2021–22 Irish Super League season

Sports season
2021–22 Irish Super League season
LeagueSuper League
SportBasketball
Duration9 October 2021 – 13 March 2022 (Regular season)
19 March 2022 – 2 April 2022 (Playoffs)
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVPAaron Calixte (Tralee Warriors)
Top scorerKason Harrell (Killester)
(29.17ppg)
National Cup championsTralee Warriors
  National Cup runners-upNeptune
Playoffs
ChampionsTralee Warriors
  Runners-upNeptune
Super League seasons

The 2021–22 Irish Super League season was the 48th running of Basketball Ireland's premier men's basketball competition, following the cancellation of the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season featured 12 teams from across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.[1] Tralee Warriors were crowned National Cup and League champions.

Teams

Team Stadium City/Area 2019–20 season
Ballincollig Ballincollig Community School Ballincollig, Cork Div. 1 (promoted)
Belfast Star De La Salle College Belfast 1st
DCU Saints DCU Sports Complex Glasnevin, Dublin 6th
Éanna Coláiste Éanna Rathfarnham, Dublin 3rd
Killester IWA Sports Hall Clontarf, Dublin 7th
Killorglin Killorglin Sports Complex Killorglin 8th
Maree Kingfisher, NUIG Galway 10th
Moycullen Kingfisher, NUIG Galway 11th
Neptune Neptune Stadium Cork 9th
Templeogue Nord Anglia International School Leopardstown, Dublin 5th
Tralee Warriors Tralee Sports Complex Tralee 2nd
UCD Marian UCD Sports Centre Belfield, Dublin 4th

Results

Regular season standings

North Conference

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Éanna 14 12 2 1228 1113 +115 36 Qualification to quarter-finals
2 Killester 14 9 5 1232 1139 +93 27
3 UCD Marian 14 6 8 1076 1060 +16 18
4 Templeogue 14 6 8 1080 1108 −28 18
5 DCU Saints 14 1 13 977 1239 −262 3
6 Belfast Star* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Record expunged
Source: Basketball Ireland

*Belfast Star, with a 10–5 record, withdrew from the league before their final match of the regular season, due to a player registration error.[2]

South Conference

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Ballincollig 15 14 1 1235 1035 +200 42 Qualification to quarter-finals
2 Tralee Warriors 15 10 5 1285 1199 +86 30
3 Neptune 15 9 6 1308 1217 +91 27
4 Maree 15 8 7 1282 1239 +43 24
5 Moycullen 15 3 12 1043 1214 −171 9
6 Killorglin 15 2 13 1114 1297 −183 6
Source: Basketball Ireland

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
N1 Éanna 86
S4 Maree 77
Éanna 57
Tralee Warriors 75
S2 Tralee Warriors 88
N3 UCD Marian 71
Tralee Warriors 78
Neptune 72
S1 Ballincollig 85
N4 Templeogue 79
Ballincollig 75
Neptune 92
N2 Killester 84
S3 Neptune 90

Quarter-finals

19 March 2022
Éanna 86–77 Maree
19 March 2022
Ballincollig 85–79 Templeogue
Ballincollig Community School, Cork
19 March 2022
Killester 84–90 Neptune
IWA Sports Hall, Dublin
19 March 2022
Tralee Warriors 88–71 UCD Marian
Tralee Sports Complex, Tralee

Semi-finals

26 March 2022
Report
Ballincollig 75–92 Neptune
Ballincollig Community School, Cork
27 March 2022
Report
Éanna 57–75 Tralee Warriors

Final

YouTube
2 April 2022
19:00 GMT
Preview Report Report
Tralee Warriors 78–72 Neptune
Pts: Aaron Calixte (21) Pts: Nil Sabata (21)

National Cup

Round 1

30 October 2021
Belfast Star 69–98 Éanna
30 October 2021
DCU Saints 68–93 Killester
30 October 2021
Maree 85–83 Templeogue
NUIG Kingfisher, Galway
31 October 2021
Tralee Warriors 74–66 Ballincollig
Tralee Sports Complex, Tralee

Quarter-finals

4 December 2021
Maree 84–82 UCD Marian
Coláiste Bhaile Chláir, Galway
4 December 2021
Éanna 83–76 Killorglin
4 December 2021
Killester 86–92 Neptune
IWA Sports Hall, Dublin
4 December 2021
Tralee Warriors 77–62 Moycullen
Tralee Sports Complex, Tralee

Semi-finals

YouTube
8 January 2022
17:00 GMT
Report
Éanna 70–79 Tralee Warriors
Pts: Romonn Nelson (17) Pts: Nikola Roso (24)
Neptune Stadium, Cork
YouTube
8 January 2022
19:00 GMT
Report
Neptune 103–92 Maree
Pts: Cian Heaphy (23) Pts: De'Ondre Jackson, Luka Kraljic (25)
Neptune Stadium, Cork

Final

YouTube
22 January 2022
18:00 GMT
Preview Report Box score
Neptune 75–88 Tralee Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 16–26, 22–21, 25–24
Pts: Nil Sabata (21)
Rebs: Colin O'Reilly (9)
Asts: Roy Downey, Aleix Tarradellas (4)		 Pts: Aaron Calixte, Daniel Jokubaitis (19)
Rebs: Kieran Donaghy (11)
Asts: Nikola Roso, Eoin Quigley (5)
National Basketball Arena, Dublin
MVP: Daniel Jokubaitis

Source: Basketball Ireland

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team Ref
October Aaron Calixte Tralee Warriors [3]
November Andre Nation Ballincollig [4]
December De'Ondre Jackson Maree [5]
January Daniel Jokubaitis Tralee Warriors [6]
February Andre Nation Ballincollig [7]
March

Coach of the Month

Month Player Team Ref
October John Dowling Tralee Warriors [3]
November Kieran O'Sullivan Ballincollig [4]
December Darren McGovern Éanna [5]
January John Dowling Tralee Warriors [6]
February Adrian Fulton Belfast Star [7]
March

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the season[a][8]

Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Kason Harrell Killester 29.17
Rebounds per game Tomas Fernandez Zerolo Killester 13.08
Assists per game Ciaran Roe Killester 6.67
Steals per game Eoin Quigley Tralee Warriors 2.86
Blocks per game James Claar Belfast Star 2.17

Regular season

  • Player of the Year: Aaron Calixte (Tralee Warriors)[9]
  • Young Player of the Year: Cian Heaphy (Neptune)
  • Coach of the Year: John Dowling (Tralee Warriors)
  • All-Star First Team:
    • Aaron Calixte (Tralee Warriors)[10]
    • Andre Nation (Ballincollig)
    • Kason Harrell (Killester)
    • Nil Sabata (Neptune)
    • Roy Downey (Neptune)
  • All-Star Second Team:
    • Daniel Jokubaitis (Tralee Warriors)
    • De'Ondre Jackson (Maree)
    • Jonathan Jean (UCD Marian)
    • Nikola Roso (Tralee Warriors)
    • Stefan Zečević (Éanna)
  • All-Star Third Team:
    • Adrian O'Sullivan (Ballincollig)
    • Cian Heaphy (Neptune)
    • Eoin Quigley (Tralee Warriors)
    • Lorcan Murphy (Templeogue)
    • Milorad Sedlarevic (Ballincollig)

Notes

  1. ^ Basketball Ireland's box scores and statistics records were of poor quality and reliability during the 2021–22 season.

References

  1. ^ "2021/22 National League season given go-ahead from October 9th/10th". ireland.basketball. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ Kelly, David (12 March 2022). "Belfast Star forced to withdraw from All-Ireland Superleague after leading scorer Max Cooper ruled ineligible". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "October Player and Coach of the Month awards revealed". ireland.basketball. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b "November players and coaches of the month announced". ireland.basketball. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b "December Player & Coach of the Month awardees selected". ireland.basketball. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "January Player and Coach of Month awards announced". ireland.basketball. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b "February Player and Coach of Month awards announced". ireland.basketball. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Player Statistics". ireland.basketball. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Basketball Ireland 2022 award winners announced". ireland.basketball. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  10. ^ "2021/22 All-Stars announced". ireland.basketball. 1 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

External links

  • Season fixtures
  • "Opening weekend of MissQuote.ie and InsureMyVan.ie National Leagues" at ireland.basketball
  • National Cup round 1
  • National Cup quarter-finals
  • Season stats
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