Nigeria: Basketball – DSTV League Playoffs for June 20

Leadership (Abuja)

Ishaku Kigbu

27 May 2011

Abuja — The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has accepted the proposed date of June 20 through 27 recommended by the federation League Board for this season’s playoffs.

President of the federation, Tijjani Umar said that the date was approved after the successful completion of the regular league last Sunday in the Savannah conference of the DStv sponsored Premier Basketball League.

The NBBF President said the date is to give all eight teams that qualified time to prepare adequately while venue for the playoffs will be made public soon. “Date for the final-8 playoffs is most important to the teams and sponsor and that is what we have done by announcing the date so that the qualified clubs can begin preparation while our sponsor (MultiChoice Nigeria) will start to work towards that date from its end. Though the venue is also important but the board is taking a last minute look at the bidders before announcing the venue which will be made public soon.”

Qualifiers from the Savannah conference emerged at the weekend after defending champion Kano Pillars beat local rivals Nigeria Immigration in the last regular season game decided at the Sports Hall of the Sani Abacha stadium, Kofar mata. Kano beat Immigration 115-54 points and kept a clean slate throughout the regular season to book a place at the playoffs..

Other qualifiers include Kada Stars with 11-3 record, Yelwa Hawks of Bauchi 10-4 and Bauchi Nets 7-7 records.

Atlantic conference has Union Bank of Lagos 13-1, Royal Hoopers of Port Harcourt 12-2, Comets of Lagos 9-5 and Dodan Warriors of Lagos 8-6 records in that order.

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