Philadelphia Fastball

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas! The  Christmas 2011 Asian Invitational Basketball Tournament was held on Saturday December 3 and Saturday December 17, 2011 at the brand new Fels High School.   Special thanks to our best friends over at Philadelphia FACAA. In all, 12 teams took part in the event, and both weekends, it was NY USAB who emerged as the Champs.

In the Mens Friendship, the Warriors came back from a 15-point deficit against Lightyear Studio, as Kevin Chang and Kevin Quach combined to sink 7 triples. In all, USAB hit 13 treyballs to win 60-57.

In the Mens Elite, it was anyone's guess who would come out on top, with perennial NACBA contenders NY USAB, NY RL Cruisers, and the Toronto Dragons were all in attendance.  But Toronto's two top bigs both went down in their first game, so things just didn't go their way.  After that, it would be a contest between the RL Cruisers and USAB to see who would take it home. In the end, USAB earned the all important bye after pool play, and the Cruisers were forced to play their 5th game in 8 hours by the time they reached the Championship.  USAB took advantage of the extra rest as Nick Mui, Justin Kao, and Andrew Lichtenstein sparked a 42-32 win over the Cruisers in the Finals. 



Location: Fels HS

Time: 830am-730pm

Entry Fee: $220 per team

All players must be at least 50% Asian Oriental to participate.  Maximum of 12 players per roster. All teams must have jerseys of the same color with separate distinct numbers. Taping of numbers is not allowed. 

For more information: michaeljmon@hotmail.com

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Registered Teams:

Mens Friendship: NY USAB Warriors B, Phila Fastball B, Phila Fastball C, Phila Itoonz, Phila Lightyear Studio, Rutgers NJ

Mens Open Elite: NY RLCruisers, NY USAB Warriors A, Phila Fastball A, Phila Ronin, Phila TFC, Toronto Dragons.

 Fels High School Gymnasium

Friendship Results (Dec 3rd)

Preliminaries

Lightyear Studio def Itoonz 34-27

Fastball B def Fastball C 50-21

USAB B def Rutgers 48-24

Lightyear Studio def Fastball C 38-27

Itoonz def Rutgers 38-21

USAB B def Fastball B 37-28

Quarterfinals

Itoonz def Fastball C 46-32

Fastball B def Rutgers 29-22

Semifinals

USAB B def Itoonz 32-20

Lightyear Studio def Fastball B 48-40

Finals

NY USAB B def Phila Lightyear Studio 60-57.

All-Tournament Team

Kevin Quach, NY USAB (MVP)

Joe Chin, NY USAB

Tang Vu, Phila Lightyear Studio

Loc Tang, Phila Lightyear Studio

Rich Poeng, Phila Itoonz

De Lin, Phila Fastball B

Geoffrey Kao, Phila Fastball C

John Hsu, Rutgers 

Mens Open Elite Results

* Sat Dec 17th

Preliminaries

Phila TFC def Phila Fastball 19-16

Phila Ronin def Phila Fastball 35-30

Phila Ronin def Phila TFC 35-24

NY USAB Warriors A def Toronto Dragons 43-29

NY RL Cruisers def Toronto Dragons 34-30

NY USAB Warriors A def NY RL Cruisers 41-38

Playoffs

QF- Toronto Dragons def Phila TFC 59-34

QF- NY RL Cruisers def Phila Fastball 41-38

Semi- NY USAB Warriors A def Toronto Dragons 41-18

Semi- NY RL Cruisers def Phila Ronin 40-33

Finals- NY USAB Warriors A def NY RL Cruisers 43-32

All-Tournament Team

Justin Kao, NY USAB A (MVP)

Andrew Lichtenstein, NY USAB A

Tony Hu, NY RL Cruisers

Howie Chu, NY RL Cruisers

Matt Lum, Toronto Dragons

Steve Miller, Phila Ronin

Butch Sanchez, Phila TFC

Bin Chun Woo, Phila Fastball

FASTBALLONLY WISHES YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!