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Championship
By Babatunde Ogunrinde
Lagos Jan. 11, 2017 (NAN) Olumide Oyedeji, the organiser, Olumide Oyedeji Inter-Collegiate Basketball Championship, on Wednesday said that the competition would dunk off on Friday and run till Jan. 21 in Lagos.
Oyedeji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that arrangements had been concluded for the invitational basketball tournament to hold at the University of Lagos Sports Complex.
According to him, all logistics are on ground to see that the participants, who would come from 10 tertiary institutions in Nigeria and Ghana, are well catered for.
“We are set to jump ball on Friday, Jan. 13, at the University of Lagos Sports Complex.
“As the teams arrive, they will be moved to their hostels and settle down before they get into match day.
“We are looking forward to another successful event, and we are confident of another exciting basketball fiesta which will bring the best out of the players,’’ Oyedeji said.
NAN reports that the competition is one of the programmes of the Olumide Oyedeji Youth Foundation established to provide a unifying platform where tertiary institutions can play competitive basketball.
Other objectives of the competition include determining the overall best institution and bridging the gap between institutional and professional basketball.
The maiden edition was held in September, 2015, at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, with the Federal University of Technology, Minna, emerging champions.
This second edition will have series of events on the sidelines such as media day/photo session, three-point shootout and slam dunk contest. (NAN)
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(Edited by Edwin Nwachukwu/Ijeoma Popoola)