La Salle Greenhills, NU Favored to Win SBP Passerelle National Titles

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Roxas City - Can the La Salle Greenhills SBP basketball team score a 5-Peat national championship? Will National University’s Passerelle basketball team win a second straight national championship? Both questions will be answered as the national finals of the 34th SBP SBP Passerelle Twin Tournament sponsored by Milo kicks off on Saturday, November 23, at the Dinggoy Roxas Civic Center in Roxas City.

La Salle Greenhills, national champions of the SBP division since 2015, is seeking its fifth straight championship. It will face challenge from Visayas champion University of the Visayas of Cebu, Mindanao champion Corpus Christi School of Cagayan de Oro and Luzon champion Berkeley School of Baguio.

Meanwhile, National University seeks to create its own dynasty in the Passerelle division as it takes its highly-touted line-up to the weekend tournament also backed by Chris Sports, SKLZ and Rain or Shine. Out to challenge the Bullpups are Mindanao champion Xavier University High School of Cagayan de Oro, International School for Better Beginnings of Lucena and Visayas champion and local team HERCOR College of Roxas City.

The weekend tournament sees the four teams of each division playing in a single round-robin classification phase, with the top two clashing for the national championship. The other two teams play for third place.

The SBP Passerelle Twin Tournament is the premier tournament for the age group/grassroots level. The SBP is for the Under 12, 11 and 10 age groups, while the Passerelle division is for the Under 15, 14 and 13 age groups. Games of this nationwide tournament started in August at the local level in Baguio, Pangasinan, Pampanga and Lucena for Luzon; Iloilo, Roxas, Bacolod and Cebu for the Visayas; Davao, Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga for Mindanao. Metro Manila served as one region. Regional championships were then held in October and November, leading to this weekend’s national finals. The tournament is also supported by Chris Sports, Rain or Shine and Sklz.











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