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Superleague Playoffs sealed
Shamrock Rovers Hoops loss midweek to Belfast Star meant that they could no longer catch us for second place, and Limerick Lions loss to Abrakebabra Tralee this weekend ruled them out as well. It all ...

Superleague Playoffs in sight
A third win of the year over DCU Saints on Saturday has left Neptune in a strong second place in the South Conference, needing just one win in our last three games to guarantee a playoff spot. Abra...

Neptune to welcome Lord Mayor to Superleague encounter
Neptune Basketball Club is delighted to welcome Lord Mayor Brian Bermingham as the guest of honour at our Nivea for Men Superleague clash with Killester on Saturday 29th of November at Neptune Stadium...

Neptune complete weekend double
Ed Millerd powered his way to 21 points and Michael McGinn fast-breaked his way to 19 to pace Neptune in a 68 - 61 win over DCU Saints. McGinn started at a lightning pace, proving far too quick for DC...

Senior Superleague Cup Draw
The draw was made today for the Men's Senior National Cup. Neptune has a first round bye, but will play away in the second round against the winner of the first round matchup of DCU Saints and Limeri...

Neptune out of Superleague playoffs
There was a lot of optimism around the Stadium this week, brought on by our strong finish to the season and the immense win over DCU Saints last week. The feeling was that we were hitting form at just...

Gorman's 41 send Neptune to final four
Neptune travelled to Dublin for hoping to make our first appearance at the finals weekend since the Conference system was brought in. We've been improving steadily as Kyle Myrick fitted in over the la...

Neptune close out season against Ballina
With our playoff spot secure and Ballina in disarray, this was a basically meaningless trip up the West coast to finish out the regular season. Ballina played without any Americans, and the game was o...

Neptune complete sweep of Limerick Lions
Neither team had anything in particular to play for today at the stadium, and it showed in the first two quarters. Neptune are locked into the third playoff spot in Conference B and Limerick are out ...

Neptune guarantee playoff spot
A 90 - 101 victory in Dublin over Shamrock Rovers Hoops put Neptune into the playoffs last night and ended Mustang Sally's St. Pauls slim hopes of a late run. Once again this season it was Neptune'...

Matt Gorman's 36 power Neptune over Star
Belfast Star travelled to Cork with only 1 win in their last 4 games, and their misery was compounded as Neptune ran away with this one from the very start. Kyle Myrick's speed was too much to handle...

Neptune awarded DCU clash
Neptune traveled to Dublin on the 2nd February last to play DCU Saints. However, with just over one and a half minutes remaining and DCU holding a single point advantage the lights in DCU went out and...

Short-handed Mustang St. Paul's no match for Neptune
With Justin Wingard suffering an unfortunate broken foot last week, Killarney were left very short in the middle and were no match for Neptune. This win pushes Neptune into clear third place in the So...

Matt Gorman gets 34, but Tralee come out on top
Matt Gorman poured in 34 points, but Tralee's foreign contingent proved too much to handle as Hadley, Katsimpas and Jordan combined for 63 points and an 11 point victory. The win was vital for Tralee...

A look at some Superleague Stats
With every team in the Superleague having played at least 13 games out of the 21, here's a look at some of the pattern's that have emerged as we enter the final third of the season. In general the ...

New "Face" for Superleague
Neptune will unveil new signing Kyle Myrick next Saturday against Saints in Dublin. The 6' 1" point guard is a graduate of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, where he starred in leading the team to t...

Neptune get vital win over Killarney
Neptune moved into third place in the Southern Conference with a hard-fought win over St. Paul's Killarney on Saturday night. The teams were tight going in, with Neptune at 6-6 and Mustangs slightly ...

Neptune need overtime to win in Limerick
With two vital games against Blue Demons coming up, this trip to Limerick to face a side that is bottom of the Southern Conference was an absolute must win. The first half went according to plan, but ...

Neptune too powerful for Ballina
New coach Stephen McCarthy couldn't have wished for a better start to his tenure as Neptune's Superleague coach, as Neptune took a much needed win over conference rivals Merry Monk Ballina. Before ton...

Neptune can't hang on for win over Tigers
NEPTUNE went close to claiming another big scalp as Abrakebabra Tigers came from behind to steal the game in the closing minutes of an enthralling NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague tie at Neptune Stadium las...

Neptune continue UUJs woes
UUJ opened brightly and held the slimmest of leads for the first four minutes when Neptune took a 9 – 8 with 78.27 on the clock and they never relinquished this lead for the remainder of the game. Tha...

Neptune hustle to victory over Saints
Neptune will go into the draw for the next round of the National Cup after an 89 - 86 victory over DCU Saints at Neptune Stadium. This certainly wasn't one for the purist, but was a great game for any...

National Cup starts Saturday against DCU Saints
Just looking at recent results coming into the Cup opener it would seem Neptune should have a bit more momentum than DCU Saints. Neptune have won their last two and DCU Saints have lost their last two...

Neptune impressive in 81-66 win at Limerick
Neptune have leveled their wins and losses at 3 apiece, after defeating perennial nemesis Limerick Lions by a scoreline of 81-66 Saturday evening last. The game marked the return of Neptune’s leading...

Neptune win Superleague opener in Killarney
New coach Dan Mobbs will have been delighted to get off to a winning start. Neptune's bench is very young, and there were four new faces in the starting line-up: Centre Matt Gorman, forward/guards Pat...

Southern Conference Playoff Fight
St. Pauls look to be in the driving seat for one of the two remaining playoff places in the Southern Conference. Mustang's, Neptune and Ucc Demons all have 5 wins, but St. Paul's have a game in hand o...

Missed opportunity against Hoops
It looks like the last two playoff places in the Southern Conference will be contested by Neptune, Blue Demons and Mustang Sally's St. Paul's, and Neptune missed the chance to go move ahead of St. Pau...

Neptune Crumble to Killester
The home side played host to Dart Killester in Round 2 of the Superleague this weekend. The corresponding fixture last season, in Dublin, had to be abondoned due to condensation and Neptune awarded th...

Neptune win in style against Demons
Neptune put in an outstanding performance today to secure a comfortable win over local rivals and last years Cup and Southern Conference Champions UCC Demons. The corresponding fixture last year it wa...

Late Rally from Neptune Not Enough
Despite a tremendous second half comeback by Neptune they were eventually overwhelmed by a resurgent Tigers side in a vital Nivea for Men SuperLeague clash at the Neptune Stadium last night. The Trale...

Walley has best game of season
Neptune strolled to a convincing win over UCD in a disappointing Nivea for Men SuperLeague clash at the Neptune stadium on Saturday. The Dublin side have only one American player in their side wer...

Neptune's Irish Contingent Come Up Big
Tralee arrived in Neptune needing an away win to keep alive their chances of making the quarter finals of the National Championships in March. They began in terrific form going into a 17 - 27 lead wi...

Sullivan Shoots Down Neptune
A brilliant exhibition of three point shooting from the Tim Sullivan paved the way for Gleneagle Lakers to defeat Neptune in a hard fought Nivea for Men SuperLeague clash at the Neptune Stadium last n...

Neptune 89 Limerick 91 after overtime
CUP finalists Limerick Lions were taken to the brink by a rejuvenated Neptune in last night’s NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague tie at Neptune Stadium where they had to battle through overtime for an 89-91 vi...

Neptune take unlikely victory at Roma St. Vincents
Playing away against the leaders of the Northern Conference is not the game you want when you have a coach who has yet to take charge of a game, an American barely 24 hours off a flight, and Adam Pisz...

Neptune's Christmas overhaul
Its all change for Neptune ahead of the resumption of their Superleague campaign. Out have gone American player Jason Pryor and American coach Ozell Wells. The club decided to part ways with Coach Wel...

Lakers run away with win
Neptune were on the wrong side of a historical night against Gleneagle Lakers, coughing up a league record 149 points. The final difference between the teams was 58 points, as the Killarney side naile...

Demons Cruise Home
Blue Demons took full advantage of an extremely porous Neptune defense to cruise to an easy win. The 15 point margin favoured Neptune in the end, who trailed by 20+ for most of the final quarter. N...

Limerick put it away by half time
Limerick have been one of the strongest teams in the league up to now and moved to 6 - 1 with a 100 to 79 win. Neptune looked a little better in the first quarter than they had against Ballina, and...

Ballina take points
Ballina started fast with Pat Pope and Dan Zapior shooting well from distance to open up a 23-29 advantage at the end of the first. Dajan Smith did his best to keep Neptune in the game with drives to ...

Neptune pull away from Gleneagle in the final quarter
With Stephen McCarthy still out through injury the Neptune team lined out with Rob Brown, Adam Piszczuk, Dajan Smith, Mick McGinn and Ger Noonan. Noonan opened for Neptune from an inside pass from Daj...

Brown big in overtime against Star
After they had thrown away decent early leads, Neptune's Rob Brown exploded for 11 of his side's 14 overtime points to finally put the game away against a resilient MDS Star side. Brown finished with ...

Neptune awarded points against Killester
Due to the accumulation of condensation on Killester's new hardwood floor, the inaugural men's game was cut short in the second overtime period. After 4 quarters of play, one overtime, and two minutes...

Neptune have no answer for Demons
As with all Derby games the opening quarter was a tense affair. With 4.50 left the teams were tied at 15 points. Some poor defence from Neptune at the end of the quarter allowed the visitors to open u...

Limerick Lions fight back for victory
Limerick Lions staged a great fight back to get a win against Neptune in their crucial league encounter on Saturday night in Limerick. Limerick were down 15 points in the middle of the third quarter b...

Green is Red Hot
Red hot Mark Green won the hearts of the Neptune faithful with a shooting exhibation that has transformed the home sides offence. Greens 33 point debut gave the home side a much needed victory. A 2...

Vincent's are Victorious
Neptune went into a tough clash with St. Vincents from Dublin with a severly depleted squad. Stephen McCarthy, Gorden Fitzgerald and Carlo Ferri were all injured as a result of last nights game agains...

Neptune Hit a Ton and Win
Daveeno Hines continued his offensive game as he scored 9 of Neptune's opening 20 points as the home side held a 5 point lead with 3.30 left in the opening quarter. Fitzsimmons, Rafidison and Johnson ...

Tigers take the point in tight game
Abrakebabra Tigers maintained their 100% home record, but only after a close game against Neptune in Tralee on Saturday. The game was tight throughout, with Tigers up by five after the first quarter a...

Neptune Back on Track
The opening quarter started at a slow pace, Jim Nugent introduced Gordon Fitzgerald for Rick Leonard and the pace of the game went up a few notches with 2.30 left in the quarter. Hoops held a 24-26 le...

We Never Looked Like Winning
It was always going to be a cautious affair,and both Clubs showed this in the opening quarter. Demons held a slender 16 - 13 lead when Fitzy and Marcus replaced Stads and Mick with 2.15 left, and both...

Neptune Back in Contention
The opening quarter was a cautious affair as Clarke for the home side and Gamble for the visitors tried hard to impress. Five unanswered from Clarke and nine points from Hines gave the home side a 26...

Demons Win A Fresh Start?
Friday nights game, although not one of the classics we have come to demand from this fixture, at least stopped the bleeding and gave us a much needed win. It was encouraging to at last see a team of ...

Neptune Win Second Against Arch Rivals
Friday night in the Mardyke Arena was a loud, raucous and tense affair, with all the passion you would expect from the first Cork derby of the year, and of course, a sell out crowd. On show for Nep...

Derby Appointment for Hines
Neptune's new signing Daveeno Hines will have a baptism of fire in Cork on Friday night when the two Cork giants come face to face for the first time this season at the Mardyke Arena. Hines who hails...

Netpune have no answer for Waterford
Waterford Crystal claimed their first points of the season when they beat Neptune at home on Saturday. Neptune had a disastrous start to the game, and after 14 minutes had only 14 points on the scoreb...

Fortress No Longer
Clubs are no longer afraid to come to Neptune Stadium as was highlighted again tonight by an Abrakebabra Tigers demolishion. The opening quarter was a slow half court game and but for twelve poi...

Jeffries Rules Neptune
The opening quarter of the new season saw an upbeat Neptune side force U.L turnovers and although they dominated inside they failed to show it on the score board and with 2.40 left in the quarter U.L ...