UNBL Aspirant Cup 2023 kicks off Saturday

The 1st United Negros Basketball League (UNBL) Aspirants Basketball Cup 2023 kicks off this Saturday, February 4, 2023, at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School Covered Court.

The school based tournament attracted 15 teams from both private and public schools, divided into 2 brackets.

The participating schools are St. John’s Institute, Bacolod Tay Tung High School, University of St. La Salle, La Consolacion College Bacolod, Trinity Christian School, Colegio De San Agustin-Bacolod,

University of Negros Occidental Recoletos, St. Rose of Lima School, St. Joseph School La Salle, Bacolod City National High School, Domingo Lacson National High School, Bata National High School, Luisa Medel and National High School. SJI and BTTHS will also be fielding their Team B teams.

All participants must be Grade 7 to Grade 9 only and born 2007 and later. They must be enrolled with their respective school.

“The main purpose of this tournament is to provide an avenue for all Bacolod teams to directly compete in a single tournament. This is in line with the UNBL’s advocacy on grassroots development wherein it seeks to promote the continuous exposure of student-athletes in the sport of basketball,“ said UNBL President Jun Ballesteros.

This is a follow up tournament to the Chairman’s Cup 17 under, 21 under tournament held last August 2022 and the Open Tournament last December 2022.* (Cyrus M Garde)