The 2015–16 Irish Premier League season was the 43rd running of
Basketball Ireland's premier men's basketball competition. The season featured 10 teams from across the
Republic of Ireland
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and
Northern Ireland
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, with the regular season beginning on 3 October 2015 and ending on 6 March 2016. With a first-place finish and a 16–2 win–loss record,
UCC Demons
UCC Demons are an Irish basketball team based in Cork. The team competes in the Super League and plays its home games at Mardyke Arena. The team is a division of Blue Demons Basketball Club and is directly associated with the University Colleg ...
were crowned back-to-back league champions, while 2016 National Cup honours went to
Templeogue
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, who collected their first piece of silverware. In the season finale Champions Trophy tournament, Demons took out the title for the fourth straight year.
Teams
Regular season
Standings
Source
Basketball Ireland
Champions Trophy
Bracket
''*National League Division 1 champions.''
Quarter-finals
Source
Basketball Ireland
Semi-finals
Source
Basketball IrelandBasketball Ireland
Final
National Cup
Round 1 (2 legs)
Round 2 (1 leg)
Winner of Series 2 vs Winner of Series 4
Semi-finals
Winner of Series 1 vs Winner of Round 2
Winner of Series 5 vs Winner of Series 3
Final
Source
Basketball IrelandComortais
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: Lehmon Colbert (UCC Demons)
* Young Player of the Year: Sean Flood (Templeogue)
* Coach of the Year: Brian O'Malley (Killester)
* All-Star First Picks:
** Michael Bonaparte (Templeogue)Duane Johnson
Duane Alexander Johnson (born April 2, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for União Corinthians of the Novo Basquete Brasil. He played college basketball for the East Stroudsburg Warriors, where he was part of four straight Pen ...
(DCU Saints)
** Jermaine Turner
Jermaine Turner (born July 29, 1974) is an American-Irish former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his 17-year career playing in the Irish Super League. Turner first arrived in Ireland in 2000 following a season of college b ...
(Killester)
** Shawn Vanzant (Belfast Star)
* All-Star Second Picks:
** Staats Battle (UL Eagles)
** Paul Dick (Killester)
** Sean Flood (Templeogue)
** Dan James (UCD Marian)
** Isaac Westbrooks (Swords Thunder)
* All-Star Third Picks:
** Paul Cummins (Templeogue)
** Conor Grace (Templeogue)
** Jason Killeen (Templeogue)
** Dustan Moreira (UCD Marian)
** Mārtiņš Provizors (DCU Saints)
References
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Irish
Super League (Ireland) seasons
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Basket
A basket is a container that is traditionally constructed from stiff Fiber, fibers, and can be made from a range of materials, including wood splints, Stolon, runners, and cane. While most baskets are made from plant materials, other materials ...