The Cebu City Inter-Collegiate Invitational Basketball Tournament 2026 kicks off with a double-header on tap today (Thursday, August 6) at the Cebu City Sports Institute in Barangay Sawang Calero.
Reigning Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) four-peat champions University of the Visayas (UV) Green Lancers and the newly-crowned FilOil EcoOil NCAA Preseason Cup champions Jose Rizal University (JRU) Heavy Bombers are among the five teams seeing action in the six-day tilt organized by the Cebu City Sports Commission (CCSC).
Also in the mix for the coveted title are the University of the East (UE) Red Warriors of the UAAP and the University of Cebu (UC) Webmasters and Benedicto College (BC) Cheetahs from the CESAFI.
The UC Webmasters will be tested right away as they go up against the UE Red Warriors in the 6 p.m. opener, while the BC Cheetahs will square off against the JRU Heavy Bombers in the main game at 8 p.m.
The highly anticipated cage wars will follow a single round robin format, with the top two teams fighting it out for the crown in a knockout match.
The champion will take home P130,000, while the first runner-up will pocket P70,000. The third and fourth placers will receive P50,000 and P30,000, respectively.