2018–19_Irish_Super_League_season

2018–19 Irish Super League season

2018–19 Irish Super League season

Sports season


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 were 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.

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Teams

Denotes team that withdrew mid-season.
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League

Standings

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Source: Basketball Ireland
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Withdrew during the season.[1]

Results

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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 10895 DCU Saints
Oblate Hall, Dublin

Semi-finals

31 March 2019
Tralee Warriors 6581 Belfast Star
Tralee Sports Complex, Tralee
31 March 2019
Killester 8488 Templeogue
IWA-Clontarf, Dublin

Final

14 April 2019
16:00 GMT
Belfast Star 6277 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 9278 Neptune
27 October 2018
UCD Marian 9878 Moycullen
UCD Sports Centre, Dublin
27 October 2018
Maree 8083 Swords Thunder
Calasanctius College, Oranmore
27 October 2018
Templeogue 92103 Tralee Warriors
Oblate Hall, Dublin

Round 2

2 December 2018
Belfast Star 9178 Killorglin
2 December 2018
UCD Marian 8361 DCU Saints
UCD Sports Centre, Dublin
2 December 2018
Tralee Warriors 8579 UCC Demons
Tralee Sports Complex, Tralee
2 December 2018
Swords Thunder 6790 Killester
ALSAA, Dublin

Semi-finals

12 January 2019
16:00 GMT
UCD Marian 9163 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 7670 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 6663 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

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Coach of the Month

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Statistics leaders

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

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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

  1. Coughlan, John (7 February 2019). "Blow for the Super League as Swords Thunder disband". IrishExaminer.com. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. "PREVIEW: We look ahead to this weekend's games". BasketballIreland.ie. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. "RECAP: Tralee Crowned Champs Plus All Action From Today's Games". BasketballIreland.ie. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. "Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month - October". BasketballIreland.ie. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  5. "Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month for November". BasketballIreland.ie. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  6. "Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month - December". BasketballIreland.ie. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. "Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month - January". BasketballIreland.ie. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. "Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month - February". BasketballIreland.ie. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  9. "Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month for March". BasketballIreland.ie. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  10. "Basketball Ireland – Stats Leaders". BasketballIreland.ie. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019.
  11. "Basketball Ireland – Stats Table". BasketballIreland.ie. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020.
  12. "2018/19 Basketball Ireland Player and Coaches of the Year". BasketballIreland.ie. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  13. "Basketball Ireland 2018/19 All Stars announced". BasketballIreland.ie. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

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