National Basketball League Team 1979-1993 Home Court: Colours: Honours: NBL Division 1 League Winners (3) 1980-81, 1983-84, 1988-89 / NBL Division 1 Top Four Winners (3) 1980-81, 1984-85, 1987-88 Career Record (W-L-T): Total: 174-92 / Regular Season: 168-85 / Post-Season: 8-7 History: One of the most consistent teams in Irish Basketball during the Golden Era from 1979-1991, the Blue Demons, from Cork, won the League and Top 4 Double in 1980-81 and also won the League in 1983-84 and 1988-89, as well as the Top Four Playoffs in 1984-85 and 1987-88. They reached the playoffs in both the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons during the short-lived Budweiser National League when both Division 1 and Division 2 were merged into one League with 2 Conferences. Both seasons were a disappointment by Blue demons standards and they dropped out of the League following the 1992-93 season. They continue today as the UCC Demons after a merger with the University in Cork. Name Changes: Blue Demons 1979-1981 / Team Britvic 1981-1985 / Dawn Milk Blue Demons 1985-1991 / Whirlpool Blue Demons 1991-1993

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Regular Season					Post-Season				International
	Lge	P	W	L	Pts	P	W	L	Pos	P	W	L
1979-80	NBL D1	18	14	4	28	2	1	1	2nd/F
1980-81	NBL D1	18	17	1	34	2	2	0	1st/W
1981-82	NBL D1	18	14	4	28	2	1	1	2nd/F
1982-83	NBL D1	16	9	7	18	0	0	0	5th
1983-84	NBL D1	18	14	4	28	1	0	1	1st/SF
1984-85	NBL D1	18	13	5	26	2	2	0	2nd/W
1985-86	NBL D1	18	8	10	16	0	0	0	6th
1986-87	NBL D1	18	13	5	26	1	0	1	2nd/SF
1987-88	NBL D1	18	13	5	26	2	2	0	3rd/W
1988-89	NBL D1	18	14	4	28	1	0	1	1st/SF
1989-90	NBL D1	18	8	10	16	0	0	0	5th
1990-91	NBL D1	16	7	9	14	0	0	0	6th
1991-92	NBL Bud	22	12	10	24	1	0	1	4th S /QF
1992-93	NBL Bud	19	12	7	24	1	0	1	3rd S /QF

NBL D1 = National Basketball League Division 1 / NBL Bud = Budweiser National Basketball League / Pos = Final Position / W = Top Four Playoff Winners / F = Top Four Finalists / SF = Top Four Semi-Finalists / QF = Playoff Quarter-Finalists /S = Southern Conference.

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Magazine Articles

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