Who are we?
UCD Marian Basketball Club is Ireland’s oldest basketball club and has served to promote our sport to southside Dublin since 1968. We are primarily based in Oatlands College Stillorgan, Marian College Lansdowne and in University College Dublin Sports Centre in Belfield.
Super League
UCD Marian competes in the Super League; Basketball Ireland’s top division for senior men. The team comprises of overseas semi-professional players, scholarship students at UCD and experienced senior players from the area. UCD Marian was one of the original founder clubs of the Irish National League in 1974 and has been ever present since. Our Super League games are played in UCD Sports Centre, Belfield on alternate Saturday nights at 7pm between October and March. They offer a exciting view of top level basketball and all are welcome.
Aims of the Club
We are dedicated to promoting, playing and developing the sport of basketball in South Dublin. We do this through our Men’s Super League programme, our Senior Men’s teams, our Underage Boys teams and our Academy and development programmes. Additionally, the club provides basketball coaches for many primary and post primary schools in the area and strives to constantly improve the local playing and coaching standards.
Recent News

Christmas Day Dinner Appeal
10th December 2020 Hi Everyone, Part of the club’s focus is to try and help people both on and off the court. In recent years we have supported the annual Christmas...
New Head Coach for UCD Marian
Today UCD Marian announced that, for the first time since 2013, a new coach will be patrolling the side lines for the Super League squad. Ioannis Liapakis has decided to...
2020/21 Mens National League season cancelled
2020/21 Mens National League season cancelled November 28, 2020 The Basketball Ireland Men’s National Competitions Committee (MNCC) has decided it has no alternative but to cancel the 2020/21 Super League...
UCD Website / Logo Updated
UCD Marian Basketball are delighted to unveil the club’s new logo and website. Over the past year there has been a lot of hard work put in behind the scenes,...
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Marian Basketball Club was founded in 1968 when a group of pupils and past-pupils of Marian College Ballsbridge entered a team in the Dublin Minor Basketball league.
That team included Paul Meany, Ken Mc Intyre, Sean Conroy, Michael Meany and Fran Ryan. Their coach was Bro. Fintan…
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