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| This year's NBTC Cebu champions, Southwestern University-PHINMA Baby Cobras |
Southwestern University-PHINMA topped the NBTC Cebu regional, defeating the University of San Jose-Recoletos in the final that saw both the Baby Cobras and the Baby Jaguars advance to the National Finals, making it the first time neither last year's NBTC Cebu champions University of Visayas nor 2015 NBTC Finals champion Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu made the tournament. The former got bounced out in the eliminations while the latter lost in the semifinals.
SWU-PHINMA is backstopped by Kent Sanchez and Kendall Limana, while the latter rode on Elmer Echavez's do-it-all shoulders to make the trip to Manila. Both schools received top-8 seeding when the NBTC released its Super 32 field earlier this week.
Topping their respective regionals and completing Visayan pride in the NBTC are Sta. Clarita International School (Iloilo), STI-West Negros University (Bacolod), St. Louis School of Don Bosco (Dumaguete), and Dolores National High School (Eastern Samar).
The National Finals will take place from March 18-24 at the Mall of Asia Arena, and sponsored by Chooks-to-Go, Darlington-Exped Socks, EPSON, Huawei, Freego, Purefoods, Gatorade, Go for Gold, SM, and Molten, and also presented by ESPN5 and Lighthouse Events.
Games will be streamed on line via ESPN5's social media, with the semifinals and finals, as well as the All-Star Game getting the televised treatment via 5Plus.
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