints	DCU Complex, Dublin City
Eanna	Colaiste Eanna, Ballyroan, D16, Co. South Dublin
Garveys Tralee Warriors	Tralee, Co. Kerry
Griffith Swords Thunder	ALSAA, D, Co. Fingal
KUBS	Greendale, Dublin City
Maree	Calasanctius College, Oranmore, Co. Galway
Pyrobel Killester	Irish Wheelchair Association, Clontarf, D
SSE Airtricity Moycullen	The Jes, Galway City
Templeogue	Oblate Hall, Inchicore, D, Co. South Dublin
UCC Demons	Mardyke Arena, Cork City
UCD Marian	UCD, D4, Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Quarter-Finals	National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Co. South Dublin
Semi-Final 1	UL Arena, University of Limerick, Co. limerick
Semi-Final 2	National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Co. South Dublin
Final	Waterford IT, Co. Waterford

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Report

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Week 21 – 3-4 February 2018 [3]

Tralee’s Trae Pemberton shot a game-high 38 points as Garveys Tralee Warriors defeated Pyrobel Killester in a top-of-the-table clash by 84-72. Tralee’s first half lead was enough for the win, despite Killester’s third quarter run.[3]

The Dublin Derby saw a shock UCD Marian defeat at the hands of struggling DCU Saints. The league leaders lost only their third match of the league season by a slender 71-70. In an exhilirating end Dee Proby went to the free-throw line after being fouled and netted the two game-winning points.[3]

Meanwhile, in other matches, Templeogue won 96-76 against winless KUBS, while neighbours Eanna lost to Star in their trip to Belfast by a 71-62 scoreline. A first half lead wasn’t enough for Moycullen as they went down 72-85 in NUIG to UCC Demons. Demons, however, would lose their second game of the weekend on sunday, 78-95 in a home match with UCD Marian, UCD making up for their shock loss the day before.[3]

Week 22: 10-11 February 2018 [4]

Killester 79 UCD Marian 73 :Killester got revenge over UCD Marian after their Cup Semi-Final defeat. They went into the lead in the third quarter and made a few crucial baskets and free throws towards the end to seal the win.[4]

Eanna 74 Tralee Warriors 78 : Kieran Donaghy was the star as Tralee Warriors took over top spot with this close win over Eanna. Eanna had drawn level with minutes to go with baskets from Conor Whyte and Mylynue Reeves, however, 3 baskets from two trips to the free throw line from Donaghy was enough to send Tralee top.[4]

DCU Saints 56 Griffith College Swords Thunder 85: Swords got revenge for two defeats earlier this season to their North Dublin rivals. The win put the Griffith College side into second in the table[4]

Maree 81 Templeogue 90: Templeogue came back from a third quarter deficit to win a tight one against Maree in Galway. Mike Bonaparte (23 Pts) and Neil Randolph (17 Pts) were the stars for Templeogue as a shock loss was narrowly avoided.[4]

KUBS 71 Moycullen 87: The Galway picked up a win in Dublin against bottom side KUBS. Brandon McGuire scored a huge 32 points as they ran out comfortable winners.[4]

UCC Demons 83 Belfast Star 66: UCC Demons ran out winners in this mid-table clash to keep up their slim hopes of a top four finish.[4]

Week 23: 15-18 February 2018

Eanna 46 UCD Marian 72: UCD Marian took back top spot following a convincing win over Eanna in Rathfarnham.[5]

UCD Marian 86 Tralee Warriors 83: Sharp shooting from UCD’s Dan James, who scored 25 points was enough for a close victory over Tralee in this top-of-the-table clash. UCD’s Ioannis Liapakis commented it was a “really, really difficult game” as only three points separated the sides.[5]

Griffith College Swords Thunder 81 Moycullen 61: Griffith College kept up their challenge on league leaders UCd with this 20 point win over Galway side Moycullen.[5]

Templeogue 74 Belfast Star 70: “Sheer grit” from Templeogue was what it took to win this close encounter with Belfast star.[5]

KUBS 87 DCU Saints 86: The Kilbarrack side got their first win of the season with a last minute Kevin O’Hanlon shot.[5]

Maree 72 Killester 79: Killester kept pace with the top three with this narrow victory in Galway.[5]

UCC Demons 74 Eanna 73: UCC Demons won with an Adrian O’Sullivan basket with seconds left to solidify their mid-table position and leave Eanna still in relegation trouble.[5]

Week 24: 23-25 February 2018

With UCD Marian losing leaving four of the top five teams on five losses each the scene was set for an exciting climax to the season.[6]

Belfast Star 92 UCD Marian 81: Keelin Cairns top-scored for Belfast on 23 points as Star shocked the league leaders.[6]

Killester 86 UCC Demons 77: Royce Williams (21) was the top shooter for Killester as they overcame UCC in Dublin.[6]

DCU Saints 109 Maree 102: Both teams racked up over 100 points in this bottom-half-of-the-table clash. Dee Proby scored a massive 43 for DCU as they defeated the Galway team.[6]

Tralee Warriors 75 Griffith College Swords Thunder 74: This top-of-the-table clash came down to a single point as Goran Pantovic scored a late hook shot to give the Kerrymen victory. The win left Tralee tied at the top on points.[6]

KUBS 75 Eanna 67: Bottom of the table KUBS secured their second win in a row as they piled relegation worries on fellow strugglers Eanna in this Dublin derby. Brian Andrews netted 30 points to give the Kilbarrack side a vital win.[6]

Moycullen 71 Templeogue 88: Jason Killeen (21) was top-scorer as Templeogue stayed in sight of the leaders with this win.[6]

References

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Images

[1] Sligo Sport and Recreation (2017) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] available from: http://www.sligosportandrecreation.ie/wp-content/uploads/basketball-ireland-logo.jpg [Accessed 10 March 2017]

Websites

[2] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Super League [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menssuper [Accessed 26 March 2018]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Champions Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menschampionstrophy [Accessed 12 March 2018]

[4] 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]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 3rd and 4th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10034873/ [Accessed 5 February 2018]

[4] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 10-11th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10035168/ [Accessed 12 February 2018]

[5] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 15-18th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10035394/ [Accessed 19 February 2018]

[6] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 23-25th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10035732/ [Accessed 5 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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