The second season of the Makabansa Basketball League commenced last Saturday at the MERALCO Fitness Center in Pasig last September 29, which included the Opening Ceremonies.
Powered by Kings of the Court and under the auspices of the MVP Sports Foundation and the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, the MBL is the brainchild of Atty. Oscar "Jang" P. Moreno, Jr, who is Meralco's Head for Local Government Affairs and Special Projects Office. It is a basketball tournament that aims to promote health and wellness, as well as foster camaraderie amongst its participants. The league believes that through sportsmanship and healthy competition, it would be able to solidify partnerships between those in the public and private sectors in order for them to better serve the public.
Moreno shares, "Sports is important in nation-building. As Filipinos are passionate about basketball, we use this to create cohesiveness and solidify business partnerships by fostering camaderie."
Eighteen teams are taking part in the MBL's second season. Fourteen coming from the public and four from the private sector. There are also five new teams: the Office of the President, Tanodbayan, Commission on Elections, Department of Energy, and the Philippine Sportswriters' Association.
Completing the cast are MERALCO, SMART, the Department of Justice, the House of Representatives, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, PLDT Digital, the Philippine National Police, Justice League, the Office of the Solicitor-General, the Senate, NLEX, the Metro Manila Development Authority, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Subdivided into three divisions, (A: MERALCO, SMART, Justice League, HoR, TanodBayan, COMELEC / B: DENR, PLDT, PNP, DOJ, OSG, PSA / C: Senate, NLEX, MMDA, DILG, OP, DOE) the format sees teams face their division teammates in a round-robin, with the top four teams from each division advancing to the next round, which will be seeded. Win that, then they advance to the quarterfinals, which also is a knockout round. Win that, and the three remaining teams will have a single round robin to determine the finalists, which will have a best-of-three series for the championship.
Powered by Kings of the Court and under the auspices of the MVP Sports Foundation and the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, the MBL is the brainchild of Atty. Oscar "Jang" P. Moreno, Jr, who is Meralco's Head for Local Government Affairs and Special Projects Office. It is a basketball tournament that aims to promote health and wellness, as well as foster camaraderie amongst its participants. The league believes that through sportsmanship and healthy competition, it would be able to solidify partnerships between those in the public and private sectors in order for them to better serve the public.
Moreno shares, "Sports is important in nation-building. As Filipinos are passionate about basketball, we use this to create cohesiveness and solidify business partnerships by fostering camaderie."
Eighteen teams are taking part in the MBL's second season. Fourteen coming from the public and four from the private sector. There are also five new teams: the Office of the President, Tanodbayan, Commission on Elections, Department of Energy, and the Philippine Sportswriters' Association.
Completing the cast are MERALCO, SMART, the Department of Justice, the House of Representatives, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, PLDT Digital, the Philippine National Police, Justice League, the Office of the Solicitor-General, the Senate, NLEX, the Metro Manila Development Authority, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Subdivided into three divisions, (A: MERALCO, SMART, Justice League, HoR, TanodBayan, COMELEC / B: DENR, PLDT, PNP, DOJ, OSG, PSA / C: Senate, NLEX, MMDA, DILG, OP, DOE) the format sees teams face their division teammates in a round-robin, with the top four teams from each division advancing to the next round, which will be seeded. Win that, then they advance to the quarterfinals, which also is a knockout round. Win that, and the three remaining teams will have a single round robin to determine the finalists, which will have a best-of-three series for the championship.
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