This is one of the most crucial weekends in the men’s Premier League with joint leaders C&S UCC Demons and Killester still on track for the title showdown on March 2 at the Mardyke Arena.

A 48 year-old rivalry in Cork basketball gets stoked again tomorrow night when Bord Gais Neptune host C&S UCC Demons in the Men’s Superleague.

Killester had little trouble accounting for Dublin rivals DCU Saints 84-71 in a disappointing game at Clontarf.

Killester will be hoping to stay in touch with C&S UCC Demons when they host Dublin rivals DCU Saints in the Men’s Premier League at Clontarf tomorrow.

UCC Demons warmed up for Friday’s National Cup final against Dublin Inter with an impressive 80-73 win over UL Eagles in the men’s Premier League.

UCC Demons ended their Belfield hoodoo in style by trouncing UCD Marian 104-64 in the men’s Premier League on Saturday.

UCC Demons player coach Colin O’Reilly and his team will be on full alert to maintain their 100% unbeaten record in the Mens Premier League when they travel to Belfield tomorrow to play UCD Marian.

Bord Gáis Neptune produced their best performance of the season defeating DCU Saints 95-87 in a thrilling Men’s Premier National Cup quarter-final at the Neptune Stadium.

Defending champions Bord Gáis Neptune will be without key point guard Roy Downey for tomorrow’s Premier National Cup quarter-final against DCU Saints at Neptune Stadium.

UCC Demons and Killester continued winning ways in the Men’s Premier League with wins over Templeogue and Moycullen respectively.

Killester will be taking nothing for granted when they travel North tomorrow for a clash with Belfast Star in the men’s Premier National Cup first round second leg clash.

A stunning second-half performance by men’s Premier League leaders Killester saw them run out comfortable 87-63 winners over Belfast Star at Clontarf.

Killester had to overcome a terrific DCU Saints effort as seven consecutive late points from American Michael Bonaparte ensured a hard-earned 84-81 win.

UCC Demons player coach Colin O’Reilly had mixed emotions after guiding his team to a hard-earned 77-75 win over the champions UL Eagles in the Men’s Premier League.

New formats, new names, new teams.

UL Eagles may have been shocked by DCU Saints in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Friday night but their ladies team have a chance to exact some revenge as they qualified for Nivea Women’s SuperLeague final against DCU Mercy.

Tonight

Changing times on Ireland’s basketball scene. The final four Champions Trophy spots for the Nivea for Men’s SuperLeague have been settled and there will be no Killester or UCD Marian in the shake up.

Champions of the regular season yes but also stuttering: UL Eagles coach Mark Keenan is the most concerned man in Irish basketball right now.

They should have spent the week celebrating. Basking in the glory of securing the league. Letting off steam ahead of the Champions Trophy.

You know the line: “We’re just concentrating on our own game...”

A superb performance from UL Eagles star guard Rob Taylor helped his team to a crucial win in their top of the table Nivea For Men’s SuperLeague clash with UCC Demons.

It was a shock when they beat UCC Demons in the cup semi-final.

There’s just one game in the Nivea For Men’s SuperLeague this weekend as Moycullen welcome Dublin Inter to Galway tomorrow.

UCC Demons continue to set the pace in the Nivea For Men’s SuperLeague, notching their sixth consecutive win of the season with victory over Killester yesterday.

UCC Demons may be protecting a 100% start to the Nivea For Men SuperLeague when they host Killester at the Mardyke Arena in Cork on Sunday but coach Paul Kelleher is adamant his side have plenty of room for improvement.

It may be early in the season, but that didn’t stop Neptune coach Mark Scannell breathing a sigh of relief in the wake of a first Superleague win of the season.

It’s being billed as the biggest game of the season so far when undefeated UL Eagles and UCC Demons meet tomorrow and the mind games have already started.

The first week of the Nivea Women’s Superleague season led to the first big blunder of the year when the referees assigned to DCU Mercy and Ulster Rockets travelled to Waterford instead of Belfast for the game.

Belfast Star have withdrawn from the Nivea For Men’s SuperLeague.

St Mary’s, Castleisland produced champagne basketball to win the women’s Division 1 league following their terrific 58-47 win over fellow Kerry side Tralee Imperials at the national basketball arena.

Bord Gais Neptune ensured second place in the Southern Conference ahead of UL Eagles in the final game of the season.

UCC Demons may have secured the southern conference title but they won’t be resting on their laurels when they entertain Bord Gáis Neptune in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague and what will be the final derby of theseason at the Mardyke Arena tonight (7.30pm).

UCC Demons face a tough weekend as they travel to take on Belfast Star twice in less than 24 hours in the Nivea for Men’s SuperLeague.

11890 Killester required over-time before emerging victorious over Bord Gais Neptune by the narrowest of margins, 97-96, in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague clash at the IWA in Clontarf on Saturday evening.

Basketball's Northern Conference leaders DCU Saints travel to Cork on Sunday to play Bord Gais Neptune in the Nivea for Men’s SuperLeague.

THERE were mixed fortunes for the Cork sides, Bord Gáis Neptune and UCC Demons, ahead of their National Cup semi-final next Sunday.

UCC DEMONS return to the revamped Mardyke Arena on Sunday (3.30pm) but 11890 Killester, the defending Nivea for Men SuperLeague champions, can expect anything but a warm welcome.

EVERY sport has a major rivalry, be it Cork-Kerry or Dublin-Meath in Gaelic football or Munster-Leinster in rugby but the Bord Gáis Neptune versus UCC Demons clash in basketball is up there with them (7pm tonight, Neptune Stadium).

NEW signing Robert Taylor would appear to have solved the outstanding problem for UL Eagles’ coach Mark Keenan, who watched him contribute 21 points as they beat Bord Gáis Neptune 76-71 to return to the top of the Nivea for Men SuperLeague Southern Conference.

THREE Munster SuperLeague clubs are through to the semi-finals of the National Cup while defending champions, UCD Marian, and the league leaders, DCU Saints are out.

UCC DEMONS and DCU Saints will command centre stage this weekend when the quarter-finals of the SuperLeague National Cup will be decided.

UL EAGLES will be bidding to extend their winning run when they face DCU Saints at the UL Arena tomorrow night and then head to Galway on Sunday to play Moycullen.

TOMORROW night’s Dublin derby at Clontarf has all the ingredients for a thrilling encounter as joint leaders, 11890 Killester, take on Northside rivals, DCU Saints, for control of the Nivea for Men SuperLeague.