IBA Budweiser Men’s National League 1991-92

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*Connacht Gold Ballina	22	20	2			40
*Jameson St.Vincent’s	22	20	2			40
*Annadale Queens	22	15	7			30
*Star of the Sea	22	14	8			28
St. Gall’s	22	11	11			22
Dungannon	22	9	13			18
Sligo All-Stars	22	6	16			12
St. Declan’s	22	4	18			8
Southern Conference
*Burgerland Neptune	22	19	3			38
*North Monastery 96ers	22	18	4			36
*Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	22	16	6			32
*Whirlpool Blue Demons	22	12	10			24
Marathon Limerick	22	10	12			20
Lucozade Sport Killester	22	8	14			16
Woodchester Marian	22	6	16			12
Galway Democrats	22	4	18			8

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
4-5.04.1992	North Monastery 96ers	97	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	84
1992
1992
1992
	Semi-Finals		(Neptune)
11.04.1992	Connacht Gold Ballina		North Monastery 96ers
11.04.1992	Burgerland Neptune		Jameson St.Vincent’s
	Final		(Neptune)
12.04.1992	Connacht Gold Ballina	91	Jameson St.Vincent’s	78

IBA Budweiser Men’s National League 1992-93

	P	W	L	Pts
Northern Conference
*Connacht Gold Ballina	19	16	3	32
*Jameson St. Vincent’s	19	15	4	30
*Star of the Sea	19	11	8	22
Annadale/Queens	19	8	11	16
St. Gall’s	19	7	12	14
Dungannon	19	5	14	10
Delta Notre Dame	19	4	15	8
Southern Conference
*Avonmore Neptune	19	15	4	30
*North Monastery 96ers	19	15	4	30
*Blue Demons	19	12	7	24
Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	19	10	9	20
Oscar Taylor’s Killester	19	8	11	16
Marian	19	7	12	14
Marathon Limerick	19	0	19	0

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	8th Place Playoff
27.03.1993	Killester	78	Annadale/Queen’s	86
	Quarter-Finals
27.03.1993	St. Vincent’s	83	Blue Demons	77
27.03.1993	North Monastery 96ers	96	Star of the Sea	70
	Semi-Finals
03.04.1993	Jameson St. Vincent’s	73	Connacht Gold Ballina	62
03.04.1993	North Monastery 69ers	61	Neptune	59
	Final
04.04.1993	North Monastery 96ers	79	St. Vincent’s	62

Report

In 1991 the Irish Basketball Association decided to merge Divisions 1 and 2 in the Men’s National League and drop the numbers of paid imports from two to one, thinking the Irish players were up to playing at the same level as the American imports.

Ballina made up for earlier disappointments winning the first National Basketball League title beating St. Vincent’s Glasnevin  91-78 in the Playoff Final. St. Vincent’s were again the runners-up the following year, losing 79-62 to North Monastery in the Final.

Following this the League was again split into two levels – the Super League and Division 1

References

Magazine Articles

[1] (1992) “Budweiser Superleague Finals”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 21. April 1992 pp. 17

Sources

[2] (1992) “Ballina attain Holy Grail in thriller”. Irish Independent. Monday, April 13, 1992. pp. 32.

[3] (1992) “League title goes West”. Irish Examiner. Monday, April 13, 1992. pp. 12-13.

[4] Anon. (1993) “Hungry North Mon take National League honours”Irish Press. Monday, April 4, 1993. pg. 38-39

[5] Anon. (1993) “Factfile | Basketball”Irish Independent Wednesday, November 11, 1993. pg. 53

[6] Anon. (1993) “Factfile | Basketball”Irish Independent Wednesday, February 17, 1993. pg. 17

[7] Anon. (1993) “For the Record | Basketball”Sunday Independent, April 4, 1993. pg. 52

Magazines

[8] Anon. (1993) “Basketball National Leagues” IBA Magazine. April 1993.

Bibliography

[9] Shannon, Kieran (2009) “Hanging from the Rafters: The story of Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball” Appendix Section 1: The Irish Men’s Game: The Complete Records: National League Tables and Top Four semi-finals and Finals. Pp. 516-527.

Images

[10] Folan, John | Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s And 90s Facebook Group (2020) Post to Page, January 27, 2020″Fantastic team loved going to see them play” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/84031072_1023908997993251_8391839803976450048_n.jpg?nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=eZjapq8zlu4AX9QUva&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=03447b305a695c8d4a572078f382a059&oe=5E9F44CB [Accessed 25 March 2020][Adjusted]

Websites

[36] Basketball Ireland (2018) History [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/history/ [Accessed 26 May 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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