#5: UBA All India Inter University Basketball Tournament for Men Day 3- League Stages come to an end

Gopalakrishnan R & Vishnu Ravi Shankar, Chennai, 15^th January 2015: After an action packed final day of league matches yesterday (14-1-15), the quarterfinalists have been decided in the UBA All India Inter University Basketball Tournament for Men 2014-15 that is underway at Sathyabama University, Chennai.

In the final league match last evening, hosts Sathyabama stayed unbeaten to enter the quarterfinals. In the process they knocked out University of Delhi from the competition. Delhi led at the end of the first quarter, but it was all Sathyabama after that with the final score reading 79-61.

Quarterfinals Schedule

15^th January 2015

6:00PM Jain University, Bengaluru vs Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur

7:30PM Sathyabama University, Chennai vs Punjab University, Chandigarh

16^th January 2015

6:00PM Bharati Vidya Peeth, Pune vs Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

7:30PM University of Madras, Chennai vs Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

Evening Results from 14^th January 2015

Indoor Court

Sathyabama University, Chennai (Vimal R 18, Stalin S 14, Muin Baig 12 pts & 12 rbs) bt University of Delhi (Ankit 15, Akim 11, Roopender 11) 79-61 [18-20, 21-16, 20-9, 20-16]

Outdoor Court ‘A’

University of Rajasthan (Sharad Dadhich 29, Asif Pathan 19, Dilip Bishnoi 11) bt University of Burdwan, West Bengal(Ranjoy Prasad 16, Rahul Josh 15, Dirjay Singh 10) 82-57 [27-14, 14-14, 13-13, 28-16]

University of Madras, Chennai (S Mahendra 23, N Nagaraj 9, Jeevanatham 8) bt Savithri Bai Phule University, Pune(Nitin Chopade 8, Rahul Singh 650-24 [22-10, 7-9, 11-2, 10-3]

Outdoor Court ‘B’

Bharati Vidya Peet University, Pune (Akshay Bhosale 32, Gautam Daddikar 18, Aniket Jadhav 16) bt VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur (Gurpreet Singh 18, Ravi Kishor 9) 100-47 [37-16, 27-3, 23-13, 13-15]

Morning Results from 14^th January 2015

Outdoor Court ‘A’

Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi (Ankur Tomar 17, Manu Babu 14, Harsh Malik 10) bt MGKVP, Varanasi (Abhishek Kumar 28, Ashish Kr Singh 16) 65-61 [11-17, 14-17, 19-11, 21-16]

Jain University, Bengaluru (Kaif Zia 24, Visu Palani 23, Yashas Ramesh 20) bt Punjab University, Chandigarh(Khushmeet 28, Ravi 25, Arshpreet 15) 99-97 [25-28, 23-24, 19-25, 32-20]

Outdoor Court ‘B’

Pt RSS University, Raipur (Kiranpal Singh 23, Rahul Kumar 15, Krishna Pandey 13) bt Shivaji University, Kolhapur(Arshad R Khan 14, Paresh Naikwade 12) 74-39 [19-10, 18-9, 25-8, 12-12]

GNDU, Amritsar (Harman Singh 26, Yadurinder Yada 17, Subjeet Singh 15) bt Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (Kasi 21, Sri Ramalu 14, Gopi 9) 81-65 [20-21, 17-12, 16-10, 28-22]

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

1. Sathyabama University, Chennai
2. Madras University, Chennai
3. Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
4. Jain University, Bengaluru

North Zone

1. Punjab University, Chandigarh
2. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
3. University of Delhi, Delhi
4. Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

East Zone

1. Mahatma Gandhi Kasi Vidyapeeth University, Varanasi
2. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur
3. Burdwan University, Burdwan
4. Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanshal University, Jaunpur

West Zone

1. Bharati Vidya Peet University, Pune
2. University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
3. Savitribai Phule University, Pune
4. 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.

About Association of Indian Universities (AIU)

The idea of bringing together all the universities on a common platform emerged from the deliberations of a Conference of the Vice Chancellors of Universities convened by Lord Reading, the then Viceroy of India at Shimla in 1924. The Inter-University Board (IUB) of India was subsequently formed on March 23, 1925, with the view of promoting university activities, especially by way of sharing information and co-operation in the field of education, culture, sports and allied areas. The Inter-University Board acquired a legal status with its registration in 1967 as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. In 1973, it assumed its present name: The Association of Indian Universities (AIU). The membership includes traditional universities, open universities, professional universities, Institutes of National Importance and deemed-to-be universities. In addition, there is a provision of granting of Associate Membership to universities of neighbouring countries.

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