The 2002 MBA Season was the fifth and final season of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. The season started on April 6, 2002. The First Phase concluded with the RCPI-Negros Slashers winning their first title over the LBC-Batangas Blades in a 3–0 sweep. league would fold halfway the Second Phase on July 26, 2002, due to the high expenses in funding a regional basketball league, with ABS-CBN also withdrawing the funding for the league. Several players went to the semi-professional Philippine Basketball League en route to the PBA.
Teams
Northern Conference
Sunkist-Pampanga Stars
Osaka Pangasinan Waves LBC-Batangas Blades Olongapo Volunteers/Gilbey's-Olongapo Volunteers
Southern Conference
RCPI Negros Slashers Cebuana Lhuiller Gems
Professional Davao Eagles Casino Cagayan de Oro Amigos
First Conference +Northern ConferenceTeamWLOlongapo Volunteers73LBC Batangas Blades64Osaka Pangasinan Waves55Sunkist-Pampanga Stars19 +Southern ConferenceTeamWLRCPI Negros Slashers73Professional Davao Eagles64Cebuana Lhuillier Gems64Casino Cagayan De Oro Amigos28
First Conference Playoffs Source:
Second Phase " The Nationals" The league would fold during the season on July 26, 2002. Thus cancelling the conference and thus marked the end of the MBA. +Northern ConferenceTeamWLGilbey's-Olongapo Volunteers42LBC-Batangas Blades42Sunkist-Pampanga Stars23Osaka Pangasinan Waves14 +Southern ConferenceTeamWLProfessional Davao Eagles41Casino Cagayan De Oro Amigos32Cebuana Lhuiller Gems23RCPI-Negros Slashers14
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