The City of Lagos will be agog with basketball activities between October 23 and 27 as eight teams converge on the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium for the National Finals of the Total/NBBF Division 2 league.
The Secretary of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Chimezie Asiegbu, made the announcement after extensive deliberations with the board, the sponsor, participating teams and stakeholders.
All eyes will be on Surulere where Ondo Kings, Nigerian Prisons (Minna), Nassarawa Golden Touch, Taraba Hurricanes and Bukavu Blinks (Kano) will slug it out with CAMAC (Bayelsa), Brave Hearts and Coal City (Enugu) for the first ever Total/NBBF National Division 2 title.
According to Asiegbu, the latest decision has been communicated to participating clubs and Zonal offices of the NBBF.
In a letter written to all teams, arrival date is October 22 for a mandatory pre-match meeting at 6pm before the Total/NBBF Division 2 league National Finals start the next day.
For the first time in the history of the developmental league, over 200 clubs from the 36 states participated, with 72 teams qualifying for the Zonal final.
The conference phase played in Akure (Ondo State) and Minna (Niger State) saw eight teams punching their ticket to the finals of the league being sponsored by Total Nigeria.