CABC 2nd Boysen Cup kicks off today | The Freeman

CEBU, Philippines — Six teams will slug it out for hardcourt supremacy as the Cebu Architects Basketball Cub (CABC) 2nd Boysen Cup gets underway today (Sunday, October 20) at the Benedicto College-Cebu City Campus gym.

Each team is composed of five core players, while the remaining slots were filled through a draft system.

“The drafting system proved successful in our previous tournaments as even the lowest-seeded teams managed to rise to the top. In fact,  in one of our previous seasons, a team with a 0-5 record came back to win the championship,” said CABC chairman Paolo Alberto in a press conference last Friday at Club Filipino de Cebu in Ayala-FGU Center.

Vying for the coveted title in CABC’s third and season-ending conference backed by Boysen Paints are Knoxout, Titan, Plexibond, Roofgard, Healthy Home, and Konstrukt.

They will play a single round robin in the elimination, with the top two gaining outright semifinal berths.

The third and fourth-ranked teams will enjoy twice-to-beat advantage against the fifth and sixth seeded teams in the quarterfinal playoffs.

The winners will advance to the semis, and then to the championship, which is a winner-take-all affair. — (FREEMAN)