#3: UBA All India Inter University Basketball Tournament for Men Day 2 Morning and Day 1 Evening- Jain & Bharathiar Universities go 2-0
Gopalakrishnan R & Vishnu Ravi Shankar, Chennai, 13th January 2015: Jain University, Bengaluru and Bharathiar University, Coimbatore continued their winning ways from the opening day to go on top of their respective pools in the UBA All India Inter University Basketball Tournament for Men 2015.
After staying neck and neck with Jain University for three quarters, University of Rajasthan fell victim to a barrage of late fast break conversions by Jain’s Kaif Zia who had a mammoth 39 points in the game.
South zone’s third placed team Bharathiar University, Coimbatore made a mockery of the All India seedings by upsetting West Zone’s top placed side Bharati Vidya Peet University, Pune. Similar to their Bengaluru brethren, Bharathiar outscored their opponents in the fourth quarter for the exciting win.
In the other two outdoor matches this morning, MG Kasi Vidyapeeth University, Varanasi and University of Delhi put behind tough opening day losses to register their first wins of this All India Tournament.
In a late evening game yesterday, hosts and reigning Indian College Basketball League Champions Sathyabama University exploded in the second half against Shivaji University, Kolhapur to cross the three digit scoring mark for a lopsided first win. Joining them on the winning side was Punjab University which beat University of Rajasthan 82-68.
Morning Results from 13th January 2015
Outdoor Court ‘A’
MG Kasi Vidyapeeth University, Varanasi (Deepank Sonkar 31, Ashish Kr Singh 27, Abhishek Kumar 12) bt Savitribai Phule University, Pune (Nitin Chupade 17, Nikhil Patil 14) 84-57 [14-13, 21-18, 24-12, 25-14]
Jain University, Bengaluru (Kaif Zia 39, Yashas Ramesh 18, Visu Palani 10) bt University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (Sharad Dadhich 31, Dilip Bishnoi 12) 96-67 [21-16, 17-21, 20-21, 28-9]
Outdoor Court ‘B’
University of Delhi (Arshdeep 22, Mohit 20, Ankit 16) bt Shivaji University, Kolhapur (Varun Taneja 18, Paresh Naikwade 17) 79-57 [21-9, 17-22, 16-13, 25-13]
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (Jevaseelan 21, Mani 18, Sri Ramulu 17) bt Bharati Vidya Peet University, Pune(Akshay Bhosale 37, Kapil 18, Gautam Daddikar 11) 88-76 [19-16, 20-23, 29-23, 20-14]
Post 6 pm Results from 12th January 2015
Indoor Court
Sathyabama University, Chennai (Rakesh 15 pts & 16 rbs, Ravi K 15, Prem K 12 pts & 17 rbs) bt Shivaji University, Kolhapur (Arshad K 24, Nikhilesh N 10) 111-67 [15-20, 24-12, 36-20, 36-15]
Outdoor Court ‘A’
Punjab University (Ravi 23, Khushmeet Singh 19, Aditya S 16 pts & 17 rbs) bt University of Rajasthan (Sharad D 39 pts & 11 rbs) 82-68 [22-13, 15-16, 22-16, 22-23]
Jamia Millia (Manu Babu 18, Ankur Dwivvedi 14, Harsh Malik 8) bt Savithri Bai (Mikhil Patil 11, Rahul Singh 9) 70-48 [13-7, 21-11, 15-15, 21-15]
Outdoor Court ‘B’
Bharati Vidya Peet University, Pune (Akshay Bhosale 31, Kapil Gaikwar 27) bt GNDU Amritsar (Harmanpreet Singh 25, Sukhjeet Singh 10) 106-72 [22-12-27-15, 23-22, 34-23]
About the All India University Championships
The Association of Indian Universities (“AIU”) Annual Men’s National Basketball Championship Tournament is a large Pan-India basketball tournament. The winning team is crowned the number one university basketball team in India. The Tournament is structured similar to the NCAA Basketball tournament in the United States. It is broken down into regional series which are held in each of four regions in India -- The South Zone, the North Zone, the East Zone, and the West Zone. The teams in each region compete in regional tournaments, and the four winning teams from each region play in the final Tournament – The Inter Zonal Tournament.
The top four teams that have qualified from each of the four zones are as follows:
South Zone
- Sathyabama University, Chennai
- Madras University, Chennai
- Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
- Jain University, Bengaluru
North Zone
- Punjab University, Chandigarh
- Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
- University of Delhi, Delhi
- Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
East Zone
- Mahatma Gandhi Kasi Vidyapeeth University, Varanasi
- Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur
- Burdwan University, Burdwan
- Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanshal University, Jaunpur
West Zone
- Bharati Vidya Peet University, Pune
- University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
- Savitribai Phule University, Pune
- Shivaji University, Kolhapur
About Universal Basketball Alliance of India (UBA)
The Universal Basketball Alliance of India, LLC (“UBA”) has acquired the broadcast, merchandise and sponsorship rights to the existing, and self-governing Indian University Basketball Program. The UBA is currently securing television broadcasting arrangements, securing corporate sponsorships for tournament play, and creating merchandising opportunities.
UBA will focus its attention on the AIU and popularizing its All India Inter Zonal Tournament as an entertainment product for Indian viewers to enjoy for generations to come, just as Collegiate Basketball is in the United States.
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