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ALL is set for the staging of the 61st National Students Basketball
Championship from February 24 to March 1 in Cebu City.
Basketball Association of the Philippines
President Prospero Pichay said a total of 48 teams from different
regions are joining the annual tournament which will return to the
Queen City of the South after 12 years.
The tournament has three categories—high
school boys (20 teams), senior collegiate men (20 teams) and senior
collegiate women (eight teams).
“We look forward to another successful staging
of the National Students Basketball Cham-pionship and we would like
to thank Cebu for hosting this prestigious event,” said Pichay,
who will grace the formal launching of the tournament in a press
conference to be hosted by BAP Region 7 Director Lorenzo “Chao”
Sy next week at the Fortuna Hotel in Cebu City.
PRISAA President Emmanuel Angeles, also the
owner of Angeles University Foundation which is the defending senior
men’s champion, and BAP Secretary-General Graham Lim are also
invited to attend the tournament launching in Cebu City.
Cebu was chosen as this year’s host after its
bid was approved during the BAP National Congress held in Manila on
December 12. Present were Pichay, BAP Chairman Rep. Luis Villafuerte,
BAP Vice-Chairman Gov. Douglas Cagas of Davao del Sur and the
members of the BAP executive board.
Last year, the National Students Basketball
Championship was held in Ibahay, Aklan. In 2006, Legazpi City in
Albay hosted the senior men’s and women’s divisions while the
high-school division was held in Daet, Camarines Norte.
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