SBP President Alfredo S. Panlilio’s Statement on the November 8, 2022 NCAA Game between College of St. Benilde (CSB) and Jose Rizal University (JRU)

The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) strongly condemns acts of on-court violence in basketball, whether it is directed towards a player, an official, or a fan.

With NCAA being a member of SBP, we asked SBP Executive Director Sonny Barrios to reach out to SBP NCAA Trustee to the SBP Board Dax Castellano and SBP Regional Director Paul Supan to share SBP’s serious concern over the unwanted incident in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) game of November 08, 2022 between College of Saint Benilde (CSB) and Jose Rizal University (JRU) where a fight uncontrollably broke out among players from both benches necessitating the halting and cancellation of the game altogether, with CSB ahead 71-51. They discussed the shared view of condemning on-court violence, adoption of preventive measures to avoid a repetition of the deplorable incident, including a review of security protocols, and meting out the necessary sanctions in a fair manner.

We in SBP are one with NCAA in its direction to proactively take the appropriate steps to move the league forward in a professional manner and positively address the issues at hand for the benefit of NCAA and the sport of Basketball.