Sixth season of UABC hoop fires off today

ARCHITECTS all over the city will get their chance to shine once more on the hardcourt as the sixth season of the United Architects Basketball Club (UABC) tournament opens with the 3rd Corporate Cup today at the Cebu Eastern College gym.

The league has seen the number of teams double from its maiden season, wherein three squads participated. Now, there will be six teams playing in a double round-robin with the top four squads advancing to the semifinal stage.

There, the top two will enjoy a twice-to-beat advantage over the third and fourth-seeded teams, respectively, with the winners advancing to the best-of-three finals.

The teams playing this season are the Rajah Humabon-Boysen Paint, Rajah Humabon/Dipolog/Cagayan-Matimco,Datu Lapu-Lapu-Durabend, CIT/UV/USC-Cebu Homes and Builders, CIT-Puyat Steel and the reigning champions, Cebu Sugbo-Unitec Pipes.

The league launched its brand new season last Friday afternoon in a press conference at the Harold’s Hotel that was presided over by new club president Rhyan Pepito. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio