DCU Saints (basketball)

DCU Saints is an Irish basketball team based in Dublin. The team competes in the Super League and plays its home games at the DCU Sports Complex. The team is a division of St. Vincent's Basketball Club and is directly associated with Dublin City University.

DCU Saints
LeaguesSuper League
Founded1973 (1973) as St. Vincent's
HistorySt. Vincent's
1973–2007
DCU Saints
2007–present
ArenaDCU Sports Complex
LocationDublin, Ireland
Team coloursBlue & yellow
Head coachMark Kiernan
Championships3 (1979, 1994, 2006)

History

Basketball was first introduced in a school yard of St. Vincent's C.B.S. by Brother O'Farrell in 1958. The sport took off in 1961, and in September 1962, St. Vincent's Basketball Club registered with the ABBA.[1] The Irish National League was created in 1973, with St. Vincent's winning their first league title in 1979. The team won two more league titles in 1993–94 and 2005–06.[2] The team also won National Cup titles in 1984, 1993 and 1994.[3] In 1999, the team won their fifth National Championship.[4]

For the 2000–01 season, the team was known as O'Hagan Saints.[5] For the 2002–03 season, the team was known as Irish Travel Partner Saints.[6][7] Then between 2004 and 2006, the team donned they name of Roma St. Vincent's. The team became known as DCU Saints for the 2007–08 season after moving out of the gymnasium of St. Vincent's C.B.S. and into the Dublin City University Sports Complex.[8]

Achievements
  • 3× Irish National League champions: 1979, 1994, 2006[2]
  • 3× Irish National Cup champions: 1984, 1993, 1994

References
  1. "St. Vincent's Basketball – History". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  2. Basketball Ireland Men's League, Cup and Champions Trophy archive
  3. BASKETBALL IRELAND SUPERLEAGUE WINNERS
  4. Killester suffer double Championship heartbreak
  5. ESB Men's League Preview
  6. Sx3 sign US player ahead of weekend
  7. Basketball: Langrell helps Irish club claim title
  8. Reed gets help with Hoops job
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