PBA Philippine Cup 2014 opening schedule

October 28, 2013

The 2014 PBA Season will kick off on November 17, 2013 in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao, with the schedule of opening ceremony and Philippine Cup games posted here.

This will be the first time that the Asia’s first professional basketball league inauguration is held outside the nation’s capital and in 3 different venues. The 39th year of the PBA will be opened by incoming Board chairman Ramon Segismundo of Meralco on a 2pm tentative schedule. As usual, a parade of teams’ muses is included in the opening rites. Six teams will parade in Smart Araneta Coliseum, two in Cebu and two in Davao.

Then the Philippine Cup 2014 games will follow at 3:45pm in Smart Araneta Coliseum, 5:30pm in Davao and 7:00pm in Cebu. Early reports indicate that sister teams Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters and Meralco Bolts will square off in the Cebu schedule.

PBA Philippine Cup 2014 schedule

 * 3:00PM Opening Ceremony/Parade of Teams and Muses
 * 3:45PM Ginebra vs San Mig Coffee at Smart Araneta Coliseum
 * 5:30PM Alaska vs Rain or Shine at Panabo, Davao (live telecast)
 * 7:00PM Talk ‘N Text vs Meralco at Cebu City (delayed telecast)

IBC-13 Sked on November 17, 2013

 * 3 pm -- PBA Philppine Cup 2013 Season Opening (LIVE)
 * Barangay Ginebra San Miguel vs. San Mig Coffee Mixers at the Smart Araneta Coliseum at 3:45pm; Alaska Aces vs. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters at Panabo, Davao at 5:30pm; and Talk N Next Tropang Texters vs. Meralco Bolts at Cebu City at 7:00pm
 * 8:30 pm -- Express Balita Weekend
 * 9 pm -- Born to be a Superstar
 * 10:30 pm -- Goin' Bukol Pwede
 * 11:15 pm - Sinemaks: Kamagong
 * Starring Lito Lapid and Eddie Garcia

The rest of the schedule will be posted here once made available by the league.

The deep pool of talented rookies in the PBA Draft on November 3 will make the All Filipino Cup more exciting next year. Collegiate stars like Greg Slaughter, Ian Sangalang, Raymond Almazan, Terrence Romeo, RR Garcia, Jeric Teng and Nico Salva have signed up in the draft.

The 2014 PBA Season will end in August 2014 to give way to Gilas Pilipinas preparation for next year’s World Championship in Spain. Philippine Cup games will include double-headers on Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Live telecast of games will be on IBC-13, and livestream on http://www.philstar.com/pbalive. For more updates in the PBA and other basketball related news, follow me on Twitter @nonoy.