One Guyana Basketball Tournament to ignite National Gymnasium on Saturday
The One Guyana Basketball Tournament returns to the National Gymnasium on Saturday with three exciting games.
The Jaguar Conference will kick off the action at 17:00h with the Stabroek Eagles taking on Lamaha Park/Springs Pepsi Sonics in a must-win match-up for Sonics and a seeding game for Eagles.
A glimpse of what to expect on Saturday
This game will be followed at 19:00h by the young and trending team Cummings Lodge-UG Trojans going up against the Leonora D-Up Rising Star.
To end the day’s action, the Kitty/Campbellville Ravens will compete against the Wortmanville Pacesetters in the feature game of the evening.
The tournament kicked off with 14 teams in the Harpy Eagle and the Jaguar Conferences, 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 playoffs. The number one-ranked team plays the team ranked fourth and the number two team plays 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 advances to the National Finals.
The tournament-winning team will receive $1 million along with trophies, while the runners-up will receive $500,000 plus trophies.
The tournament was made possible by sponsorship from the Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry; G-Boats Guyana; the National Sports Commission, Guyana Basketball Federation, and Georgetown Basketball Federation.
