2016–17 Irish Super League season

2016–17 Irish Super League season
League Super League
Sport Basketball
Duration 23 September 2016 – 18 March 2017 (Regular season)
25 March 2017 – 2 April 2017 (Champions Trophy)
Number of teams 12
Regular season
Tournaments

The 2016–17 Irish Super League season is the 44th running of Basketball Ireland's premier men's basketball competition. The season features 12 teams from across Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the regular season beginning on 23 September 2016 and ending on 18 March 2016.[1] UCC Demons are the defending champions.[2] During the 2016 off-season, Basketball Ireland expanded it's top flight men's league to 12 teams, with new team Tralee Warriors entering and Dublin side KUBS being granted promotion from the Men's Division One.[3]

Teams

Team Stadium City/Area Last season
Belfast Star Methodist College Belfast 7th
DCU Saints DCU Sports Complex Glasnevin, Dublin 6th
Éanna Coláiste Éanna Rathfarnham, Dublin 10th
Killester IWA Sports Hall Clontarf, Dublin 2nd
KUBS Carroll Arena Greendale, Dublin New
Moycullen Kingfisher, NUIG Galway 9th
Swords Thunder ALSAA Sports Complex Dublin Airport, Dublin 5th
Templeogue Oblate Hall Inchicore, Dublin 3rd
Tralee Warriors Tralee Sports Complex Tralee New
UCC Demons Mardyke Arena, UCC Cork 1st
UCD Marian UCD Sports Centre Belfield, Dublin 4th
UL Eagles PESS Building, UL Limerick 8th

National Cup

Round 1 (2 legs)

22 October 2016 (Series 1)
Moycullen 72–71 Belfast Star
NUIG Kingfisher, Galway
22 October 2016 (Series 2)
UCD Marian 95–68 UL Eagles
UCD Sports Centre, Dublin
22 October 2016 (Series 3)
Tralee Warriors 61–55 Swords Thunder
Tralee Sports Complex, Tralee
22 October 2016 (Series 4)
KUBS 72–65 Éanna
Carroll Arena, Dublin
22 October 2016 (Series 5)
Killester 69–70 DCU Saints
IWA-Clontarf, Dublin
22 October 2016 (Series 6)
Templeogue 96–87 UCC Demons
Oblate Hall, Dublin
29 October 2016 (Series 2)
UL Eagles 62–67 UCD Marian
UCD Marian win Series 2 on aggregate (162–130).
UL Arena, Limerick
29 October 2016 (Series 3)
Swords Thunder 77–64 Tralee Warriors
Swords Thunder win Series 3 on aggregate (132–125).
ALSAA, Dublin
29 October 2016 (Series 4)
Éanna 53–68 KUBS
KUBS win Series 4 on aggregate (140–118).
Coláiste Éanna, Dublin
29 October 2016 (Series 5)
DCU Saints 68–84 Killester
Killester win Series 5 on aggregate (153–138).
DCU Sports Complex, Dublin
30 October 2016 (Series 6)
UCC Demons 85–94 Templeogue
Templeogue win Series 6 on aggregate (190–172).
Mardyke Arena, Cork
19 November 2016 (Series 1)
Belfast Star 80–84 Moycullen
Moycullen win Series 1 on aggregate (156–151).
Methodist College, Belfast

Source: Basketball Ireland, Basketball Ireland

Round 2 (1 leg)

Winner of Series 5 vs Winner of Series 4

26 November 2016
Killester 84–62 KUBS
IWA-Clontarf, Dublin

Winner of Series 6 vs Winner of Series 3

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team Ref
October Lorcan Murphy Templeogue [4]

Coach of the Month

Month Player Team Ref
October Mark Keenan Templeogue [4]

References

  1. ↑ "NATIONAL LEAGUE FIXTURES 2016/2017". BasketballIreland.ie. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "C&S UCC DEMONS ARE CROWNED 2016 PREMIER LEAGUE WINNERS". BlueDemonsBC.com. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "MNCC ANNOUNCE LEAGUE EXPANSION". BasketballIreland.ie. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 "BASKETBALL IRELAND PLAYERS & COACHES OF THE MONTH - OCTOBER 2016". BasketballIreland.ie. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

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