{"id":85773,"date":"2024-02-02T15:14:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/?p=25861"},"modified":"2024-02-02T15:14:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T15:14:26","slug":"an-odd-number-and-a-tough-choice-for-basketball-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/02\/an-odd-number-and-a-tough-choice-for-basketball-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"An odd number and a tough choice for Basketball Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"667\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-667x667.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-image size-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Basketball Ireland faces a tough choice with it&#039;s men&#039;s Super League.\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-667x667.jpg 667w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-837x837.jpg 837w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-262x262.jpg 262w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ballincollig-Super-League-champions-574x574.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em>With the Insuremyvan.ie men\u2019s Irish basketball Super League adjusting back to a straight league format over a two year transition, Emmet Ryan addresses the tough choice for Basketball Ireland<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What makes a champion? That is the unfortunately vague question that Basketball Ireland has been tasked with answering. There\u2019s no easy solution to getting the right mix in the Insuremyvan.ie men\u2019s Irish basketball Super League but the right one must be found.<\/p>\n<h4>The big switch<\/h4>\n<p>Ireland moved from a 12 team single ladder in its men\u2019s Super League to a two conference 14 team competition due to the pandemic. Prior to that, the regular season champion was the champion. This was the title above all others in Irish basketball.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as normality settles in, Ireland is switching back to a single ladder over the next two seasons. Two teams will be relegated with one coming up over the next two years. That will result in a 13 team Super League next season and 12 for the 2025\/26 season. It will be back to normal.<\/p>\n<p>Normal had its moments. Basketball Ireland could claim the home of the wildest title races in Europe across the 2017\/18 and 2018\/19 campaigns. In the former, the final week had 5 of 12 teams live for the title going into the last week of games. The latter had 3 still alive heading into the last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland crowned its champion in March, giving it centre stage in many respects. The 2018 title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/killester-71-72-ucd-marian-irish-basketball-6089\/\" rel=\"noopener\" >even went to a single-game playoff<\/a>. It just wasn\u2019t the norm.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In Post Ad by Rob --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8330822894995250\" data-ad-slot=\"1076584095\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Becoming a convert<\/h4>\n<p>The switch to the conference system irked me. I accepted the necessity at the time but I loved the exceptional nature of what Basketball Ireland had. It was the only basketball league in Europe, one of the few anywhere, where the regular season was king.<\/p>\n<p>I was wrong. It really is that simple. The split conference format may have created unbalanced schedules but it kept more teams relevant for longer in the season. It also meant that one-sided campaigns by league leaders didn\u2019t end the championship race by Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The regular season didn\u2019t suffer. If anything it benefitted as more teams felt the need to find ways to improve and get better. With the title still being decided more than two months before almost anyone else in Europe, it gets its moment in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s Super League never changed. Mimi Clarke of Killester told me at the start of the campaign that she likes the league being a true league. I used to agree with her but I\u2019ve been converted. I\u2019ve made the leap to chaos and embraced it fully.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>BallinEurope is ramping up its YouTube game this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/ballineurope\" rel=\"noopener\" >Subscribe to our channel now<\/a> for player exclusives, analysis videos, and much more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Chaos creates narratives<\/h4>\n<p>This is the crux of the argument for keeping the conference and playoff format. Right now, Basketball Ireland\u2019s model is an improved version of the British Basketball League (BBL). The BBL still uses a single ladder before moving to single-elimination playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The conference split in Ireland enables unbalanced schedules before the same knockout format. What Killester might need to make the playoffs or get a better seed while playing Ballincollig, for example, could be very different to their opponent. The game is still vital to both but the variables add a touch of spice.<\/p>\n<p>This season, on a practical level, there\u2019s an obvious case. UCC Blue Demons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/seventh-woods-mvp-ucc-blue-demons-win-irish-cup-8368\/\" rel=\"noopener\" >won the men\u2019s Irish Cup in January<\/a>. As it stands, they are simultaneously in a battle to avoid relegation and to make the playoffs. It\u2019s just one game separating the two outcomes for them right now. That\u2019s wild.<\/p>\n<p>Had the single ladder been in place, Demons would only be looking down and not up. In a sport desperate to get more people talking about it, stories help. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ssuh21ZAGkI?si=yodzLBp26_Cyd9EO\" rel=\"noopener\" >The scenes in Galway last spring<\/a> when Maree beat Belfast Star to make the title game show that this isn\u2019t just the cup by another name. The value of getting home court mattered. Teams know there is value in what they do over those months preceding the playoffs. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Does Luka Doncic already belong in the GOAT debate with Michael Jordan?\" width=\"837\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KBXVSqpzxSw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<b><i>BallinEurope has a book, a real life actual book called I Like it Loud, and you can buy it on Amazon now. It\u2019s <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/like-loud-basketball-through-Europe\/dp\/1796221341\"><b><i>here as a book<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> and <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/like-loud-basketball-through-Europe-ebook\/dp\/B081K6S5T4\/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\"><b><i>here in Kindle form<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h4>There\u2019s also value in the format<\/h4>\n<p>The playoff format creates excitement, it gets media buzz, but is it adequately meritocratic? On the face of things, no but I am coming around to a different line of thinking. The urge from teams across the standings to improve as the season is a huge factor.<\/p>\n<p>More teams have more reasons to improve over the course of the campaign. A bad start does not mean it\u2019s time to focus just on the cup and avoiding the drop. That also means, for the top teams, that while the schedules may be unbalanced the overall level of competition remains relatively even.<\/p>\n<p>Home court seedings for the first two knockout rounds of the playoff rounds make the regular season retain value. It may not decide the outright champion but it retains important value on the whole. This is something that I believe Basketball Ireland can sell to its members.<\/p>\n<h4>The vision<\/h4>\n<p>I still love the regular season and success in it should be recognised. So I\u2019m going to take a leaf out of Major League Soccer. It has a split conference format but recognises the team with the best overall record with the Supporters\u2019 Shield trophy. The name is terrible, I\u2019m sure Basketball Ireland can come up with better branding, but the concept works. If two teams have identical records, base it on head to head or some other tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t hold the same lustre as being the Irish basketball Super League champion but that is kind of the point. It will certainly be more relevant than the old Top Four or Champion\u2019s Trophy formats that concluded the season. These felt like pre-season super cups but played at the end of a campaign. Instead there would be a worthy treble to seek, with the top title coming last.<\/p>\n<p>Basketball Ireland is going back to 12 teams with the league. That is going to happen. I\u2019m suggesting that they then start building back to 14. Go with a playoffs of 1-8 in the ladder before expanding back.<\/p>\n<p>It would re-establish a conference split and also help with travel costs. Local derbies would remain front and centre of the campaign. In the simplest terms, it would be fun. 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