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CEBU CITY: Two Philippine Basketball League teams
have been invited to take part in the First Talk ’N Text Mindanao
Visayas Basketball Association, which gets under way tomorrow at the
New Cebu City Coliseum.
The presence of Dazz ’Sang
Patak and Burger King is expected to further heighten the action and
excitement in the five-day event—the first provincial tournament
under the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas headed by
telecommunications tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan.
Dazz, handled by veteran coach
Jun Noel and managed by Bernard Yang, will be reinforced by Beau
Belga, Chad Alonzo and back-to-back Finals MVP Chico Lañete, who
all played key roles in Harbour Centre’s title-clinching win in
the PBL Unity Cup.
That win cemented Harbour’s
status as one of the most successful ballclubs in the PBL.
Larry Rodriguez and local hotshots Reed Juntilla and Ardy Larong are
the other mainstays of the Dazz squad out to regain its once lofty
billing in the region.
Dazz will face the highly-touted
M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala in opening game starting at 3:30 p.m.
while Burger King collides with Misamis Oriental at 5:30 p.m.
JR Quiñahan teams up with former PBL MVP Joe Calvin Devance as the
Burger King Whoppers attempt to win the event.
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