League Table

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Division 1A
*Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	19	17	2	1612	1288	51
*Neptune	19	16	3	1714	1351	48
*Ballincollig	19	16	3	1704	1481	48
*IT Carlow Basketball	19	12	7	1568	1460	36
Fr Mathews	19	11	8	1674	1564	33
Ulster University Elks	19	7	12	1522	1654	21
Portlaoise Panthers	19	7	12	1337	1502	21
Division 1B
*Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	19	10	9	1570	1514	30
*Paris Texas Kilkenny	19	9	10	1480	1447	27
*LIT Celtics	19	8	11	1642	1685	24
*Dublin Lions	19	7	12	1612	1674	21
LYIT Donegal	19	7	12	1581	1814	21
EJ Sligo All-Stars	19	4	15	1387	1620	12
GameFootage.net Titans	19	2	17	1447	1796	6

[2]

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

Date	Home Team		Away team
	Playoff (WIT)
21.03.2018	Eanna	67	Neptune	78

[5]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
16.09.2017	IT Carlow Basketball	61	BFG Neptune	99
16.09.2017	Ballincollig	109	LYIT Donegal	75
16.09.2017	Portlaoise Panthers	67	Fr Mathews	80
16.09.2017	EJ Sligo All-Stars	96	LIT Celtics	91
16.09.2017	St. Paul’s Killlarney	76	Dublin Lions	75
17.09.2017	BFG Neptune	113	LYIT Donegal	80
	Week 2
23.09.2017	LYIT Donegal	84	Ulster University Elks	101
23.09.2017	LIT Celtics	93	St. Pauls Killarney	105
23.09.2017	BFG Neptune	89	EJ Sligo All-Stars	52
23.09.2017	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	67	Fr Mathews	65
24.09.2017	Ulster University Elks	80	Dublin Lions	73
24.09.2017	GameFootage.net Titans	77	Ballincollig	86
24.09.2017	Portlaoise Panthers	60	IT Carlow	81
	Week 3
30.09.2017	Paris Texas Kilkenny	77	LYIT Donegal	82
30.09.2017	Dublin Lions	81	LIT Celtics	98
30.09.2017	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	87	IT Carlow Basketball	62
30.09.2017	EJ Sligo All-Stars	69	Portlaoise Panthers	65
30.09.2017	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	79	Neptune	84
01.10.2017	BFG Neptune		Paris Texas Kilkenny
01.10.2017	Ulster University Elks	91	GameFootage.net Titans	80
	Week 4
07.10.2017	Ballincollig	90	Ulster University Elks	70
07.10.2017	LYIT Donegal	90	Fr Mathews	81
07.10.2017	Neptune	68	Dublin Lions	58
07.10.2017	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	83	EJ Sligo All-Stars	57
07.10.2017	Portlaoise Panthers	87	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	74
08.10.2017	LIT Celtics	81	Ulster University Elks	89
08.10.2017	GameFootage.net Titans	72	Paris Texas Kilkenny	77
	Week 5
14.10.2017	LIT Celtics	94	Neptune	99
14.10.2017	Paris Texas Kilkenny	74	Ballincollig	88
14.10.2017	Dublin Lions	57	Portlaoise Panthers	65
14.10.2017	Fr Mathews	105	GameFootage.net Titans	70
14.10.2017	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	64	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	75
15.10.2017	IT Carlow Basketball	98	LYIT Donegal	73
15.10.2017	Fr Mathews	94	Ulster University Elks	83
	Week 7
28.10.2017	IT Carlow Basketball	55	Ballincollig	81
28.10.2017	LYIT Donegal	76	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	75
28.10.2017	LIT Celtics	75	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	109
28.10.2017	Neptune	70	Portlaoise Panthers	64
28.10.2017	EJ Sligo All-Stars	70	Titans	75
29.10.2017	Ballincollig	91	Fr Mathews	102
29.10.2017	LYIT Donegal	92	EJ Sligo All-Stars	80
29.10.2017	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	106	Dublin Lions	78
29.10.2017	Portlaoise Panthers	63	LIT Celtics	92
29.10.2017	Ulster University Elks	86	Paris Texas Kilkenny	77
29.10.2017	GameFootage.net Titans	67	IT Carlow Basketball	89
	Week 8
04.11.2017	IT Carlow Basketball	89	Ulster University Elks	70
04.11.2017	Dublin Lions	119	LYIT Donegal	86
04.11.2017	Neptune		Keanes SuperValu Killorglin
04.11.2017	Fr Mathews		Paris Texas Kilkenny
04.11.2017	EJ Sligo All-Stars	59	Ballincollig	85
04.11.2017	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	89	GameFootage.net Titans	60
	Week 9
11.11.2017	Ballincollig	98	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	75
11.11.2017	LYIT Donegal	95	LIT Celtics	83
11.11.2017	Paris Texas Kilkenny	82	IT Carlow Basketball	86
11.11.2017	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	73	Portlaoise Panthers	43
12.11.2017	Ulster University Elks	93	EJ Sligo All-Stars	74
12.11.2017	Paris Texas Kilkenny	60	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	75
12.11.2017	GameFootage.net Titans	104	Dublin Lions	91
	Week 10
18.11.2017	IT Carlow Basketball	107	Fr Mathews	93
18.11.2017	LIT Celtics	94	Titans	67
18.11.2017	Dublin Lions	98	Ballincollig	110
18.11.2017	EJ Sligo All-Stars	57	Paris Texas Kilkenny	78
18.11.2017	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	97	Ulster University Elks	93
19.11.2017	Ballincollig	95	LIT Celtics	83
19.11.2017	Fr Mathwes	124	EJ Sligo All-Stars	73
19.11.2017	LYIT Donegal	82	Portlaoise Panthers	88
19.11.2017	GameFootage.net Titans	69	Neptune	106
	Week 11
24.11.2017	Neptune	91	Ballincollig	100
25.11.2017	Dublin Lions	81	Paris Texas Kilkenny	11
25.11.2017	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	123	LYIT Donegal	70
25.11.2017	Sligo All-SStars	66	IT Carlow Basketball	83
25.11.2017	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	56	Fr Mathews	67
25.11.2017	Portlaoise Panthers	96	GameFootage.net Titans	79
26.11.2017	Paris Texas Kilkenny	86	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	72
	Week 13
06.12.2017	Neptune	71	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	75
09.12.2017	IT Carlow Basketball	88	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	77
09.12.2017	Ballincollig	95	Portlaoise Panthers	67
09.12.2017	Paris Texas Kilkenny	99	LIT Celtics	83
09.12.2017	Ulster University Elks	83	Neptune	117
09.12.2017	Fr Mathews	90	Dublin Lions	69
10.12.2017	LIT Celtics	97	Fr Mathews	102
10.12.2017	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	91	Ballincollig	74
	Week 14
14.12.2017	Dublin Lions	98	IT Carlow Basketball	92
16.12.2017	Ulster University Elks	67	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	82
16.12.2017	Paris Texas Kilkenny	79	Portlaoise Panthers	91
16.12.2017	Fr Mathews	94	Neptune	103
16.12.2017	EJ Sligo All-Stars	76	Dublin Lions	96
17.12.2017	IT Carlow Basketball	98	LIT Celtics	34
17.12.2017	Fr. Mathews	107	Paris Texas Kilkenny	73
17.12.2017	GameFootage.net Titans	96	LYIT Donegal	100
17.12.2017	Portlaoise Panthers	77	Ulster University Elks	75
	Week 16
30.12.2017	Scotts Lakers St Pauls Killarney	65	EJ Sligo All-Stars	60
	Week 18
13.01.2018	IT Carlow Basketball	82	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	72
13.01.2018	Neptune	110	Fr. Mathews	75
13.01.2018	EJ Sligo All-Stars	94	LYIT Donegal	80
13.01.2018	Scotts Lakers St. Paul’s Killarney	97	LIT Celtics	77
14.01.2018	Ulster University Elks	78	Portlaoise Panthers	76
	Week 19
20.01.2018	Paris Texas Kilkenny	86	EJ Sligo All-Stars	76
20.01.2018	LIT Celtics	93	Dublin Lions	82
20.01.2018	Neptune	101	IT Carlow Basketball	74
20.01.2018	Fr. Mathews	80	Ballincollig	91
20.01.2018	Keanes SuperValu Killorglin	90	Ulster University Elks	66
21.01.2018	Gamefootage.net Titans	69	Scotts Lakers St. Paul’s Killarney	113
	Week 21
03.02.2018	LYIT Donegal	58	Paris Texas Kilkenny	81
03.02.2018	Dublin Lions	81	EJ Sligo All-Stars	74
03.02.2018	Fr. Mathews	80	IT Carlow Basketball	69
03.02.2018	Portlaoise Panthers	60	Neptune	101
04.02.2018	Ulster University Elks	85	Ballincollig	95
	Week 22
10.02.2018	Ballincollig	82	IT Carlow Basketball	63
10.02.2018	Dublin Lions	120	GameFootage.net Titans	93
10.02.2018	EJ Sligo All-Stars	75	Scotts Lakers St Paul’s Killarney	81
10.02.2018	Neptune	96	Ulster University Elks	66
10.02.2018	Portlaoise Panthers	60	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	73
	Week 23
17.02.2018	Ballincollig	77	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	76
17.02.2018	Fr. Mathews	76	Portlaoise Panthers	80
17.02.2018	Scotts Lakers St. Paul’s Killarney	107	LYIT Donegal	84
18.02.2018	LIT Celtics	100	LYIT Donegal	65
18.02.2018	Paris Texas Kilkenny	80	Dublin Lions	61
	Week 24
24.02.2018	LYIT Donegal	108	GameFootage.net Titans	81
24.02.2018	LIT Celtics	94	Paris Texas Kilkenny	81
24.02.2018	Dublin Lions	86	Scotts Lakers St. Paul’s Killarney	81
24.02.2018	Portlaoise Panthers	59	Ballincollig	82
24.02.2018	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	83	Neptune	79
25.02.2018	Ulster University Elks	78	Fr. Mathews	91
	Week 25
04.03.2018	GameFootage.net Titans	72	LIT Celtics	92
	Week 26
10.03.2018	Ballincollig	84	Neptune	97
10.03.2018	LIT Celtics	88	EJ Sligo All-Stars	84
10.03.2018	Scotts Lakers St. Paul’s Killarney	87	Paris Texas Kilkenny	81
10.03.2018	Fr. Mathews	68	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	90
10.03.2018	LYIT Donegal	101	Dublin Lions	108
11.03.2018	Paris Texas Kilkenny	92	GameFootage.net Titans	71
11.03.2018	IT Carlow Basketball	96	Portlaoise Panthers	69

[2]

Points Sytem: 3 Pts Win / 0 Pts Loss / Tied teams separated by Points Difference (PF-PA) Format: Teams split after a single round-robin of 13 games into Division 1A and 1B based on table position. A further single round-robin is played within each Division for a total of 19 games. Full Points and record are carried forward into Stage 2. x – Qualify for League Cup Quarter-Finals / c – Division 1 League Champions and Promoted to Super League / q – Enter Promotion-Relegation Playoff

Home Venues

Team	Home Court
Ballincollig	Ballincollig Community School, Co. Cork
BFG Neptune	Neptune Stadium, Cork City
Dublin Lions	Colaiste Bhride, Clondalkin, D22, Co. South Dublin
EJ Sligo All-Stars	Mercy College, Co. Sligo
Fr. Mathews	Colaiste Chriost Ri, Cork City
IT Carlow Basketball	Barrow Centre, IT Carlow, Co. Carlow
Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	Killorglin Sports Centre, Co. Kerry
LIT Celtics	Sports Hub, Limerick IT, Limerick City
LYIT Donegal	Letterkenny IT, Co. Donegal
Paris Texas Kilkenny	O’Loughlin’s GAA, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Portlaoise Panthers	St. Mary’s Sports Hall, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
St. Paul’s Killarney	Killarney Sports Centre, Co. Kerry
Titans	The Jes, Colaiste Iognaid, Sea Road, Galway City
Ulster University Elks	Ulster University

[2]

Mens Division 1 2017-18

Report

________________________________________________________

Week 21: 3-4 February 2018 [3]

In Mens Division 1A Neptune ran out easy 101-60 winners over bottom-placed Portlaoise, while Fr. Mathews won 80-69 at home to IT Carlow Basketball. There was a win for Ballincollig on sunday, 95-85 in Ulster against the students.[3]

Muhamed Sabic put in a fine display as Dublin Lions won 81-74 over Sligo in Clondalkin. Also in Division 1B, Paris Texas Kilkenny maintained their place at the top of the table with an 81-58 win in Donegal.[3]

Week 22: 10-11 February 2018[4]

Sligo All-Stars 75 St. Paul’s Killarney 81: Killarney’s Antuan Bootle scored 21 points as St. Paul’s did just enough in the last quarter to hold off the challenge of the westerners. [4]

Dublin Lions 120 Titans 83: Muhamed Sabic netted a huge 33 points as the Lions put up a massive 120 points in their win over the Galway side.[4]

Ballincollig 83 IT carlow 67: The cup champions kept up the pressure on the leaders with this win over IT Carlow. Cameron Clark top-scored with 28 points for Ballincollig.[4]

Portlaoise Panthers 60 Killorglin 73: The Kerry side stayed top with this win in the midlands, Daniel Jokubaitis scoring a phenomenal 37 points for Killorglin.[4]

Neptune 96 Ulster Elks 66: Neptune had a comfortable win in Cork over Ulster University to stay in touch withthe league leaders Killorglin.[4]

Week 23: 17-18 February 2018

Ballincollig 77 Killorglin 76: A huge comeback from 20 points down kept Ballincollig in touch with the leaders in Cork. a three pointer from Ciaran O’Sullivan in the last seconds secured victory.[5]

Fr. Mathews 76 Portlaoise Panthers 80: 27 points from Tim Stewart saw Portlaoise home in this encounter in Cork.[5]

Ulster Elks 68 IT Carlow 91: Jimmy Gordon scored 27 points for IT Carlow as they won comfortably in Belfast.[5]

St. Paul’s Killarney 107 LYIT Donegal 74: 40 Points from Chaz Walker were not enough for the men from the north-west as they went down to St. Paul’s.[5]

LIT Celtics 107 LYIT Donegal 65: Matt St. Amour top-scored on 35 points for LIT as they secured a home victory over Donegal, and ensured the students would go home empty-handed from their two match trip to the south-west[5]

Titans 85 Sligo 95: The Connacht derby went Sligo’s way as 40 points from Keegan Ryan was not enough for the Galway side.[5]

Kilkenny 80 Dublin Lions 61: Kilkenny did enough to secure victory over the Clondalkin side.[5]

Week 24: 23-25 February 2018

LYIT Donegal 108 Titans 81: Keegan Ryan’s 43 points was not enough as Titans went down 108-81 in Letterkenny.[6]

Killorglin 83 Neptune 81: This top-of-the-table clash was a close one as Killorglin sneaked it with 27 points from top-scorer Daniel Jokubaitis leaving Neptune with slim hopes of the title.[6]

Dublin Lions 86 St. Paul’s Killarney 81: Antuan Bootle’s 31 points was not enough for the Lakers in this close match with the Clondalkin side.[6]

Portlaoise Panthers 59 Ballincollig 82: Cameron Clark top-scored on 28 points for Ballincollig as they kept up their hopes of the title.[6]

LIT Celtics 94 Kilkenny 87: Matt St. Amour (39 pts) and Krystian Burchardt (31) were instrumental in this victory for the Limerick side.[6]

Ulster University Elks 78 Fr. Mathews 91: Mick McGinn scored a game-high 34 points for Fr. Mathews as the Cork side kept up their hopes of a top-four finish.[6]

Websites

[1] Sligo Sport and Recreation (2017) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.sligosportandrecreation.ie/wp-content/uploads/basketball-ireland-logo.jpg [Accessed 10 March 2017]

[2] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Division 1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/mensdivision1/ [Accessed 26 March 2018]

[5] Basketball Ireland (2018) Recap: Neptune secure promotion while Templeogue win in OT [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10037008/ [Accessed 26 March 2018]

[] Titans Basketball Club (2017) Venues [Internet] Available from: https://www.titans.ie/site/venues/ [Accessed 25 September 2017]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 3rd and 4th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10034873/ [Accessed 5 February 2018]

[4] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 10-11th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10035168/ [Accessed 12 February 2018]

[5] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 15-18th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10035394/ [Accessed 19 February 2018]

[6] Basketball Ireland (2018) Fixtures & Results: February 23-25th [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10035732/ [Accessed 5 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 July 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

You may quote this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.