2016–17 Irish Super League season

Sports season

2016–17 Irish Super League season
League	Super League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	23 September 2016 – 19 March 2017 (Regular season) 25 March 2017 – 2 April 2017 (Champions Trophy)
Number of games	22
Number of teams	12
Regular season
League champions	Templeogue
Season MVP	Trae Pemberton (Tralee Warriors)
Top scorer	Dillon Stith (Belfast Star) (27.4 ppg)
Tournaments
Champions Trophy champions	Tralee Warriors
Champions Trophy runners-up	Templeogue
National Cup champions	Swords Thunder
National Cup runners-up	Killester
Super League seasons
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Irish Super League season was the 44th running of Basketball Ireland's premier men's basketball competition. The season featured 12 teams from across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the regular season beginning on 23 September 2016 and ending on 19 March 2017. During the 2016 off-season, Basketball Ireland expanded its 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. With a first-place finish and a 20–2 win–loss record, Templeogue were crowned league champions for the first time in their history. 2017 National Cup honours went to Swords Thunder, who collected their first piece of silverware in the top flight league, while Tralee were crowned the winners of the season finale Champions Trophy tournament after defeating Templeogue in the final.

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

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Templeogue (C)	22	20	2	1906	1619	+287	60
2	Swords Thunder	22	19	3	1902	1518	+384	57
3	Tralee Warriors	22	17	5	1773	1590	+183	51
4	UCD Marian	22	17	5	1871	1656	+215	51
5	Killester	22	13	9	1683	1601	+82	39
6	UCC Demons	22	12	10	1776	1827	−51	36
7	Moycullen	22	9	13	1730	1784	−54	27
8	DCU Saints	22	7	15	1628	1754	−126	21
9	Éanna	22	6	16	1568	1746	−178	18
10	Belfast Star	22	6	16	1564	1717	−153	18
11	KUBS	22	5	17	1526	1731	−205	15
12	UL Eagles (R)	22	1	21	1387	1771	−384	3	Relegated

Source: Basketball Ireland
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions Trophy

Bracket

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

			1	Templeogue	71
4	UCD Marian	80	4	UCD Marian	64
	Ulster University Elks**	56					Templeogue	73
							Tralee Warriors	74
			2	Swords Thunder	64
3	Tralee Warriors	82	3	Tralee Warriors	66
	Maree*	67

*National League Division 1 champions.

**National League Division 1 runners-up.

Quarter-finals

25 March 2017
15:00 GMT

Ulster University Elks	56–80	UCD Marian
Pts: Marty McDonald (18)		Pts: Tied (19)

Methodist College, Belfast

25 March 2017
19:00 GMT

Maree	67–82	Tralee Warriors
Pts: Eoin Rockall (18)		Pts: Trae Pemberton (31)

Calasanctius College, Oranmore

Source: Basketball Ireland, Basketball Ireland

Semi-finals

1 April 2017
16:00 GMT

Box Score

Templeogue	71–64	UCD Marian
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 14–10, 15–19, 22–14
Pts: Jason Killeen (21) Rebs: Jason Killeen (14) Asts: Tied (3)		Pts: Conor Meany (17) Rebs: Mike Garrow (12) Asts: Scott Kinevane (9)

LYIT, Letterkenny

1 April 2017
18:00 GMT

Box Score

Swords Thunder	64–66	Tralee Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 12–18, 16–16, 21–14
Pts: Alex Dolenko (13) Rebs: José María Gil Narbón (10) Asts: Alex Calvexe (4)		Pts: Trae Pemberton (24) Rebs: Goran Pantovic (14) Asts: Kieran Donaghy (5)

LYIT, Letterkenny

Source: Basketball Ireland Basketball Ireland

Final

YouTube

2 April 2017
16:00 GMT

Box Score Report Report

Templeogue	73–74 (OT)	Tralee Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 20–16, 14–17, 16–15, Overtime: 7–8
Pts: Michael Bonaparte (22) Rebs: Michael Bonaparte (14) Asts: Stephen James (6)		Pts: Trae Pemberton (21) Rebs: Goran Pantovic (18) Asts: Kieran Donaghy (8)

LYIT, Letterkenny
MVP: Kieran Donaghy

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	62–69	UCD Marian
UCD Marian win Series 2 on aggregate (164–130).

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

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

7 December 2016

Templeogue

81–88

Swords Thunder

National Basketball Arena, Dublin

Semi-finals

Winner of Series 1 vs Winner of Game 2, Round 2

7 January 2017
16:00 GMT

Moycullen

77–85

Swords Thunder

Neptune Stadium, Cork

Winner of Game 1, Round 2 vs Winner of Series 2

7 January 2017
20:00 GMT

Killester

81–69

UCD Marian

Neptune Stadium, Cork

Final

YouTube

28 January 2017
20:00 GMT

Box Score Report

Killester	51–72	Swords Thunder
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 12–16, 13–20, 11–19
Pts: Cian Nihill (16) Rebs: Jermaine Turner (16) Asts: Ciaran Roe (4)		Pts: Justin Goldsborough (14) Rebs: José María Gil Narbón (8) Asts: Isaac Westbrooks (7)

National Basketball Arena, Dublin
MVP: José María Gil Narbón

Source: Basketball Ireland

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October	Lorcan Murphy	Templeogue
November	Lorcan Murphy	Templeogue
December	Dillon Stith	Belfast Star
January	José María Gil Narbón	Swords Thunder
February	Trae Pemberton	Tralee Warriors
March	Trae Pemberton	Tralee Warriors

Coach of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October	Mark Keenan	Templeogue
November	Dave Baker	Swords Thunder
December	Mark Keenan	Templeogue
January	Dave Baker	Swords Thunder
February	Mark Bernsen	Tralee Warriors
March	Mark Bernsen	Tralee Warriors

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Dillon Stith	Belfast Star	27.4
Rebounds per game	Mārtiņš Provizors	DCU Saints	16.7
Assists per game	Scott Kinevane	UCD Marian	9.7
Steals per game	Michael Garrow	UCD Marian	5.4
Blocks per game	Jacob Lawson	UCC Demons	3.2

Regular season

Player of the Year: Trae Pemberton (Tralee Warriors)
Young Player of the Year: Ryan Leonard (Tralee Warriors)
Coach of the Year: Mark Bernsen (Tralee Warriors)
All-Star First Team:
- Trae Pemberton (Tralee Warriors)
- José María Gil Narbón (Swords Thunder)
- Lorcan Murphy (Templeogue)
- Jermaine Turner (Killester)
- Michael Bonaparte (Templeogue)
All-Star Second Team:
- Dillon Stith (Belfast Star)
- Mike Garrow (UCD Marian)
- Kevin Foley (KUBS)
- Jason Killeen (Templeogue)
- Isaac Westbrooks (Swords Thunder)
All-Star Third Team:
- Kieran Donaghy (Tralee Warriors)
- Corbin Jackson (KUBS)
- Keelan Cairns (Belfast Star)
- Mārtiņš Provizors (DCU Saints)
- Ryan Leonard (Tralee Warriors)

References

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"MNCC ANNOUNCE LEAGUE EXPANSION". BasketballIreland.ie. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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^ "PLAYERS AND COACHES OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER ANNOUNCED". BasketballIreland.ie. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "PLAYERS AND COACHES OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY ANNOUNCED". BasketballIreland.ie. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ "PLAYERS AND COACHES OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY ANNOUNCED". BasketballIreland.ie. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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External links

Season preview at ballineurope.com
Player ins and outs at basketballireland.ie
National Cup draw

v t e Super League (Ireland)
Teams	Ballincollig Belfast Star Éanna Killester Killorglin Maree Moycullen Neptune Sligo All-Stars St. Vincent's Templeogue Tralee Warriors UCC Demons Ulster University
Former Teams	Dublin Lions KUBS Shamrock Rovers Hoops Swords Thunder Tralee Tigers UCD Marian UL Eagles Ulster Elks
Seasons	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2021–22 2022–23

v t e 2016–17 in European men's basketball
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Scotland
Regional leagues	Adriatic League Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League Baltic League
Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria France Cup Leaders Cup Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel State Cup League Cup Italy Macedonia Lithuania Netherlands Poland Scotland Serbia Spain Turkey United Kingdom Cup Trophy
Supercups	Italy Spain Turkey
Continental competitions	EuroLeague Regular Season Playoffs Final Four EuroCup Playoffs Finals Champions League Playoffs Final Four FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs Final Next Generation Tournament
International competitions	2016 Summer Olympics Qualifying EuroBasket 2017 Qualification Games of the Small States of Europe

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