Venue: National University of Ireland, Galway

Date: 6-9 March 2003

Group Standings

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Group A
*University College Cork	2	2	0	133	67	4
*NUI Maynooth	2	1	1	121	93	2
+University of Ulster Magee	2	0	2	71	155	0
Group B
*University College Dublin	2	2	0	151	107	4
*NUI Galway	2	1	1	122	131	2
+University of Limerick	2	0	2	103	138	0
Group C
*Trinity College Dublin	2	2	0	165	101	4
*Dublin City University	2	1	1	110	93	2
+Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	2	0	2	83	164	0
Group D
*Queen’s University Belfast	2	2	0	105	75	4
*University of Ulster Jordanstown	2	1	1	107	81	2
+University of Ulster Coleraine	2	0	2	60	116	0

Note: * Qualify for Cup Quarter-Finals. + Qualify for Plate Semi-Finals

Cup Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Cup Quarter-Finals
03.2003	University College Cork	35	Dublin city University	30
03.2003	NUI Maynooth	56	Trinity College Dublin	69
03.2003	University College Dublin	75	University of Ulster Jordanstown	67
03.2003	NUI Galway	55	Queen’s University Belfast	66
	Cup Semi-Finals
03.2003	Trinity College Dublin	82	Queen’s University Belfast	78
03.2003	University College Dublin	69	University College Cork	73
	Cup Final
03.2003	University College Cork	68	Trinity College Dublin	60

Plate Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Plate Semi-Finals
03.2003	University of Limerick	52	University of Ulster Coleraine	54
03.2003	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	43	University of Ulster Magee	35
	Plate Final
03.2003	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	65	University of Ulster Coleraine	49

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
03.2003	NUI Maynooth	74	University of Ulster Magee	41
03.2003	NUI Maynooth	37	University College Cork	52
03.2003	University of Ulster Magee	30	University College Cork	51
	Group B
03.2003	University College Dublin	72	University of Limerick	51
03.2003	University of Limerick	52	NUI Galway	66
03.2003	University College Dublin	79	NUI Galway	56
	Group C
03.2003	Dublin City University	61	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	31
03.2003	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	52	Trinity College Dublin	103
03.2003	Trinity College Dublin	62	Dublin City University	49
	Group D
03.2003	University of Ulster Coleraine	30	University of Ulster Jordanstown	62
03.2003	Queen’s University Belfast	51	University of Ulster Jordanstown	45
03.2003	University of Ulster Coleraine	30	Queen’s University Belfast	54

Report

University College Cork won the 2002-03 Men’s Basketball Intervarsities, held from the 6th to the 9th March 2003, in the National University of Ireland, Galway. 12 Universities entered in total, divided into four Groups of three, with the top two in each group qualifying for the Cup Quarter-Finals.

UCC won both Group matches, before beating Dublin City University 35-30 in the Quarter-Finals, University College Dublin 73-69 in the Semi-Finals, and Trinity College Dublin 68-60 in the Cup Final. Trinity College Dublin had won 69-56 against NUI Maynooth in the Quarter-Finals before defeating Queens University Belfast 68-60 in the Semi-Finals.

The Consolation Plate Competition was won, like in the Women’ds Intervarsities, by Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, by a score of 65-49 over University of Ulster Coleraine.

References

Internet Archive

[1] CUSAI | Wayback Machine (2005) Basketball Intervarsities 2002 / 2003 – info & Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050116071417/http://www.cusai.ie/irishaffairs/20022003/iv/basketball.html#tresults [Accessed 24 May 2019]

Images

[2] Wikipedia (2020) CUSAI Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg/220px-CUSAI-Logo-Only.jpg [Accessed 12 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Niall Brennan and Gabriel McCloyne, Trinity College Dublin

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