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 |
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
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