Notre Dame Irish Men’s Basketball Team 1992-2003

Factfile

Irish Basketball Association Men’s National League Team 1992-2003

Home Venue: National Basketball Arena, Tymon, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Co. South Dublin

Colours: White Singlets with Green Trim, White Shorts with Green Trim.

Honours: League Playoff Champions 1999-2000. National Cup Winners (4) 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000.

Career Record: Wins-Losses: League 129-95, Playoffs: 10-5.

Record

YearLeagueLeague W-LTitleP/O W-LTitleCup W-LTitle
1992-93IBA Bud NBL4-150-0
1993-94IBA MD112-2MD2
1994-95IBA MSL6-84-1
1995-96IBA MSL10-80-0
1996-97IBA MSL11-70-1MNC
1997-98IBA MSL13-51-1MNC
1998-99IBA MSL16-100-1MNC
1999-2000IBA MSL17-93-0MSL POMNC
2000-01IBA MSL *15-8
2001-02IBA MSL11-150-0
2002-03IBA MSL14-82-1
Notre Dame Irish Men’s Basketball Team Record 1992-2003 [Ref: 1]

Previous Names: Delta Notre Dame (1993-94), Denny Notre Dame (1994-2000), Big Al’s Notre Dame (2000-2003) – All due to sponsorship.

Report

Notre Dame are a Basketball team based in Firhouse, Dublin 24 (Co. South Dublin). the Men’s Team joined the Men’s Budweiser National League in 1993-94, playing in the new National Basketball arena, in nearby Tymon, Dublin 24. They were the Tallaght Area side in the Men’s League at the time and after being relegated to the new Division 1 for the 1994-95 season they were immediately promoted winning the Division with a 12-2 Wins-Losses record.

While they never won the Men’s Super League title they were the Cup specialists winning the Men’s National Cup four years in succession from 1996-97 to 1999-2000 defeating St Vincent’s 80-75 in 1996-97, Neptune 79-73 in 1997-98, Blue demons 82-61 in 1998-99 and then St. vincent’s again 69-67 in 1999-2000, while also winning the League Playoffs that year, doing the double over St. Vincent’s with a 93-74 victory.

in 2003 the Men’s Team was split from the Underage Teams, which continued to play in the Dublin Leagues, as the Team was taken over by Shamrock Rovers Football Club, which had aimed at the time to become more like a European multi-sports club. The team was renamed Shamrock Rovers HOOPS for the 2003-04 season.

References

Newspapers

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

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

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

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

Magazines

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

[6] (1994) “Budweiser Superleague Final”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 27. March 1994 pp. 16-17

[7] (1995) “Budweiser League Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 30. March 1995 pg. 24

[8] (1996) “Tralee Tops in Budweiser Superleague”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 33. April 1996. pg. 16

[9] (1996) “Tralee Tops in Budweiser Superleague Marian: Back in big-time after unbeaten campaign”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 33. April 1996. pg. 27

[10] (1996) “MSB return to top flight”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 33. April 1996. pp. 29

Magazines / Sources

[11] Anon. (1995) “BUDWEISER LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS Irish Basketball Association Magazine. March 1995. Pg. 27-30.

Newspapers / Sources

[12] Anon. (1995) “Basketball results”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 13, 1995. [pg. 14-15 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[13] Hudson, Elizabeth (1995) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 20, 1995. [pg. 24-25 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[14] Anon. (1995) “Basketball”. Sunday Independent. March 26, 1995. [pg. 48-49 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[15] Hudson, Elizabeth (1995) “Vincent’s have winning formula”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 27, 1995. [pg. 22-23 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[16] Anon. (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 20, 1995. [pg. 24 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[17] Anon. (1995) Kerry spring surprise” Sundat Independent. March 26, 1995. [Pg. 49 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[18] Anon. (1995) “Neptune squeeze through” Irish Examiner. Saturday, March 25, 1995 [Pg. 33 Irish Newspaper Archive]

Sources

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[21] (1995) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 14, 1994. pp. 24-25.

[22] (1995) “Vincent’s have winning formula”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 27, 1995. pp. 22-23.

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[26] (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 2, 1998. pp. 20-21.

[27] (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 16, 1998. pp. 34-35.

[28] (1999) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 15, 1999. pp. 42-43.

[29] (1999) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 22, 1999. pp. 46-47.

[30] (1999) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Saturday, March 27, 1999. pp. 46-47.

[31] (1999) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 29, 1999, pp. 40-41.

[32] (2000) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 13, 2000. pp. 38-39.

[33] (2000) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Saturday, March 18, 2000. pp. 24-25.

[34] (2000) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 20, 2000. pp. 38-39.

[35] (2001) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 26, 2001. pp. 28-29.

[36] (2002) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 11, 2002. pp. 94-95.

[37] (2002) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 18, 2002. pp. 28-29.

[38] (2002) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 25, 2002. pp. 74-75.

[39] (2003) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 10, 2003. pp. 66-67.

[40] (2003) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 24, 2003. pp. 34-35.

[41] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, February 28, 1994. pp. 26-27.

[42] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 7, 1994. pp. 22-23.

[43] (1994) “Rose Breen Orchestrates Victory”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 14, 1994. pp. 20-21.

[44] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 18, 1994. pp. 18-19.

[45] (1995) “Brunell lift league title for first time”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 6, 1995. pp. 14-15.

Bibliography

[46] 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

Newspapers

[47] (1997) “All The Sprite Cup Results”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 27, 1997. pg. 26

[48] (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 26, 1998. pp. 30-31

[49] (1999) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 1, 1999. pp. 30-31

[50] (2000) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 31, 2000. pp. 28-29

Websites

[51] 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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