CHED organizes All-Star Basketball Friendship Games

CHED All-Star

A potential start to something big? The Commission on Higher Education is set to host a special three-day competition called the All-Star Basketball Friendship Games.

Set to take place starting this Wednesday at the Amoranto Sports Complex, it will feature four HEIs representing different leagues, in a showcase of skill, passion, and sportsmanship.

Representing National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU) is its powerhouse St. Clare College, with Bicol-based Amando Cope College representing the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA). The University of Northern Philippines will be carrying the flag of the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA), with the Pamantasan ng Lunsod ng Marikina of the Local Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (LCUAA) completing the field.

To spice things up, an Opening Ceremony is slated to take place at 8am, followed by an exhibition involving a selection from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) against their counterparts from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

UNP and ACC will commence tourney proper at 1pm, followed by St. Clare and PLMar at 3pm.

Action resumes on Thursday with all four teams completing their round robins.

Serving as the morning doubleheader is UNP-St. Clare and ACC-PLMar, followed by UNP-PLMar and St. Clare-ACC in the afternoon.

The best two teams after this round robin will face off on Friday at 10am, with the other two teams tangling at 8am for third.

CHED chairman Prospero de Vera and Senator Bong Go are expected to be present for the event.

GMA Network has been tapped as the official partner of this event along with Design Express and Digital Out-Of-Home.