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 League champions Templeogue Season MVP Trae Pemberton (Tralee Warriors) Top scorer Dillon Stith (Belfast Star) (27.4 ppg)Champions Trophy champions Tralee Warriors Champions Trophy runners-up Templeogue National Cup champions Swords Thunder National Cup runners-up Killester
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.[ 1] 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.[ 2] 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
Champions Trophy
Bracket
*National League Division 1 champions. [ 3]
**National League Division 1 runners-up. [ 3]
Quarter-finals
Source: Basketball Ireland , Basketball Ireland
Semi-finals
Source: Basketball Ireland Basketball Ireland
Final
National Cup
Round 1 (2 legs)
22 October 2016 (Series 1)
22 October 2016 (Series 2)
22 October 2016 (Series 3)
22 October 2016 (Series 4)
22 October 2016 (Series 5)
22 October 2016 (Series 6)
29 October 2016 (Series 2)
29 October 2016 (Series 3)
29 October 2016 (Series 4)
Éanna
53–68
KUBS
KUBS win Series 4 on aggregate (140–118).
29 October 2016 (Series 5)
30 October 2016 (Series 6)
19 November 2016 (Series 1)
Round 2 (1 leg)
Winner of Series 5 vs Winner of Series 4
Winner of Series 6 vs Winner of Series 3
Semi-finals
Winner of Series 1 vs Winner of Game 2, Round 2
Winner of Game 1, Round 2 vs Winner of Series 2
Final
28 January 2017
20:00 GMT
Source: Basketball Ireland
Awards
Player of the Month
Coach of the Month
Statistics leaders
Stats as of the end of the regular season [ 10] [ 11]
Regular season
Player of the Year: Trae Pemberton (Tralee Warriors)[ 12]
Young Player of the Year: Ryan Leonard (Tralee Warriors)[ 13]
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
External links
2016 –
17 in European men's basketball
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