BI Men’s Super League 2016-17

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
x – Templeogue	22	20	2	1906	1619	60
x – Griffith Swords Thunder	22	19	3	1902	1518	54
y – Garvey’s Tralee Warriors	22	17	5	1773	1590	51
y – UCD Marian	22	17	5	1871	1656	51
y – Pyrobel Killester	22	13	9	1683	1601	39
y – UCC Demons	22	12	10	1776	1827	36
SSE Airtricity Moycullen	22	9	13	1730	1784	27
DCU Saints	22	7	15	1628	1754	21
Commercial.ie Eanna	22	6	16	1568	1746	18
Belfast Star	22	6	16	1564	1717	18
KUBS BC	22	5	17	1526	1731	15
r – Radisson Blu UL Eagles	22	1	21	1387	1771	3

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	Maree	67	Garvey’s Tralee Warriors	82
	Ulster University Elks	56	UCD Marian	80
	Semi-Finals (LYIT)
	Templeogue	71	UCD Marian	64
	Griffith Swords Thunder	64	Garvey’s Tralee Warriors	64
	Final (LYIT)
	Templeogue	73	Garvey’s Tralee Warriors	74ot

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BI Men’s Super League 2017-18

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
c – UCD Marian	23	18	5	1863	1646	54
x – Pyrobel Killester	23	17	6	1964	1692	51
y – Black Amber Templeogue	22	16	6	1939	1802	48
y – Garveys Tralee Warriors	22	16	6	1761	1621	48
y – Griffith College Swords Thunder	22	14	8	1807	1575	42
y – UCC Demons	22	13	9	1965	1852	39
Belfast Star	21	9	12	1555	1535	27
Moycullen	21	9	12	1649	1676	27
DCU Saints	22	8	14	1738	1950	24
Maree	22	6	16	1685	1954	18
q – Eanna	22	4	18	1642	1823	12
r – KUBS BC	22	2	20	1490	1932	6

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Date	Home Team		Away team
	Promotion/Relegation Playoff (Waterford)
21.03.2018	Eanna	67	Neptune	78

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Date	Home Team		Away team
	Quarter-Finals
18.03.2018	Black Amber Templeogue	90	UCC Demons	77
18.03.2018	Garvey’s Tralee Warriors	78	Griffith College Swords Thunder	71
	Semi-Finals
21.03.2018	Pyrobel Killester	73	Black Amber Templeogue	75
22.03.2018	UCD Marian	78	Garvey’s Tralee Warriors	82
	Final
24.03.2018	Black Amber Templeogue	61	Garvey’s Tralee Warriors	73

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Points System: 3 Pts Win / 0 Pts Loss / Tied teams separated by Points Difference (PF – PA)

c – Super League Champions / x – Qualify for Champions Trophy Semi-Finals / y – Qualify for Champions Trophy Quarter-Finals / q – Enter Promotion-Relegation Playoff / r – relegated to Division 1

The Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland was created in 1945, and in 1971 set up the National League. the modern era began in 1980 when the ABAI changed its name to the Irish Basketball Association (IBBA) and sanctioned the introduction of paid professional imports from America. In 1991 the First and Second Divisions were merged into One Division with two conferences, which in 1993 were split again into a Super League (First Level) and Division 1 (Second Level). They were again merged in 1998 and split once again in 2001. The Association rebranded in 2003 as Basketball Ireland and in 2013 the Super League was rebranded the Premier League for three seasons, reverting back to the name Super League in 2016. [8]

This document provides an Overview of the Super League of the Basketball Ireland Men’s National League from 2016 to 2018, which was First Level of Men’s Basketball in Ireland, and was a period when the League reverted to the Super League brandt, with each team playing Home & Away against each other team to decide the League Champion, followed by a series of Playoffs, called the Champions Trophy, which is a separate competition to the League.

References

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Websites

[2] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Super League [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menssuper/ [Accessed 28 March 2017]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Champions Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/championstrophy [Accessed 28 March 2017]

[4] Basketball Ireland (2018) Results & Reaction: League Finals April 1st and 2nd [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10021603/ [Accessed 3 April 2017]

[5] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Super League [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menssuper [Accessed 26 March 2018]

[6] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Champions Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menschampionstrophy [Accessed 12 March 2018]

[7] 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]

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

Images

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 10 February 2019

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