Here is the statement from the league re: UP not participating in the quarterfinals and onwards next week.
Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup officials announced the pullout of the University of the Philippines Men’s Basketball Team for the remainder of the tournament.
In a joint statement with UP team officials, the matter was clarified for all fans, media, teams participating in the competition, and the league organizers.
“It is with regret that we announce the pulling out of the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons in the quarterfinals stage of the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup.”
Prior to the start of the tournament, we made plans on training abroad in the United States,” clarified head coach Bo Perasol. “Our training abroad was contingent upon our securing visas for our players of which there was no guarantee. As a team, we agreed that if we cannot be complete in our training abroad, we will not go at all."
“Since we have competed every year in the Filoil flying V Preseason Cup, we went ahead and took part. We received the approval of the approval of all our players the same week as we played our final match of the elimination round of Filoil against UST prompting us to scramble for our plans in training abroad.”
“The window for our training is small and unfortunately, it ran across the same time as the quarterfinals and onwards of the tournament.”
“We regret pulling out and promise to make this up in future Filoil Flying V Preseason Cups.”
“We deeply apologize to the fans, the media, the other teams in participating in the tournament, and most especially to the organizers of this wonderful tournament.”
The Centro Escolar University Scorpions, who finished fifth in Group A of the two division men’s basketball competition will take their place.
The quarterfinals tips off on Monday, June 17, 2019, at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.
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