The league, which is headed by Commissioner and PBA legend Ronnie Magsanoc, is set to feature high school squads from the UAAP, NCAA, and other schools from the Philippines as it aims to give the young student-athletes more exposure and help in their transition to collegiate basketball.
Fifteen of the top high school basketball teams in the country will battle it out for the P300,000 champion’s purse in the upcoming Next Generation Basketball League .
“It’s a mission eh, to help the student-athletes. The NGBL is here to give them the maximum exposure for us to create the best homegrown talents,” said Magsanoc, who will be working together with NGBL executive committee chairman and San Miguel Sports Director Alfrancis Chua, Tournament Director LA Tenorio of Barangay. Ginebra, Program Director Bonnie Tan of NorthPort, and Operations Manager & PBA Chief Statistician Fidel Mangonon III.
Joining the inaugural tournament of the NGBL are UAAP’s Ateneo de Manila University, University of Santo Tomas, Far Eastern University, National University, and the University of the East. Meanwhile, Xavier School and MGC New Life Christian Academy are also among the teams who will be competing in the league which opens August 11 at the Tanduay Gym in Manila, where all other Sunday and holiday games will be played.
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