{"id":15263,"date":"2011-10-14T02:29:56","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T02:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=15263"},"modified":"2011-10-14T02:29:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T02:29:56","slug":"gbl-ite-cup-season-tips-off-oct-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gbl-ite-cup-season-tips-off-oct-24\/","title":{"rendered":"GBL-IT&#038;E Cup season tips off Oct. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Walter J. Sutherland<br \/>\nReporter<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/imgupload\/issx9999ns113432.jpg\" alt=\"Konflikt's Gino Libuw goes up for a shot during their game against Rollers in a league played at the Garapan Basketball Court this year. (Walter Sutherland)\" width=\"95\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0The inaugural season for Garapan Basketball League&#8217;s IT&amp;E Cup has been pushed back a week and is now targeting Oct. 24 for its kick-off date, which will be held at the Garapan court.<\/p>\n<p>The opener will start at 4pm and awards will be presented to the teams with the best muse and uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>The eight featured teams include Haus-Satbahi, Ol&#8217;Aces, FGC Construction, R-Rebels, Mobil, Andocks, NMC Proa, and host team Konflikt-IT&amp;E Blue.<\/p>\n<p>A total of $1,000 in cash is at stake, plus a trophy, to the champion team in addition to various individual awards and other prizes.<\/p>\n<p>After the conclusion of the regular season, a single-elimination playoff format will take place with the top seed earning an automatic semifinals berth. The last place team will be out of the running.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming season represents the first of a three-leg series.<\/p>\n<p>The second season will run from April to June 2012 and the final leg is targeted from October to November 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The GBL also announced the addition of its new photo booth where the IT&amp;E player of the game will be recognized after each game.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the GBL will have a medical representative on hand during games in case of injuries. Organizers also plan on providing video footage during the post season to help resolve controversial plays.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about GBL&#8217;s IT&amp;E Cup, email gbl670@yahoo.com or visit the group&#8217;s Facebook page listed under Garapan Basketball League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Walter J. Sutherland Reporter \u00a0The inaugural season for Garapan Basketball League&#8217;s IT&amp;E Cup has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}