Total/NBBF Division two to start in August

The Zonal Total/NBBF Division 2 tournament will commence on August 10, the organisers said on Sunday.
The decision is coming weeks after the conclusion of elimination matches between registered teams from states across Nigeria.
According to the calendar released by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, South-West and North-Central Zones will dunk off on August 10 and will round up on August 16.
For states in the South-South and South-East zones, they will converge in Calabar and Umuahia between August17 and August 23.
It will be the turn of North-West and North-East teams in Zaria and Jalingo from Aug. 24 to August 2.
At the end of the competition, teams that will represent their zones at the Total Division 2 Conference Finals will be determined.
Apart from teams from Osun, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Yobe states, a total of 61 teams will participate in the Zonal Total/NBBF Division 2 tournament across the six geo-political zones.
Three best teams from each zone will at the end book qualifications to the Conference phase which comes up from September 3 to September 8.
For National Finals, 8 teams will challenge for the national title and an automatic ticket to the Total/NBBF Division 1 between September 16 and September 22.
Meanwhile, NBBF President, Musa Kida, has inaugurated Conference Coordinators, Zonal Coordinators and a League Secretary to oversee the operations and smooth running of the league.
Alabi Adelanwa will serve as Total Division 2 Coordinator in the Atlantic Conference, while Silifa Mohammed will supervise the Savannah Conference.
Ben Attah (North-Central), Yakubu Usman (North-East), Umar Bala (North-West), Fubara Onyenabo (South-South).
John Fasesin (South-West) and Osondu Ngude (South-East) have been inaugurated as Zonal Coordinators, while Victor Okoro will function as Secretary.