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, hence this tournament is the first edition of what would eventually become the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup.
2006 Season
Participating teams UAAP Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles De La Salle University Green Archers Far Eastern University Tamaraws University of the East Red Warriors University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers NCAA Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers San Beda College Red Lions San Sebastian College - Recoletos Stags
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
TeamWL FEU Tamaraws 32 JRU Heavy Bombers 32 Letran Knights 23 UST Growling Tigers 23 Ateneo Blue Eagles 23
Group B Qualified for playoffs Eliminated
TeamWL De La Salle Green Archers 50 UE Red Warriors 50 San Beda Red Lions 14 San Sebastian Stags14 UP Fighting Maroons 05
Playoffs
Awards 2006 ChampionDe 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: James Sena (Jose Rizal University)
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