Final Standings

	P	W	L	Pts
*Neptune Camlec	18	17	1	52
*Star of the Sea	18	15	3	48
*Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	18	12	6	42
*Denny Notre Dame	18	11	7	40
Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	18	8	10	34
TNT Killester	18	7	11	32
Kerry Spring Water Killarney	18	7	11	32
AMEV Marian #	18	6	12	29
Sligo Dairies	18	4	14	26
Queen’s Annadale	18	3	15	24

Note: * Qualify for the Top 4 Playoffs. # 1 Pt deducted (Forfeit)

Top 4 Playoffs

W/E	Home Team		Away Team
	Top 4 Semi-Finals
15.03.1997	Neptune Camlec	98	Denny Notre Dame	96
15.03.1997	Star of the Sea	101	Marathon Sports St. Vincent;s	76
	Top 4 Final
16.03.1997	Star of the Sea	90	Neptune Camlec	85

Regular Season Results

W/E	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
06.10.1996	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	99	Denny Notre Dame	94
06.10.1996	Team Sligo Dairies	78	Star of the Sea	95
06.10.1995	Neptune Camlec	70	Amev Marian	59
06.10.1995	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	79	TNT Killester	77
	Week 2
13.10.1996	Amev Marian	98	Team Sligo Dairies	94
13.10.1996	Star of the Sea	103	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	70
13.10.1996	Denny Notre Dame	84	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	104
13.10.1996	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	77	Neptune Camlec	80
13.10.1996	TNT Killester	116	Queens Annadale	78
	Week 3
20.10.1996	Neptune Camlec	99	TNT Killester	77
20.10.1996	Queens Annadale	95	Denny Notre Dame	119
20.10.1996	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	77	Star of the Sea	84
20.10.1996	Team Sligo Dairies	88	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	98
20.10.1996	Amev Marian	0 #	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	20
	Week 4
27.10.1996	Denny Notre Dame	90	Neptune Camlec	103
27.10.1996	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	90	Team Sligo Dairies	81
27.10.1996	TNT Killester	90	Amev Marian	73
27.10.1996	Star of the Sea	108	Queens Annadale	77
27.10.1996	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	103	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	87
	Week 5
10.11.1996	Neptune Camlec	90	Star of the Sea	80
10.11.1996	Team Sligo Dairies	80	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	64
10.11.1996	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	85	TNT Killester	87
10.11.1996	Queens Annadale	72	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	88
10.11.1996	Amev Marian	69	Denny Notre Dame	100
	Week 6
24.11.1996	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	93	Neptune Camlec	98
24.11.1996	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	108	Queens Annadale	83
24.11.1996	TNT Killester	84	Team Sligo Dairies	97
24.11.1996	Denny Notre Dame	97	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	88
24.11.1996	Star of the Sea	113	Amev Marian	70
	Week 7
01.12.1996	Team Sligo Dairies	106	Queens Annadale	76
01.12.1996	TNT Killester	102	Denny Notre Dame	97
01.12.1996	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	55	Star of the Sea	94
01.12.1996	Amev Marian	97	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	76
01.12.1996	Neptune Camlec	85	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	70
	Week 8
08.12.1996	Queens Annadale	92	Neptune Camlec	119
08.12.1996	Star of the Sea	112	TNT Killester	81
08.12.1996	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	104	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	81
08.12.1996	Team Sligo Dairies	93	Denny Notre Dame	98
08.12.1996	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	80	Amev Marian	84
	Week 9
22.12.1996	Amev Marian	100	Queens Annadale	87
22.12.1996	Denny Notre Dame	85	Star of the Sea	88
22.12.1996	TNT Killester	87	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	88
29.12.1996	Neptune Camlec	101	Team Sligo Dairies	81
	Week 10
05.01.1997	Amev Marian	96	Neptune Camlec	105
05.01.1997	Star of the Sea	101	Team Sligo Dairies	52
05.01.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	88	Queens Annadale	67
05.01.1997	Denny Notre Dame	89	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	93
	Week 11
12.01.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	87	Star of the Sea	97
12.01.1997	Neptune Camlec	79	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	82
12.01.1997	Team Sligo Dairies	60	Amev Marian	88
12.01.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	82	Denny Notre Dame	86
12.01.1997	Queens Annadale	79	TNT Killester	104
	Week 12
19.01.1997	Star of the Sea	98	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89
19.01.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	116	Team Sligo Dairies	98
19.01.1997	TNT Killester	91	Neptune Camlec	96
19.01.1997	Denny Notre Dame	110	Queens Annadale	90
19.01.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	94	Amev Marian	76
	Week 13
02.02.1997	Amev Marian	81	TNT Killester	83
02.02.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	87	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	89
02.02.1997	Team Sligo Dairies	99	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	81
02.02.1997	Neptune Camlec	90	Denny Notre Dame	81
02.02.1997	Queens Annadale	105	Star of the Sea	108
	Week 14
09.02.1997	Denny Notre Dame	107	Amev Marian	94
09.02.1997	TNT Killester	76	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	84
09.02.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	101	Team Sligo Dairies	82
09.02.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	109	Queens Annadale	86
09.02.1997	Star of the Sea	80	Neptune Camlec	82
	Week 15
16.02.1997	Neptune Camlec	115	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	101
16.02.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	87	Denny Notre Dame	105
16.02.1997	Team Sligo Dairies	99	TNT Killester	118
16.02.1997	Queens Annadale	89	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	85
16.02.1997	Amev Marian	74	Star of the Sea	114
	Mid-Week
	Week 16
23.02.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	84	Amev Marian	94
23.02.1997	Star of the Sea	138	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	95
23.02.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	72	Neptune Camlec	80
23.02.1997	Queens Annadale	104	Team Sligo Dairies	90
23.02.1997	Denny Notre Dame	96	TNT Killester	83
	Week 17
02.03.1997	Neptune Camlec	100	Queens Annadale	78
02.03.1997	TNT Killester	84	Star of the Sea	98
02.03.1997	Denny Notre Dame	93	Team Sligo Dairies	77
02.03.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	87	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	92
02.03.1997	Amev Marian	74	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89
	Week 18
09.03.1997	Team Sligo Dairies	91	Neptune Camlec	101
09.03.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	74	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	85
09.03.1997	Queens Annadale	111	Amev Marian	98
09.03.1997	TNT Killester	91	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	107
09.03.1997	Star of the Sea	83	Denny Notre Dame	93

Note: # Match abandoned due to condensation on court. Forfeit awarded against Amev Marian.

Report

The 1996-97 Irish Basketball Association National Basketball League Men’s Super League turned out to be season-long duel between Neptune, from Cork, and Star of the Sea, from Belfast. By the beginning of December the two teams had stretched their lead from the chasing pack, and in a showdown on Sunday, the 9th February, Neptune held on to beat Star 82-80, with the teams neck-and-neck until the final 3 minutes, when their stars, led by Terry Strickland, put up 10 unanswered points, to lead 82-76. Late Star baskets were not enough, and Neptune held their advantage until the end of the season, winning 17 of 18 games, to finish four points ahead of Star of the Sea in the Final Standings.

Star of the Sea got their revenge in the Top 4 Playoffs, however, as the two teams met in the Final, Star winning the rematch 90-85 after dispatching St. Vincent’s of Glasnevin in Dublin 101-76 in the Semi-Final. In the other Semi-Final, Neptune had a tougher match against Denny Notre Dame, prevailing 98-96.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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