2016–17 Irish Super League Season
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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
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, 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,
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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


Regular season


Champions Trophy


Bracket

''*National League Division 1 champions.'' ''**National League Division 1 runners-up.''


Quarter-finals

Source
Basketball IrelandBasketball Ireland


Semi-finals

Source
Basketball IrelandBasketball Ireland


Final


National Cup


Round 1 (2 legs)


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

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: 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 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) ** 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


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