2019 NBTC National Finals Seeding Round matchups bared

It starts on Monday with the Seeding Round

The matchups for the opening day of the 2019 Chooks-to-Go National Finals presented by SM have been determined.

The format for the National Finals from last year is being retained for this year, with a seeding round to determine the final matchups for the Super 32, which commences the next day.

The top 8 seeds are already confirmed, with the finalists in the UAAP, NCAA, the NBTC Cebu Regionals, and the MMBL having locked that up as follows:

1. Defending Champions and UAAP champions Nazareth-NU
2. NCAA Champions Mapua/Malayan
3. NBTC Cebu Champions Southwestern University-PHINMA
4. MMBL Champions San Beda
5. UAAP Finalists Ateneo de Manila
6. NCAA Finalists La Salle-Greenhills
7. NBTC Cebu finalists University of San Jose-Recoletos
8. MMBL Finalists Letran

In addition, seeds 17-24 have also been locked up for these regional champions

17. Calayan Educational Foundation, Inc.
18. St. Augustine Institute of Pampanga
19. Southern Philippines College - Cagayan de Oro
20. St. Mary's College of Tagum
21. University of Perpetual Help System - Laguna (also known as Perpetual - JONELTA)
22. St. Louis of Don Bosco - Dumaguete
23. STI-West Negros University
24. Sto. Domingo National HS of Legazpi

The identity of the remaining seeds will be played out through a seeding round, after the NBTC held the lottery for the Seeding Round matchups.

The winner of each matchup gets the higher seed, while the loser gets the lower seed.

9/16: Italy Europe Proudly Pinoy vs Hope Christian
10/15: FEU-Diliman vs Durham Crossover Canada
11/14: Top Flight Hoops Vancouver vs Camp David (NZ)
12/13: Filam Sports USA vs AusPinoy (Australia)
25/32: Narvacan National HS vs Isabela Colleges - Cauayan
26/31: Sta. Clarita International School (Iloilo) vs Zamboanga del Sur National HS
27/30: University of Baguio vs Dolores National HS (Eastern Samar)
28/29: Holy Trinity College (General Santos) vs Lyceum-Cavite

As of this posting, no schedule has yet to be released to determine which matchup plays at what time.

The actual win-or-go-home matches will take place starting Tuesday, March 19, until the champion has been determined on March 24. All matches will be at the Mall of Asia Arena, and will be streamed online via ESPN5, with the semifinals, finals, and the NBTC All-Star Game getting the televised treatment on 5Plus.

The 2019 Chooks-to-Go NBTC National Finals presented by SM is also sponsored by Darlington-Exped Socks, EPSON, Huawei, Freego, Purefoods, Gatorade, Go for Gold, and Molten. It is also presented by 5 Plus and Lighthouse Events.