2018–19 Irish Super League season explained

2018–19 Irish Super League season
League:Super League
Sport:Basketball
Duration:29 September 2018 – 24 March 2019 (Regular season)
30 March 2019 – 14 April 2019 (Champions Trophy)
No Of Games:20
No Of Teams:12
Season:Regular season
League Champs:Tralee Warriors
Mvp:Jason Killeen (Templeogue)
Top Scorer:Mike Davis (Belfast Star)
(29.0ppg)
Playoffs:Tournaments
Conf1:Champions Trophy
Conf1 Champ:Templeogue
Conf1 Runner-Up:Belfast Star
Conf2:National Cup
Conf2 Champ:Killester
Conf2 Runner-Up:UCD Marian
Seasonslistnames:Super League
Prevseason Link:2017–18 Irish Super League season
Prevseason Year:2017–18
Nextseason Link:2019–20 Irish Super League season
Nextseason Year:2019–20

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.
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Belfast StarDe La Salle CollegeBelfast7th
DCU SaintsDCU Sports ComplexGlasnevin, Dublin9th
KillesterIWA Sports HallClontarf, Dublin2nd
KillorglinKillorglin Sports ComplexKillorglinNew
MareeCalasanctius CollegeOranmore10th
MoycullenKingfisher, NUIGGalway8th
NeptuneNeptune StadiumCorkNew
Swords Thunder Sports ComplexDublin Airport, Dublin5th
TempleogueOblate HallInchicore, Dublin3rd
Tralee WarriorsTralee Sports ComplexTralee4th
UCC DemonsMardyke Arena, UCCCork6th
UCD MarianUCD Sports CentreBelfield, Dublin1st

League

Results

Champions Trophy

Final

Source: Basketball Ireland

National Cup

Final

Source: Basketball Ireland

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team Ref
October [4]
November Mike Davis [5]
December Paul Dick [6]
January Ciaran Roe [7]
February Paul Dick [8]
March Mike Davis [9]

Coach of the Month

Month Player Team Ref
October Adrian Fulton
November Joey Boylan
December Paul Kelleher
January Brian O'Malley
February Pat Price
March Pat Price

Statistics leaders

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

Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Mike Davis 29.0
Rebounds per game Martins Provizors 12.6
Assists per game Scott Kinevane 8.3
Steals per game Joan Jordi Vall-llobera 3.3
Blocks per game 2.2

Regular season

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Coughlan. John. Blow for the Super League as Swords Thunder disband. IrishExaminer.com. 7 February 2019. 7 February 2019.
  2. Web site: PREVIEW: We look ahead to this weekend's games . BasketballIreland.ie . 27 September 2018 . 27 September 2018.
  3. Web site: RECAP: Tralee Crowned Champs Plus All Action From Today's Games . BasketballIreland.ie . 24 March 2019 . 24 March 2019.
  4. Web site: Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month - October. BasketballIreland.ie. 8 November 2018. 9 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month for November. BasketballIreland.ie. 1 December 2018. 4 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month - December. BasketballIreland.ie. 2 January 2019. 3 January 2019.
  7. Web site: Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month - January. BasketballIreland.ie. 8 February 2019. 8 February 2019.
  8. Web site: Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month - February. BasketballIreland.ie. 6 March 2019. 7 March 2019.
  9. Web site: Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month for March. BasketballIreland.ie. 3 April 2019. 7 April 2019.
  10. Web site: Basketball Ireland – Stats Leaders . BasketballIreland.ie . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327161137/https://www.basketballireland.ie/stats-leaders/ . 27 March 2019.
  11. Web site: Basketball Ireland – Stats Table . BasketballIreland.ie . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200411041613/https://www.basketballireland.ie/stats-tables/?status=&comp=129830 . 11 April 2020.
  12. Web site: 2018/19 Basketball Ireland Player and Coaches of the Year. BasketballIreland.ie. 23 April 2019. 23 April 2019.
  13. Web site: Basketball Ireland 2018/19 All Stars announced. BasketballIreland.ie. 11 April 2019. 13 April 2019.