Homegrown Cup

The Homegrown Invitational Cup is a collegiate basketball tournament in the Philippines. It aims to determine which is the best "homegrown" collegiate team. Homegrown players are those who came directly from the juniors team of the said school. As a rule, each team must have at least 3 players from its roster who came from their junior ranks.

The league gained TV coverage in 2006 through Studio 23. Fil-Oil and Flying V are the main sponsors of the tournament.

2006 Season

Participating Teams

• UAAP
  • Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles
  • De La Salle University Green Archers
  • Far Eastern University Tamaraws
  • University of the East Red Warriors
  • University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons
  • University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers

• NCAA
  • Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights
  • Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers
  • San Beda College Red Lions
  • San Sebastian College - Recoletos Stags

Format

• Each team must have at least 3 homegrown players in their roster.
• Cross over single-round robin format.
• Top two teams in each group battle in the semifinals.
• Single game championship.

Elimination Round

Group A

Qualified for playoffs

Eliminated

Team	W	L
FEU Tamaraws	3	2
12px JRU Heavy Bombers	3	2
Letran Knights	2	3
12px UST Growling Tigers	2	3
12px Ateneo Blue Eagles	2	3

Group B

Qualified for playoffs

Eliminated

Team	W	L
12px DLSU Green Archers	5	0
UE Red Warriors	5	0
San Beda Red Lions	1	4
San Sebastian Stags	1	4
12px UP Fighting Maroons	0	5

Playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
	Far Eastern University	64
	12px Jose Rizal University	78
					December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
					12px Jose Rizal University	67
					12px De La Salle University - Manila	79
					Third place
	December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena			December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
	12px De La Salle University - Manila	76		Far Eastern University	72
	University of the East	67			University of the East	63

Awards

2006 Champion
De La Salle University - Manila

• Tournament MVP: Rico Maierhofer (De La Salle University)
• Mythical Five:
  • Guard: JVee Casio (De La Salle University)
  • Guard: James Martinez (University of the East)
  • Forward: Paul Sanga (Far Eastern University)
  • Forward: Rico Maierhofer (De La Salle University)
  • Center: JR Sena (Jose Rizal University)