The Gilas Pilipinas national pool will hold a three-day camp outside Metro Manila to start the country’s preparation for the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) Championship set on May 12 to 18. PH 5 team manager Butch Antonio said the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) already got the permission from the Philippine Basketball Association to release the 24 players for the March 14 to 16 camp. “We’re just starting to invite them and we’re expecting them to come.”National team coach Chot Reyes was the first to announce the camp through his Twitter account last Tuesday. SEABA, that will be held this August in Beirut, Lebanon, serves as a qualifying meet for the International Basketball Federation Asia Cup, formerly the Asian Championship. Only the champion team in SEABA will qualify for the Asia Cup.

Source: Manila Times March 08, 2017 12:11 UTC