Jalasco will be joined in the affair set at 9 a.m. by Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) board chairman Wilfred Uytengsu, also the Alaska team owner, and McDonald’s officials headed by VP for Marketing Dinky Villanueva.
Nineteen teams led by two-time defending champion La Salle-Taft will see action in both the men, women and junior’s division in this annual tournament backed by McDonald’s with Iruma, exclusively distributed by Ever Industries, as the official ball.