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In 2016, the PSSBC has plans for further expansion, including inviting high school teams from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. [ 2 ] On December 19, 2021, PSSBC Commissioner and long-time San Beda Red Cubs coach Edmundo "Ato" Badolato died due to heart attack.
The NBTC League (also known as the Smart-NBTC League for sponsorship purposes) is one of the programs under the National Basketball Training Center (NBTC). It is a Philippine high school basketball tournament through which young players are developed, and coaches and players get opportunities to move up to a higher level of competition.
Its current format involves high school teams and clubs going through local city qualifiers, then on to the regional championships. There are four regionals: North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Four spots from each region are contested, for a total of 16 teams. For this season, 68 teams participated in the local city qualifiers. [1]
The Philippines became an independent country in 1946, and in the 1950s, the national team did well in international tournaments. The Philippine team won the gold medal at the Asian Games in 1951, the first-time basketball was played. [3] The Philippine basketball team dominated the Asian Games until 1962. [3]
The NBTC was first sponsored mainly by Nokia and TAO Corp. [5] In 2011, Energen sponsored the public high school program, while Seaoil sponsored the private high school program. [10] Seaoil sponsored the NBTC for three years. [31] In 2015, with Seaoil letting go of sponsorship, SM Sports Development took over as principal sponsor. [32]
The championship in basketball, with its major overall points contribution to the annual UAAP general championship tallies, is one of the most coveted titles that schools aspire for during any given season in the UAAP and is one of the most anticipated live TV sporting events in the Philippines, but such aspirations have resulted in many ...
The NCAA basketball championships are the basketball championships of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA). There are two tournaments, usually held at the same time, the seniors' tournament for male collegiate students, and the juniors' tournament for male senior high school students.
The Father Edgar Martin Basketball Invitational Tournament, better known as the Fr. Martin Cup, is a pre-season collegiate basketball tournament in the Philippines. It gathers teams from various collegiate leagues, including the UAAP and NCAA , in a basketball tournament just before the start of the collegiate season.