Additional Information:

• Basketball in the Philippines – IPFS
  Basketball in the Philippines. Basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines, played on both the amateur and professional levels. Basketball, which was invented at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, was introduced to the Philippines by the YMCA early in the American colonial period (1898–1946).
• Basketball Association of the Philippines – Wikipedia
  The Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) was the International Basketball .
• Basketball in the Philippines – Wikipedia
  Basketball was first introduced to the Philippine public school system by the Americans as a women’s sport in 1910 and was played in Interscholastic meets in 1911 until 1913. … The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) which has basketball as its main sort was established in 1924.
• The history of professional basketball in the Philippines | Video | GMA …
  Jul 30, 2014 – Hands down, the Philippines is arguably the most passionate nation when it comes to basketball. How did our love affair with the game start?
• Why the Philippines is Obsessed With Basketball – Culture Trip
  Jun 19, 2017 – Find out the major reasons why the Philippines has thrown its support behind basketball.