Homegrown Cup

The Homegrown Invitational Cup is a collegiate basketball tournament in the Philippines.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

Team	W	L
FEU Tamaraws	3	2
JRU Heavy Bombers	3	2
Letran Knights	2	3
UST Growling Tigers	2	3
Ateneo Blue Eagles	2	3

Group B

Team	W	L
De La Salle Green Archers	5	0
UE Red Warriors	5	0
San Beda Red Lions	1	4
San Sebastian Stags	1	4
UP Fighting Maroons	0	5

Playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
	FEU	64
					December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
	JRU	78
					JRU	67
	December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
					La Salle	79
	La Salle	76
	UE	67
					Third place
					December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
					FEU	72
					UE	63

Awards

• Tournament MVP: Rico Maierhofer (De La Salle University)
• Mythical Five:
  • Guard: JVee Casio (De La Salle University)^[3]
  • 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)

References