2018–19 Irish Super League season

2018–19 Irish Super League season
LeagueSuper League
SportBasketball
Duration29 September 2018 – 24 March 2019 (Regular season)
30 March 2019 – 14 April 2019 (Champions Trophy)
Number of games20
Number of teams12
Regular season
League championsTralee Warriors
Season MVPJason Killeen (Templeogue)
Top scorerMike Davis (Belfast Star)
(29.0ppg)
Tournaments
Champions Trophy championsTempleogue
  Champions Trophy runners-upBelfast Star
National Cup championsKillester
  National Cup runners-upUCD Marian
Super League seasons

The 2018–19 Irish Super League season was the 46th running of Basketball Ireland's premier men's basketball competition. The season began featuring 12 teams from across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, before dropping to 11 mid-season following Swords Thunder disbanding in February 2019.[1] The regular season began on 29 September 2018 and ended on 24 March 2019[2] with Tralee Warriors claiming their maiden championship.[3] Killester was victorious in the National Cup, while Templeogue won the Champions Trophy for the first time after finishing as runners-up in three out of the previous four seasons.

Teams

Denotes team that withdrew mid-season.
Team Stadium City/Area Last season
Belfast Star De La Salle College Belfast 7th
DCU Saints DCU Sports Complex Glasnevin, Dublin 9th
Killester IWA Sports Hall Clontarf, Dublin 2nd
Killorglin Killorglin Sports Complex Killorglin New
Maree Calasanctius College Oranmore 10th
Moycullen Kingfisher, NUIG Galway 8th
Neptune Neptune Stadium Cork New
Swords Thunder ALSAA Sports Complex Dublin Airport, Dublin 5th
Templeogue Oblate Hall Inchicore, Dublin 3rd
Tralee Warriors Tralee Sports Complex Tralee 4th
UCC Demons Mardyke Arena, UCC Cork 6th
UCD Marian UCD Sports Centre Belfield, Dublin 1st

League

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Relegation
1 Tralee Warriors (C) 20 16 4 1741 1570 +171 48
2 Templeogue 20 15 5 1724 1527 +197 45
3 UCD Marian 20 13 7 1629 1487 +142 39
4 Killester 20 12 8 1581 1519 +62 36
5 Belfast Star 20 12 8 1693 1599 +94 36
6 DCU Saints 20 10 10 1579 1658 −79 30
7 UCC Demons 20 9 11 1621 1683 −62 27
8 Maree 20 9 11 1623 1644 −21 27
9 Killorglin 20 6 14 1555 1649 −94 18
10 Moycullen 20 4 16 1556 1759 −203 12
11 Neptune 20 4 16 1599 1806 −207 12
12 Swords Thunder[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: Basketball Ireland
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Withdrew during the season.[1]

Results

Home \ Away BEL DCU KIL KLG MAR MOY NEP TEM TW UCC UCD
Belfast Star — 81–62 92–88 85–84 74–80 106–88 93–67 81–83 68–80 96–81 81–72
DCU Saints 55–96 — 92–74 79–75 91–71 85–83 90–79 67–89 92–102 95–87 76–71
Killester 82–70 84–71 — 79–73 82–77 99–74 76–62 56–81 86–82 86–63 63–73
Killorglin 78–88 92–87 67–64 — 79–83 81–64 61–62 87–88 68–77 81–79 76–101
Maree 96–75 98–77 86–91 91–84 — 86–79 85–66 62–72 92–99 81–90 81–73
Moycullen 82–91 77–85 64–89 82–57 66–59 — 108–97 79–105 82–93 64–71 56–87
Neptune 72–92 83–100 77–88 81–96 90–84 90–111 — 77–95 92–95 88–100 82–66
Templeogue 88–72 67–68 87–77 85–70 94–68 108–79 95–92 — 93–99 90–77 64–72
Tralee Warriors 79–89 89–55 71–55 86–89 88–70 95–73 87–82 88–77 — 70–75 88–73
UCC Demons 82–67 85–84 74–99 102–93 86–90 95–82 88–91 74–71 75–84 — 64–95
UCD Marian 100–96 75–68 83–63 86–64 84–83 80–63 96–69 82–88 84–89 76–73 —
Source: Basketball Ireland
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Champions Trophy

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Tralee Warriors 65
UCD Marian 43 Belfast Star 81
Belfast Star 84 Belfast Star 62
Templeogue 77
Killester 84
Templeogue 108 Templeogue 88
DCU Saints 95

Quarter-finals

30 March 2019
Templeogue 108–95 DCU Saints
Oblate Hall, Dublin

Semi-finals

31 March 2019
Tralee Warriors 65–81 Belfast Star
Tralee Sports Complex, Tralee
31 March 2019
Killester 84–88 Templeogue
IWA-Clontarf, Dublin

Final

14 April 2019
16:00 GMT
Belfast Star 62–77 Templeogue
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 13–17, 13–18, 20–25
Pts: CJ Fulton (16)
Rebs: Mike Thiep (11)
Asts: CJ Fulton (8)		 Pts: Neil Randolph (19)
Rebs: Jason Killeen (15)
Asts: Stephen James (6)
DCU Sports Complex, Dublin
MVP: Neil Randolph

Source: Basketball Ireland

National Cup

Round 1

27 October 2018
Belfast Star 92–78 Neptune
27 October 2018
UCD Marian 98–78 Moycullen
UCD Sports Centre, Dublin
27 October 2018
Maree 80–83 Swords Thunder
Calasanctius College, Oranmore
27 October 2018
Templeogue 92–103 Tralee Warriors
Oblate Hall, Dublin

Round 2

2 December 2018
Belfast Star 91–78 Killorglin
2 December 2018
UCD Marian 83–61 DCU Saints
UCD Sports Centre, Dublin
2 December 2018
Tralee Warriors 85–79 UCC Demons
Tralee Sports Complex, Tralee
2 December 2018
Swords Thunder 67–90 Killester
ALSAA, Dublin

Semi-finals

12 January 2019
16:00 GMT
UCD Marian 91–63 Belfast Star
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 28–23, 14–14, 27–12
Pts: Tied (18)
Rebs: Tied (8)
Asts: Barry Drumm (5)		 Pts: Conor Quinn (16)
Rebs: Mark Berlic (7)
Asts: CJ Fulton (4)
Mardyke Arena, Cork
12 January 2019
20:00 GMT
Killester 76–70 Tralee Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 14–19, 13–16, 20–22
Pts: Ciaran Roe (34)
Rebs: Luis-Filiberto Garcia Hoyos (13)
Asts: Ciaran Roe (5)		 Pts: Paul Dick (15)
Rebs: Tied (7)
Asts: Paul Dick (10)
Mardyke Arena, Cork

Final

26 January 2019
20:00 GMT
Killester 66–63 UCD Marian
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 19–11, 9–23, 20–10
Pts: Luis-Filiberto Garcia Hoyos (18)
Rebs: Ciaran Roe (9)
Asts: Ciaran Roe (4)		 Pts: Cathal Finn (12)
Rebs: Neil Baynes (10)
Asts: Scott Kinevane (5)
National Basketball Arena, Dublin
MVP: Luis-Filiberto Garcia Hoyos

Source: Basketball Ireland

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team Ref
October Kyle Hosford UCC Demons [4]
November Mike Davis Belfast Star [5]
December Paul Dick Tralee Warriors [6]
January Ciaran Roe Killester [7]
February Paul Dick Tralee Warriors [8]
March Mike Davis Belfast Star [9]

Coach of the Month

Month Player Team Ref
October Adrian Fulton Belfast Star [4]
November Joey Boylan DCU Saints [5]
December Paul Kelleher Neptune [6]
January Brian O'Malley Killester [7]
February Pat Price Tralee Warriors [8]
March Pat Price Tralee Warriors [9]

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season[10][11]

Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Mike Davis Belfast Star 29.0
Rebounds per game Martins Provizors DCU Saints 12.6
Assists per game Scott Kinevane UCD Marian 8.3
Steals per game Joan Jordi Vall-llobera UCD Marian 3.3
Blocks per game Jason Killeen Templeogue 2.2

Regular season

  • Player of the Year: Jason Killeen (Templeogue)[12]
  • Young Player of the Year: CJ Fulton (Belfast Star)
  • Coach of the Year: Pat Price (Tralee Warriors)
  • All-Star First Team:
    • Paul Dick (Tralee Warriors)[13]
    • Mike Davis (Belfast Star)
    • Sean Sellers (Maree)
    • Mike Bonaparte (DCU Saints)
    • Jason Killeen (Templeogue)
  • All-Star Second Team:
    • Ciaran Roe (Killester)
    • Royce Williams (Killester)
    • Lorcan Murphy (Templeogue)
    • Eoin Quigley (Tralee Warriors)
    • Niels Bunschoten (Maree)
  • All-Star Third Team:
    • Elijah Mays (UCD Marian)
    • Neil Randolph (Templeogue)
    • Kieran Donaghy (Tralee Warriors)
    • Luis Filiberto Garcia Hoyos (Killester)
    • Martins Provizors (DCU Saints)

References

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  9. ^ a b "Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month for March". BasketballIreland.ie. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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  11. ^ "Basketball Ireland – Stats Table". BasketballIreland.ie. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020.
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