All About Pilipinas Basketball

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The Philippine Basketball Association                           The PBL was formed on 1983, a              
was founded as a "rebellion" of several                          brainchild of San Miguel Corporation      
 teams from the now-defunct                                         chairman Danding Cojuangco, under its   
Manila Industrial and Commercial                                 original name the Philippine Amateur     
Athletic Association                                                      Basketball League (PABL). It was the  
 which was tightly controlled by the                               successor of the defunct Manila Industrial  
Basketball Association of the                                        and Commercial Athletic Association         
Philippines, the then-FIBA recognized                           (MICAA), which folded during the                     
national association. Nine teams from                            early-1980s. In the 1990s, the league        
the MICAA participated in the league's                         was renamed as the Philippine Basketball
first season that opened in April 9, 1975.                      League under Andy Jao.                                   


                                             

The National Collegiate                                         The University Athletic Association
Athletic Association                                               of the Philippines holds its
basketball tournament is held                               basketball tournament from July
every first semester of the academic                      to October of a calendar year.
year(from June up to October).                               The tournament is divided
Each year, eight schools vie to win                         into two divisions, the Seniors'
the two championships: the Juniors                            division and the the Juniors' division.
and Seniors. If a school wins
both championships in one season  
it said that they have won the          
"double championship." 

                                                           

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Today's News

Team Pilipinas

  PBA to introduce new rules                                         SMC-RP finished 3rd in the
   The Daily Tribune.. (more)                                            27th William Jones Cup..(more)    
                 
   Blue Eagles dismantle the                                          SMC-RP 4-Nation Manila
   Oblation.. (more)                                                         Invitational Champs.. (more)

  Japan likely to ban future                                             SMC-RP finished 9th in the 2007
  SBP travels.. (more)                                                      FIBA-ASIA Championship in
                                                                                       Tokushima, Japan.. (more)      
 Montemayor first to go in     
 revamp.. (more)        

                                                            
     

Featured Player

                                                                                                                                                                  
Position Forward
League Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)
Height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Team Sta. Lucia Realtors
Nationality Filipino /United States
Born February 2, 1982 (1982-02-02) (age 25)
Flag of Michigan Detroit, Michigan, USA
Draft 2006
Pro career –present
Former teams
NCAA:
Oakland University
PBL:
Magnolia:
PBA:
Sta. Lucia Realtors