Homegrown Cup

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
FEU Tamaraws	3	2
JRU Heavy Bombers	3	2
Letran Knights	2	3
UST Growling Tigers	2	3
Ateneo Blue Eagles	2	3

Group B

Qualified for playoffs	Eliminated

Team	W	L
De La Salle Green Archers	5	0
UE Red Warriors	5	0
San Beda Red Lions	1	4
San Sebastian Stags	1	4
UP Fighting Maroons	0	5

Playoffs

Semi-finals		Final

December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena

FEU	64
		December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
JRU	78
		JRU	67
December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
		La Salle	79
La Salle	76

UE	67
		Third place

		December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena

		FEU	72

		UE	63

Awards

2006 Champion
De La Salle University - Manila

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

^ "FilOil Flying-V Preseason Cup Basketball History Records". Pilipinas Basketball Team History | Records | Players | Roster | Stats. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^ Times, The Manila (2006-12-02). "Crucial matches in Homegrown Cup". The Manila Times. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^ "Ateneo, La Salle finally face off in Homegrown tilt". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

[1] "FilOil Flying-V Preseason Cup Basketball History Records". Pilipinas Basketball Team History | Records | Players | Roster | Stats. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

[2] Times, The Manila (2006-12-02). "Crucial matches in Homegrown Cup". The Manila Times. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

[3] "Ateneo, La Salle finally face off in Homegrown tilt". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

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