One Guyana Basketball Tournament continues tomorrow
The action goes down at the National Gymnasium as the One Guyana Basketball Tournament commences day three on Saturday, August 26, 2023 with three exhilarating games.
The Kwakwani Untouchables will come up against the Guyana Defence Force at 17:00h followed by Cummings Lodge Bounty Colts coming up against Cummings Lodge UG Trojans at 19:00h.
Then at 21:00h, South Ruimveldt Mambas will battle the Plaisance Guardians – one of the most anticipated clashes. The tournament will see 14 teams divided into two conferences, the Harpy Eagle Conference and the Jaguar Conference, with a projected 56 to 63 games.
The tournament will see the teams from the Jaguar Conference and Harpy Eagle Conference playing the teams within their conference twice with the top four teams qualifying for the play-offs. The number one-ranked team play the team ranked fourth and the number two team play the third-ranked team.
The winners of the play-off games will then advance to their Conference Finals, where they will play the best two-of-three games to determine who advance to the national finals.
The teams of the Jaguar Conference are Stabroek Eagles, Leonora D-UP Rising Stars, Cummingsburg Bounty Colts, Lamaha Park/Springs Pepsi Sonics, Bagotstown/Prospect Kobras, Cummings Lodge and UG Trojans.
The Harpy Eagles Conference squads are the Kitty/Campbellville Ravens, South Ruimveldt Mambas, Plaisance Guardians, Guyana Defence Force, Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust Pacesetters, North Ruimveldt Caimans and Kwakwani Untouchables.
The winning team would receive $1 million along with trophies, while the runners-up would receive $500,000 plus trophies.
The Tournament was made possible by sponsorship from the Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry; G-Boats Guyana; National Sports Commission, Guyana Basketball Federation, and Georgetown Basketball Federation.