A Rob Lynch-inspired Limerick Celtics overturned a seven-point interval deficit to edge past Moycullen 32-27 in the Munster Joinery-sponsored Men’s Premier final at the 45th annual Castleisland Christmas Blitz on Monday night.

C&S UCC Demons welcome defending champions UL Eagles to the Mardyke Arena on Sunday for a crucial Premier men’s League clash.

UL Eagles coach Mark Keenan says revenge won’t be a motivating factor in tomorrow’s clash against former club Killester.

It won’t compensate for the Cup final defeat, and it wasn’t especially pretty.

UL Eagles were crowned Nivea for Men SuperLeague champions following their impressive win over DCU Saints at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght last night.

UL Eagles were crowned cup champions after defeating UCC Demons in a thrilling final at the National Basketball Arena last night.

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.

DEFENDING champions, 11890 Killester and Dublin neighbours, UCD Marian, advanced to the Men’s SuperLeague National Cup final after facile semi-finals victories at Neptune Stadium yesterday.

STILL reeling from their defeat at the hands of DCU Saints, defending champions, 11890 Killester were on the receiving end again when losing 75-67 to Belfast Star in their NIVEA for MEN Super League at Clontarf at Saturday night.

THE weather may have wrought havoc with the weekend SuperLeague programme, but it didn’t prevent 11890 Killester and UL Eagles consolidating their positions at the top of their respective conferences.

UL EAGLES beat UCC Demons to set up another clash with defending champions, 11890 Killester, while Ulster Elks shocked Belfast Star and will meet UCD Marian — who beat DCU Saints for the second time in a week — when the quarter-finals of the Men’s SuperLeague National Cup were decided over the weekend.

UCC DEMONS coach Paul Kelleher believes his side’s amazing comeback to win at Moycullen in the Nivea for Men Superleague will prove to be a turning point in their season.

BASKETBALL’s women’s superleague kicks off this weekend with a virtual clean slate for reigning champions, Team Montenotte Cork.

BORD GÁIS Neptune coach, Pat Price, is planning without their 6’7” power forward, Robinson Louisme, for their big NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague clash with UL Eagles at Neptune Stadium on Sunday (3pm).

THE Nivea for Men SuperLeague comes to a conclusion today with Limerick side UL Eagles going head-to-head with National Cup champions Killester at the National Basketball Arena.

NEPTUNE are scheduled to travel to travel to Limerick tomorrow night to play UL Eagles in an eagerly-awaited Nivea for Men’s SuperLeague game.

FOLLOWING back-to-back losses to Killester in the cup and SuperLeague Coach Tony Hehir wants UL Eagles to refocus on the target which is now the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague.

DEFENDING champions, UCC Demons, had to come from behind to defeat UCD/Marian and keep their early season record intact as the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague as UL Eagles beat the other Cork team, Neptune for a third successive win.

WITH the National Cup and Southern Conference titles all wrapped up, UCC Demons will continue their relentless pursuit of the treble when they turn their attentions to Limerick Lions in the Nivea for Men’s SuperLeague.

LIMERICK LIONS will be without their coach, Sasa Punosevac, for the remainder of the season after their partnership ended by “mutual consent” at Christmas.

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DART Killester are the 2007 SuperLeague Champions after a superb tussle against Merry Monk Ballina at the UL Arena this afternoon.

Merry Monk Ballina have booked their place in tomorrow’s SuperLeague semi-final after a closely run contest with National Cup Champions Abrakebabra Tigers at the UL Sports Arena this afternoon.

NEPTUNE needed to beat the Tigers to keep alive any hope of making the NIVEA for Men SuperLeague quarter-finals in March and they eventually did by the narrowest of margins.

UCC DEMONS will have the national cup on parade when they play host to Roma St. Vincent’s at The Mardyke Arena on Sunday afternoon, but Pat Price’s squad will have other things on their mind as they brace themselves for a furious run up to the play-off stages in defence of the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague title.

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DAVID MURPHY, one of Irish basketball’s most exciting young talents, faces a busy weekend with the possibility of playing in the senior men’s semi-final with Mardyke UCC Demons before going on to captain the club’s U19’s tomorrow night in the men’s junior final.

DEFEAT for his old club, Neptune at the hands of Horan’s Healthstore Tigers on Saturday night, coupled with their own big win over Mardyke UCC Demons on Thursday night had Gleneagle Lakers coach, Mark Scannell rubbing his hands in anticipation of things to come last night.

MARDYKE UCC Demons are rated as one of the best junior teams ever to come out of Cork and if they cross paths with either the defending champions, Shamrock Rovers, or Dart Killester in the final of the ESB Men’s Junior Cup at the ESB Arena tomorrow night, then they could provide the game of the weekend.

WITH an average age of just 17, the Irish U20 women’s basketball team will face a difficult assignment when they travel to Portugal next week for the European championship qualifiers but team manager, Debbie Keane from Cork, feels they have the experience and the firepower to get through.

NOTRE DAME boosted hopes of a possible double when their junior side qualified for the final of the Under-19 Cup to get the ESB National Cup weekend under way at the National Basketball Arena last night.