Two teams have merged and two more are coming aboard for the 2005 Mobil Oil Marianas Co-ed Invitational Basketball League, which season is slated to begin on Feb. 15 at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
Originally scheduled for Jan. 11, the islands\u2019 only co-ed basketball league was postponed for several weeks but now welcomes new team McDonald\u2019s and guest team CNMI women\u2019s national team for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n
Additionally, league pioneers Tan Holdings Corp. and Dai-Ichi Hotel Saipan Beach have merged and will be fielding a united front for the 2005 cage wars.<\/p>\n
The rest of the participating teams are Commonwealth Utilities Corp., Microl-Toyota, Pacific Development Inc., Aqua Resort Club, Hyatt Regency Saipan, Pacific Island Aviation, and host Mobil Oil Marianas.<\/p>\n
League coordinator Abner Venus, who represents Microl-Toyota, said all 11 teams should now prepare for the start of the league next month.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new season is less than a month away and all participating teams should start preparing for it. We are also happy to welcome McDonald\u2019s and the women\u2019s team coached by Donald [Blondin] to the Mobil league family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Games of the Mobil invitational are set for Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Oleai Sports Complex venue. The first game is scheduled at 6:30pm with the second game expected to start at 8pm or immediately after the first game.<\/p>\n
Venus said the league would have a single-round elimination, where the Top 4 teams advance to the Final Four.<\/p>\n
In the semifinals, the top seed goes up against the fourth seed and the No. 2 and No. 3 teams square off. Victors of both contests advance to the winner-take-all championship.<\/p>\n
Aqua Resort emerged as champion of the Mobil invitational after defeating Mobil in a winner-take-all finals match, 103-93, last May 23 at the Ada Gym.<\/p>\n
The win snapped a 13-year title draught for the Achague-based hotel. The Mobil crown was previously worn by THC (2001), Microl (2002), and PDI (2003).<\/p>\n
For more information on the 2005 Mobil Oil Marianas Invitational Co-ed Basketball League, please call Venus at 287-5911 or Mobil\u2019s Jojo Dadivas at 483-3363.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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