The Southeast Asian Basketball Association or SEABA just confirmed that Philippines will be hosting the 2017 SEABA Championship, 2017 SEABA U16 Championship and 2017 SEABA Championship for Women this April and May 2017.
Phoenix Fuel Masters defeated Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 79-73 led by Gilas rookie Matthew Wright with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the 2017 PBA Philippine Cup.
Watch: Phoenix vs Ginebra Highlights
Last night, the new 24-man Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool were revealed led by veterans Jayson Castro, June Mar Fajardo and Japeth Aguilar. View Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool 2017
Watch: Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool Reveal + Chot Reyes Interview
FIBA on Sunday announced it has reached an agreement with TV5, a major Filipino commercial multi-channel and multi-platform network, for exclusive rights to FIBA national team competitions over the course of a five-year period.
From 2017 to 2021, TV5 will broadcast action from the Continental Cups as well as the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Additionally, with FIBA’s New Competition System coming into effect in November, TV5 will be the place to follow Gilas Pilipinas and other national teams from all over the world as they set out to qualify for the first 32-team edition of FIBA’s flagship event taking place in China in 2019.
SBP president Al Panlilio just announced the new Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool for 2017 led by Jayson Castro, Calvin Abueva, Terrence Romeo, Japeth Aguilar and June Mar Fajardo. 1st competition will be for the 2017 SEABA Championship this April headed by Gilas Pilipinas Coach Chot Reyes.
Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool 2017
PBA Players (1 for each team except TNT)
-Calvin Abueva
-Jayson Castro
New Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool will be announced on January 22, 2017 after the Alaska Aces vs Mahindra Floodbuster game in the 2017 PBA Philippine Cup. Then Barangay Ginebra vs Phoenix Fuel Masters after the announcement.
Watch Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool Reveal Livestreaming
San Miguel Beermen won their 8th straight game by beating GlobalPort Batang Pier, 106-100 in the 2017 PBA Philippine Cup. Arwind Santos led SMB with 31 points and 10 rebounds while June Mar Fajardo contributed 19 points and 15 rebounds.
Watch: San Miguel vs GlobalPort Highlights
Japeth Aguilar made a couple of highlights in the 1st half of the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel vs Blackwater Elite game but had an elbow injury and finished with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in just 14 minutes of play. Get well Japeth Aguilar!
Watch: Japeth Aguilar Highlights vs Blackwater
Aside from bidding to co-host the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Philippines through Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas or SBP has also submitted the intent to host the 2017 SEABA Championship which will be held from April 23-30, 2017.