The 2017–18 Irish Super League season was the 45th running of

Basketball Ireland Basketball Ireland (BI; ga, Cispheil Éireann) is the national governing body for the sport on the island of Ireland. Part of FIBA Europe, the European governing body, and of FIBA, the World governing body, BI is responsible for the promotion an ...

's premier men's basketball competition. The season featured 12 teams from across the

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and

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, with the regular season beginning on 15 September 2017 and ending on 17 March 2018 with

UCD Marian UCD Marian is an Irish basketball team based in Dublin. The team competes in the Super League and plays its home games at the UCD Sports Centre. The team is a division of UCD Marian Basketball Club and is directly associated with the University C ...

claiming their first title in 40 years.

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were victorious in the National Cup, while

Tralee Warriors Tralee Warriors Basketball Club, also known as Garvey's Tralee Warriors for sponsorship reasons, is an Irish basketball club based in Tralee that currently consists of a men's team that competes in the Super League, as well as an Under 20s side ...

defended their Champions Trophy title.

Teams

Regular season

Regular season play-off final

A regular season play-off final was scheduled after

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and

finished joint first at the top of the table with 17 wins and five losses.

Champions Trophy

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

National Cup

Round 1

Round 2

Semi-finals

Final

Source
Basketball Ireland

Awards

Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

Statistics leaders

''Stats as of the end of the regular season''

Regular season

* Player of the Year: Dee Proby (DCU Saints) * Young Player of the Year: Eoin Rockall (Maree) * Coach of the Year: Ioannis Liapakis (UCD Marian) * All-Star First Team: ** Ciaran Roe (Killester) ** Adrian O'Sullivan (UCC Demons) ** Royce Williams (Killester) ** Dee Proby (DCU Saints) ** Jason Killeen (Templeogue) * All-Star Second Team: ** Trae Pemberton (Tralee Warriors) ** Conor Meany (UCD Marian) ** Lorcan Murphy (Templeogue) ** Mike Garrow (UCD Marian) ** Luis Filiberto Hoyos (Killester) * All-Star Third Team: ** Isaac Westbrooks (Swords Thunder) ** Neil Randolph (Templeogue) ** Dan James (UCD Marian) **

Kieran Donaghy Kieran Donaghy (born 1 March 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and basketball player. He plays for Tralee club Austin Stacks and, formerly, at senior level for the Kerry county team. Donaghy won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship m ...

(Tralee Warriors) **

Lehmon Colbert Lehmon Colbert Jr. (born April 14, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Jacksonville Dolphins before playing professionally in England, Mexico and Ireland. With UCC Demons in the Irish ...

(UCC Demons)

References

External links

2017–18 team changes
at basketballireland.ie
Pre-season info
at basketballireland.ie
National Cup draw
at basketballireland.ie {{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Irish Super League season

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Super League (Ireland) seasons

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