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Update on 2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship Games Congratulations to the “early birds” for this year’s collegiate basketball season, the Naga Inter-collegiate Basketball Challenge and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Naga City league opened its 5 th season last June 18 with seven teams participating, namely, Ateneo de Naga Golden Knights Team A & B, University of Nueva Caceres Greyhounds, Naga College Foundation Tigers, Universidad de Sta. Isabel Vincentians, Partido State University Blue Cimarrons and CCDI Panthers. The Naga League Champion will advance to the South Luzon-Bicol Regional Championship phase of the 2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship games. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the oldest collegiate league in the Philippines , opened its 85 th season last Saturday, June 27. In his opening ceremony speech, league president Fr. Mat de Jesus, OSB of host San Beda College, stated that “NCAA is now more than just big in terms of number. The NCAA now is greater than it ever was because it has developed itself as difference-making force in developing sports, promoting sportsmanship, harnessing competitive spirit, forging strong inter-collegiate ties and realizing educational synergy.” The top four teams of the 10-team NCAA tournament are automatically seeded to the “Sweet 16” Finals of the 2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship games. The fifth and sixth NCAA placers, on the other hand, will join the South Luzon-Bicol – Metro Manila and the VisMin-Metro Manila Zonal Qualifying games to earn seats in the “Sweet 16” Finals. ===================================================“Sweet 16” Finals – Win or Go Home The last phase of the search for the best collegiate basketball teams for the current season is the “Sweet 16” Finals. This is when the gathering of the 16 top collegiate teams nationwide happens. For the 2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship, the games for the“Sweet 16” Finals are scheduled to start on 16th November 2009. Nine teams are automatically qualified as members of the “Sweet 16”. These are the top four teams of the UAAP and NCAA and the CESAFI Champion from Cebu City. Completing the line up of this elite group are the top three of the Luzon-MetroManila Qualifying Zonal and the top four of the VisMin-MetroManila Qualifying Zonal. Games in the “Sweet 16” Finals are “knock-out affairs”, either you win or go home. The last team standing is crowned as the National Collegiate Champion. The 16 teams are divided into two main groups with two brackets. In Group X, bracket 1 are: UAAP Champion, Luzon-MM Zonal Qualifier #3, NCAA #3 and UAAP #4; in bracket 2 are: NCAA #2, VisMin-MM Zonal Qualifier #3, CESAFI Champion and Luzon-MM Zonal Qualifier #1. In Group Y, bracket 1 are: NCAA Champion, VisMin-MM Zonal Qualifier #4, NCAA #4 and VisMin-MM Zonal Qualifier #1; in bracket 2 are: UAAP #2, Luzon-MM Zonal Qualifier #2, UAAP #3 and VisMin-MM Zonal Qualifier #2
The following are the pairings for the first round of the “Sweet 16” Finals: Group X Group X and Group Y top teams meet for the National championship. Runner-ups meet for 3rd and 4th Places.
Chairman Rey Gamboa awarding the MVP Perpetual trophy to Bro. Bernard Oca, FSC
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