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The field for the 2023 edition of the SM NBTC National Championship is about to take shape, as the local component of the competition is set to take root.
NBTC Program Director Eric Altamirano notes, "Another good development for the healthy return of grassroots basketball. After our successful Global Games, it’s the turn of our Local Qualifying Tournaments (LQTs)."
Leading the way in the LQTs are the HS tournaments for both the UAAP and NCAA, with each likely to commence this coming January. Champions of both leagues will be entered automatically in the tournament, which is tentatively set for April. Earning the spots last time were San Beda and eventual champions NU-Nazareth.
Aside from these two, other LQTs are already in place to determine the other participants. The Central Luzon LQT is set to finalize its representative this weekend at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga. Other locations for LQTs include Baguio, Cavite, Laguna, Antipolo, Quezon, Bicol, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Kidapawan, and CAMANAVA.
It had been recently announced that seven squads have earned their spot through the Global Games, with teams from Canada, Italy, the Middle East, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand set to fly in.
The tournament itself has been tweaked to expand from being a purely school-based league into including club sides.
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