The 2013–14 Irish Premier League season was the 41st running of Basketball Ireland's premier men's basketball competition. The season featured 10 teams from across the

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, with the regular season beginning on 5 October 2013 and ending on 9 March 2014. With a first-place finish and a 17–1 win–loss record,

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were crowned league champions for the eighth time in their history.

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were crowned National Cup champions for a sixth time, and won the season finale Champions Trophy tournament for the second straight year.

Teams

Regular season

Standings

Source
Comortais

Champions Trophy

Bracket

''*National League Division 1 champions.'' ''**Fourth place in National League Division 1.''

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

National Cup

Round 1 (2 legs)

Round 2 (1 leg)

Winner of Series 1 vs Winner of Series 2

Semi-finals

Winner of Series 3 vs Winner of Series 5 Winner of Series 4 vs Winner of Round 2

Final

Source
Comortais

Premier League Select Team

Gathering Shield

The 2013 "Gathering Shield" match between the Premier League Select Team and the Welsh National Select Team took place at the

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on Saturday 26 October.

Team

*Shane Coughlan (UCC Demons) *Niall O'Reilly (UCC Demons) *

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(UCC Demons) *Mike McGinn (Neptune) *Ger Noonan (Neptune) *Mati Rudak (Neptune) *Neil Campbell (UL Eagles) *Scott Kinnevane (UL Eagles) *Keith Anderson ( Swords Thunder – National League Division 1) *Isaac Westbrooks (Killester) *Mindaugas Tamušauskas (Dublin Inter) *Paul O'Brien (Moycullen) Head Coach: Mark Keenan (UL Eagles)
Assistant Coaches: Jerome Westbrooks (Killester) and Mike Hickey (UL Eagles)

Game data

Ireland vs England

For the second straight year, the Premier League Select Team travelled to

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, England to play against the England Select Team in the BBL Cup Final curtain-raiser. The match took place at the

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on Sunday 12 January, with tip off at 12pm.

Team

*Paul Dick (Belfast Star) *Darren Townes (Neptune) *Ger Noonan (Neptune) *Ian McLoughlin (Neptune) *Michael McGinn (Neptune) *Ciaran O'Sullivan (UCC Demons) *Mārtiņš Provisors (DCU Saints) *Kieran O'Brien (Killester) *Mike Westbrooks (Killester) *Dylan Cunningham (Moycullen) *Delwan Graham (UL Eagles) *Scott Kinnevane (UL Eagles) Head Coach: Mark Keenan (UL Eagles)
Assistant Coaches: Jerome Westbrooks (Killester) and Mike Hickey (UL Eagles)
Team Manager: Aidan O'Brien

Game data

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: Michael Bonaparte (Killester) * U23 Player of the Year: Paul Dick (Belfast Star) * Coach of the Year: Jonathan Grennell (Killester)

References

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