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Homegrown Cup

The Homegrown Invitational Cup is a collegiate basketball tournament in the Philippines. 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.

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 colors.svg FEU Tamaraws 3 2
NU colors.svg JRU Heavy Bombers 3 2
Letran colors.svg Letran Knights 2 3
UST colors.svg UST Growling Tigers 2 3
Ateneo colors.svg Ateneo Blue Eagles 2 3

Group B

Qualified for playoffs Eliminated
Team W L
La Salle colors.svg De La Salle Green Archers 5 0
San Beda colors.svg UE Red Warriors 5 0
San Beda colors.svg San Beda Red Lions 1 4
SSC-R colors.svg San Sebastian Stags 1 4
UP colors.svg UP Fighting Maroons 0 5

Playoffs

Semi-finalsFinal
December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
FEU colors.svg FEU64
December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
NU colors.svg JRU78
NU colors.svg JRU67
December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
La Salle colors.svg La Salle79
La Salle colors.svg La Salle76
San Beda colors.svg UE67
Third place
December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
FEU colors.svg FEU72
San Beda colors.svg UE63

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)
    • Guard: James Martinez (University of the East)
    • Forward: Paul Sanga (Far Eastern University)
    • Forward: Rico Maierhofer (De La Salle University)
    • Center: JR Sena (Jose Rizal University)
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