Homegrown Cup Explained

The Homegrown Invitational Cup is a collegiate basketball tournament in the Philippines.^[1] It aims to determine which is the best "homegrown" collegiate team. Homegrown players are those who came directly from the juniors team of the said school. As a rule, each team must have at least 3 players from its roster who came from their junior ranks. The league gained TV coverage in 2006 through Studio 23. Fil-Oil and Flying V are the main sponsors of the tournament, hence this tournament is the first edition of what would eventually become the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup.^[2]

2006 Season

Participating teams

Format

Each team must have at least 3 homegrown players in their roster.
Cross over single-round robin format.
Top two teams in each group battle in the semifinals.
Single game championship.

Elimination round

Group A

Qualified for playoffs	Eliminated

Team	W	L
	3	2
	3	2
	2	3
	2	3
	2	3

Group B

Qualified for playoffs	Eliminated

Team	W	L
	5	0
	5	0
	1	4
San Sebastian Stags	1	4
	0	5

Awards

Tournament MVP: Rico Maierhofer (De La Salle University)
Mythical Five:
- Guard: JVee Casio (De La Salle University)^[3]
- Guard: James Martinez (University of the East)
- Forward: Paul Sanga (Far Eastern University)
- Forward: Rico Maierhofer (De La Salle University)
- Center: James Sena (Jose Rizal University)

References

Notes and References

Web site: FilOil Flying-V Preseason Cup Basketball History Records . 2022-05-02 . Pilipinas Basketball Team History Records Players Roster Stats . en-US.
Web site: Times . The Manila . 2006-12-02 . Crucial matches in Homegrown Cup . 2022-05-02 . The Manila Times . en.
Web site: Ateneo, La Salle finally face off in Homegrown tilt . 2022-05-02 . Philstar.com.